INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY BOOK CLASS 9
BY GOVT. OF KERALA
http://itschool.gov.in/pdf/std_IX/ICT/ICT_IX_English.pdf
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snip from class 9 ICT text book
http://itschool.gov.in/pdf/std_IX/ICT/ICT_IX_English.pdf
Page 88 and 89
Malayalam wikipedia already has
about 15,000 articles on various
subjects. It is ever expanding too.
Enriching and strengthening this free
online information bank would be
useful to the future generations. Won’t
you also join hands in contributing to
such meaningful efforts?
*
Follow up Activities*
Add an article on a subject of your
choice in Malayalam wikipedia after
collecting all the relevant information.
Please take care to ensure precision and
authenticity of the information that you
collect.
On 16 February 2011 18:36, Gautam John <gautam(a)prathambooks.org> wrote:
> On 16 February 2011 18:35, Anoop <anoop.ind(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes. The complete syllabus is based on GNU/Linux . IT@school team has
> > created a GNU/Linux distro with name it@school gnu-linux which is
> available
> > to download at http://itschool.gov.in/downloads.php
>
> Thank you, Anup. Truly astounding.
>
> Best,
>
> Gautam
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বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়ার জন্য প্রচারণার কাজে দাড়িয়ে থাকা সকলকে শুভেচ্ছা। দাড়িয়ে
থাকা সকলের কাছ থেকে অনুভুতিগুলি শুনতে চাইছি।
2011/2/22 Tanvir Rahman <wikitanvir(a)gmail.com>
> রিপোর্টে আমার নাম পেয়ে খুশি লাগছে, কিন্তু আমার নামেও সমস্যা। :'( আমার
> বানান ি-কার; ী-কার নয়। এই ভুল অবশ্য অনেকেই করে। :(
>
>
> তানভির
>
> 2011/2/22 Shabab Mustafa <shabab.mustafa(a)gmail.com>
>
> ইয়ে, মানে আর্টিকেলের 'শাবাব'-টা কি আমি? আমার নামের শেষাংশ কিন্তু 'আহমেদ'
>> নয়, 'মুস্তাফা'।
>> ---
>> Shabab Mustafa
>>
>> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Shabab>
>>
>>
>> 2011/2/22 Nurunnaby Hasive <nhasive(a)bdosn.org>
>>
>> সবগুলো জাতীয় দৈনিকে সংবাদ ও ছবি পাঠানো হয়েছে..আশা করছি আজ কালের মধ্যেই
>>> খবরটি গুরুত্ব সহকারেই ছাপা হবে..
>>>
>>> 2011/2/22 Munir Hasan <munir.hasan(a)bdosn.org>
>>>
>>> আজকে প্রথম আলো ছবিসহ খবরটি ছেপেছে!
>>>> http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-02-22/news/133006
>>>>
>>>> হাসিবকে রাতে অনেক তৎপর দেখেছি। আশা করি বাকী মিডিয়াতেও খবরটি
>>>> গুরুত্বসহকারে ছাপাবে।
>>>>
>>>> একটি খালি সমস্যা ছিল : নির্ধারিত ব্যানার দুইটি না পাওয়াতে অন্য একটি
>>>> ব্যানার নিয়ে দাঁড়াতে হয়েছে।
>>>>
>>>> আশা করি, পহেলা বৈশাখের শোভাযাত্রায় এই সমস্যা থাকবে না।
>>>>
>>>> আশার জন্য সবাইকে ধন্যবাদ।
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> মুনির হাসান
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2011/2/22 Belayet Hossain <bellayet(a)gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> শাবাব ভাইসহ সকলকে যারা এই মিটআপে অংশ নিয়েছেন তাদের অনেক অনেক ধন্যবাদ।
>>>>> মিটআপে থাকতে না পারার জন্য আমি অত্যন্ত দুঃখিত। গতকাল অপ্রত্যাশিত ভাবে আমার
>>>>> এক আত্মীয়কে হাসপাতালে ভর্তি করা হয়েছে, সারাদিন আমি সেখানেই ব্যস্ত ছিলাম। আশা
>>>>> করি সামনে মিটআপে দেখা হবে।
>>>>>
>>>>> বেলায়েত
>>>>>
>>>>> 2011/2/21 Shabab Mustafa <shabab.mustafa(a)gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>> ওহ, আরেকটি কথা বলতে ভুলে গেছি। পুরো সময় জুড়ে বেলায়েত ভাইকে বেশ মিস
>>>>>> করেছি। :(
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> Shabab Mustafa
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Shabab>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2011/2/21 Shabab Mustafa <shabab.mustafa(a)gmail.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> আজকে প্রচন্ড ভিড় ঠেলে চারটের কিছু পর যখন মেলা গেটে পৌঁছলাম তখন দেখি
>>>>>>> অনেকে ৪টার আগে থেকেই ব্যানার নিয়ে সেখানে দাঁড়িয়ে ছিলেন। উইকিপিডিয়ানদের সাথে
>>>>>>> সাথে বিডিওএসএন, ম্যাথ অলিম্পিয়াড আর লিনাক্স অনুরাগী স্বেচ্ছাসেবকদের দেখে বেশ
>>>>>>> ভাল লাগল। আজকেই আমি বেশ কয়েকজনের সাথে সরাসরি পরিচিত হলাম, যাদের নামে চিনলেও
>>>>>>> আগে সরাসরি কথা হয় নি কখনও। তবে শুরু থেকে যেমন সবাই ছিলেন না আবার শেষ
>>>>>>> পর্যন্তও অনেকে ছিলেন না। পাঁচটার পর মিছিল করে আমরা যখন মেলা গেট থেকে
