Fellow Wikimedians...
After a few days of calls and trying to explain a lot on phone, today I did my first visit which is the first day in a 2 day previsit. I managed to visit 5 schools today and there might be more work than we think. The need goes beyond just resources into the computer lab... there is no computer lab, even in the schools where they teach computers.
*Shimo la Tewa High School:* Nice reception of the idea, they are ready for us next week and they have 20 computers in their lab that are functional.
*Sheikh Khalifah* Big computer lab, lots and lots of monitors (I think almost 40) and only 5 functional computers, which the computer teacher said he could not guarantee that if we come next week they will be ok as they often break down and there is no proper maintenance undertaken.
*Mombasa Light Academy* I think the best computer lab I have seen around, 260 computers and a very high class of students. All computers have internet access and students have access to the labs and are actually allowed to bring their own computers and use the internet which has some sites like facebook filtered. Feedback for our project: They are way beyond us... so, we will not be helping anyone with an offline version - even after I explained that we had a version that was specifically filtered for educational purposes.
*Maweni Secondary School, Nyali* Government school with only 2 computers for the computer lab, they asked if we could source computers to equip their lab. If not, it doesnt make sense to them.
*Oshwal Academy - Senior School* Nice computer labs, nice reception too, I have an appointment with their head of IT tomorrow to install on one of their machines so that they can review and decide if they actually need it, but they are positive and it will most likely be one of the institutions we cover. Computer lab has 76 nice computers.
On a general observation, we might need to get a little more ambitious with our project by taking the challenge of looking for organizations willing to support creating and improving of computer labs in our schools, am sure they are there and with resources and time, we can surely get them and achieve a very important goal. Meanwhile, tomorrow I have other 6 schools to visit in the Mombasa city centre and I will have my final report on this tomorrow.
awesome work David, keep the fire burning!
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 5:43 PM, David Mugo raidarmax@gmail.com wrote:
Fellow Wikimedians...
After a few days of calls and trying to explain a lot on phone, today I did my first visit which is the first day in a 2 day previsit. I managed to visit 5 schools today and there might be more work than we think. The need goes beyond just resources into the computer lab... there is no computer lab, even in the schools where they teach computers.
*Shimo la Tewa High School:* Nice reception of the idea, they are ready for us next week and they have 20 computers in their lab that are functional.
*Sheikh Khalifah* Big computer lab, lots and lots of monitors (I think almost 40) and only 5 functional computers, which the computer teacher said he could not guarantee that if we come next week they will be ok as they often break down and there is no proper maintenance undertaken.
*Mombasa Light Academy* I think the best computer lab I have seen around, 260 computers and a very high class of students. All computers have internet access and students have access to the labs and are actually allowed to bring their own computers and use the internet which has some sites like facebook filtered. Feedback for our project: They are way beyond us... so, we will not be helping anyone with an offline version - even after I explained that we had a version that was specifically filtered for educational purposes.
*Maweni Secondary School, Nyali* Government school with only 2 computers for the computer lab, they asked if we could source computers to equip their lab. If not, it doesnt make sense to them.
*Oshwal Academy - Senior School* Nice computer labs, nice reception too, I have an appointment with their head of IT tomorrow to install on one of their machines so that they can review and decide if they actually need it, but they are positive and it will most likely be one of the institutions we cover. Computer lab has 76 nice computers.
On a general observation, we might need to get a little more ambitious with our project by taking the challenge of looking for organizations willing to support creating and improving of computer labs in our schools, am sure they are there and with resources and time, we can surely get them and achieve a very important goal. Meanwhile, tomorrow I have other 6 schools to visit in the Mombasa city centre and I will have my final report on this tomorrow.
--
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Thanks for the awesome work David. Shame that 2 out of the 5 schools you visited are ready for us -- but Oscar faced the same problem, and what he did to top his list to 10 institutions is that he visited more schools that weren't originally on the list. Is it possible for us to do the same for Mombasa? Do you think that there are a number of other schools that we could visit as an alternative? Regards,//a
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Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 18:29:02 +0300 From: njeriannk@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Mombasa Update
awesome work David, keep the fire burning!
