@newcomer,if I may pitch in a bit. To add value,try to think of what applications could also benefit teachers (time management,exams,attendance,etc....that way you are NOT selling computers per se,rather,a way of simplifying their lives....e.g. will it help a class teacher grade the students FASTER if they have a small application in which they can enter student scores. What application can a school head use to analyse student performance vis a vis teachers (and further by subject,attendance,etc) - can this application help in developing teachers and students. Think along the lines of adding value by applications. Also,there are various NGOs that are involved in ICT in education and could be brought into play to help in other matters....and I know for a fact some vendors like Intel are lookign keenly at placing PCs in schools (but with students rather than with teachers).....also,what abt a portal for teachers - like how SK brings together investors....you can bring teachers together countrywide to discuss all manner of things - curriculum,union issues,curbing cheating,corporal punishment,etc...


For such a site you could receive support from the Kenya ICT Board (www.ict.go.ke) whose mandate include driving technology adoption....and such a portal is content which is intrumental in driving adoption of technology and making it relevant.


My two zlotys

The problem with equality is that we desire that it be with those that have more than us rather that those that have less

@Djinn; May be your browser......Google Chrome? You are the first one I've heard using that one! Which OS are you using?

Anyway; most people use Mozilla or IE.

I'm a Mozilla fan.

Some times I am able to post pictures,sometimes not. Never figured out why.

Do you want to migrate to Mozilla?

Behind the gardens...Behind the wall...Under the tree (Including: Red...Dark Blue...Yellow)

@mukiha - go to www.google.com/chrome - it is hands down much faster (and safer) than IE or Mozilla. I use Windows XP. Try it and share your experiences....but I find it ultra fast. And I already have firefox.

The problem with equality is that we desire that it be with those that have more than us rather that those that have less

@mukiha - to post a pic/image here,it must be on a web server + connected to the internet. This is not the same as being on your local computer.

E.g. you can cut & paste from google images but not necessarily from your images saved on your hard drive. For these (local computer) you may need to sign up to an online photo album like flickr,and save/tranfer them there....... then cut & paste from there.

@JKM;
kwani wewe ni insider wa SK?




Behind the gardens...Behind the wall...Under the tree (Including: Red...Dark Blue...Yellow)

ati insider? ziiii.

I am just smart! .... but do I say????

@twendenyumbani - Safari seems faster - seems. I did try it and I kept getting errors in Win Xp - but this link independently confirmsthat Chrome is much much faster.
http://www.computerworld..._nlt_wktop10_2009-09-25

@newcomer - I'm happy to chip in,intermittently as need arises,on this discussion board - I think this forum is about brainstorming and complementing each other's ideas (sometimes criticizing constructively)...

The problem with equality is that we desire that it be with those that have more than us rather that those that have less

The underdog opera browser has always been my favorite.The turbo browsing mode is so cool for slow connections.

@ Newcomer

If you have basic accounting knowledge you can offer schools a basic computerisation service. My father in law who has a school out of town was ready to pay Kshs. 250k to computerise the school fees receipts & records for 700 plus students. I did it for him for free (read for an installment of dowry i had not paid)

All I needed was a good accounting system which I got for free on the internet ( http://www.turbocashuk.c...-software-download.html) and it took me 4 days to implement,input data and train their staff (computer teacher). That was a year ago and they still use it to date.

From then I have had several querries but I simply dont have the time to travel and implement.

Hope this helps.


Want to be a millionaire.... plant a million cabbages and sell them at a bob...

Do not go to bed any day until all the records for the day are complete. No 'sell' is complete until the paper work is done.

Create a filling system which will,for example,enable you find an invoice sixty three months old within five minutes (I got this from today's Business Daily)

Create folders on your computer for every facet of you business,and create a backup copy and store it away from your computer,preferably on flash disk,compact disk.

Best wishes and keep us posted



Live hard,die hard.