On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 9:34 AM, S Suresh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I felt, like our school students are not utilizing the computer for their > skill growth/opportunities. > > In our olden days we don't have such facilities are penetration. But today > the internet/computer penetration is high, in schools also it is there. But > still it can improve lot. > > I am collecting the list of applications which can be used for students > (probably 5th Std onwards). > > 1) Basic computer training > how to use, OS, internet ,etc > 2) Documentation & Presentation applications > Application : Ms- office / LibreOffice > 3)Drawing applications (helps to improve their drawing & desinging skills) > 4) Multimedia applications > 5) Games ( Mind, brain games) > 6) Maths & Science oriented applications > <have to identify the list> > 7)Contributing in Internet applications > - contributing in wikipedia (students will be intersted on this) > - contributing in maths/science - discussions/forums etc. > there are two parts to it managing the school itself with Foss and Learning for using Foss which i think you are trying to cover in the first category we have http://www.projectfedena.org/ , Koha, Moodle and many more in the second one i would go with something like http://www.nand2tetris.org/ apart from the tangible cost benefit the intangible benefits we would get are social skills,communications, the responsibility of maintaining school network should be owned by them. -Satya fossevents.in _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