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 5:43 PM, David Mugo raidarmax@gmail.com wrote:
Fellow Wikimedians...
After a few days of calls and trying to explain a lot on phone, today I did my first visit which is the first day in a 2 day previsit. I managed to visit 5 schools today and there might be more work than we think. The need goes beyond just resources into the computer lab... there is no computer lab, even in the schools where they teach computers.
Shimo la Tewa High School: Nice reception of the idea, they are ready for us next week and they have 20 computers in their lab that are functional.
Sheikh Khalifah Big computer lab, lots and lots of monitors (I think almost 40) and only 5 functional computers, which the computer teacher said he could not guarantee that if we come next week they will be ok as they often break down and there is no proper maintenance undertaken.
Mombasa Light Academy I think the best computer lab I have seen around, 260 computers and a very high class of students. All computers have internet access and students have access to the labs and are actually allowed to bring their own computers and use the internet which has some sites like facebook filtered. Feedback for our project: They are way beyond us... so, we will not be helping anyone with an offline version - even after I explained that we had a version that was specifically filtered for educational purposes.
Maweni Secondary School, Nyali Government school with only 2 computers for the computer lab, they asked if we could source computers to equip their lab. If not, it doesnt make sense to them.
Oshwal Academy - Senior School
Nice computer labs, nice reception too, I have an appointment with their head of IT tomorrow to install on one of their machines so that they can review and decide if they actually need it, but they are positive and it will most likely be one of the institutions we cover. Computer lab has 76 nice computers.
On a general observation, we might need to get a little more ambitious with our project by taking the challenge of looking for organizations willing to support creating and improving of computer labs in our schools, am sure they are there and with resources and time, we can surely get them and achieve a very important goal. Meanwhile, tomorrow I have other 6 schools to visit in the Mombasa city centre and I will have my final report on this tomorrow.
I am doing that already Abbas, if you notice, 2 of the schools I visited today were not on the original list - and actually those are the schools that are ready for us...
David.
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the awesome work David.
Shame that 2 out of the 5 schools you visited are ready for us -- but Oscar faced the same problem, and what he did to top his list to 10 institutions is that he visited more schools that weren't originally on the list. Is it possible for us to do the same for Mombasa? Do you think that there are a number of other schools that we could visit as an alternative?
Regards, //a
-------------------------------------Abbas Mahmood t | +254722215101 f | www.facebook.com/abbasjnr s | abbasjnr Wikimedia Kenya Member
"*Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's our commitment."* ** Please donate: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/Now/en
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 18:29:02 +0300 From: njeriannk@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Mombasa Update
awesome work David, keep the fire burning!
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 5:43 PM, David Mugo raidarmax@gmail.com wrote:
Fellow Wikimedians...
After a few days of calls and trying to explain a lot on phone, today I did my first visit which is the first day in a 2 day previsit. I managed to visit 5 schools today and there might be more work than we think. The need goes beyond just resources into the computer lab... there is no computer lab, even in the schools where they teach computers.
*Shimo la Tewa High School:* Nice reception of the idea, they are ready for us next week and they have 20 computers in their lab that are functional.
*Sheikh Khalifah* Big computer lab, lots and lots of monitors (I think almost 40) and only 5 functional computers, which the computer teacher said he could not guarantee that if we come next week they will be ok as they often break down and there is no proper maintenance undertaken.
*Mombasa Light Academy* I think the best computer lab I have seen around, 260 computers and a very high class of students. All computers have internet access and students have access to the labs and are actually allowed to bring their own computers and use the internet which has some sites like facebook filtered. Feedback for our project: They are way beyond us... so, we will not be helping anyone with an offline version - even after I explained that we had a version that was specifically filtered for educational purposes.
*Maweni Secondary School, Nyali* Government school with only 2 computers for the computer lab, they asked if we could source computers to equip their lab. If not, it doesnt make sense to them.
*Oshwal Academy - Senior School* Nice computer labs, nice reception too, I have an appointment with their head of IT tomorrow to install on one of their machines so that they can review and decide if they actually need it, but they are positive and it will most likely be one of the institutions we cover. Computer lab has 76 nice computers.
