IT for Change Bulletin October 2010 - Quarterly Bulletin |
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GREETINGS ! Check out our main activities from May 2010 to October 2010 In this issue: |
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Communications and Publications Associate and Assistant Teachers Educators (Science and Mathematics) for Computer Aided Learning Coordinator for a project on ICTs for Open Government and Deepening Democracy Research Associate - Governance, Social Policy and ICTs |
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IT for Change as guest editor of the Journal of Community Informatics
IT for Change was invited by the Journal of Community Informatics to guest-edit a special issue on gender and community informatics, which presents articles from various countries across the world and discusses how information and communication technology have a transformatory impact on gender relations. Please read the journal here.
'From a Public Internet to the Internet Mall'
Parminder Jeet Singh writes about the future of the Internet after the recent agreements between telecom companies and specific websites (e.g. Google and Verizon in the US or Facebook and Airtel in India), which challenge the principle of net neutrality. Download the article here.
ICT in education programmes (Yadgir, Karnataka) IT for Change carried out a study on the computer, radio and satellite/TV-based programmes in government schools. The research showed that the central design of such strategies weakened their potentially positive outcomes by impeding real ownership of teachers and schools. ICT educational tools have immense potential in supporting learning and enabling collaboration amongst teachers, provided that they focus on local contexts and are driven by clear educational perspectives. Evaluation of the Regional Resource Centre for Education
IT for Change completed a research about the University-School Resource Network (USRN), a joint programme of Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University, which aims to build networks of teachers from both government and private schools, as well as from teacher education institutions in Delhi. The project hopes to present an alternative to the traditional top-down in-service teacher training programmes. Visit the web portal.
Photo Exhibition: Empowering Adolescent Girls in Rural Villages (May 31-June 1 and June 7-8, 2010, Mysore district, Karnataka)
A two-day exhibition was organised in the villages Hosavaranchi (on June 7-8) and Attiguppe (May 1-June 1) to showcase to the community the learning of adolescent girls who participate in the 'Kishori Chitrapata' (Images by Adolescent Girls) Project, a collaborative intervention of IT for Change, 'Mahila Samakhya' Karnataka, a women's empowerment intervention of the Government of India, and UNICEF. The project aims to empower them through information and communication technologies like videos, audio recorders, digital camera and computers. Read more here.
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