Becoming the 21st century student the Computer Masti way !
InOpen Technologies( A SINE IIT Bombay company) organized a Computer Masti summer camp for the students of the age group from (6- 12) yrs. Computer Masti is a collaborative product from InOpen Technologies and IIT Bombay. Venue for the camp was the serene campus of IIT Bombay.The main objective of the camp was to nurture the thinking capability of young minds and help them become tech savy. The training aimed at helping kids create digital stories using edit tools, images, sound and video clips.Also a visual basic programming language called Scratch was taught to them in the training.Take away for the kids included a cd with CM applications, certificates and CM goodies.
Few testimonials by students who attended the camp:
“This camp should spread worldwide and teach other students about computers many things.”- a 9 year old child
“Everything in the camp was very nice and I liked it a lot and would like to come back again next year.”- 12 yrs old child.
Parents were invited on the last day to see what their children have done in the camp.
What did the parents say:
“It was a very good camp, Please inform us about the new camps whenever they are conducted.”- Mrs Rupali Khanolkar
“The camp was conducted in a superb manner. Children are happy very much. Especially each child get s a computer and individual attention of trainers. Being in the camp has increased the confidence of the child for learning new things.”- Nitin D Sardesai
Computer Masti Summer Camp at Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Jaipur
Howdy,
Computer Masti (CM) is a computer science curriculum for Schools developed by IIT Bombay and InOpen Technologies (a IIT Bombay company). The skills taught in CM will lay the foundation for future programming as well as help students develop important life skills considered as skills of 21st century. CM adopts a constructivist pedagogical approach, which encourages students to ask questions and to explore on their own. The content apart from teaching the computer literacy, also teaches concepts like step wise thinking and logical reasoning.
We are conducting Computer Masti Summer Camp.
- Dates: 2nd May 2012 to 31st May, 2012 in
- Venues : Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Jaipur.
Inopen Technologies join hands with Pune based GurujiWorld® to create digital content for new delivery platforms and standardization of the IT literacy curricula at Schools and Government Departments.
Mumbai: Inopen Technologies( A SINE IIT Bombay company) create alliance with GurujiWorld® to provide digital based e-content at schools that will offer Inopen and GurujiWorld capacity building opportunities in the space of Computer Education & IT Literacy. Both the companies intend to create a Joint Venture as well as consortiums which will feature products and services from both the companies as agreed in the MOU. They would together work on “Opportunities in the field of Computer Literacy, K12 Education and Technology Based training in ICT and training projects”. The venture will be equally owned by both companies. They will strive to excel and come out with the best in the field of Education Delivery through Technology servicing the Computer Education training needs of various School boards and Govt. departments.
The JV Company that GurujiWorld® and InOpen will create; will work aggressively towards standardization of the IT Literacy curricula in various Schools boards and Govt. departments. InOpen will be providing the academic support and GurujiWorld® will be providing its technology support to create innovative light weight digital content for new delivery platforms like Tabs/Web/Mobile/iPads etc.
Mr. Girish Prabhu (Founder & CEO GurujiWorld Technologies) said “GurujiWorld® firmly believes that India of tomorrow is India which is e-ready at the bottom of the pyramid. For this to happen, the people need access to easy, efficient, relevant and affordable localized e-learning digital contents at their doorstep. To cater to the masses we need to eliminate the language barrier and adapt technology based solutions. This association will help both GurujiWorld® & InOpen to achieve the common objective of delivering Quality Computer Education to the masses using innovative technology delivery platforms & digital contents. I and Rupesh have set a target to increase our present user base by minimum 10% in the first 6 months of our association. Our major focus will be to create quality IT Literacy digitized contents and work towards standardization of IT Literacy curricula for various School Boards & Adult Education in India with a learner centric approach.”
Mr. Rupesh Shah (Co-founder and CEO) said “I am very positive about the partnership with GurujiWorld®. Girish and I share the same vision for penetration and adaptability of IT literacy in India. Our combined strength can be useful for large scale projects as well as give us competitive advantage on the existing players.”
Press Release Date : 24/02/2012
InOpen Technologies, SINE IIT Bombay tie up with HBCSE, TIFR to bring strong research based Science curriculum called ‘Small Science’ to schools.
