PROJECT MOTIVATION

EFA Global Monitoring Report 2010 UN MDG Fact Sheet Ministry of Statistics, India UN Millennium Development Goals Report 2009 Children Out of School, UNESCO Institute of Statistics DISE Flash Statistics 2008-09 THE CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY REVIEW (CPR)

REASON ANALYSIS AND SOLUTION

Primary school drop-out reasons

Not encouraged

to study

Failure

No interest

Regular absentism

Under resourced

To earn by doing labour

To take care of a

dependent relative

ill informed

about subsequent outcome

Awareness about

significance

Local alliance Empowerment

Counselor discussion

Motivation and engagement

amongst student

Flexibility and individualized

learning

Interactive and extended

learning time

Link

Drop-out reason

Prospective solution

PROBLEM FREEZED

Subjects are constantly tested to assure government standards are being met

Curriculum has been eroded by a fixation on standards in the basics of literacy and numeracy

Insufficient emphasis on non-cognitive attributes

Lack of emphasis on a systematic evaluation of the learning processes

Directed towards memorizing facts

Discourage independent thinking and innovation

Frequently lacks a coherent educational philosophy

REQUIREMENT LOOP

Operational deployment: Primary School Students Home Schoolers Effectiveness requirements: Use of Practical User centric Interactive approach to edify the learning skills of students. Operational life cycle: Directly proportional to technology

adoption amongst schools Low Functional Requirements

SOLUTION

o Prakash ESP (Educational Software Package)

o Millennium Development Goal 2 dedicated website

ESP MT

Guided Writing

eScribe

ESP MT

Solutions that strive to narrow the digital divide, with a low cost solution to integrate technology into the classroom.

Allow schools to increase the number of students that can access technology in a classroom or lab, simply by plugging in an existing or new mouse per student.

Increase the value and derived benefit of new & old computer purchases by schools and governments.

Use of Microsoft Multi Point Technology

H is a USB hubM is a USB mouse

ESP MT- SALIENT FEATURES

Narrative interactive story-telling format Concept driven multiple input games Interactive and engaging content Competition and collaboration amongst the

individuals Schools do not need to purchase expensive,

proprietary hardware peripherals Inclusion of local languages Resolution Independent

GUIDED WRITING

Tutors by directions, arrows and dots to inscribe a letter/alphabet.

Text to Speech

Worksheet Mode

Doodle

Handwriting recognition integrated with illustrative content as an innovative way of teaching

Can also take pen/mice digitizer input based on Microsoft Ink technology and undertakes the concern of losing curiosity among new learners with appealing particulars

Saving Ink in eScribe’s format Smart Text – Spelling suggestions Match – Interactive counterpart feature

eScribe

FEATURES

Online Counselor Current online status of the counselor and discussion on the

website Teacher Section Recommendations from IBE (International Bureau of

Education). Access to worksheets and other resources. Monthly teacher

awards program to promote competency Awareness Creating awareness about gender sensitization and Social

Safety Nets. Use of Twitter API’s and Orkut API’s to spread the word

FEATURES

Localization Multi-lingual support Public relations Press releases and RSS feeds for updating IE 8 Web Slice Nearest help center/NGO information for user Nearest donation centre, Self-help groups information

to bequeath Computer/Teaching material

MDG 2 WEBSITE ARCHITECTURE

TESTING

System Testing

Installation approach is to run an install program through package software

Features of each independent application integrated for rigorous testing

Setup integrated testing

environment

Integrating all modules

Executing testing

I/P Synthesis

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS

Avoided use of Open Source components

Creating re-usable frameworks leveraging existing content

Develop product portfolios and expanding its geographical presence

Easily accessible hardware, Matching classroom pedagogy

Selling webspace for educational groups and payment schemes, context advertisements on the MDG website is also an approach to uphold

Benefits: Multimedia driven and interactive learning techniques

‘Learning while playing’

FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS

Technically feasible because of Performance Ease of learning Ease of deployment Scalability of the Educational Software Package (ESP)

Low Functional Requirements 4 USB port hub in MT Module to connect three individuals together (Resource sharing) Optional Hardware- Pen Tablet/Digitizer Platform- Windows XP (Minimum) – More acceptability of windows platform