On a general observation, we might need to get a little more ambitious with our project by taking the challenge of looking for organizations willing to support creating and improving of computer labs in our schools, am sure they are there and with resources and time, we can surely get them and achieve a very important goal. Meanwhile, tomorrow I have other 6 schools to visit in the Mombasa city centre and I will have my final report on this tomorrow.
--
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As for Maweni, if they are ready to get computers, we could connect them to Camara -- which sells a refurbished edubuntu computer at 5k (i think). And these computers are usually pre-installed with offline Wikipedia.
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 17:43:18 +0300 From: raidarmax@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] Mombasa Update
Fellow Wikimedians...
After a few days of calls and trying to explain a lot on phone, today I did my first visit which is the first day in a 2 day previsit. I managed to visit 5 schools today and there might be more work than we think. The need goes beyond just resources into the computer lab... there is no computer lab, even in the schools where they teach computers.
Shimo la Tewa High School: Nice reception of the idea, they are ready for us next week and they have 20 computers in their lab that are functional.
Sheikh Khalifah Big computer lab, lots and lots of monitors (I think almost 40) and only 5 functional computers, which the computer teacher said he could not guarantee that if we come next week they will be ok as they often break down and there is no proper maintenance undertaken.
Mombasa Light Academy I think the best computer lab I have seen around, 260 computers and a very high class of students. All computers have internet access and students have access to the labs and are actually allowed to bring their own computers and use the internet which has some sites like facebook filtered. Feedback for our project: They are way beyond us... so, we will not be helping anyone with an offline version - even after I explained that we had a version that was specifically filtered for educational purposes.
Maweni Secondary School, Nyali Government school with only 2 computers for the computer lab, they asked if we could source computers to equip their lab. If not, it doesnt make sense to them.
Oshwal Academy - Senior School
Nice computer labs, nice reception too, I have an appointment with their head of IT tomorrow to install on one of their machines so that they can review and decide if they actually need it, but they are positive and it will most likely be one of the institutions we cover. Computer lab has 76 nice computers.
On a general observation, we might need to get a little more ambitious with our project by taking the challenge of looking for organizations willing to support creating and improving of computer labs in our schools, am sure they are there and with resources and time, we can surely get them and achieve a very important goal. Meanwhile, tomorrow I have other 6 schools to visit in the Mombasa city centre and I will have my final report on this tomorrow.
Hey guys, I will be available for the Mombasa pilot.
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On 3/2/11, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
As for Maweni, if they are ready to get computers, we could connect them to Camara -- which sells a refurbished edubuntu computer at 5k (i think). And these computers are usually pre-installed with offline Wikipedia.
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 17:43:18 +0300 From: raidarmax@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] Mombasa Update
Fellow Wikimedians...
After a few days of calls and trying to explain a lot on phone, today I did my first visit which is the first day in a 2 day previsit. I managed to visit 5 schools today and there might be more work than we think. The need goes beyond just resources into the computer lab... there is no computer lab, even in the schools where they teach computers.
Shimo la Tewa High School: Nice reception of the idea, they are ready for us next week and they have 20 computers in their lab that are functional.
Sheikh Khalifah Big computer lab, lots and lots of monitors (I think almost 40) and only 5 functional computers, which the computer teacher said he could not guarantee that if we come next week they will be ok as they often break down and there is no proper maintenance undertaken.
Mombasa Light Academy I think the best computer lab I have seen around, 260 computers and a very high class of students. All computers have internet access and students have access to the labs and are actually allowed to bring their own computers and use the internet which has some sites like facebook filtered. Feedback for our project: They are way beyond us... so, we will not be helping anyone with an offline version - even after I explained that we had a version that was specifically filtered for educational purposes.
Maweni Secondary School, Nyali Government school with only 2 computers for the computer lab, they asked if we could source computers to equip their lab. If not, it doesnt make sense to them.
Oshwal Academy - Senior School
Nice computer labs, nice reception too, I have an appointment with their head of IT tomorrow to install on one of their machines so that they can review and decide if they actually need it, but they are positive and it will most likely be one of the institutions we cover. Computer lab has 76 nice computers.
