Implementation
Buyers Guide to ICT in Education
A series of recommendations on how to compile and evaluate bids to acquire equipment and services for school systems by GESCI, 2009.
(en francais) Guide d’Achat pour les TIC en milieu scolaire
Recommandations pour établir et évaluer les offres lors de l’acquisition de matériel et de services pour les systèmes scolaires.
Buyers Guide to Sustainable ICT Infrastructure in Low Resource Settings
By Inveneo, 2012. This guide is intended to serve as a planning tool for deploying information and communications technologies (ICTs) in low resource settings - i.e., communities lacking basic support infrastructure, such as grid power and broadband connectivity, and where computer skills among users and facilities managers are often limited.
Practical Guide to Pilot Projects and Large-Scale Deployment of ICT in the Education Sector - Guidelines on deploying IT in schools at a regional or national level
This document offers a series of recommendations concerning the planning and executing of pilot ICT projects in schools. It also provides guidance on how to interpret the information gathered from pilot experiences, to aid in the decision making process (whether to execute a larger-scale deployment or not) and the planning process. by GESCI, 2008.
(en francais)
Guide pratique pour la phase de pilotage et le déploiement à grande échelle de projets TIC dans le secteur éducatif
Une liste de recommandations pour définir et évaluer le matériel à acquérir et les services à mettre en place dans le système scolaire. GeSCI, 2008.
Deploying ICT in Schools: A framework for identifying and assessing technology options, their benefits, feasibility and total cost of ownership
This document helps in identifying the range of possible ICT solutions for schools and making a selection informed by an assessment of the benefits and costs of the different options. By GESCI, Version 4.0.2 – July 2008
GESCI school level TCO Tool: the electronic TCO tool comprises of the detailed TCO calculator information.
It should be used to calculate the total cost of ownership at the school level. (Version 4.0.21 – November 2008)
Download Tool in MS Excel format (XLS)
Download users manual V 4.0.21
GeSCI TCO tool for large scale deployments "Deploying 1:1 educational models in large scale: a practical budgeting tool based on TCO".
This is the regional and national large scale TCO module. It has been specifically designed with examples for 1:1 educational models, but can be used for any ICT4E deployment. (Version 2.0 – June 2010) -
Download Tool in MS Excel format (XLS)
Download Users manual for both versions (PDF)
Download Tool in stand-alone Java executable (RAR) NEW!!!
Download users manual for both versions (PDF)
ICT Hot Topics 2008
There are several issues considered crucial in the deployment of technology for education upon which no definite consensus exits or on which debates are inconclusive. These issues are referred to here as “hot issues”. This paper brings these hot issues into perspective outlining what the issues are, the main arguments used (as pros and cons), best practices, and recommendations on what to do in your own particular case and explores the effect on total cost of ownership. by GESCI 2008