IT@School connects 15,000 Kerala schools on wiki platform
IT@School,
a Kerala government initiative to impart IT education in schools, is bringing
in ‘School Wiki’ on the lines of Wikipedia, with an aim to promote knowledge
generation and sharing among school students and teachers in the state.
IT@School
officials here said the revamped ‘School Wiki’ would be ready by November 1,
the state formation day.
Made
entirely in Malayalam, School Wiki features a unique content collection jointly
undertaken by the students and teachers in 15,000 schools from class 1 to
12 in the state, besides alumni and public.
By
logging into School Wiki, all schools would be able to key in and update basic
elementary details as well as their historical references, a release said.
Schools
can also upload details such as infrastructure data, renowned alumni, school
websites, school map, blogs, various clubs and forums, class magazines,
supporting images and videos in School Wiki.
The
platform also hosts various educational contents prepared by students, as well
as teaching materials collaboratively developed by the teacher communities.
Apart
from these contents, analytical Malayalam language projects such as “School
Patram - (School Newsletter)”, “Nadodi Vijnanakoshan - (Local Encyclopedia)
“and “Ente Nadu-(My Village)” would also feature in the portal.
The
geographical details of every school locality in the state can be made
available through School Wiki.
Launched
on November 1, 2009, School Wiki was inactive after two years of its inception.
This prompted IT@School to revive the portal with much needed modifications,
amply supported by Wikipedia members.
School
Wiki has been prepared using Wikemedia Foundation’s Wikemedia software. School
Wiki has been designed in such a way that schools can register into the portal
using their school codes and upload contents in their respective space provided
under their district.
“Awards
would be given to those schools that make use of and maintain School Wiki in
the most effective manner,” state Education Minister Prof C Raveendranath said.
“IT@School
Project has made arrangements for specific training for teachers and students
for using School Wiki and identify and assign district level admins for data
accuracy and modifications and provide necessary support,” K Anvar Sadath,
Executive Director of IT@School Project, said.
School
Wiki is expected to turn out to be the largest and most comprehensive Malayalam
educational database over the internet.
Regards
Pralhad
Jadhav
Senior
Manager @ Library
Khaitan
& Co
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