CHENNAI: Prof Sridhar and his team from IIT Bombay have developed a computer learning initiative called Computer Masti, which is an extensive research-based product for effectively teaching computers in schools. A collaborative product from InOPEN Technologies and IIT Bombay, it has been designed as a series of text books accompanied by a DVD.
InOPEN, an educational start-up incubated at the Society of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), IIT Bombay, conducted a hands-on training for teaching “innovative methods of teaching Computer Science in schools” at IIT-Madras on Saturday. Representatives of 75 schools from Chennai and Puducherry attended the workshop.
Rupesh Shah, Founder Director and CEO of InOPEN Technologies, said that the advantage of Computer Masti is that it provides schools with a lot of innovative methods of teaching. He said, “In this curriculum, the focus is entirely on delivering the concepts rather than traditional skill oriented computer teaching.”
S Murlaleedhar, from The Hindu Senior Secondary School International, said, “Computer Masti teaches the subject in a very interesting way. The e-books have been downloaded in more than 76 countries and have been translated in eight Indian languages including Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati and Bengali and two foreign languages — Arabic and French — as well. The system has already been implemented in more than 25 schools.
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