What we have done so far...
a. Content Curation
Curated online content relevant to school education
Designed a simple to use platform - eSchool.tube , offering a guided browsing experience to school teachers
Built user-friendly navigation on the basis of
SUBJECT
CLASS
THEME (Topic)
LEVEL (Difficulty level)
b. Pilot implementation
Identified few low-cost schools and learning centers catering to under-privileged students and piloted the platform in these schools
Focus on centers in urban-village pockets and remote areas
Based on user feedback, incorporated 'SEARCH LIBRARY' facility including content search in different languages
Interacted and collaborated with existing online content providers
Held regular teacher training and hand-holding workshops in the pilot schools / centers to enhance capacity of teachers to use ICT in classroom teaching
c. Infrastructure Research and Solutions
Explored different combination of devices ( computing & display ) to arrive at cost effective solutions, which have thin clients and least maintenance issues
Explored and identified location-specific ISPs (internet service providers) for last mile connectivity
d. Impact (at pilot site)
Increased attention and interest of students in class-room
Better prepared teachers
Better understanding of concepts
Improved students grades
Next Steps : What we want to do...