A tour of future-smart computing
ORIENTAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, BHOPAL
Aakash Tablet
This presentation demonstrates the
vision and mission of Aakash Tablet
The capabilities of Aakash Tablet.Introduction to Aakash
Overview of Android
Aakash Application’s
Future Scope
Vision and Mission
Every Indian learner desires a
chance to receive the highest quality
education. Scarcity of trained
teachers hinders this aspiration.
Difficulty in accessing the best
educational contents, in an
affordable manner, further
accentuates the problem.
The Power of Thinking
Effective use of Information andCommunication Technologies helpsin significantly addressing these twinissues. Aakash Tablet, launched byGovernment of India, is emerging asa key ICT tool for this purpose. Whenused in conjunction with the highspeed network of NKN, Aakash has agreat potential to become aubiquitous and effective ICT tool forstudents and teachers.
IIT Think
The Power of Thinking
Aakash project at IIT Bombay is dedicated to the development of useful applications and contents for use with Aakash. It attempts to empower teachers by using a unique blend of technology, e-contents, and an innovative pedagogy.
While the main focus of this project is on engineering education, it is proposed to use the creative talent of these professional students and teachers, to develop applications and contents for all levels of education, including school education in Indian languages.
Tablet Computers
•Tablets are primarily ‘Access’
Devices
• connect to internet
•Apple ipad in 2010
•Tablets likely to proliferate and distributed to the students
India’s LCAD project
LCAD: Low Cost Access device (tablet computer)
Tablets for quality education
Affordability important
Main plan
Offer tablets at subsidy
First phase
Demonstrate usage
History of Aakash
Launched in October 2011
IIT Bombay was given the phase I project in March 2011
Order placed in May 2012
Specs upgraded further
Aakash-2 Launch on 11th Nov. 2012
Aakash plans at IIT Bombay
250 colleges are R&D partners
OCT is one of them
Each college to use Aakash for
Class room teaching
Final year projects
To create innovative educational applications and contents
Introduction
•A Linux based Operating System designed primarily for touch screen mobile devices
•Initially developed by Android Inc
•and later purchased by Google in 2005
•The first Android powered device was sold in Oct 2008
•Android is Open Source and Google releases code under Apache2 license
•Google Play Store
HoneycombAndroid 3.0-3.2
Ice cream SandwichAndroid 4.0+
Jelly Bean 4.1+
Future Scope
Aakash project is one suchattempt
You all will facilitate creation of anew teaching-learning pardigm
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