On a general observation, we might need to get a little more ambitious with our project by taking the challenge of looking for organizations willing to support creating and improving of computer labs in our schools, am sure they are there and with resources and time, we can surely get them and achieve a very important goal. Meanwhile, tomorrow I have other 6 schools to visit in the Mombasa city centre and I will have my final report on this tomorrow.
--
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Abbas -
Do you have the contact for Camara? I would be curious to talk to them about updating the version of offline Wikipedia they use on their computer: I just downloaded it, and it is a bit outdated, and is not Kiwix either. I think we could set them up with a better offline version at this point.
Also, did someone connect with the Engineers Without Borders Gothenburg (See Discussion: Small EWB Gothenburg project in Kisumu http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Kenya/Project_for_Kenyan_Schools#Small_EWB_Gothenburg_project_in_Kisumu)? I know their project was explicitly in Kisumu this time around, but it might be worth connecting with them about (a) the success of Kisumu (was supposed to occur in February) and (b) potential interest in working with other areas of Kenya...
Great work everyone! Your efforts are truly inspirational. Jessie
On 3/2/2011 8:15 AM, Abbas Mahmood wrote:
As for Maweni, if they are ready to get computers, we could connect them to Camara -- which sells a refurbished edubuntu computer at 5k (i think). And these computers are usually pre-installed with offline Wikipedia.
Jessie,
While this might be a good initiative, some schools have absolutely no funds so camara gets out of the options... I believe we still can find options for such institutions.
David.
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Jessie Wild jwild@wikimedia.org wrote:
Abbas -
Do you have the contact for Camara? I would be curious to talk to them about updating the version of offline Wikipedia they use on their computer: I just downloaded it, and it is a bit outdated, and is not Kiwix either. I think we could set them up with a better offline version at this point.
Also, did someone connect with the Engineers Without Borders Gothenburg (See Discussion: Small EWB Gothenburg project in Kisumuhttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Kenya/Project_for_Kenyan_Schools#Small_EWB_Gothenburg_project_in_Kisumu)? I know their project was explicitly in Kisumu this time around, but it might be worth connecting with them about (a) the success of Kisumu (was supposed to occur in February) and (b) potential interest in working with other areas of Kenya...
Great work everyone! Your efforts are truly inspirational. Jessie
On 3/2/2011 8:15 AM, Abbas Mahmood wrote:
As for Maweni, if they are ready to get computers, we could connect them to Camara -- which sells a refurbished edubuntu computer at 5k (i think). And these computers are usually pre-installed with offline Wikipedia.
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Jessie- the person that I have been in contact with is William Kibaya (kibaya@camara.ie). The CEO of Camara Kenya is Daudi Morara (daudimorara@camara.ie) Yes, I contacted them some time back, but I'll nudge them once again -- thanks for the reminder. Regards,
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Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 09:57:43 -0800 From: jwild@wikimedia.org To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Mombasa Update
Abbas -
Do you have the contact for Camara? I would be curious to talk to them about updating the version of offline Wikipedia they use on their computer: I just downloaded it, and it is a bit outdated, and is not Kiwix either. I think we could set them up with a better offline version at this point.
Also, did someone connect with the Engineers Without Borders Gothenburg (See Discussion: Small EWB Gothenburg project in Kisumu)? I know their project was explicitly in Kisumu this time around, but it might be worth connecting with them about (a) the success of Kisumu (was supposed to occur in February) and (b) potential interest in working with other areas of Kenya...
Great work everyone! Your efforts are truly inspirational.
Jessie
On 3/2/2011 8:15 AM, Abbas Mahmood wrote: As for Maweni, if they are ready to get computers, we could connect them to Camara -- which sells a refurbished edubuntu computer at 5k (i think). And these computers are usually pre-installed with offline Wikipedia.
-- Jessie Wild Special Projects Manager Global Development Wikimedia Foundation
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Is the talk to be given to both the students and the teachers beneficial to a school like 'Mombasa Light Academy'?
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 17:43:18 +0300 From: raidarmax@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] Mombasa Update
Fellow Wikimedians...
