Interviewers Harshavardhan Sadineni , Rudhir Piddadi ,Tanya Varshney And Tanoay ghosh

Name (for pupils) Interviewer (s) Pictures/Videio

1. Man Ashutosh Kumar Tanya Varshney

2. Women Sangita Kankal Rudhir Pidadi

3. Man Venkateswarlu S. Tanya Varshney

4. Woman Padmavati Joshi Rudhir Pidadi and Tanya Varshney

Picture and Video attached

5. Man Girish S. Tanoay Ghosh

6. Woman Anupama Chatterjee Rudhir Pidadi Video attached

7. Man Rohan Chaddha Harshavardhan Sadineni

8. Woman Shraddha Gavade Rudhir Pidadi Picture and Video attached

9. Man Dinesh Bandila Tanoay Ghosh

10. Woman Gracy D’souza Rudhir Pidadi Picture and Video attached

1. Boy 14 y. Jash Dalal Tanya Varshney

2. Girl 14 y. Heeba Desai Tanoay Ghosh

3. Boy 14 y. Shashwat Deep Harshavardhan Sadineni Picture attached

4. Girl 14 y. Avanti Tupe Tanoay Ghosh

5. Boy 14 y. Archit Chouhan Tanya Varshney

6. Girl 14 y. Celsy Phillips Rudhir Pidadi

7. Boy 14 y. Mehul Rana Rudhir Pidadi Picture attached

8. Girl 14 y. Aarya Sinha Harshavardhan Sadineni

9. Boy 14 y. Manav Parikh Harshavardhan Sadineni

10. Girl 14 y. Parivita S. Tanya Varshney

General questions for ADULTS

How often do you use mobile phone per day How much time do you spend on internet per

week (in a nomal week)o social mediao searching information for home work o mailo Skype

How much time to you spend on internet in the weekend

MAIN QUESTION

For what do you use internet and computers at school?

Sub questions for each of the subtopics. Target group. 10 teenagers 14 year olds.

1.How often and with what result do you use computers and internet at school?

Ans: Most of the people said that their children use the Internet and computers oftenly at school for getting extra academic knowledge and for learning new softwares and programming languages like Java and Blue Jay for the future.

Some of the parents also said that their children are addicted to internet and social media and didn’t want that to increase as it distracts children from their study point of view.

2. Do you do homework, projects, compile a portfolio, do research, at, or for school, digitally? Explain, give examples.

Ans: Most of the adults said that their children use a lot of internet for school use. They use it for various project and assignments. For eg. They spend a lot of time finding extra information about the topics taught in school.

The parents also mentioned that children use some websites like Wikipedia,Google,Youtube,etc. to gain extra information and that this is effectively helping well to perform well in his academics.

Some other examples are for:- Projects on Presentations ,research works,homework and so on Digitally.

3. Does your school use smart boards? Ans: Many of our responses were Yes!

As smartboard is a new concept and is just introduced, some people also said “no”, but the number of “yes” exceeded the negative responses.

Parents said that they liked this concept of teaching as it was more effective than textbooks.

Some parents said that they did not like smartboards because they reduce the normal interaction between the teacher and student.

4. Are you allowed mobile phones at school? What are the rules about their use? How do you actually use them?

Ans: Majority of adults said that their children are not allowed to use mobile phones in the school. The ones who said that the mobiles are allowed also added that their children are allowed bring them only on special occasions or on extra classes. They also said that the mobile phones should be brought in the school only to contact their parents in the case of emergency. Many of them told that it was good children were not allowed because it was not needed at this age and it would distract them in class.

Some even said they were allowed to bring it if needed for a project and other important reasons.

5. Does the use of the computer always improve the standard of the lesson? What do you feel about there?

Ans: Most of the people said that computer  do improve the standard of lesson, because the videos that are played on the computer give an interactive way of learning and give a clear understanding of the topic.

Some of the people also said that books are always better than computers.They told that children should read more than what they do on the computer and that children even get too much addicted to the social media and networking sites.

Well in an overview we can say that computers really do improve the standard of the lesson.

6.What are the pros and cons of the use of Smartboards ? What do you like or dislike about them?

