[CCC-FSFTN] SUB:Theni-CCC,Distro and Syllabus: Reg

[Yogesh G]

1. Use simple plain text. My first reaction when I see your ugly large text
is that this is spam.
2. Stop suggesting that we create distros. It's a waste of time and energy
if you are simply going to install it in one or two machines. Debian Jessie
would do and we could use a wi-fi dongle or something to install the one or
two applications that may not  be present.
3. We could try and rope in the college so that the labs are used by the
children when free
4. Create an FSFTN repo for syllabi
5. Convince the management to kick out WinXP and switch it to something
modern like Debian Jessie or Fedora (I prefer Jessie)


--
Yogesh.

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 7:23 AM, Venkatesh Thennarasan <
venkatesh.thennarasan at gmail.com> wrote:

> *Hi, Ive created a new thread , I want your replies and views,ASAP.*
>
> *Communnity Computing Center-Theni*
>
> *Background:*
>
>
> *https://discuss.fsftn.org/t/tamil-educational-software-packages-for-children/650*
> <https://discuss.fsftn.org/t/tamil-educational-software-packages-for-children/650>
>
> Based on this request, Prasanth and Venkatesh went to Theni district to
> study the requirements, infrastructure and feasibility of the project.
>
> *Site report*
>
> We visited two schools in the area. One of the schools was in Rayappanpatti
> village and the other was in Gokilapuram village.
>
> *Rayappanpatti Village*
>
> The schoool in Rayappanpatti is a government aided private Board High
> school (with 3500 students from 6th to 12th). Most of the students are
> from very poor backgrounds. They have a lab with around 25 computers all of
> which run Windows XP.
>
> We had a discusson with the computer teachers of the school. From class
> VI, students are allowed to come to the computer lab. However, in the
> absence of any syllabus, they are mainly taught Paint and the MS Office
> suite. The teachers said they gave up on ide of teaching C language to 9th
> graders, since Turbo C couldn't be installed
>
> We also had a discusson with the correspondent. He gave us a free hand to
> do anything we like with respect to computer education till class VIII. He
> was also keen on introducing the education of other subjects through
> digital methods (like IT at school in Kerala) as and when we could implement.
>
> *Gokilapuram Village*
>
> Gokilapuram has a small school run by the Harijan Seva Sangh. There are 55
> students stuudying there from classes I-VIII. They don't have a computer
> there. The trust who took us to these villages is planning to buy them a
> couple of desktops. Since they also don't have a syllabus, they are open to
> any ideas we give them.
>
> Medium of education in both these schools is Tamil.
>
> *What we can do*
>
> The idea of this Initiative is to introduce Free and Open source software
> to school childern through their curriculum, and to do so at a stage when
> they are first exposed to computers.
>
> This can first be through defining a computer science syllabus for them.
> Later, after students get used to it, we can look at the idea of bringing
> in educational packages for all subjects.
>
> Initially, it would be wise to take up just class VI and define a syllabus
> and give them the tools for that and as that batch progresses, we can give
> them more options in the future years. This also helpos us evaluate and
> enhance the syllabus and prepare a more elaborate one for the next year.
>
>
>
> Ideally, we can create a distro which can, to start with, have the
> following tools
>
>
>
> *Sl. NO.*
>
> *Tool Name*
>
> *Properaitery tool alterntive*
>
> *Type*
>
> 1
>
> mPaint
>
> MS Paint
>
> Paint application
>
> 2
>
> LibreDraw
>
> MS visio/CorelDraw
>
> Vector Graphics editor
>
> 3
>
> LibreWriter
>
> Msword
>
> Document Writer
>
> 4
>
> Gedit
>
> Notepad
>
> Text Editor
>
> 5
>
> LibreImpress
>
> MS Powerpoint
>
> Presentation
>
> 6
>
> Tamil99
>
> None
>
> Keybord Layout
>
> 7
>
> HTML
>
> NONE
>
> Hypertext markup
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> We can also add whatever educational packages we can localise. But in
> addition to this, we need to define a proper syllabus for class VI. For
> this, we could take a look at CBSE syallbus and maybe provide a series of
> directions.
>
>
>
> Advantages of taking this up
>
> 1) We have a full freedom to do whatever we wish in this school. This may
> be more difficult in a place like Chennai
>
> 2) The school has decent infrastructure and a friendly administration
>
> 3) The target audience reflects our mission as a social organisation
>
>
>
> Disadvantages:
>
> 1) Distance!
>
> There is a solution for this. There is a college nearby where computer
> science courses are offered. The same people who took us to the village
> have contacts with that college and spoke to the college management. The
> management would also like to meet us. If we can set up a GLUG there, they
> can take this forward instead of someone from Chennai having to go.
>
> Similarly, volunteers from Tiruchi can also reach the place more easily.
> So, we should bring them into the loop too
>
>
>
> Task ahead
>
> 1) Define a syllabus for class VI students which the computer teachers can
> take
>
> 2) Create a light-wight distro for the school
>
>
>
> *DONE Others can share their views*
>
>
>
> *CBSE SYLLABUS*
>
> *http://kvmzu.org/kvmzu%20split%20up%20syllabus/computer%20syllabus.pdf
> <http://kvmzu.org/kvmzu%20split%20up%20syllabus/computer%20syllabus.pdf>*
>
> *http://www.kvanantnag.org/admin/downloads/1557282077computer.doc
> <http://www.kvanantnag.org/admin/downloads/1557282077computer.doc>*
>
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