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ICT - Hardware Distribution from 11 March 13 March

2010-03-09T06:51:13+00:00

The Hardware distribution for Gov. and Aided ( High school, Higher Secondary school and Vocational Higher Secondary school) is scheduled from March 11 to 13.

All schools (HS,HSS,VHSS) from Wandoor Educational District should collect their equipments on 11 th .
All schools (HS,HSS,VHSS) from Tirur Educational District should collect their equipments on 12 th .
All schools (HS,HSS,VHSS) from Malappuram Educational District should collect their equipments on 13 th .

Get your token from IT@School District Office Malappuram Ph # 0483 2731692

Visit the link below for Equipments allotted to you :

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tDWUwgQeGr6N_hoZr0w8HxA&single=true&gid=0&output=html

IT Practical Exam Feedback by Chief Supdt.

2010-03-03T11:55:20+00:00

All HM/Principals are also requested to submit the feedback of the IT Practical Exam in each SSLC IT Practical examination centres. The feedback form is available in the following link :

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dG9ELUJteHlYbGhnLXFoUGY2a25rekE6MA

IT Practical Exam Feedback by Invigilators

2010-03-03T11:53:18+00:00

All SITCs in IT Practical Exam duty are requested to submit the feedback of the IT Practical Exam in each SSLC IT Practical examination centres. If you invigilated more than one centre, you should sumbit feedback of all the centers. If the JSITC or any other teacher is invigilating in any center where there is no SITC, pls request them to submit the feedback form.

The feedback form is attached to this mail. You can also view or submit the form, using the following link :
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDB1UXgwaFk1MURTV0I1aE1PdU1va3c6MA

Remuneration to SITCs

2010-03-03T11:49:41+00:00

All the SITCs are requested to submit a proforma which is attached here with for distributing remuneration to School IT Coordinators. All are requested to submit the above said proforma countersigned by HM before 06/03/10 .

Proforma for SITC Remuneration

VC teachers training at Alappuzha

2010-03-03T06:38:32+00:00

The 5 day ICT training programme for Visually Challenged school teachers of Alappuzha District was conducted from 16th to 20th February 2010. Six teachers were trained at the it@school resource centre, Alappuzha. The training was on the use of computers as part of enriching their pedagogy with the latest ICT tools.

ICT and New Media Workshop for Civil Society Organisations

2010-02-26T06:40:40+00:00

SPACE will organise a two day workshop on ICT and New Media for civil society organisations (CSOs) in Kerala from March 5 2010. The workshop aims to enable CSOs to leverage their activities with the use of ICT and New Media tools. Venue: Christ Nagar School, Kowdiar, Thiruvananthapuram.

IGNOU approves INSIGHT Training

2010-02-19T06:26:47+00:00

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has given its approval to back the certificate course provided for the differently abled at INSIGHT. INSIGHT, a project of the Kerala State IT Mission, has been endeavouring to empower the differently abled, mainly the visually challenged, through computers, Internet and other ICT tools.

INSIGHT has been running a customised training programme, spanning over 160 hours, for the benefit of the differently abled. Training is provided in Free Software and is aimed at comprehensively equipping the differently abled to make best use of ICT. More than a 100 students from educational backgrounds have been trained by INSIGHT so far.

Further to this approval, all students completing the training and clearing the examination thereafter will be issued a certificate from IGNOU. More modalities on the actual implementation are being worked out.

Second batch of District Panchayat Training Programme for differently abled

2010-02-18T09:12:20+00:00

Second batch of Training , jointly conducted by Kerala State IT Mission and District Panchayat has started for differently abled students of Pallichal Panchayat . The training adds a new dimension as it gave them opportunity to use the accessible technologies available today to become self-reliant in life. It will continue for three weeks.

നേട്ടങ്ങള്‍ 2009-2010

2010-02-18T06:43:55+00:00

January 26 മലപ്പുറത്തെ എം എസ്.പി. ഗ്രോണ്‍ഡിലെ റിപ്പബ്ലിക്ക് ദിന പരേഡില്‍

സ്കൗട്ട് വിഭാഗത്തില്‍ ഒന്നാം സ്ഥാനവുo ഗൈഡ്സ് വിഭാഗത്തില്‍ രണ്ടാo സ്ഥാനം നേടി .