Ans: The pros:

The students are able to enjoy studies and it is even easy for the teachers to convey their message digitally.

The new era is an era of modern technology.The smartboard can also store needed information for the future.

Some pupils are even saying ,copying from the typings on the Smartboards is easier than writing what the teacher dictates.

The cons:

The smartboards need a specific setup and If you miss out the wire that connectas it to the server or laptop it becomes difficult to operate.

Even the shadow of a teacher explaining that information falls on the smartboard difficult to see the text.

7. How does social media like: Facebook, Whats app, Twitter and Skype help in the life of students.

In your opinion is it a positive or negative influence on the students.

Ans: Many parents replied that Social media, social networking help a lot in interacting with their friends and family at a distance and people living far away from them and told that it helps even in their studies .For example if they miss some notes one day they can ask a friend to send a picture of it.

But at the end they all said that other than for studies, the social media sites and networks make children too addicted towards them etc.

8.How do e-books and the latest kindle help a student learn more effectively?

Ans: Many of the adults told that kindles actually do help in improving reading skills. Even the school’s library has the new kindles the kindle paperwhite.

About E-books parents told that even they wanted the schools to introduce study In I-Pads and Tablets. They said that it wood be more easy for a student as well as a teacher to do their works.

Some said that it was not needed and that the traditional way of learning was always better.

9. What were the modes of digital technology in the olden school life?

Ans:Many adults said that in their childhood ,they did not get to enjoy all the fun technology of the modern era.

That there weren’t any smartboards or projectors existing at those times.They also said that there would be one old computer in their schools at the corner and that everyone had to go one by one to have a rare glimpse at it.

While the people who experienced it,had

told it that they very less compared to the modern digital world.

Well, they are still proud that their children get to study such a modern digital world.

Interviewers Harshavardhan Sadineni , Rudhir Piddadi ,Tanya Varshney And Tanoay ghosh

Name (for pupils) Interviewer (s) Pictures/Videio

1. Man Ashutosh Kumar Tanya Varshney

2. Women Sangita Kankal Rudhir Pidadi

3. Man Venkateswarlu S. Tanya Varshney

4. Woman Padmavati Joshi Rudhir Pidadi and Tanya Varshney

Picture and Video attached

5. Man Girish S. Tanoay Ghosh

6. Woman Anupama Chatterjee Rudhir Pidadi Video attached

7. Man Rohan Chaddha Harshavardhan Sadineni

8. Woman Shraddha Gavade Rudhir Pidadi Picture and Video attached

9. Man Dinesh Bandila Tanoay Ghosh

10. Woman Gracy D’souza Rudhir Pidadi Picture and Video attached

1. Boy 14 y. Jash Dalal Tanya Varshney

2. Girl 14 y. Heeba Desai Tanoay Ghosh

3. Boy 14 y. Shashwat Deep Harshavardhan Sadineni Picture attached

4. Girl 14 y. Avanti Tupe Tanoay Ghosh

5. Boy 14 y. Archit Chouhan Tanya Varshney

6. Girl 14 y. Celsy Phillips Rudhir Pidadi

7. Boy 14 y. Mehul Rana Rudhir Pidadi Picture attached

8. Girl 14 y. Aarya Sinha Harshavardhan Sadineni

9. Boy 14 y. Manav Parikh Harshavardhan Sadineni

10. Girl 14 y. Parivita S. Tanya Varshney

General questions for teenagers 14 y.

How often do you use mobile phone per day How much time do you spend on internet per

week (in a nomal week)o social mediao searching information for home work o mailo Skype

How much time to you spend on internet in the weekend

MAIN QUESTION

For what do you use internet and computers at school?

Sub questions for each of the subtopics. Target group. 10 teenagers 14 year olds.

1.How often and with what result do you use computers and internet at school?

Ans: Most of the teenagers said that they used it to get extra academic information, know the ways of the modern digital world and to get accustomed with the modern technology.

One of them Jash Dalal even told that Computers, Projectors, Smart boards help make learning fun!

