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1. INTRODUCTION2. CONCEPT3. CLASSROOM4. INTERNET CONNECTIVITY5. APENDIX

I. Class room plans II. IRG-S2 Ku Band III. Coverage map IV. NovaCentro and LanSchool v7.0 software

program

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

Sky 2 Net LTD initiates a proposal under the name “OPEN WORLD” that will bring schools in Africa to be exposed to the World Wide Web as a source of learning material and knowledge.

The proposal is based on the model classroom that has been chosen by the Government of Botswana to create this year 10 computer classes and the Government of Nigeria to create 20 classes in 4 different States.

The total project in Botswana will include 700 classes, that will start next year.

Sky 2 Net is well established companies with wide presence in Africa for the last 8 years with customer base of few hundred enterprises, government agencies, mobile operators, Ngo’s, universities etc.

The Company has a long experience in the education field, distance learning and implementation for education.

We believe that education and exposure to the world (through the Internet) can bring progress and development to countries that were deprived for years from what the Western world is participating for years, by that to close the gap between the those entities.

We believe that the time is ripe to introduce such systems to the education infrastructure in Africa.

CONCEPTCONCEPT

The concept is based of implementing a dedicated classroom in each primary school in Africa according to time table that will be decided by the education authorities.

The primary school is the best place to start computer & Internet literacy.

In case the decision makers will decide to start in middle schools or high schools, it is fine with us.

We suggest to divide the project into phases in each country:

First Phase - implementing the system in a pilot of 10 classes.

Second Phase - analyzing, after a year, from the lessons that were learnt about the methodology and the way student had absorbed the system, that phase can overlap the last three months of the first one.

Third Phase - implementing the systems to more schools all over each country with adaptation to the pilot lessons and according to budget constrain.

CLASSROOMCLASSROOM

The Classroom contains the following components:1. The infrastructure (power supply, furniture’s etc.).2. NovaCentro and LanSchool v7.0 software

program.3. V-Sat and Internet connectivity.

INFRASTRUCTUREThe class was designed to be applicable to solarenergy panels or to a generator; in both there isbatteries storage.

The furniture and the set-up of the class will beaccording the plans that are submitted hereby. Thestructure of the class enables protection of theequipment and ventilation of the class room.

NovaCentro brings powerful student computing from

Fourier. Extensive science and math technology and

bundled educational software are packaged in clamshell

folding casing with built-in keyboard and mouse pad.

LanSchool v7.0 is a software program designed to help teachers improve the learning environment in computer-based classroom.

With LanSchool installed on each computer in a classroom, a teacher has the ability to perform the following functions: Reduce Student Distractions.

Demonstrate Skills.

Keep Students on Task.

Encourage Classroom Participation and Collaboration.

Help Individual Students.

INTERNET INTERNET CONNECTIVITYCONNECTIVITY

Each class will be connected by V-sat (IRG S2) on Ku band that will enable to connect to the Internet backbone.

The IP will be a platform for distance learning.

The bandwidth for each class will be with contention rate of 1:8 that will reduce the cost of the recurrent fee.

The project can be based on communication technologies other than V-Sat, such as optic fiber or wireless.

APPENDIXAPPENDIX

APPENDIX I – CLASSROOM PLAN

APPENDIX II – IRG-S2 KU BAND

APPENDIX III – SATELLITE COVERAGE MAP

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APPENDIX IV – NOVACENTRO AND LANSCHOOL v7.0 SOFTWARE PROGRAM

Now lighter, faster and double the memory, NovaCentro

brings even more powerful student computing from

Fourier. Extensive science and math technology and

bundled educational software are packaged in clamshell

folding casing with built-in keyboard and mouse pad.

Flexible & Easy

Retaining shock proof design, 8 hour battery life and instant on, NovaCentro shares the latest Nova line specifications for ultimate computerized learning.

New features include:

• Faster processor

• 2D graphic accelerator

• Enhanced multimedia

• Video playback capabilities

• Twice the RAM and storage memory

• SD card slot for broader file transfer

• The new Clamshell NovaCentro model promises a more

immediate and accessible user experience in the

classroom, out in the field or at home

Science Ready

Never before has a single solution been so Science Ready, mobilizing computerized science laboratories.

NovaCentro enables students to perform just like scientists by combining data logging with computing.

NovaCentro provides an efficient science learning system for a higher-skilled future labor-force:

• Collecting data with (built-in) award winning MultiLogPRO data logger

• Analyzing collected data with MultiLab analysis software

• Extensive online library of science worksheets, as well as curriculum books for all sciences plus interactive Periodic Table

• Ability to create full Lab reports in Office compatible Word and Excel documents, as well as direct printing capability

• Reviewing experiments with multimedia video capabilities, and synchronizing with live experiments

• Full class management of every Lab station, and display of every student’s experiment process and results

• Portrait4 graphing scientific calculator by MathResources

Complete Learning Environment

For instant access to student computing needs all day, NovaCentro also includes:

• Microsoft Office™ compatible software suite

• Portrait4 graphing scientific calculator by MathResources

• Inspiration concept mapping software

• MultiLab data capture & analysis software

• Windows Internet Explorer

• Windows Media Player

• Adobe Acrobat PDF reader

• Education search engine from netTrekker

• Classroom Management software by LanSchool

• SmartTRAX Assessment software by LearnStar

• File and project management software by GoKnow

Education First

• Windows CE is a constrained environment virtually maintenance free and preventing students from installing games

• NovaCentro remains virtually immune to viruses or students trying to change settings or disrupt the system

• More efficient project, class and homework management with GoKnow’s GoManage file management software and LearnStar’s SmartTRAX assessment management software

• LanSchool management software helps teachers focus and control their classroom creating an optimal learning environment

Full Connectivity

• Wired and wireless networking with builtin 802.11b/g WiFi support

• Two USB Host ports for connecting to a range of USB devices including ThumbDrives and mice

• USB Sync port, used primarily for ActiveSync type applications

• SD card slot for file transfer and storage

• Support for Microsoft Active Directory service

• Remote desktop for client server applications

LANSCHOOL v7.0 SOFTWARE PROGRAM

LanSchool works by enabling a teacher to control all student computers within a computer-based classroom.

It uses teacher “channels” to ensure that all the computers in that classroom see the same computer screen; much like a TV channel enables different TVs to see the same program.

LanSchool has 16,000 teacher channels from which to choose, which means that you can have as many as 16,000 different classrooms using LanSchool at any given time.

The most logical way to set up LanSchool is for each

classroom or room to have its own teacher channel,

as well as just one teacher computer.

This setup enables all of the computers in the same

classroom to interact with each other and one

teacher to control the entire room.

In contrast to Negroponte's OLPC project where

educational content should be provided by the

school themselves, NovaCentro and LanSchool v7.0

software program provide a complete learning

environment.

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