https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXs5O1yGlg4

Why ICT in Education is the need of the hour?

The My sCool Server perfectly addresses the challenge of ICT adoption in Education.

https://www.myscoolserver.com/high-performance-kolibri-0-13-integrated-on-the-mss/ - Use the "schedule a session" link therein to book your upgrade slot.

Wishing all a very Happy 2020!

What better way to make a start than to gain some knowledge to be a better you. Herein are several free courses at Coursera starting today. Go, make a start -

The Bits and Bytes of Computer Networking | Coursera
https://www.coursera.org/learn/computer-networking

https://books.goalkicker.com/ - All of these wonderful books released under the Creative Commons License are available offline on the My sCool Server via a Kolibri channel. So learners set your goals and keep kicking towards them.

The CSpathshala channels have gone PUBLIC today, which means Kolibri users around the world will now be able to import the content without the need for the secret token — the channels will just show up in the standard list of PUBLIC channels within the Kolibri Learning Platform. Here are direct links to a Kolibri demo server when you can view the channels:

English: http://35.196.115.213/learn/#/topics/bbb4ea407a3c450cb18cbaa76f2d75cd

Hindi: http://35.196.115.213/en/learn/#/topics/ef2ead65de764ea4a27bba6df5282c74

Marathi: http://35.196.115.213/en/learn/#/topics/7426fe78415147308e81e2004b987c52

Gujarati: http://35.196.115.213/en/learn/#/topics/277ebe3f6d434b528e45bb8f0ab01607

This has been made possible by the coordinated efforts of CSpathshala team who produced this awesome content, Recherche Tech team who have converted and curated all the content into Kolibri, and the Learning Equality team who have not only reviewed the content for each detail but above all providing the world a great offline learning platform.

https://www.prathamopenschool.org/

Developed by Pratham, these educational games, videos, and ebooks are designed to teach language learning, math, science, English, health, and vocational training in Hindi, Marathi, Odia, Bengali, Urdu, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati and Assamese. Materials are designed for learners of all ages, including those outside the formal classroom setting.

Around 3764 of these have been made available offline for the teachers and students to achieve the learning goals via Kolibri that comes pre-integrated on the My sCool Server. And yes, at no extra cost. Just schedule a call with our support team to avail the same.

https://www.wired.com/story/enemies-no-more-microsoft-brings-linux-kernel-windows/ -

For those who still think there is a Windows v/s Linux war going on, it is time to wake up and embrace the richness and goodness of all.

Similarly, it is our responsibility, and especially our teachers to ensure that they upgrade themselves and spread the knowledge about the open source world amongst the future generation. Open source has and will help the children express themselves in the most creative way.

With the My sCool Server we have ensured that the adoption of open source in the school curriculum and capacity building of teachers is possible in the most simple and effortless way.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3438856/call-me-crazy-but-windows-11-could-run-on-linux.html -

As a teacher or a school admin, are you ready for this?

And as is your responsibility, are you grooming your wards to be platform agnostic, i.e. teaching them concepts instead of just tools?

The My sCool Server helps you do just that.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

Is it the fear of loosing market share to Linux or is it to embrace the goodness of the erstwhile enemy? Call it whatever you like.
The above link has details of how one can install at least 12 variants of Linux to experience its power from within Windows 10. And this is officially supported by Microsoft.

So make no mistake, and stop doubting your decision to embrace Linux for your school environment.

The My sCool Server can help you do it like no other.

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-release/2016/11/microsoft-fortifies-commitment-to-open-source-becomes-linux-foundation-platinum-member/

This is 4 years old news. Isn't it surprising that the school curriculum used to teach the present generation for the future is of a past which no longer exists?

Hereby, we urge our teachers to wake up and help shape a future of creative freedom, ethics and fearlessness which are all characteristics of the open source software and open educational content. Why else do you think Microsoft would embrace open source?

Still thinking how? The My sCool Server provides at least one answer.

Quite a few stakeholders in the education ecosystem have asked us - Why Linux? To understand something it is somewhat essential to get introduced to its creator. So here is a quick one about Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux.

https://youtu.be/eE-ovSOQK0Y

Mapped list of software on Linux against those on Windows
A curated list to help those seeking to make the shift from Windows to the open source world of Linux

Dedicated to the lovely teachers and those who aspire to be one. One more way we aspire to empower them.

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gavinmccormack_a-21st-century-guide-to-education-activity-6641960668964761600-HJsG

A 21st century guide to education .pdf

Photo from Nilesh Pai

Students of standard 8 & 9 can use their summer holidays to learn about astronomy and telescopes, write a winning essay with the theme : "A Night with a Telescope" and get exciting prizes from PRL-Physical Research Laboratory. Last date for submission - 1 May, 2020

For details, visit www.prl.res.in/prl-eng/voice; Contact : voice@prl.res.in

For those educators who still feel that Windows was the past, is the present and the future, watch this fully to understand how Microsoft is embracing and innovating with Linux for its own survival and growth -

https://youtu.be/MrZolfGm8Zk

So it is high time we start preparing our children for the bright future that they should be ready to embrace - all inclusive with Linux at the core.

But the first step shall be for our educators to accept the change in the status quo.

And you are not alone in it, the My sCool Server team is there with you at every step.

“Supporting continued learning during COVID-19” by Learning Equality https://link.medium.com/c2xNL0dsY4