Planning to let the light shine
Next is discussed a vital point
That helps you not to fail
While planning to build a great joint
Consider each detail
The P M’s task is first to write
A formal document
A project plan thus sees the light
First step to implement
A standard template does exist
To ease the tough process
But using it as is – resist –
It will negate success
A template’s good – to standardize –
It helps with common tasks
But must be matched to each school’s size
For changes it then asks
The plan must point by point address
What needs to be prepared
No item may be left a mess
No effort must be spared
There is no way one could have known
It could not be conceived
How schools’ I T needs would have grown
No one would have believed
For I T schools were not designed
– Class teaching and no more –
Computers no one had in mind
They were not catered for
The need for space one can’t ignore
Schools can get benefit
If one all options does explore
And find a retrofit
If there’s a room – remodel how –
A call to innovate
What changes are required now
What must one renovate
When no room is available
Create the needed space
Choose options that are feasible
To give the lab a place
For schools this is a monster chore
With many tentacles
An open mind – this is called for –
To void these obstacles
Each feature to be modified
Is carefully outlined
Items that must be rectified
Are likewise well defined
For every item that must change
The cost do calculate
So that throughout the project’s range
There is an estimate
Poem Index
- I Why the rooster crows
- II The good old days
- III The gloom sets in
- IV The exodus
- V The first rays of light
- VI The light bearers
- VII Distribution of light
- VIII One size does not fit all
- IX Planning to let the light shine
- X Room structure
- XI Security
- XII Power and light
- XIII Furnishings
- XIV Airconditioning
- XV Focal point of light
- XVI Technology options
- XVII Educational software
- XVIII Cost of light
- XIX Sustainability
- XX Light at the end of the tunnel
- XXI The first shimmers of light
- XXII The e-plan
- XXIII LAN administration
- XXIV Facilitation
- XXV The launch
- XXVI The real work starts
- XXVII Light for the community
- XXVIII Light for the learners