After a few days of calls and trying to explain a lot on phone, today I did my first visit which is the first day in a 2 day previsit. I managed to visit 5 schools today and there might be more work than we think. The need goes beyond just resources into the computer lab... there is no computer lab, even in the schools where they teach computers.
Shimo la Tewa High School: Nice reception of the idea, they are ready for us next week and they have 20 computers in their lab that are functional.
Sheikh Khalifah Big computer lab, lots and lots of monitors (I think almost 40) and only 5 functional computers, which the computer teacher said he could not guarantee that if we come next week they will be ok as they often break down and there is no proper maintenance undertaken.
Mombasa Light Academy I think the best computer lab I have seen around, 260 computers and a very high class of students. All computers have internet access and students have access to the labs and are actually allowed to bring their own computers and use the internet which has some sites like facebook filtered. Feedback for our project: They are way beyond us... so, we will not be helping anyone with an offline version - even after I explained that we had a version that was specifically filtered for educational purposes.
Maweni Secondary School, Nyali Government school with only 2 computers for the computer lab, they asked if we could source computers to equip their lab. If not, it doesnt make sense to them.
Oshwal Academy - Senior School
Nice computer labs, nice reception too, I have an appointment with their head of IT tomorrow to install on one of their machines so that they can review and decide if they actually need it, but they are positive and it will most likely be one of the institutions we cover. Computer lab has 76 nice computers.
On a general observation, we might need to get a little more ambitious with our project by taking the challenge of looking for organizations willing to support creating and improving of computer labs in our schools, am sure they are there and with resources and time, we can surely get them and achieve a very important goal. Meanwhile, tomorrow I have other 6 schools to visit in the Mombasa city centre and I will have my final report on this tomorrow.
Mombasa Light Academy will not be on the list..
David.
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:12 PM, dennis munene dennismunene@hotmail.comwrote:
Is the talk to be given to both the students and the teachers beneficial to a school like 'Mombasa Light Academy'?
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 17:43:18 +0300 From: raidarmax@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] Mombasa Update
Fellow Wikimedians...
After a few days of calls and trying to explain a lot on phone, today I did my first visit which is the first day in a 2 day previsit. I managed to visit 5 schools today and there might be more work than we think. The need goes beyond just resources into the computer lab... there is no computer lab, even in the schools where they teach computers.
*Shimo la Tewa High School:* Nice reception of the idea, they are ready for us next week and they have 20 computers in their lab that are functional.
*Sheikh Khalifah* Big computer lab, lots and lots of monitors (I think almost 40) and only 5 functional computers, which the computer teacher said he could not guarantee that if we come next week they will be ok as they often break down and there is no proper maintenance undertaken.
*Mombasa Light Academy* I think the best computer lab I have seen around, 260 computers and a very high class of students. All computers have internet access and students have access to the labs and are actually allowed to bring their own computers and use the internet which has some sites like facebook filtered. Feedback for our project: They are way beyond us... so, we will not be helping anyone with an offline version - even after I explained that we had a version that was specifically filtered for educational purposes.
*Maweni Secondary School, Nyali* Government school with only 2 computers for the computer lab, they asked if we could source computers to equip their lab. If not, it doesnt make sense to them.
*Oshwal Academy - Senior School* Nice computer labs, nice reception too, I have an appointment with their head of IT tomorrow to install on one of their machines so that they can review and decide if they actually need it, but they are positive and it will most likely be one of the institutions we cover. Computer lab has 76 nice computers.
On a general observation, we might need to get a little more ambitious with our project by taking the challenge of looking for organizations willing to support creating and improving of computer labs in our schools, am sure they are there and with resources and time, we can surely get them and achieve a very important goal. Meanwhile, tomorrow I have other 6 schools to visit in the Mombasa city centre and I will have my final report on this tomorrow.
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I think that since Light Academy is on the other spectrum of the internet divide, we'll have to use another approach, e.g. giving a talk about Wikipedia, using the online Wikipedia for their studies as well as encouraging them to edit. This, IMO, should be carried out at a later date. I believe schools such as Brookhouse, Breaburn, Braeside, Hillcrest and many other high-end schools both here in Nairobi and in Mombasa.