Operational feasibility

Plug-in’s environment – Increases Operational enhancement Supporting technical documentation

IMPLEMENTATION

ESP Prototypes Implemented at select schools in our native state

Our Lady of Fatima Convent Secondary School, Patiala (Punjab) – CBSE Affiliated

Suman Day Boarding School, Jalandhar (Punjab) – PSEB Affiliated

Panacea Public School, Ferozepur (Punjab) – CBSE Affiliated Mata Sundri Public School, Bathinda (Punjab) –

Government Aided

IMPLEMENTATION PHASE

Impact Assessment (Teacher’s Parameters)

o Easily able to graspo Trying to competeo Judging oneselfo Personalized Learningo Holistic Developmento Optimization of potential

User Acceptance

o More inquisitivenesso Teacher independenceo More concentrationo Elevated level of interesto Positive emotional

response

MultipointPointSDK.Instance object

PointerAssignments

DeviceArrival and DeviceRemoval

MultiPoint Controls

Application Logic

USB Hub

ImagesAnimation

Sounds

+

+

Resources

VGA (800 x 600) resolution (Minimum)

16-bit sound card

Windows Presentation

Foundation (WPF) UI

Resources

TOOLS USED FOR ESP MT Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Microsoft Expression Design 3 Microsoft Expression Blend 3 Adobe Photoshop CS3 Audacity 1.3 Beta Unicode

MT Backend: C#.NET Microsoft Multipoint Mouse SDK 1.1 Windows Presentation Foundation .NET Framework 3.5

Microsoft Speech APISAPI 5

Runtime component (sapi.dll)

Calls through the API (to load a recognition grammar; or provide text to be synthesized)

Calling engine through the engine interfaces

Synthesis engines generate events

Event sink in the application

(Direct Draw)

User 32.DLL/GDI32.DLL

USER/GDI32.DLL

Direct Sound

Display Driver

Multimedia Driver

I/O Manager

TOOLS USED FOR GUIDED WRITING Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1

Guided Writing Backend: VB.NET Microsoft Text to Speech SDK/SAPI 5 .NET Framework 3.5

Spell Checker engine

Morphological Analyzer

Predictor Decision Support System

Rule Base

Annotated Vocabulary

Set

Error Detection

Block

Error Correction

Block

Ink Segments (Ink enabled application)

TDNNTime Delayed

Neural Network

Output Matrix

Top Recognized listBeam Search

Foundation Components

Presentation Framework Presentation Core

PluggableComponents

Animated Ink etc.

WPF

Lexicon

dog 68

clog 57

dug 51

doom 42

(Interpolation architecture)Pluggable

Components

TOOLS USED FOR ESCRIBE Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Microsoft Expression Blend 3

MulitPoint, Backend: C#.NET Windows Presentation Foundation Windows 7 Recognition API’s/ Microsoft Ink Tablet PC SDK 1.7 for Windows XP Recognition .NET Framework 3.5

REFERENCES

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/ga10686.doc.htm

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/jun09/06-24imaginecuppreview.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/imaginecup/Default.aspx

http://www.uis.unesco.org/ev_en.php?ID=3753_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC

http://www.asercentre.org/asersurvey/aser09/pdfdata/Enrollment.pdf

http://blogs.msdn.com/andrewparsons/archive/2009/05/18/finalists-for-national-imagine-cup-announced.aspx

http://huebler.blogspot.com/2007/11/primary-school-attendance-in-india-in.html

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/education.shtml

http://www.unicef.org/mdg/education.html http://www.unesco.org/en/efareport/reports/2

010-marginalization/

REFERENCES

World Education Forum Tribune Archives Times of India Archives Hindustan times Archives

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Mr. Krishan Kumar, Director General, Sarv Siksha Abhiyaan (Punjab)

Mrs. Suraiya Praveen, President Award Winner (Primary Education)

Sr. Aarti, Principal, Our Lady of Fatima Convent Secondary School

Sahil Arora Sukhjot Singh

Risham Chandi Abhay Mutti Sahibpreet Kaur Simarpreet Kaur Mrs. Bhinder

Mentors Support Team

TOOLS USED FOR WEBSITE Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1

ASP.NET, Backend: Visual Basic Orkut/Twitter API’s Bing Search Web Service .NET Framework 3.5