സംസ്ഥാന പ്രവര്‍ത്തി പരിചയ മേളയില്‍ plaster of parries വിഭാഗo ഒന്നാം സ്ഥാനം

2009ലെ മലപ്പുറം സബ് ജില്ല വിദ്യാരംഗം കലാ സാഹിത്യ വേദി ഓവറോള്‍ കിരീടം നേടി

story writing -Malayalam students വിഭാഗoഒന്നാം സ്ഥാനം:

story writing -Malayalam -:teachers വിഭാഗo ഒന്നാം സ്ഥാനം:Arunapriya AP( HSA maths)

Poem writing -Malayalam -:teachers വിഭാഗo ഒന്നാം സ്ഥാനം:Rasheed Mullapalli(H S A Malayalam)

2009ലെ മലപ്പുറം സബ് ജില്ല ഐ ടി മേളയില്‍ ഓവറോള്‍ കിരീടം നേടി

മലയാളം കമ്പ്യൂട്ടിംഗ് , പത്താം തരത്തിലെ Makbool Thoufeek k ഒന്നാം സ്ഥാനം നേടി.

web designing:

പത്താം തരത്തിലെ Afsal T ഒന്നാം സ്ഥാനം നേടി.

Training for Akshaya Entrepreneurs at Palakkad

2010-02-16T11:41:58+00:00

A two day training programme was held for the Akshaya Entrepreneurs at Palakkad on 10^th and 11^th February 2010, for training the Visually Challenged in using computers. 34 participants from different Akshaya centres participated in the training programme which was held at BPL Telecom Wireless and Computer Training Academy, Chandranagar, Palakkad.

Training for differently abled by KSITM and District Panchayat

2010-02-11T08:50:27+00:00

The first batch of training for differently abled, jointly conducted by Kerala State IT Mission and District Panchayat has started on 1^st February 2010. 21 visually challenged students are undergoing training at INSIGHT centre, on the use of computers with the latest free and open source ICT tools in two separate sessions.

The next set of trainings will be starting shortly.

FOSS in Science-Workshop on LaTeX and Scilab

2010-02-08T10:31:57+00:00

A three-day workshop on LaTeX and Scilab will be held at UC College, Aluva from 25 February 2010. The workshop is jointly organised by IIT Bombay, SPACE, Thiruvananthapuram and Bhaskaracharya Prathisthana Institute, Pune.

The workshop will consist of lectures and hands-on sessions in LaTeX and Scilab. LaTeX is a document preparation system that can produce good-looking documents without much difficulty, especially technical documents that contain equations. Its popularity is increasing in Kerala, and it is now part of the Mathematics curriculum of Calicut University.

Inauguration of District Panchayat Training Programme

2010-02-01T13:59:09+00:00

The inauguration of training for the differently abled, jointly conducted by the Kerala State IT Mission and District Panchayat was held on 30^th January 2010. Hon. District Panchayat President Sri. Anavoor Nagappan inaugurated the programme.

KSITM Director Dr. Rathan Kelkar IAS, Sri. Anad Jayan( Member, District Panchayat), Sri. V.S Santosh ( Secretary, District Panchayat), Sri. K.Vijayachandran ( Director, Future India Foundation), Sri T.M Suresh Kumar (District Social Welfare Officer) and Dr. V. Sasikumar (Coordinator, SPACE) were also present for the function. Sri. V.S Aravind (Chairman, Social Welfare Standing Committee) presided over the function.

The first batch of training for 10 visually challenged will begin on 1^st February 2010. The training will attempt to equip them with the required free software ICT tools.

Insight centre inaugurated at Calicut University

2010-02-01T10:54:06+00:00

The Inauguration of Insight Centre at Calicut University was held on 28th January 2010 at CHMK Library, Calicut University. Hon. Vice Chancellor, Smt. Anwar Jahan Zuberi inaugurated the centre. The centre inside the C.U library, will benefit the Visually Challenged students to access the huge repository of e-Books and e-Journals available in the library. Free training will also be given to the students at the centre on Ubuntu platform using the Orca screen reader.