2. Do you do homework, projects, compile a portfolio, do research, at, or for school, digitally? Explain, give examples.

Ans: Most of the students said that they use internet to find information for their homework and projects and for gaining extra and efficient knowledge for the improvement of their personal knowlegde. For Example. Students go on Wikipedia for the filing projects, to youtube for educational videos.

But the thing is, some of the teenagers said that they use internet more to watch movies hear songs, and for social media but rarely use it for information.

Many of them think it is a good way to instantly transfer missed out class notes and hence , helps them a lot!

3. Does your school use smart boards? Ans: Many of our responses were Yes!

Students said that they love watching videos, animations and like the ideas of softwares like Digitally and some other important educational made softwares.

4. Are you allowed mobile phones at school? What are the rules about their use? How do you actually use them?

Ans: Most of the students said that their schools do not allow them to use mobile phones in the school. The ones who said that they are allowed to use their phones in the school, also added that they are only allowed to bring it on some important occasions like some celebration at school or some important day like Children’s day and like that.

Some even said they could bring it if needed for a project and other important reasons.

5. Does the use of the computer always improve the standard of the lesson? What do you feel about there?

Ans: Most of the pupils agreed that computers improve the standard of lesson An that the reason was, when they are connected to a smart board they get a good interactive educational package and helps the following information get into their memory as the animations and presentations of the smartboard are really creative and addictive so much that he starts to actually remember what he is thought. They all also felt that this is a good way of teaching and felt that it was more effective than textbooks.

Some also gave an opinion of theirs like Shashwat Deep gave an opinion that even e-books have helped students and teachers find it more easy in the field of

studies.

6.What are the pros and cons of the use of Smartboards ? What do you like or dislike about them?

Ans: The pros:

The students are able to enjoy studies and it is even easy for the teachers to convey their message digitally.

The new era is an era of modern technology.The smartboard can also store needed information for the future.

Some pupils are even saying ,copying from the typings on the Smartboards is easier than writing what the teacher dictates.

The cons:

The smartboards need a specific setup and If you miss out the wire that connectas it to the server or laptop it becomes difficult to operate.

Even the shadow of a teacher explaining that information falls on the smartboard difficult to see the text.

7. How does social media like: Facebook, Whats app, Twitter and Skype help in the life of students.

In your opinion is it a positive or negative influence on the students.

Ans: Many students gave replies that Social media, social networking help a lot in interacting with their friends and family at a distance and people living far away from them.

Some of the students told that it helps even in their studies .For example if they miss some notes one day they can ask a friend to send a picture of it.

Well, some even told that using it was okay but for good things.And that getting addicted too much to it was a bad thing.

8.How do e-books and the latest kindle help a student learn more effectively?

Ans: Many of our responses were that most of the school’s library has the new kindles.

They said that it took up less space and is also a more interesting way ofreading a book.

About E-books students told that even they wanted they’re schools to introduce study In I-Pads and Tablets. They said that it wood be more easy for a student as well as a teacher to do their works.

Many sure hope this will be introduced in many schools of India.

General questions for teenagers 14 y and Adults.

How often do you use mobile phone per day How much time do you spend on internet per week (in a nomal week)

o social mediao searching information for home work o mailo Skype

How much time to you spend on internet in the weekend

Adults MEN:

By the end of all our interviews we were able to find the following answers in the men:-

They use their mobile phones a little as they need it even for their jobs ,calling and so on.Most of them said that they use it for about less than an 1 hour a day.

Many of the men we asked or

Adults WOMEN:

By the end of all our interviews we were able to find the following answers in the women:-

The women use their mobile phones very frequently for being in touch with friends and relatives ,calls ,some apps and social media and so on.Majority of them said that they use it for about 2 hours a day.

Most of the

Teenagers BOYS:

By the end of all our interviews we were able to find the following answers in the boys:-

They use their mobile phones a lot .These days they need it for Social media ,Text messaging ,calling ,playing games and others .Majority of them said that they use it for about 2 hours a day.

Almost all of the boys we asked

Teenagers GIRLS:

By the end of all our interviews we were able to find the following answers in the girls:-

They use their mobile phones a lot for the modern social media ,mobile apps ,listening to music, texting,calling and many more .Most of them said that they use it for about 3 hours a day.

Majority of the girls said that