InOpen Technologies (A Sine IIT Bombay) has announced its partnership with one of the premier institutions in Science Education & Research, the Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education, TIFR. HBCSE has played a phenomenal role in the promotion of Science education in the country for years. InOpen Technologies, with this association will launch Small Science, a series of innovative primary science text, work and teacher’s guide developed by the HBCSE, TIFR. Small Science is based on the principles of building upon the natural curiosity of young children and fostering skills of systematic observation, analysis and articulation. With this partnership InOpen Technologies will add a brand new category and venture into Science Education with one of the most prestigious establishments in the country while catering to institutions they have associations with.
The curriculum will be implemented in English, Hindi and in various regional languages to cater to Schools from Metros, as well from Tier 2, 3 cities. This partnership will aid both the entities to further enhance their offerings and utilize each other’s competitive skills to develop quality content in the area of Computer Science and Science and reach out to maximum schools in the country.
Speaking on the partnership: Dr. Jayashree Ramadas, Director – HBCSE TIFR said “We expect that InOpen will help to make the Small Science curriculum known and available to schools. By offering help and support to teachers, especially in the initial period of adoption, we hope that InOpen and HBCSE together will help to seed a community of practicing teachers who interact and exchange ideas on academic issues. We hope that InOpen will document the implementation of Small Science in schools and in that process creates more support material for teachers. Over the last 10 years some schools and teachers have been using Small Science on their own initiative, and enjoying the experience. We hope that this group grows and flourishes with InOpen’s help.”
Rupesh Kumar Shah, Founder and CEO for InOpen Technologies, SINE IIT Bombay said “With this new tie up we are adding a great value to our organization. Homi Bhabha is known for the past 10 years for working on hands on science curriculum. With this partnership InOpen will add a category and venture into Science Education. InOpen is currently in discussion with implementation agencies, to implement Small Science across Schools in India.” InOpen has always insisted that Education System in Schools has to primarily focus on content.
More about Small Science can be seen here. More about Computer Masti can be seen here
- Team InOpen
InOpen - Media Love <3
Computer Masti was feautred in few newspapers, blogs, online news and TV channels. We have attempted to put all of them in one place. Please see the link below.
Thank You - InOpen, SINE IIT Bombay
Happy New Year :-) Howdy
2011 has been a fabulous year for us. And it is still not over ! Eventful would be the word to define it for us. We are now serving more than 2 lakh students, have added offices in different cities , added new course modules and yes we completed 2 years :-)
How have you been guys ?
We are writing this blog to give you a snapshot of activities in 2011 and also to ask for a convenient time for the board meeting. Year 2011 had been eventful for InOpen.
Few highlights:
- InOpen is approximately serving 2.5 lakh students now. We have trained more than 2000 teachers in India. We have expanded from school and is now serving the adult education market too. We started with 2000 students in Dec 2009.
- Showcased Computer Masti in World Didac (Delhi), E-Asia (B’desh), ASISC (Hyderabad), E-India (Ahd) and OSI days B’lore. We also organized a total of 10 workshops in Hydeabad, Pune, Latur, Aurangabad, Chennai, Jaipur, Cochin, Nashik and Mumbai. We also conducted a ‘Tech Saturday’ event in Mantralaya for Govt. staffs. I believe that we have created strong visibility among Schools and relevant Community about InOpen and our products.
- Closed 1st Govt. (Assam) project. Created e-content (IT Nipun) for Bihar Govt along with other companies.
- Media Visibility in around 35 newspapers and blogs. Opened new Offices in Jaipur and Hyderabad. Added 27 people to InOpen team. Raised first round of Funds
- Launched computermasti.com (new version). Also check out www.facebook.com/computermasti and www.twitter.com/computermasti
We do receive a lot of praise for Computer Masti. We regularly receive emails from various parts of World appreciating the work we are doing. Almost all of them instantly like the content and overall idea, which we believe is very important. We are also coming up with new and innovative models for CM implementation. Currently our biggest challenge lies in :
- Expediting our content generation process.
- Hiring people at top management levels. Contact here
- Separating out verticals (like localized implementation, Govt. Project) and run them independently.
2012 is very important to us and we have set ourselves few goals :
- Work towards positioning CM as no 1 Computer Science curriculum for schools.
- Add at least 1 more subject (May be Science).
- We aim to reach a million students in 2013. Expand direct presence in atleast 6 cities for effective operations.
- Create out different verticals for Localized CM content and for Govt. services.
- Launch CM 2.0 (Interactive web version) for adding e-learning and other tech. platforms. Use Video Conferencing and other web tools for training.