Insight will shortly be conducting a training programme for the
library staff of Calicut University on accessible technologies for the Visually
Challenged.

Training for Akshaya Entrepreneurs at Alleppey

2010-01-25T06:53:35+00:00

A two day training programme was held for the Akshaya Entrepreneurs at Alleppey on 19^th and 20^th January 2010, for training the Visually Challenged in using computers. 56 Akshaya Entrepreneurs participated in the training programme which was held at Cherthala and Purakkadu Akshaya centres. A technical quiz programme was conducted on the final day and prizes were distributed. Certificates were also issued for all the participants.

Training for Special School Students at Idukki

2010-01-22T08:43:25+00:00

A 5 day ICT training programme was conducted from 12th January 2010 for the students of Louis Braille School for Blind, Idukki.The programme was inaugurated by Hon. M.P Shri P T Thomas. 23 students and 3 teachers were given training on the use of computers with the latest ICT tools.

Interactive Session for Parents

2010-01-18T07:20:02+00:00

An interactive programme with parents of autistic children and Dr Arun Mehta was organised at insight on 13th january . Dr Mehta enlightened them on Skid, a free software package similar to Gcompris which the children are already working with. Skid has many tiny modules that a child can select and combine, based on the specific task she wishes to perform. Parents were happy to note that ICT training through packages like Skid or Gcompris can really help an autistic child to communicate in real life situations.

INSIGHT Conducts Seminar on Empowering the Differently Abled

2010-01-18T05:58:21+00:00

The Kerala State IT Mission as part of their initiative to to bring the benefits of ICT to the differently abled through its INSIGHT project conducted a seminar on the topic “Empowering the Differently Abled” on 13th January 2010 at Malabar Hall, Technopark. Shri Mervin Alexander, CEO, Technopark delivered the welcome speech. Dr. Rathan Kelkar IAS, Director, KSITM, in his introductory remarks, enlightened the audience about the activities done by Kerala IT Mission to empower the differently abled. He also added that efforts would be made through INSIGHT to assist the companies in identifying the right candidates and giving them job-related training.

This was followed by a presentation by INSIGHT detailing the activities done for empowering and employing the differently abled. The highlight of the presentation was demonstrations by two visually challenged students. A talk by Dr. Arun Mehta, Chairman, Department of CE, JMIT, on “Employing Differently abled” followed. He said he was amazed by the ideas that were being conceived and implemented in Kerala and insisted that it would be wonderful if Kerala could set a role model in the field of empowering the differently abled as well.

Mr Mathew Jacob of Nest Technologies suggested that the companies should change their mindset regarding employing a differently abled person. The experience that he has had from employing differently abled in company makes him a strong votary of this cause, he added. Shri. Satish Babu, CEO, Inapp Technologies proposed a vote of thanks.

Awareness programme for Akshaya Entrepreneurs in Alleppey

2010-01-15T01:25:33+00:00

An awareness programme for Akshaya Entrepreneurs about Insight’s activities and the course that it offered to Visually Challenged students was held at Akshaya District office, Alleppey on 7th January. More than 150 entrepreneurs participated in the programme.

Insight will shortly give training to the interested entrepreneurs so that some of the training currently being offered at the Insight centre, is available through Akshaya centres of Alleppey as well.

Training for Shalom Special School Teachers

2010-01-14T07:04:46+00:00

Another batch of 13 more teachers from Shalom special school Vattapara attended the one day ICT training programme on 6^th January. In the first session teachers were introduced to the free software educational package “Gcompris” and in the subsequent session they experienced individually the benefits of “Gcompris” package .

Many of the special educators felt that the package will ultimately help the mentally challenged children in their cognitive development.

ICT Training for Special Educators

2010-01-05T10:54:39+00:00

A one day ICT Training Programme was conducted on 31st December 2009 for the special educators of Marion Play Home, Edayilakonam and Shalom Special School, Vattapara. Nine teachers from these institutes participated at the training programme. The teachers were helped to get familiarised with Gcompris, the free software educational package. Special educators find Gcompris package helpful in improving the functional academic concept of the intellectually disabled children.

Feedbacks from the teachers suggest that the teachers would greatly appreciate the programme if the medium of instruction of the Gcompris package is in Malayalam.

