thats unfortunate... i can see where the idealistic principles of the whole thing would generate alot of hope for advancing IT in our homeland. But i guess idealism isnt as rock solid as we would like to see.
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Mugarura Cavin <[email protected]> wrote: > Collins, > > i participate in an education ICT blog where people passionate about ICT in > education throw crazy ideas, > at 1 point i was excited about the OLPC initiatives, until i started > reading further, one of the master pieces, was "Oversold and under used - > Computers in the classroom, by Larry Cuban" > > I have come to a conclusion that while ICT is good, some of these > initiatives are like white elephants, i think its over 10 years since the > Great Nelson Mandela national stadium was built with a lot of fanfare, and > some analysts predicted that Uganda will not only go to the nations cup, but > the big one too (World Cup), and the standard of football has remained the > same or declined. > > The stadium holds more prayers, parties than soccer activities > > Someone pointed out that initiatives like OLPC make good schools better and > bad schools worse, and i think he had a point > > > > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > -- Sanga M. Collins Network Engineering ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Google Voice: (954) 324-1365 E- fax: (435) 578 7411 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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