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PROJECT MOTIVATION
EFA Global Monitoring Report 2010 UN MDG Fact Sheet Ministry of Statistics, India UN Millennium Development Goals Report 2009 Children Out of School, UNESCO Institute of Statistics DISE Flash Statistics 2008-09 THE CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY REVIEW (CPR)
REASON ANALYSIS AND SOLUTION
Primary school drop-out reasons
Not encouraged
to study
Failure
No interest
Regular absentism
Under resourced
To earn by doing labour
To take care of a
dependent relative
ill informed
about subsequent outcome
Awareness about
significance
Local alliance Empowerment
Counselor discussion
Motivation and engagement
amongst student
Flexibility and individualized
learning
Interactive and extended
learning time
Link
Drop-out reason
Prospective solution
PROBLEM FREEZED
Subjects are constantly tested to assure government standards are being met
Curriculum has been eroded by a fixation on standards in the basics of literacy and numeracy
Insufficient emphasis on non-cognitive attributes
Lack of emphasis on a systematic evaluation of the learning processes
Directed towards memorizing facts
Discourage independent thinking and innovation
Frequently lacks a coherent educational philosophy
REQUIREMENT LOOP
Operational deployment: Primary School Students Home Schoolers Effectiveness requirements: Use of Practical User centric Interactive approach to edify the learning skills of students. Operational life cycle: Directly proportional to technology
adoption amongst schools Low Functional Requirements
SOLUTION
o Prakash ESP (Educational Software Package)
o Millennium Development Goal 2 dedicated website
ESP MT
Guided Writing
eScribe
ESP MT
Solutions that strive to narrow the digital divide, with a low cost solution to integrate technology into the classroom.
Allow schools to increase the number of students that can access technology in a classroom or lab, simply by plugging in an existing or new mouse per student.
Increase the value and derived benefit of new & old computer purchases by schools and governments.
Use of Microsoft Multi Point Technology
H is a USB hubM is a USB mouse
ESP MT- SALIENT FEATURES
Narrative interactive story-telling format Concept driven multiple input games Interactive and engaging content Competition and collaboration amongst the
individuals Schools do not need to purchase expensive,
proprietary hardware peripherals Inclusion of local languages Resolution Independent
GUIDED WRITING
Tutors by directions, arrows and dots to inscribe a letter/alphabet.
Text to Speech
Worksheet Mode
Doodle
Handwriting recognition integrated with illustrative content as an innovative way of teaching
Can also take pen/mice digitizer input based on Microsoft Ink technology and undertakes the concern of losing curiosity among new learners with appealing particulars
Saving Ink in eScribe’s format Smart Text – Spelling suggestions Match – Interactive counterpart feature
eScribe
FEATURES
Online Counselor Current online status of the counselor and discussion on the
website Teacher Section Recommendations from IBE (International Bureau of
Education). Access to worksheets and other resources. Monthly teacher
awards program to promote competency Awareness Creating awareness about gender sensitization and Social
Safety Nets. Use of Twitter API’s and Orkut API’s to spread the word
FEATURES
Localization Multi-lingual support Public relations Press releases and RSS feeds for updating IE 8 Web Slice Nearest help center/NGO information for user Nearest donation centre, Self-help groups information
to bequeath Computer/Teaching material
MDG 2 WEBSITE ARCHITECTURE
TESTING
System Testing
Installation approach is to run an install program through package software
Features of each independent application integrated for rigorous testing
Setup integrated testing
environment
Integrating all modules
Executing testing
I/P Synthesis
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
Avoided use of Open Source components
Creating re-usable frameworks leveraging existing content
Develop product portfolios and expanding its geographical presence
Easily accessible hardware, Matching classroom pedagogy
Selling webspace for educational groups and payment schemes, context advertisements on the MDG website is also an approach to uphold
Benefits: Multimedia driven and interactive learning techniques
‘Learning while playing’
FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS
Technically feasible because of Performance Ease of learning Ease of deployment Scalability of the Educational Software Package (ESP)
Low Functional Requirements 4 USB port hub in MT Module to connect three individuals together (Resource sharing) Optional Hardware- Pen Tablet/Digitizer Platform- Windows XP (Minimum) – More acceptability of windows platform
Operational feasibility
Plug-in’s environment – Increases Operational enhancement Supporting technical documentation
IMPLEMENTATION
ESP Prototypes Implemented at select schools in our native state
Our Lady of Fatima Convent Secondary School, Patiala (Punjab) – CBSE Affiliated
Suman Day Boarding School, Jalandhar (Punjab) – PSEB Affiliated
Panacea Public School, Ferozepur (Punjab) – CBSE Affiliated Mata Sundri Public School, Bathinda (Punjab) –
Government Aided
IMPLEMENTATION PHASE
Impact Assessment (Teacher’s Parameters)
o Easily able to graspo Trying to competeo Judging oneselfo Personalized Learningo Holistic Developmento Optimization of potential
User Acceptance
o More inquisitivenesso Teacher independenceo More concentrationo Elevated level of interesto Positive emotional
response
MultipointPointSDK.Instance object
PointerAssignments
DeviceArrival and DeviceRemoval
MultiPoint Controls
Application Logic
USB Hub
ImagesAnimation
Sounds
+
+
Resources
VGA (800 x 600) resolution (Minimum)
16-bit sound card
Windows Presentation
Foundation (WPF) UI
Resources
TOOLS USED FOR ESP MT Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Microsoft Expression Design 3 Microsoft Expression Blend 3 Adobe Photoshop CS3 Audacity 1.3 Beta Unicode
MT Backend: C#.NET Microsoft Multipoint Mouse SDK 1.1 Windows Presentation Foundation .NET Framework 3.5
Microsoft Speech APISAPI 5
Runtime component (sapi.dll)
Calls through the API (to load a recognition grammar; or provide text to be synthesized)
Calling engine through the engine interfaces
Synthesis engines generate events
Event sink in the application
(Direct Draw)
User 32.DLL/GDI32.DLL
USER/GDI32.DLL
Direct Sound
Display Driver
Multimedia Driver
I/O Manager
TOOLS USED FOR GUIDED WRITING Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1
Guided Writing Backend: VB.NET Microsoft Text to Speech SDK/SAPI 5 .NET Framework 3.5
Spell Checker engine
Morphological Analyzer
Predictor Decision Support System
Rule Base
Annotated Vocabulary
Set
Error Detection
Block
Error Correction
Block
Ink Segments (Ink enabled application)
TDNNTime Delayed
Neural Network
Output Matrix
Top Recognized listBeam Search
Foundation Components
Presentation Framework Presentation Core
PluggableComponents
Animated Ink etc.
WPF
Lexicon
dog 68
clog 57
dug 51
doom 42
(Interpolation architecture)Pluggable
Components
TOOLS USED FOR ESCRIBE Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Microsoft Expression Blend 3
MulitPoint, Backend: C#.NET Windows Presentation Foundation Windows 7 Recognition API’s/ Microsoft Ink Tablet PC SDK 1.7 for Windows XP Recognition .NET Framework 3.5
REFERENCES
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/ga10686.doc.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/jun09/06-24imaginecuppreview.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/imaginecup/Default.aspx
http://www.uis.unesco.org/ev_en.php?ID=3753_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC
http://www.asercentre.org/asersurvey/aser09/pdfdata/Enrollment.pdf
http://blogs.msdn.com/andrewparsons/archive/2009/05/18/finalists-for-national-imagine-cup-announced.aspx
http://huebler.blogspot.com/2007/11/primary-school-attendance-in-india-in.html
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/education.shtml
http://www.unicef.org/mdg/education.html http://www.unesco.org/en/efareport/reports/2
010-marginalization/
REFERENCES
World Education Forum Tribune Archives Times of India Archives Hindustan times Archives
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Mr. Krishan Kumar, Director General, Sarv Siksha Abhiyaan (Punjab)
Mrs. Suraiya Praveen, President Award Winner (Primary Education)
Sr. Aarti, Principal, Our Lady of Fatima Convent Secondary School
Sahil Arora Sukhjot Singh
Risham Chandi Abhay Mutti Sahibpreet Kaur Simarpreet Kaur Mrs. Bhinder
Mentors Support Team
TOOLS USED FOR WEBSITE Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1
ASP.NET, Backend: Visual Basic Orkut/Twitter API’s Bing Search Web Service .NET Framework 3.5