Archive for July, 2007
Microsoft material accelerates (but does not replace) process of curriculum development
Since I was hoping to have lesson plans completed by mid-August, my goal for this past week was to complete through lesson 14, which represents roughly half the curriculum. Midway through the week, however, I found something on the Internet that considerably altered the path to my project goal and forced me to completely revise […]
Read More..>>Preparing Curriculum for Computer Literacy Course
My name is Anjuli, and I am interning with GDL for the summer. I have been here for almost a month now and plan to stay for another month. At the end of August, I will return to the US, where I am a junior in college.
My assignment for these two months is […]
Live From The Field
It seems like just yesterday when we first arrived in Bagar�and Lakshmi arrived a few hours later because she had to retrieve one of her bags that we had left on the train. Anyway, now Lakshmi’s gone; we’ve lost our fearless leader! But the work must go on, in spite of the fact that the […]
Read More..>>Job opportunities at call centers and BPOs
This week was an abridged week – I had to leave the project site to attend to a medical emergency in the family.
On the project front, there were some productive outcomes in the first few days. An Indicorps staff member who had prior work experience at a call center provided some great contacts at call […]
07.08.07 - 07.14.07
The Past Week: 07.08.07 � 07.14.07
Current project
Make Rewari sale
Yes, it’s the same goal not reached � again. I set this goal for myself for the past month or so and my inability to follow through on it has carried over to this past week as well. Since Thursday, I’ve […]
Read More..>>so much to do, so little time!
Arch came this week and, after picking her brain A LOT, we decided that the project needs to be structured a little differently. Actually, the biggest change would be how I get trainers. I knew that it would be very difficult to find someone who speaks in English and is from around Bagar � especially […]
Read More..>>Recruitment agencies provide best leads for top jobs
This week I continued to focus on determining the top 5 jobs. My private contacts and references have not provided much insight. The best data this week actually came from calling recruiters who’d posted positions on employment websites such as naukri.com. On hindsight starting with this approach would have made sense, as recruitment agencies are […]
Read More..>>07.01.07 - 07.07.07
The Past Week: 07.01.07 � 07.07.07
Current project
Make Rewari sale
This has still not been completed. I expected to complete this tasks week ago. While having failed at it over several consecutive weeks, I’ve come to realize three things about myself: I’m idealistic and I’ve got to work on my management […]
Read More..>>An initial idea of the jobs out there
This week, I continued to look for top entry-level computer-based jobs in the Rajasthan and Haryana area.
One source of information that I looked at was employment websites (such as naukri.com and monster.com). From the initial 10 jobs listings, it seemed that almost all of the openings were for a data entry operator/front desk role (two […]
Still no cycle rickshaw…
The logistics of my proect still need to bee nailed down. This is what is keeping me back from moving on. Personally, I just want to start! I thought that at least we’d have the safai project by now, but we are not even in possession of the cycle rickshaw!
Lakshmi told me last week to […]