Sunday, October 28, 2018

Live Video Session | Re-skillings is need of an hour for today’s LIS professional


Live Video Session | Re-skillings is need of an hour for today’s LIS professional 








Conducted live video session for the participant of 2 Days Residence Workshop on e-Granthalaya Library Automation Software, Samparc Balgram, Malavali Hill Station Lonavla.

Thanks to:

Chetan Taksale, Manager, Softech Solutions & Services for providing the opportunity.

IGNOU University Guest House for providing good connectivity for the session.

Note | Because of the technology they had visually transported me visibly as a resource person from Delhi to Lonavala – See the power of technology.......

Regards

Mr. Pralhad Jadhav 

Master of Library & Information Science (NET Qualified) 
Research Scholar (IGNOU)
Senior Manager @ Knowledge Repository  
Khaitan & Co 
Twitter Handle | @Pralhad161978
Mobile @ 9665911593

Friday, October 26, 2018

‘Old’ IT skills still relevant in India


‘Old’ IT skills still relevant in India



In a world where reskilling and acquiring newage skillsets have become the route to stay relevant, technology services companies are still recruiting candidates with expertise in older software languages such as Cobol, Fortran and C++. Experts say the demand for these are unlikely to wither away anytime soon.

Source | Times of India | 27th October 2018

Regards

Mr. Pralhad Jadhav  
Master of Library & Information Science (NET Qualified) 
Research Scholar (IGNOU)
Senior Manager @ Knowledge Repository  
Khaitan & Co 
Twitter Handle | @Pralhad161978
Mobile @ 9665911593

Virtually Transport a Person with 5G


Virtually Transport a Person with 5G



Welcome to the world of 5G. As telecom networks start migrating to super-fast internet that promises lightning speeds, India has started taking its own baby steps to give birth to the new-age technology, and thereafter build its own use cases.

Bharti Airtel is showcasing a use-case over 5G that ‘virtually transports’ a person sitting in a remote location to simply besides you using Microsoft’s hologram augmented-reality wearable device.

Source | Times of India | 27th October 2018

Regards

Mr. Pralhad Jadhav  

Master of Library & Information Science (NET Qualified) 
Research Scholar (IGNOU)
Senior Manager @ Knowledge Repository  
Khaitan & Co 
Twitter Handle | @Pralhad161978
Mobile @ 9665911593

Lens on Google child mission


Lens on Google child mission

Safety program fuels debate

Google is on a mission to teach children how to be safe online. That is the message behind “Be Internet Awesome,” a so-called digital-citizenship education program that the technology giant developed for schools.

The lessons include a cartoon game branded with Google’s logo and blue, red, yellow and green colour palette. The game is meant to help students from third grade through sixth grade against schemers, hackers and other bad actors.

Google plans to reach five million schoolchildren with the program this year and has teamed up with the National Parent Teacher Association of the US to offer related workshops to parents.

But critics say the company’s recent woes — including revelations that it was developing a censored version of its search engine for the Chinese market and had tracked the whereabouts of users who had explicitly turned off their location history — should disqualify Google from promoting itself in schools as a model of proper digital conduct.

Among other things, these critics argue, the company’s lessons give children the mistaken impression that the main threat they face online is from malicious hackers and bullies, glossing over the privacy concerns that arise when tech giants like Google itself collect users’ personal information and track their actions online.

As an analysis of Google’s curriculum published in Emerging Library & Information Perspectives, a graduate student journal at Western University in Ontario, put it, “‘Be Internet Awesome’ generally presents Google as impartial and trustworthy, which is especially problematic given that the target audience is impressionable youth.”

In a statement, Julianne Yi, who leads the Google program, said it had “proven useful to kids, teachers, and families around the world,” and was supported by, among others, the National PTA, the International Society for Technology in Education and the Family Online Safety Institute.

Of those groups, Google is a national sponsor of the National PTA, a financial supporter of the Family Online Safety Institute and a year-round mission sponsor of the International Society for Technology in Education, which promotes the use of technology in public schools.

Jim Accomando, the president of the National PTA, said that the organisation “does not endorse any commercial product or service,” although companies that give money to the group may receive “promotional consideration”.

“Google is a great example of a partner that aligns with our goals, and they have deep tech knowledge that they bring to the table,” he said.

The cartoon game, Interland, offers an animated world “presented by Google.” In it, children navigate spammers and hackers in “Reality River” and consider who in their social network can see what they post online on “Mindful Mountain”.

The game, which comes with a lesson plan and classroom activities, is meant to teach children “the fundamentals of digital citizenship and safety so they can explore the online world with confidence,” according to Google’s site description. Once students learn skills like how to create strong passwords and not share information with strangers, the program encourages them to be “fearless” online explorers.

Kerry Gallagher, an assistant principal at St. John’s Preparatory School in Danvers, Massachusetts, said Google’s program helped students learn concrete ways to be safer and kinder online.
To some observers, the game is essentially a big ad for Google.

David Monahan, campaign manager at the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, a non-profit advocacy group, likened the program to asking Budweiser to talk to parents and children about underage drinking.

Source | The Telegraph | 26th October 2018

Regards

Mr. Pralhad Jadhav  
Master of Library & Information Science (NET Qualified) 
Research Scholar (IGNOU)
Senior Manager @ Knowledge Repository  
Khaitan & Co 
Twitter Handle | @Pralhad161978
Mobile @ 9665911593