BalaSwecha - Revision history

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 * Among them 56 teachers are using BalaSwecha in their schools.
 * The rest are unable to use BalaSwecha due to various reasons like lack of electricity / computers in the schools, old/ malfunctioning computer hardware etc.
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 *The multimedia content has been mapped to the 7 and 8 standards.
 * The User Interface is made easy to browse where all the applications are grouped according to the subjects and topics.
 ====Work under construction====
 * Module/ framework based approach

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 * Photosynthesis application.
 * Extending the human atlas application to suite animals and microorganisms.
 ==Field Work==

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	Follow the instructions below to setup your machine to contribute in development:		Follow the instructions below to setup your machine to contribute in development:

−	*[http://balaswecha.in/docs/Balaswecha%20Training%20Document.pdf Balaswecha Teacher Training Document]

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 The user interface extensively uses QtWebKit in addition to the above in order to communicate with the Operating System and also to provide a unified interface to access different applications.
 Follow the instructions below to setup your machine to contribute in development:
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+*[http://balaswecha.in/docs/Balaswecha%20Training%20Document.pdf Balaswecha Teacher Training Document]
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 ===Current Status===
 * BalaSwecha is equipped with more than 100 applications and multimedia content.
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 * Coming up with different ISO which suit different environments (primarily DE).
 * Photosynthesis application.
 * Extending the human atlas application to suite animals and microorganisms.
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 ==Field Work==

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 * Among them 56 teachers are using BalaSwecha in their schools.
 * The rest are unable to use BalaSwecha due to various reasons like lack of electricity / computers in the schools, old/ malfunctioning computer hardware etc.
 ==Developers’ Corner==

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 Swecha conducts a series of workshops for the teachers from the Government schools on BalaSwecha across Andhra and Telangana states. There are around 300 teachers till May 2015 who had attended the workshops.
 == Teacher Training Workshops ==
 Teacher training workshops are conducted twice every year. One during the summer vacation which includes teachers across the Andhra and Telangana. The other, during vacations like Dussehra / Pongal where teachers get long holidays.
 During the teacher training workshop, the teachers are introduced to computer aided teaching. The workshop has sessions from introducing computers, to using the applications to create a virtual lab environment.
-The chapters/ topics which needs imagination of a 3 dimensional view and is difficult to teach the students using traditional teaching methods, applications/ multimedia will help the teachers in explaining it better.
+===Current Status===
-The results of the feedback on BalaSwecha from teachers and educational specialists.
+==Developers’ Corner==
-[[File:Pie.png]]
-=== Applications ===
+Swecha has more than 150 GNU/Linux User Groups (GLUG) set up in engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The students from these colleges choose government schools around their colleges and help the teachers set up BalaSwecha lab in the schools.
-=====To be developed=====
+If you are interested in taking BalaSwecha to a school, please fill in the details of the schools here. So that we could keep a track of the schools and also intimate you as soon as we have a new release.
-* ''Pulleys''
-=== Open Hardware ===
+==Going Forward==

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 {{DISPLAYTITLE:BalaSwecha}}BalaSwecha is an initiative of Swecha which aims at bridging the growing digital divide in education at the school level between the privileged and underprivileged. BalaSwecha is a complete learning platform which introduces computer aided education and virtual lab environment to the schools.
-Teachers in the schools for the underprivileged are not well equipped with technology. Hence they are forced to follow the traditional teaching methods. BalaSwecha gives them an opportunity to teach with the help of multimedia content and the students to explore subjects with the help of applications.
+Teachers in the Government schools are not well equipped with technology. Hence they are forced to follow the traditional teaching methods. BalaSwecha gives them an opportunity to teach with the help of multimedia content and the students to explore the subject with the help of the applications available.
-The applications in BalaSwecha create a virtual lab environment where the teacher/student can conduct their experiments and allow them to explore concepts in way that textbooks can't. It is designed to increase inquisitive thinking among the students. Students will be exposed to platform where they can explore and learn while conducting experiments.
+The applications in BalaSwecha create a virtual lab environment where the teacher/ student can conduct their experiments and explore the concept beyond their textbooks. It helps in increasing the inquisitive thinking among the students. The students will be exposed to a huge platform where they can explore and learn while conducting experiments.
-BalaSwecha is a tool which is built to compliment the teachers than to replace them.
+BalaSwecha is a tool which is built to compliment the teachers than to replace.
-Swecha conducts a series of workshops for the teachers from the schools for the underprivileged on BalaSwecha across Andhra and Telangana states. There are around 300 teachers (as of May, 2015) who had attended the workshops.
+Swecha conducts a series of workshops for the teachers from the Government schools on BalaSwecha across Andhra and Telangana states. There are around 300 teachers till May 2015 who had attended the workshops.
-[[File:Pie.png]]
+== Teacher Training Workshops ==
-== Teacher Training Workshops ==
+The BalaSwecha team collects the feedback during their interaction with the teachers and works on on it during their next release.
-Teacher training workshops are conducted twice every year. One during the summer vacation which includes teachers across the Andhra and Telangana. The other, during vacations like Dussehra / Pongal where teachers get long holidays.
-During these workshops, teachers are introduced to computer aided teaching, using BalaSwecha as the platform.
+The results of the feedback on BalaSwecha from teachers and educational specialists.
 == Road Map ==
 ==== Current Status ====
 * The learning platform in BalaSwecha is equipped with more than 100 applications which create a virtual lab environment.
-* With a new user interface, BalaSwecha looks more appealing.
+* With the new User Interface BalaSwecha looks even more appealing.
 * The Teacher Training Workshop conducted in May 2015 got another 50 teachers engaged with BalaSwecha
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 ==== Things to do: (Road map for the next release) =====
 * The user interface needs additional modules to accommodate curriculum mapping
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              Cell Division, Microscope, Base Framework, etc
 * Improve the Knowledge/Content sharing platform for Teachers