Training for Special School teachers at Kannur

2009-12-31T10:42:51+00:00

A one day ICT training programme was conducted on 28st December for the teachers of Model School for Blind, Dharmasala at Kannur. Six special educators were trained through this program.

The training was on the use of computers as part of enriching their pedagogy with the latest ICT tools.

Training for Special School teachers at Kozhikode

2009-12-31T10:32:53+00:00

A training program on ICT tools for the differently abled was given to special educators of Calicut Higher Secondary School for handicapped, Snehamahal Special school for mentally handicapped and APH Vocational Centre for differently abled at Kozhikode District on 23rd and 24th December 2009. The training was conducted in two phases, free software tools for the visually challenged on the first day and special educational packages like ‘Gcompris’ on the second day for teachers handling mentally challenged children. Thirteen visually challenged teachers and ten special educators were trained through this program.

Training for Teachers of Rotary Institute

2009-12-24T07:34:47+00:00

A one day ICT training programme was conducted on 21st December for the teachers of “Rotary Institute for Children in Need of Special Care.” The training was held at the Insight office in Vellayambalam. Nine teachers of the institute participated in the programme. The teachers were introduced to free soft ware educational packages like “Gcompris” which will be beneficial for the mentally challenged and autistic children in communication and social development.

Feed back from the teachers suggest that similar training programmes can be more useful if they are extended to few more days.

Second soft skills development programme concluded

2009-12-24T07:07:33+00:00

The two months Soft Skills Development programme for 14 Visually Challenged Students has been concluded. The programme was held from 12th October to 19th December 2009. Apart from developing their communication skills, this course was also an effort to equip them with the required Free Software ICT tools as well. Various exercises and activities were conducted for developing their language and communication skills. A mock test was conducted for the students on 19th December. The final exam for certification will be held in January 2010.

First Indian SciPy Conference held in Trivandrum

2009-12-23T11:22:14+00:00

The International SciPy Conference was inaugurated by Dr Travis Oliphant, Vice President of Enthought Inc. (USA) at Trivandrum on 12 December 2009.

First Indian SciPy Conference held in Trivandrum

2009-12-23T10:03:39+00:00

The first Indian SciPy Conference was inaugurated on 12 December 2009 by Dr Travis Oliphant, Vice President of Enthought Inc. (USA) at Technopark, Trivandrum.

VC teachers training at Idukki Completed

2009-12-19T13:03:14+00:00

The 5 day ICT training programme for seven Visually Challenged school teachers was held in Idukki district from 14^th-18^th December 2009. 4 teachers from Idukki and 3 teachers from Kottayam District participated in the training programme.

World Disability Day Celebrations

2009-12-06T06:30:56+00:00

Over 1,500 physically challenged people took part in World Disability Day Celebration at the Govt. Central School, Attakulangara, Trivandrum on December 3, 2009. Hon. Minister for Transport, Shri. Jose Thettayil, inaugurated the function. The event was organized by Social Welfare Department and Kerala State Handicapped Persons Welfare Corporation.Insight was given a chance to participate in the event by setting up a stall.

Around 1000 physically challenged children from different special schools visited the stall. Insight demonstrated their regular activities based on the latest ICT tools to children, parents and teachers who visited the stall. Visitors were also introduced to some educational games, which would help children with learning disabilities to develop their overall abilities.

Our Visually Challenged trainers and students demonstrated using computers with the help of free screen reading software Orca. Some physically challenged visitors came with specific needs like learning to burn a CD, formatting a memory card etc. Copies of Swaram audio magazine and Ubuntu 9.10 cd’s were also distributed. Presentations of Insight’s day to day activities and documentaries were also displayed.

Apart from being amusing the children, the programme helped to create awareness about the activities of INSIGHT to parents and teachers of differently abled.

Scipy India 09 - International conference on Python for Education and Scientific Computing

2009-12-02T06:14:27+00:00

FOSSEE, IIT Bombay and SPACE will organise an international conference on Scientific Computing with Python (Scipy.in 09) from December 12 to 17 at Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram.

For online registration: http://scipy.in

Event Date:

Sat, 12/12/2009