7th GBG Dhaka Meet-up Education & Collaboration Online

Saturday, February 16, 2013

EMK Center

Dhaka, Bangladesh In partnership with: Sponsored by:

A Digital Day in Student Life (10 min) Muntasir N. Chowdhury, University Student, IBA

Search Trends for Students (10 min) Riyad Husain & Salman Hossain, GBG Managers

Google in Education (5 min) Kazi Monirul Kabir, Bangladesh Country Consultant, Google TransEd’s Math Solution Project (10 min) Shah Yasser Aziz, A Level Student

Useful Collaboration Tools for Students (5 min) Nash Islam, GBG Manager

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GBG Spotlight: How Internet Can Improve Education (10 min) 3 GBG Member Presentations

Grameenphone’s Alo Ashbei (10 min) Sayma Rahman, Mobile Commerce & Digital Content Specialist,

Grameenphone WhereAreMyBooks.com (10 min) Tahin Rahman, Co-Founder

Sponsor Talk: Rokomari.com (5 min) GBG Community Updates & Closing (5 min) Networking & Refreshments (5 min)

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A Digital Day in Student Life

Muntasir N. Chowdhury University Student, IBA

A Digital Day in

Student Life

Companies and people alike are taking advantage of Digital Marketing

THANK YOU

Google in Education

Kazi Monirul Kabir Bangladesh Country Consultant

Google

google.com/edu

Search Trends for Students

Riyad Husain & Salman Hossain GBG Managers

There’s  a  Lot  of  Informa0on  Out  There…  

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2 Billion Searches per Day

…  and  We  Believe  Data  Should  Drive  Decisions  

Google’s  mission  is  to  organize  the  world’s  informa0on    and  make  it  universally  accessible  and  useful.  

How do I find the information

that is the most useful for me

and my organization?

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Search  is  a  Barometer  

4  Demos  

1. Top  &  Rising  searches  2. Historical  trends  3. Seasonality  4. Global  &  Regional  interest  

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1. Top  &  Rising  searches  

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2.  Historical  trends  

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3.  Seasonality  

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Search  for  TERM  PAPER  declined  from  2010  onward    

Possible  Reason  for  decline?    Universi0es  now  use  ‘plagiarism  checker’.    

Week  before  semester  final,    rush  for  term  paper  submission  

Na?onal  Universi?es  Admission  session  is  from    October  –  February  in  the  calendar  

Bangladesh  Search  Trends  for  ‘T20’  

ICC  T20  World  Cup  

4.  Global  &  Regional  Interest  

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Bangladesh  Search  Trends  for  ‘GIFTS’  

Worldwide  Search  Trends  for  ‘GIFTS’  

Valen?ne’s  day  is  s0ll  the  LEADING    Search  trend  for  ‘GIFTS’  in  Bangladesh  

Christmas  is  the  LEADING    Search  trend  for  ‘GIFTS’  Worldwide  

TransEd’s Math Solution Project

Shah Yasser Aziz

The Project Starts!

Search Engine

For  finding  and  sor0ng  O  &  A  level  exam  ques0ons  

Calling  out  for  support!  

Work  with  TransEd  

Useful Collaboration Tools for Students

Nash Islam GBG Manager

A New Era in Education

MOOC = Massive Open Online Course •  Open access – no need to register as

students & pay fee •  Large Scale – massive number of

students vs teachers •  Connects distributed instructors &

learners

Collaborate digitally when you’re near or far

Group Calls

Work & Collaborate

Take Notes

Manage Projects

Citing References

Get more out of your classes & study groups by leveraging online

tools

GBG Member Spotlight

Spotlight:

Internet is the largest school

Md. Khalid Mahmood

Junior Software Engineer Nacenia IT

Internet is the largest school Ø  Web application to make Online student Community. Ø  Students of different class will join separate study groups. Ø  Sharing study problems. Ø  Solving problems altogether with fun. Ø  Open discussion forum. Ø  Regular online quiz contest. Ø  Interactive way of learning. Ø  Challenging any particular student or a student group. Ø  Earning credit.

Internet  is  the  largest  school  Ø  Create question anytime

and share in the group. Ø  Anyone can answer the

questions. Ø  After answering credit

will be earned for right answers.

Ø  Create quiz after earning certain credit.

Internet is the largest School Ø  Audio and video

tutorials.

Ø  Anyone can upload and download tutorials.

Ø  Learning through playing games for the children.

Ø  Thank you Very Much.

