In Focus
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Flipping The Classroom
Issue 16The Flipped Classroom is probably the most exciting and most significant change taking place now – it challenges the entire way of thinking of the learning industry for the past 200 years. And the concept is just so, so simple – its amazing. When you ‘flip’ a classroom – homework takes the place of classwork, and classwork takes the...
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The MOOCs
Issue 16The most exciting advancement in the last few years for educators and innovators around the world has the creation and rise of MOOCs. What are they – MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Course – it refers to a new way of teaching, and a new way of learning for students after school. It refers to full courses –...
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Say Hello to Salman Khan
Issue 16Although MOOCs may have captured imaginations in the last couple of years – the “real” revolution in education is being driven by the Khan Academy; and the efforts of one man – Salman Khan. As most will know, I am not talking about the Bollywood actor, but instead of the “superstar” teacher – who has, through simple 10 minute...
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V-Day: Remembering Those Who Fought
Issue 23Over the years you may have seen on TV during matches and telecasts in November, a red ribbon or a red paper flower (called a poppy) pinned to the lapels and jerseys of cricketers, soccer players and world leaders. This red ribbon pinning peaks around 11th November and marks V-Day which is a memorial day to the bloodies war...
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50 Years Since the Assassination of JFK
Issue 23John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States, the youngest ever (at 43 years of age) to be elected to the office and the only one to have been assassinated in the last 112 years. As we mark the 50th anniversary of this event on 22nd November, we can reflect on his legacy and the remarkable...
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India’s Growing Netizens
Issue 21According to a report, released by market research firm IMRB and the Internet & Mobile Association of India, India is going to become the world’s second largest internet user base. The prediction is that, by June 2014, India will have 243 million internet users – overtaking the US and taking second place behind China, who already has a mammoth...
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Landing a Super Hercules At the World’s Highest Airstrip
Issue 14Last week the understated Indian Air Force impressed the world, and managed to land a massive 35,000 kg (when empty) C-130J transport aircraft on the Daulat Beg Oldie airstrip in Ladakh. Apart from being a record for the IAF, and for the C-130, it is the highest a plane this heavy (or any heavier, for that matter) has ever...
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Solar Powered Trains….in India
Issue 12IIT Madras (Chennai) has been brought in by the Integral Coach factory in Chennai to design solar pow- ered AC train bogies – coaches that will draw power from the sun for interior lighting and cooling. Although the project will take a while – a Government tie up with a premier technology institute to develop solar powered coaches is...
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India’s Longest Rail Tunnel – Finally Connecting Kashmir
Issue 8A brand new train and rail route linking Jammu and Kashmir through India’s longest tunnel across the mighty Pir Panjal range has become a reality. The eight coach train connects Baramulla (Qazigund) in north Kashmir to Banihal town in Jammu. The 11.2 km tunnel has been constructed using the New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM). It is for the first...
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The little Giraff
Issue 8Notable recently is the adoption of robotic supporters for the elderly, children and those afflicted with dementia in the form of Giraff, a child sized, vaguely humanoid, helper robot, with a TV screen for a head. The patient (or person be- ing taken care off) can be called by a relative or friend on the Giraff, which will drive...
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