By Usha Bhaskar | Program Manager
Activities Taken-up Last Quarter
Development of Computational Thinking
In continuation to the computer literacy classes, the foundation recently introduced “Coding” in to the program. This program empowers the students with “computational thinking, problem solving, creativity and innovation”. The students are enjoying this fun way of learning, drag and drop programming.
Save Paper, Save Trees and Save the Planet
Students from Hyderabad school developed a wonderful project on the theme save paper. This project is a thorough study of 15 students saving 12000 papers in a month which is equal to 15 fully grown Trees, 80,000 liters of water, 1 tonne of coal. These 15 students are showcasing this project to other school students to spread the adverse effect of wasting paper and its impact on environment.
Techie Club Wonders
Techie Club members from all the nodal schools are introducing innovative tools, applications in to the program to create awareness about various social issues. Students from Gurgaon School developed a game by using Kodu application which talks about how students being kidnapped by strangers. Students from Chennai School developed a mobile application to maintain the database of the students.
Empowering the community children with Digital Literacy Skills
During the first quarter vacation the resource center and collaborative classrooms were completely utilized for community outreach programs. Due to this initiative more than 1000 community children across India were empowered with21st century and digital literacy skills. Special trainings were organized for girl students.
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