   

Spotlight:

What I get from a MOOC

Mainul Hasan Alin

What  do  I  get  from  a  MOOC  

•  Superior  Educa0on  •  Creden0als  

Career  Services  

h^ps://www.udacity.com/account/seangs#!/profile  

h^ps://www.coursera.org/account/careerservices  

Coursera  &  

Udacity  get    Finders  Fee    

Your  CV  goes  to  the  big  players  Like  Google,  Facebook,  Twi^er,  AppDirect  and  TrialPay  

Networking  

•  Communicate  with  the  professors  directly  in  the  Forums  

•  Get  Help  in  a  Familiar  Facebook  Environment  

Spotlight:

Shaon84 Education Initiative

Benzir Shaon

Education Initiative

Area   EWUeduca0on   mbaEduca0on  

Founded   2004   2010  

University   Bus.  Undergrads.  of  EWU   Bus.  Grads.  of  AIUB  

Reach   ewueduca'on.shaon84.com   mbaeduca'on.shaon84.com  

Type   Free  Personal  Academic  Assignment  Showcase  in  Online  for  Students  

Access   Free,  No  Registra0on  Required,  Open  for  All  

SHAON84  |  Educa0on  Ini0a0ve  INDEPENDENT  SUBSIDIARIES   ONLINE  SUPPORT  

presenta?on/  Benzir  Shaon,  SHAON84  Founder  -­‐Chief  For  GBG  –  Dhaka  on  16  FEB  2013  

The  ‘Assignment  Portals’  

EWU ENGLISH CONVERSATION CLUB

Web   shaon84.com  

Facebook   facebook.com/shaon84web  

Education Initiative

The  Answer  of  ‘Why’...  

•  Seang  Trend  and  Mentality  to  ‘Share’  Academic  Works  

•  Provide  Ideas  and  Supports  for  Preparing  Be^er  Assignments  

•  Auxiliary:  Be^er  Assignments  May  Used  as  Reference  (with  Proper  Credit)  

−   Founded  in  2008  −   Web  Portal  for  EWU  People  −   Contents  

−   News  &  Updates  −   University  Club  &  Other  Info  −   Semesterly  Publica0on:  amaderStory    

−   Write-­‐ups  −   Photographs  etc.  

−   Anima0ons  −   Students’  Works  

−   Profit  Mo0ve:  Non-­‐Earning  −   Currently  Postponed  (Temporary)  

The  ‘amaderEWU’  Story  

Education Initiative

Grameenphone’s Alo Ashbei

Sayma Rahman Mobile Commerce & Digital Content Specialist

Grameenphone

Alo  Ashbei  

Alo  Ashbei  started  as  a  compe00on  

   

§   Compe00on  launched  in  2010  

§   Ran  for  3  months  

§   Massive  interest  in  developer  community    §   196  apps,  3200  registra0ons  

§   3  winners,  10  prizes    

Many  app  stores  but  none  in  BD  

   

§   Device  &  independent  app  stores  are  becoming  popular  

§    Customers   in   BD   cannot   enjoy   paid  apps  

§    Local   developers   face   complicated  payment  procedure  

§    No   planorm   to   serve   local  market  &  groom  budding  developers  

§    Huge   demand   for   locally   developed  relevant  apps    

Internet  is  booming,  why  not  apps?          

§   97.5  mn  mobile  phone  users  

§   8%  internet  penetra0on  

§    Around   50%   internet   users   in  Grameenphone  network  

§    17%   GP   internet   users   visit  wap.gpworld.com  

§   Games,  videos  &  songs  are   top  downloaded  contents  

§   Very  few  local  apps  

LS  Internet  1.5  mn  

SS  Internet  11.5  mn  

Alo  Ashbei            

www.aloashbei.com    

§   Grameenphone’s  partner  is  TTBC  Ltd.    §   Educa0onal  features  -­‐  guideline,  tools,  tutorial  videos  etc    

§   Community  features  -­‐  blog,  forum,  request  for  apps  etc  

§   Support  features  –  phone,  email,  chat,  mee0ng  etc    

§   QC  features  –  tes0ng,  ra0ng,  recogni0on,  contest  etc  

§   Network  APIs   (subscrip0on  model,  SMS  no0fica0on,  MMS  push  etc)    

If  they  can,  why  not  us?             An   online   photo-­‐sharing   and   social  

networking  service.  Facebook  purchased  Instagram  for  $1  billion  in  2012    

An   “endless   running”   game   chased   by  demon  monkeys  &  apes      

A   library   of   3900+   free   educa0onal  videos        

Khepa Kauwa

A   million   $   game   developed   by   a  Bangladeshi    

Let’s  do  it!            

§   Let’s  explore  our  crea0vity  

§   Let’s  develop  some  amazing  apps  

§   Let’s  make  life  easy  

§    Let’s   strengthen   our   developer  community  

§   Let’s  compete  with  the  world  

§   Let’s  make  some  money    

WhereAreMyBooks.com

Tahin Rahman Co-Founder

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Change Team www.changebd.net

a place for students to buy or sell used books

Universities

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Students

2,50,000+

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Features

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Post Book

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Search Book

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Buy Book

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Next Step

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Thanks

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Thank you to our sponsor

GBG Community Updates

Coming up for GBG Dhaka •  Monthly Events

§  Mar – GBG at SoftExpo §  Mar – Women & Web §  Apr – University event

•  Partnering with MapMakers to help map Bangladesh. Events announced soon!

We need sponsors! Sponsorship opportunities are available for our events: March (Date TBD) – Women & Web

If interested in sponsorship, please talk to GBG managers Nash, Salman or Riyad

Refreshments & Networking

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