All, The second and compulsory $100 should not go to more hardware and software, which will only worsen the problem of speedy breakdown.
That second $100 should go to a) establishing a service and repair capacity in the receiving community; and b) establishing a training capacity in the receiving community that will ensure that teachers, community leaders, and students know how to use the computers. Without training, without maintenance and service, the community's computers will be shelved or sold within six months. Steve Eskow [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Subbiah Arunachalam Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 12:03 AM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: Re: [DDN] Computers for education, health, etc Kris Dev has a point. Simple but often missed. Arun > Dear all, > > I believe if computers have to be really made useful in education, health, > etc, there must be a long term plan of investment in creating suitable > learning and health tools in an integrated way, rather than a disjointed > way. > > The $100 laptop should go with a $ 100 investment in hardware, software, > peripherals like projectors, scanners, printers, etc for education, > health, > etc.in atransparent way. > > Unless this is ensured and assured, the investment may go a waste in the > long term , just as most deskcomputers given to schools and hositals are > grossly under utilized, similar to computers in most government offices, > used as elevated typewriters!! > > We are trying to change all these in a small way. > > Kris Dev > http://ll2b.blogspot.com. > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