------------------------------------- Abbas Mahmood t | +254722215101 f | www.facebook.com/abbasjnr s | abbasjnr Wikimedia Kenya Member
"Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's our commitment."
Please donate: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/Now/en
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 21:15:46 +0300 From: raidarmax@gmail.com To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Mombasa Update
Mombasa Light Academy will not be on the list..
David.
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:12 PM, dennis munene dennismunene@hotmail.com wrote:
Is the talk to be given to both the students and the teachers beneficial to a school like 'Mombasa Light Academy'?
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 17:43:18 +0300 From: raidarmax@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] Mombasa Update
Fellow Wikimedians...
After a few days of calls and trying to explain a lot on phone, today I did my first visit which is the first day in a 2 day previsit. I managed to visit 5 schools today and there might be more work than we think. The need goes beyond just resources into the computer lab... there is no computer lab, even in the schools where they teach computers.
Shimo la Tewa High School: Nice reception of the idea, they are ready for us next week and they have 20 computers in their lab that are functional.
Sheikh Khalifah Big computer lab, lots and lots of monitors (I think almost 40) and only 5 functional computers, which the computer teacher said he could not guarantee that if we come next week they will be ok as they often break down and there is no proper maintenance undertaken.
Mombasa Light Academy I think the best computer lab I have seen around, 260 computers and a very high class of students. All computers have internet access and students have access to the labs and are actually allowed to bring their own computers and use the internet which has some sites like facebook filtered. Feedback for our project: They are way beyond us... so, we will not be helping anyone with an offline version - even after I explained that we had a version that was specifically filtered for educational purposes.
Maweni Secondary School, Nyali Government school with only 2 computers for the computer lab, they asked if we could source computers to equip their lab. If not, it doesnt make sense to them.
Oshwal Academy - Senior School
Nice computer labs, nice reception too, I have an appointment with their head of IT tomorrow to install on one of their machines so that they can review and decide if they actually need it, but they are positive and it will most likely be one of the institutions we cover. Computer lab has 76 nice computers.
On a general observation, we might need to get a little more ambitious with our project by taking the challenge of looking for organizations willing to support creating and improving of computer labs in our schools, am sure they are there and with resources and time, we can surely get them and achieve a very important goal. Meanwhile, tomorrow I have other 6 schools to visit in the Mombasa city centre and I will have my final report on this tomorrow.
I was in KICC attending an AITEC exhibition and I tell you its a life changing experience for those interested you can come tommorow. just holla al send you invitation letter
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
I think that since Light Academy is on the other spectrum of the internet divide, we'll have to use another approach, e.g. giving a talk about Wikipedia, using the online Wikipedia for their studies as well as encouraging them to edit. This, IMO, should be carried out at a later date. I believe schools such as Brookhouse, Breaburn, Braeside, Hillcrest and many other high-end schools both here in Nairobi and in Mombasa.
-------------------------------------Abbas Mahmood t | +254722215101 f | www.facebook.com/abbasjnr s | abbasjnr Wikimedia Kenya Member
"*Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's our commitment."* ** Please donate: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/Now/en
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 21:15:46 +0300 From: raidarmax@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Mombasa Update
Mombasa Light Academy will not be on the list..
David.
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:12 PM, dennis munene dennismunene@hotmail.comwrote:
Is the talk to be given to both the students and the teachers beneficial to a school like 'Mombasa Light Academy'?
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 17:43:18 +0300 From: raidarmax@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] Mombasa Update
Fellow Wikimedians...
After a few days of calls and trying to explain a lot on phone, today I did my first visit which is the first day in a 2 day previsit. I managed to visit 5 schools today and there might be more work than we think. The need goes beyond just resources into the computer lab... there is no computer lab, even in the schools where they teach computers.
*Shimo la Tewa High School:* Nice reception of the idea, they are ready for us next week and they have 20 computers in their lab that are functional.
*Sheikh Khalifah* Big computer lab, lots and lots of monitors (I think almost 40) and only 5 functional computers, which the computer teacher said he could not guarantee that if we come next week they will be ok as they often break down and there is no proper maintenance undertaken.
