2011/6/27 Rony <[email protected]>: > Nowadays there is a new trend among schools in Mumbai, to install > electronic interactive black boards in classrooms. > The systems run on Windows and teachers are being > encouraged to do everything in MS Power Point slide shows by creating > them every day. Another interesting thing is that they have a server > installed where teachers must upload all their teaching material so it > is commonly available to everyone.
I have done some work for one of the companies that make these products - the Hyderabad-based Next Education (www.nexteducation.in). Such products certainly make the lives of the teachers easier, and are not portents of disaster like you make them to be. Next's products are Linux-based. > My question is that how much computing is needed in teaching today? > Apart from showing educational films and slide shows in the auditorium, > what more can be done in class using a computer? I see a whole host of possibilities, really. Binand -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
