E-Slate

Promoting self learning through fun by using handheld computer for the day care home of toddlers whose parents are working as migrating construction workers.

  1. Enabling children to read, write, speak of a language within 120 days program starting from character recognition, development of skill for line strokes, construction of words, phonetics, sentences based on the method developed by the Door Step School based on Maharashtra Prathamik Shikshan Parishad program.
  2. Supporting teachers on assessing the performance and thereby progress of the children.
  3. To develop an android based application which can be installed in any android based system with special reference to Aakash tablet or any other related devices.
  4. The academic status of the children can easily be transferred to the next NGO based on the migratory nature of the children.

 

Prof. G. G. Ray

Contact:
M: +91 98204 93362
E : ggray@iitb.ac.in


The application will have five different sections:

  • Initial Preparation- This section deals with pattern recognition, concept of basic colours, basic geometric forms, concept of right/left, up/down, Above/below, inside/outside and so on.
  • Main alphabets : This section deals with pattern recognition of the Swarabarna/Banjanbarna, and their writing strokes. It detects the movement of strokes based on which the data on number and type of errors are recorded on the backend which a teacher can look at as and when required for assessment. The system encourages children to rectify the strokes and enhance the pattern recognition.
  • 'Barakhadi' : This section deals with use of ‘Matras’ (swarabarna) adjacent to the Banjanbarna.
  • Anka' (Mathematics) : This portion deals with the numerical characters and their meaning with suitable examples.
  • 'Goshthi Katha' : A section which deals with story telling based on Indian children’s Stories including Ishap’s Stories. Check Ergonomics


 

Ergonomic Intervention
on Brick Kiln Activities

The objective of the project is to remove the drudgery and improve the human efficiency, safety and occupational health by innovating new concept tools and methods.

Funded by ‘Prayas’ an Ahmedabad based NGO, the study attempted to address the drudgery of the workers engaged in traditional Brick kiln. There are all together six different stages in traditional brick making. The objective of the project was to improve the human efficiency, safety and occupational health by innovating new concept tools and methods appropriate for the situation taking in to account the works illiteracy, self awareness, adoptability, affordability, sustainability in accordance with the management confidence building towards execution.

 

Prof. G. G. Ray

Contact:
M: +91 98204 93362
E : ggray@iitb.ac.in