On Friday 01 Jul 2011 19:17:57 Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote: > Greetings, > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 11:40 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thursday 30 Jun 2011 22:34:15 Rony wrote: > >> On 06/30/2011 09:47 AM, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: > >> > 2011/6/30 Rony <[email protected]>: > >> >> I did some web searching on this subject and there are some nice eye > >> >> opening articles on this technology and every school management must > >> > > >> > Did you find anything relevant to the Indian milieu during your > >> > research? > >> > >> It is still young and what happened in the US is now happening here with > >> the same players amongst the rest. What I feel individually is that > >> these are high end presentation products meant for corporate offices and > >> not for schools, that too in every classroom. Simply calling them > >> teaching aids does not change things. We don't even have the entire > >> syllabus of every class and subject available fully in professional and > >> electronic format. If schools want to go digital then a simple projector > >> and computer in every class or in a special room is sufficient. Schools > >> must invest in professional grade content not gadgets. > > > > You should visit with Dr. Nagrjuna and Ganesh/ Amit etc on their visit to > > khalapur to understand what ICT is all about. > > ICT requires the student to be in control, asking questions, generating > > data, interacting with their immediate environment, in applying the > > principles of science, maths, arts etc. That is learning and more > > importantly that is what teaching is all about. > > > > Education in most places has degraded to hand me downs from teacher to > > student and ICT is reduced to gizmos like the white board. How many > > students have their own lab? or their own music / story / recording > > facility. > > -- > > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > > +10 > > Is there any possibility for me to join such effort? can you mail me > some details? I am from Thane,Mumbai
Most definetly. Will ask Dr. Nagarjuna / Amit / Ganesh to keep us posted on their next visits. On a related note we have been toying with the idea of a "hackers club" where we can pursue hardware and software fun stuff on anything that takes our fancy. The primary motive is to kindle the spirit of experimentation that seems to be systematically killed by our edu system. Hopefully we will have atleast a few collegians joining in. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
