[IAEP] play dvds

[Yamaplos .]

best solution, don't!

You cite many very good reasons why many people will not benefit from
a full computer, but can benefit from DVDs.
> 7B people are on the earth and 2B cannot read [400M in India. 2M in the
> USA] but they can be educated using video/audio DVDs.  Blind and deaf
> people can be educated.

Well, don't give them a computer, give then a DVD player!
from $25 per
http://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?SearchText=dvd+player+portable

(Actually, not a bad idea at all considering evidence that too many of
these $200+ computers are mostly used, if at all, as (free to the
student) alternatives to a $5 MP3 player... :-()

Actually, I am really starting to really like the idea of DVD players
for mass education.
Has possibilities. Cheaper that the Proclaimer







2012/3/5, Ken Hargesheimer <minifarms at gmail.com>:
> How can the laptop be used to play DVDs?  I am sending the document below
> around the world and I would like to tell people how to use it to play them.
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> Ken Hargesheimer
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>  GARDENS/MINI-FARMS NETWORK
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> Workshops: USA - TX,  MS, FL, CA, AR, NM, WA;
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> México, Rep. Dominicana, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Honduras,
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>  Kenya,  Malawi, Mozambique, Haití, England, Nicaragua,
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> India, Uzbekistan, South Africa
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>                                                        minifarms at gmail.com*
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>     Workshops in organic, no-till, permanent-bed gardening, mini-farming,
> mini-ranching,
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> using drip or bucket drip irrigation, worldwide, in English & Español
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> DVDS for Education and Training
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> A CD holds 650 MB.  The Bible is 1.4 MB.  Therefore, *a CD holds 464 copies
> of the Bible.  A DVD holds 3,000 copies of the Bible.  A dual layer DVD
> holds 6,000 copies of the Bibles.*
>
> Just imagine what would happen if every school, church, village, library,
> etc in the bush of Africa, the jungles of Latin America and the mountains
> of Asia had a computer and DVD library.  The internet is not necessary and
> is expensive in some areas.  People can study for hours on a computer using
> DVDs with little or no cost.  Thousands of DVDs are available on hundreds
> of subjects and many are free.  I have farming DVDs.  Whatever a person
> wants to learn is available on a DVD.  HHTwebsite copier [free] can be used
> to download websites into a computer from the internet.  Use CDburner XP
> [free] to burn to a DVD.
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> 7B people are on the earth and 2B cannot read [400M in India. 2M in the
> USA] but they can be educated using video/audio DVDs.  Blind and deaf
> people can be educated.
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> Movies could be shown to the public for a fee to help with the cost.  Rent
> it to people studying vocational DVDs.
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> All computers operate internally on 12 v.  Those without electricity use a
> computer, internally altered, to operate directly on 12 v. from a battery
> with a solar charger [email for instructions].  A pedal*/*powered generator
> can be used to charge the battery.  This opens up a whole new way to
> teach.
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> *School in a Suitcase:*
> http://winministries.org/website/index.php/nation2nation, a religious
> group,has hundreds of schools in many countries; over 100 in Cuba.   A
> person with a computer [operating on 12 v.], printer and DVD library can
> travel from place to place, on a schedule, to teach and train people.  This
> is a very simple, inexpensive, effective way to educate children, youth and
> adults   Use a bicycle or a bicycle and trailer for transportation.
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> *Mobile schools: *
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> Vietnam*:*  Computer literacy is a luxury.  The Dariu Foundation provides
> computer training to kids in remote villages using a mobile school equipped
> with computers, internet access and access to e-library containing DVDs in
> agriculture, animal feeding, etc. Not only kids but clients benefit from
> this school. Dariu.org
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> India*:  *
> guardian.co.uk/global-development/video/2011/sep/30/india-mobile-school-video<http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/video/2011/sep/30/india-mobile-school-video>.
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> Kenya*:*  Education for pastoralist communities.
> changemakers.com/educationafrica/entries/mobile-schools-basic-education-pastoralist-communities<http://www.changemakers.com/educationafrica/entries/mobile-schools-basic-education-pastoralist-communities>
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> Ken Hargesheimer
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>    - curriki.org [K-12]
>    - world-virtual-school.com <http://www.world-virtual-school.com/>
>    - e-learningforkids.org <http://www.e-learningforkids.org/>
>    - inacol.org <http://www.inacol.org/>
>    - edublogs.org
>    - hippocampus.org/ <http://www.hippocampus.org/>
>    - nrocmath.org
>    - oercommons.org/ <http://www.oercommons.org/>
>    - Khanacademy.org [free courses. Can be downloaded on to DVDs and used
>    anywhere]
>    - icr.org/essentials <http://www.icr.org/essentials/>  Creation science
>    studies.
>    - olpcnews.com <http://www.olpcnews.com/>  [laptop computers for
>    children]
>    - http://one.laptop.org/about/mission
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