Words of Wisdom-95: C.S.Lewis

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts - C. S. Lewis, a novelist, poet, academic,medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist from Belfast, Ireland.


To know more about C S Lewis from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis


Full Text of  SPIRITS IN BONDGE, a cycle of lyrics by C.S.Lewis from Project Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2003/2003-h/2003-h.htm

About the world-famous, "Chronicles of Narnia", a series of seven high fantasy novels by C S Lewis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia

Grateful thanks to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Words of Wisdom-94: Thomas Jefferson

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both - Thomas Jefferson, third President of the US.


Thomas Jefferson bio from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson


Grateful thanks to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

For Students-19: Educational Tablet PC from Alphabetics Computer

Alphabetics Computer launching its first Educational Tablet PC, TabGuru.  It will be available in 7-inch and 10-inch screens with Android 4.0.3.  Priced at Rs.9,999 and 14,999, these will be available in a month. The content will be a mix of animation and video.  It will cover from First to 12th standard across SSC, ICSE and CBSE Boards.  Specifications: Weight 345 g, RAM 512 MB and Memory 4 GB. expandable to 32 GB.  The press release also says that each Tab will be preloaded with one standard's curriculum at a time and the cost of reloading content for the next year is Rs.1,000/-.  It has a capacitive screen and can be operated with a fnger.  

For the complete article from The Hindu of July 18, 2012:

http://www.thehindu.com/business/companies/article3650055.ece

Grateful thanks to The Hindu.

Words of Wisdom-93:

A teacher affects eternity; no one can tell where his influence stops - Henry Adams


About Henry Adams, the American Journalist, Historian, Academi and Novelist from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Adams


About his autobiography, The Education of Hendry Adams,  from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Education_of_Henry_Adams


To read the complete text of The Education of Henry Adams from Project Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2044/2044-h/2044-h.htm


Very briefly about Project Gutenberg from Wikipedia:

Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks". Founded in 1971 by Michael S. Hart, it is the oldest digital library. Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of public domain books. The project tries to make these as free as possible, in long-lasting, open formats that can be used on almost any computer. As of November 2011, Project Gutenberg claimed over 39,000 items in its collection.

Grateful thanks to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and Project Gutenberg, the people behind Project Gutenberg, particularly Michael Hart (the founder) and Dr Gregory Newby (the CEO) and all the others and Richard Fane, who produced the Gutenberg version of the book.

Words of Wisdom-92:

Teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross, then having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own - Nikos Kazantzakis

Websites to Watch-3: SAKSHAT: A One Stop Education Portal

The pilot project SAKSHAT: A One Stop Education Portal launched on October 30, 2006 by His Excellency, the then President of India to facilitate lifelong learning for students, teachers and those in employment or in pursuit of knowledge free of cost to them. The content development task for ‘SAKSHAT’ was looked after by the Content Advisory Committee (CAC) for the respective subject, which consisted of representatives from educational institutions like IGNOU, Delhi University, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan (KVS), Navodyaya Vidyalaya Sangthan (NVS), National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) and National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and prominent academicians in the field. In addition, some NGOs had also provided the contents developed by them free of cost for this portal.

The vision is to scale up this pilot project ‘SAKSHAT’ to cater to the learning needs of more than 50 crore people through a proposed scheme of ‘National Mission in Education through Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The scheme is to provide connectivity to all institutions of higher learning to world of knowledge in the cyber space, to leverage the potential of ICT, in providing high quality knowledge modules with right e-contents, to address to the personalized needs of learners, in order to take care of their aspirations. These modules are to be delivered through ‘SAKSHAT’. The scheme may also have a provision of certification of competencies of the human resources acquired through formal or non-formal means as also to develop and maintain the database of profile of human resources.

For more information on Sakshat, please visit:

http://www.sakshat.ac.in/

Grateful thanks to MHRD and Sakshat.

Words of Wisdom-91:

Time is the best Teacher - Unknown

Words of Wisdom-90:

Learn as if you were going to live for ever.  Live as if you were going to die tomorrow - M K Gandhi

Words of Wisdom-89:

Attention makes the genius: all learning, fancy, science and skill depend on it - Wellmot

Videos to Watch-10: Teachers Are Like Gardeners

Grateful thanks to Sir Ken Robinson, cchausis and YouTube.