Comments on: IT learning onboard a bus

By: Onboard the IT bus at Coredump

Onboard the IT bus at Coredump — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:54:27 +0000

[...] I was in Davao del Sur last week for the launching of our project’s IT bus. My post is over at Pinoy Tech Blog. [via Pinoy Tech Blog] 12 December 2005 in Work Tags: agriculture, elearning, mobile, pfi, wireless. [...]

By: iandexter

iandexter — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:19:38 +0000

Actually, the IT bus in Mindanao is just one of six (I think, as of last count) such buses that DOST-SEI has. Unfortunately, they were unable to maximize the buses because of high maintenance costs. The Davao del Sur bus is, by far, the most actively used.

It costs around Php5,000 a day to rent the bus, which SEI is maintaining through a non-profit foundation. The rental includes a tech guy and the driver, but doesn’t include the fuel, which we had to shoulder, too.

Initiatives like these are good, but the problem is — as always — sustainability. We’re hoping to use the other buses (which are spread out all over the country) as well: provide them with internet connection (either through WiFi or WeROAM {a “possible” sponsorship by PLDT?}) then have them roam the countryside for an agri-IT roadshow.

By: ka_edong

ka_edong — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:36:15 +0000

Sweet! Congratulations sa inyong project!

In QC, there’s the COW (computers on wheels) which I saw at the Panibagong Paraan expo two years ago (? has it been that long?) .

And then there was a Smart (telco) Internet Cafe on wheels that I heard about almost 4 months ago. … hmmm… nasan na ba yung mga trucks na iyon?

Mabu-hey!

ka edong

By: Andre Marcelo-Tanner

Andre Marcelo-Tanner — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:55:18 +0000

awesome idea