*Mombasa Light Academy* I think the best computer lab I have seen around, 260 computers and a very high class of students. All computers have internet access and students have access to the labs and are actually allowed to bring their own computers and use the internet which has some sites like facebook filtered. Feedback for our project: They are way beyond us... so, we will not be helping anyone with an offline version - even after I explained that we had a version that was specifically filtered for educational purposes.
*Maweni Secondary School, Nyali* Government school with only 2 computers for the computer lab, they asked if we could source computers to equip their lab. If not, it doesnt make sense to them.
*Oshwal Academy - Senior School* Nice computer labs, nice reception too, I have an appointment with their head of IT tomorrow to install on one of their machines so that they can review and decide if they actually need it, but they are positive and it will most likely be one of the institutions we cover. Computer lab has 76 nice computers.
On a general observation, we might need to get a little more ambitious with our project by taking the challenge of looking for organizations willing to support creating and improving of computer labs in our schools, am sure they are there and with resources and time, we can surely get them and achieve a very important goal. Meanwhile, tomorrow I have other 6 schools to visit in the Mombasa city centre and I will have my final report on this tomorrow.
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David, I gotta congratulate you for the hard task that you are willing to accomplish. I hope you find more schools today that are willing to welcome our project. Please compile the report today so that we can wiki it. Time is already limited, sorry for the tiring work
On 3/2/11, Isaac K. Kosgei kips8505izo@gmail.com wrote:
I was in KICC attending an AITEC exhibition and I tell you its a life changing experience for those interested you can come tommorow. just holla al send you invitation letter
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
I think that since Light Academy is on the other spectrum of the internet divide, we'll have to use another approach, e.g. giving a talk about Wikipedia, using the online Wikipedia for their studies as well as encouraging them to edit. This, IMO, should be carried out at a later date. I believe schools such as Brookhouse, Breaburn, Braeside, Hillcrest and many other high-end schools both here in Nairobi and in Mombasa.
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Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 21:15:46 +0300 From: raidarmax@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Mombasa Update
Mombasa Light Academy will not be on the list..
David.
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:12 PM, dennis munene dennismunene@hotmail.comwrote:
Is the talk to be given to both the students and the teachers beneficial to a school like 'Mombasa Light Academy'?
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 17:43:18 +0300 From: raidarmax@gmail.com
To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] Mombasa Update
Fellow Wikimedians...
After a few days of calls and trying to explain a lot on phone, today I did my first visit which is the first day in a 2 day previsit. I managed to visit 5 schools today and there might be more work than we think. The need goes beyond just resources into the computer lab... there is no computer lab, even in the schools where they teach computers.
*Shimo la Tewa High School:* Nice reception of the idea, they are ready for us next week and they have 20 computers in their lab that are functional.
*Sheikh Khalifah* Big computer lab, lots and lots of monitors (I think almost 40) and only 5 functional computers, which the computer teacher said he could not guarantee that if we come next week they will be ok as they often break down and there is no proper maintenance undertaken.
*Mombasa Light Academy* I think the best computer lab I have seen around, 260 computers and a very high class of students. All computers have internet access and students have access to the labs and are actually allowed to bring their own computers and use the internet which has some sites like facebook filtered. Feedback for our project: They are way beyond us... so, we will not be helping anyone with an offline version - even after I explained that we had a version that was specifically filtered for educational purposes.
*Maweni Secondary School, Nyali* Government school with only 2 computers for the computer lab, they asked if we could source computers to equip their lab. If not, it doesnt make sense to them.
*Oshwal Academy - Senior School* Nice computer labs, nice reception too, I have an appointment with their head of IT tomorrow to install on one of their machines so that they can review and decide if they actually need it, but they are positive and it will most likely be one of the institutions we cover. Computer lab has 76 nice computers.
On a general observation, we might need to get a little more ambitious with our project by taking the challenge of looking for organizations willing to support creating and improving of computer labs in our schools, am sure they are there and with resources and time, we can surely get them and achieve a very important goal. Meanwhile, tomorrow I have other 6 schools to visit in the Mombasa city centre and I will have my final report on this tomorrow.
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