The Government schools have reopened, which means the TCoL team is back in action! During the month of June, we visited our chosen schools and have been installing Ubuntu in the computers there. During the installation process, we have been training the teachers and the students to install this themselves. We had a great…
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July 1st Thursday afternoon, Thanks to Pablo, Most of us at ITfC learnt the amazing power of Social Media. Twitter was heard of but never used in this way. Understanding the positive aspect of Social Media was the main agenda of this session and I must say Pablo did complete justice to what he was communicating to us. We enjoyed every bit of…
A 'Knowledge Building Workshop (KBW)' was organized by the Karnataka Community (KC) of United Nations Solution Exchange, at UTC Bangalore on June 19, 2010, to engage in dialogue among Community of Practitioners (CoPs). The workshop focused on the role of 'knowledge sharing' to support share knowledge, experiences and…
IT for Change's new research project entitled, "Women's Enterprise and Information Technology" with Dr. Lisa McLaughlin from Miami University-Ohio, will explore ICT policies and practices that seek to integrate women entrepreneurs, especially from the informal and small business sectors, into formal and global markets. Data collection is…
After carefully reading through 34 detailed and fascinating project Pre-Proposals, the Advisory Group of the Gender and Citizenship in the Information Society Research Program have finally selected a small group of particularly outstanding and diverse ideas best suited for the overall objectives of the Program. The Advisory…
On June 16, a high level delegation from Tajikistan with members from government (Parliament, ICTs agencies), civil society organisations working on ICTs and development issues and the private sector had a 2-hour discussion on the main programmatic areas and activities conducted by IT for Change. The group visited IT for…
A two day photo exhibition was organised in the villages Hosavaranchi (on Jun 7-8) and Attiguppe (May 31-Jun 1), in Mysore district, to showcase to the community the learning of adolescent girls who participate in the 'Kishori Chitrapata' (Adolescent girls' expressions on the video screen) Project, a collaborative…
The article by Giroux has several thought provoking ideas and assertions on the aims of education, the social context of school today, the role of teachers and education administrators... Debating: * Leadership vs management * Theory vs practice * Testing/measurable indicators and assessment * Training vs education * Role of teachers in student…
The Hindu May 26, 2010 Special Correspondent KOCHI: Kerala is a role model for other States in implementing ICT-enabled (information and communication technology) education in schools using Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS), according to Rajen Vareda, moderator of U.N. Solution Exchange ICTD Community. Kerala's success in…
On May 18th, 2010, IT for Change's Executive Director Parminder Jeet Singh presented a statement at the XIII Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) Session in Geneva, on the process of Enhanced Cooperation in the area of Internet Governance. Parminder argued that the major actors and stakeholders should…