Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Major turn in curriculum development
My major goal was to continue to support Anjuli in her cause to develop the curriculum while I attended an Indicorps workshop in Ahmedabad. One major development was the discovery of freely available curriculum from the Microsoft Unlimited Potential program. The curriculum is available translated into different languages, including English and Hindi. After examining the […]
Read More..>>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 […]
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 […]
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..>>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 […]
Looking for top needs for entry-level computer jobs
As part of my project to provide vocational computer training based on industry needs, I started searching for top entry-level computer-based job needs this week. Right now, Dushyant Maheshwary, a 2nd yr computer engineering student from Mumbai, is helping me search for these jobs on employment sites (such as naukri.com etc). So far, his […]
Read More..>>PR Spiel
With the GDL team set to expand in the coming months, the current team members have started conducting Public Relations (PR) activities, so that the townspeople get a clear idea of who we are, and what we’ve done.
So far, we’ve been conducting info sessions with families and/or groups of people, where each of the team […]
Free IT learning
I recenly came across this website:
http://alison.com
It is a website that provides free online computer education for everyone. Has anyone heard of it before? Tried it? Would they recommend it to other students? Would it be worth translating into Hindi?.
Weekly Update - A New, More Focused Vision
There was a major change in direction this week. All the GDL team members refined their vision for the coming year, and carved out very focused project descriptions that will aid in delivery.
Asking myself where my interest lay, I realized I wanted to work in helping technology solve a developmental issue. One of the key […]