All I can say is, BRING on 2012 !
Thank You,
Rupesh (Co-founder & CEO - InOpen) | About Me
InOpen @ eIndia 2011- Gandhinagar, Gujarat
eIndia 2011 was the 7th edition of India’s largest ICT event. It was organized by department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat, and Gujarat Infomatics Limited, along with Center for Science, Development and Media studies (CS- DMS) and Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd.
eIndia 2011 Conference was a unique platform for sharing of knowledge, challenges, ideas and best practices amongst the various stakeholders driving ICT initiatives in the domain of Governance, Healthcare and Education. The conference had three major tracks focusing on e-Gov, digital learning & eHealth under which there were multiple thematic sessions. E-Agriculture, Telecentre Forum and Municipal IT were also covered as separate tracks/thematic sessions.
Mr. Narendra Modi – Chief Minister Government of Gujarat inaugurated the exhibition addressing all the exhibitors from different parts of the country. He with the other members from Government of Gujarat visited all the stalls.
The three day eIndia 2011 attracted more than 5000 visitors. We could meet and network with key decision makers & experts, bureaucrats & policy makers, leaders and stakeholders.
Panel discussions were also going on side by side on various topics. Dr. Sridhar Iyer was also a part of panel discussion for which the topic was ‘Creating Innovative Models in Education: Best practices and Next Practices.’ His talk was appreciated by all the attendees. We had an increase in the footfall on our stall after his session. Also had a meeting with the IT Commissioner of Gujarat.
We were nominated for the Champion Innovators award.
Visitors appreciated our teaching methodology and use of FOSS based applications for encouraging computer literacy. There was enthusiasm in the visitors to know more about our product and everybody wanted to carry a CM kit along to study the curriculum in depth. School principals wanted us to visit their schools so that we can take CM ahead in their school.
Computer Masti conference in SINE- IIT Bombay
A conference was organized for English medium Schools of Mumbai in the CSRE department of IIT Bombay on 10th December 2011. It was attended by 18 teachers of various renowned schools of Mumbai. The session heeded with Ms. Anushree welcoming the representatives and handing over the session to Dr. Farida Khan for demonstrating CM. Every participant was provided with a laptop to practically look, feel and use CM & its applications.
It was an interactive session where teachers shared their problems which they face in their day to day teaching of computers and other subjects as well. All those were addressed by Dr Farida.
Participants also enjoyed playing various Open Source Based Educational Games and Applications during the Hands on session conducted by Ms Amita Sathe.
The workshop catered to the question as to how is it possible to have both education and fun together. Looking forward to more such events to together raise the standards of education.
Computer Masti Conference 2011 in Pune
InOpen technologies a SINE IIT Bombay company organized a workshop for Marathi schools of Pune in Pai International learning Solution, Azam campus, Department of animation & multimedia camp, Pune on 10th December 2011.
The workshop aimed at introducing Computer Masti( CM) to Principals and Teachers and to further demonstrate the functionalities of the product.
33 enthusiastic participants from 21 schools were present. Participants included principals, HOD’s and teachers of respective schools.
Mr Nikhil from InOpen welcomed all the participants. A presentation on Computer Masti was delivered by Mr Manesh Waghmare by a handholding session with the other team mates.
Experience sharing session was also conducted at the end where teachers who are presently teaching CM in their schools shared their experiences.
The workshop proved out to be a learning experience for all. InOpen has been invited by all the participants to their schools to take CM ahead and implement it as part of their regular curriculum.
InOpen Technologies in the news !
- November 08: Fun way to learn Computer ScienceExpress News Service, The New Indian Express
- November 11: Hindustan Times_pg 02
- November 13: City Bhaskar (Dainik Bhaskar)_pg 28_ Jaipur
- November 13: Daily News-pg 12_ Jaipur
- November 13: Dainik Amber_pg 09_ Jaipur
- November 13: Dainik Navjyoti_pg 11_ Jaipur
- November 13: Just Jaipur (Rajasthan Patrika)_pg 16_ Jaipur
- November 13: Veer Arjun_pg 08_ Jaipur
- November 14: Hindustan Times_pg 02_ Jaipur
- November 18: Matrabhoomi_pg11_Cochin
- November 18: Afaqs
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November 21: Audience Matters
- December 11: InOpen to provide training software to train Mantralaya employees-Publication- Express Computer-Edition- National-Date- 1-15 December, 2011