>>>>>>> টিএসসি-র দিকে ফিরে যাচ্ছিলাম তখন অনেকেই দেখলাম থমকে দাঁড়িয়ে ব্যানারটা পড়ার
>>>>>>> চেষ্টা করছেন। কেউ কেউ পাশেরজনকে ডেকে দেখাচ্ছেন। সত্যিই উপভোগ্য দৃশ্য।
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> টিএসসি পৌঁছবার পর বিদায়ের আগে সবাই মিলে ভিড়ের মধ্যে দাঁড়িয়ে আইসক্রিম
>>>>>>> খেলাম সেটাও বেশ মজার ছিল। বিদায় নেবার সময় শেষ পর্যন্ত ৩৬ জনের মাথা গুনতে
>>>>>>> পারলেও অনেকেকেই আগেই চলে যেতে হয়েছিল। সবমিলিয়ে উপস্থিতির সংখ্যা ৪০ পেরিয়ে ৪৫
>>>>>>> ছুঁই ছুঁই করার কথা।
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> বেশ কয়েক বছর ধরে এই ইভেন্টটি চলে আসলেও আমি এইবারই প্রথম এতে অংশ
>>>>>>> নিলাম। চমৎকার কিছু মানুষের সাথে দারুণ একটি ঘন্টা কাটাবার সুযোগ পেয়ে আমার বেশ
>>>>>>> ভাল লাগল। এজন্য সংশ্লিষ্ট সবাইকে ধন্যবাদ।
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> Shabab Mustafa
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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>>>>> http://twitter.com/bellayet
>>>>> http://bellayet.wordpress.com (Bangla)
>>>>> Knowledge is universal
>>>>> ...so share it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hillel____
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>>>>> If I am only for myself, what am I?
>>>>> If not now, when?
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শুধু মহারাষ্ট্রে নয়, ভারতে কেরালা সরকারও উইকির সঙ্গে মিলে সিডি বার করেছে ও
পুরো দস্তুর লিনাক্স ব্যবহার করছে ও ব্যবহার করতে পরামর্শ দিচ্ছে।
http://itschool.gov.in/initiatives.phphttp://itschool.gov.in/downloads.phphttp://www.itschool.gov.in/icttextbook8.pdf
2011/2/16 goutam roy <gtm_roy(a)yahoo.com>
> দারুণ খবর! ওই চ্যাপ্টারটি কি কেউ অ্যাটাচমেন্টে দিতে পারবেন?
>
> মহারাষ্ট্রে এটা যতো সহজে করা সম্ভব হয়েছে, বাংলাদেশে এটা করা ততোই কঠিন। আমি
> যতদূর জানি, ভারতের কারিকুলাম বিকেন্দ্রীকৃত। রাজ্য চাইলে যেকোনো কনটেন্ট তাদের
> কারিকুলামে যুক্ত করতে পারে। কিন্তু বাংলাদেশে কেন্দ্রীভূত কারিকুলাম সিস্টেম
> থাকায় এটা করা কঠিন।
>
> তবে উইকিপিডিয়া সম্পর্কিত কী কনটেন্ট পাঠ্যবইয়ে থাকা উচিত, কেন থাকা উচিত, কোন
> শ্রেণীতে থাকা উচিত ইত্যাদি বিষয় উল্লেখ করে কেউ একটা লেখা তৈরি করে দিলে আমি
> এনসিটিবির সাথে কথা বলতে পারি। হয়তো কিছুই হবে না; কিন্তু বিষয়টা তাদের নজরে
> আনা দরকার।
>
> .....................
> Goutam Roy
> Research Coordinator
> Research, Evaluation and Dissemination
> Plan Bangladesh
> Bangladesh Country Office
> House 14, Road 35
> Gulshan 2, Dhaka 1212
> Bangladesh
> T + 88-02-9861599, 9860167
> M+ 88-01612018951, 01712018951
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> www.plan-international.org
> www.bdeduarticle.com
>
>
> [image: ARTICLES on EDUCATION of BANGLADESH]
>
> ↑ Grab this Headline Animator
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Tanvir Rahman <wikitanvir(a)gmail.com>
> *To:* Discussion list for Bangladeshi Wikimedians <
> wikimedia-bd(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> *Sent:* Wed, February 16, 2011 11:42:21 AM
> *Subject:* [Wikimedia-BD] Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia lesson in
> Maharashtra class 7 textbook
>
> ভারতে মহারাষ্ট্রের সপ্তম শ্রেণীর পাঠ্যবইয়ে উইকিপিডিয়ার ওপর পরিচ্ছেদ যুক্ত
> হয়েছে। আমাদের এখানেও এমনটি করা যায় কী?
>
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> From: Pradeep Mohandas <pradeep.mohandas(a)gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:55 AM
> Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia lesson in Maharashtra class 7
> textbook
> To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." <
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>
>
> hi,
>
> Was very surprised to see a lesson on Wikipedia in my brother's 7th std
> text book today.
>
> Picture - http://twitpic.com/40b7oj
>
> The content is concerning Wikipedia - compares it with an encyclopedia,
> details about volunteers contributing to Wikipedia, talks about the presence
> of Indic language Wikipedia, talks about vandalism.
>
> It has the following sub-topics:
> 1. Introduction
> 2. What is an encyclopedia?
> 3. What is Wikipedia?
> 4. How is Wikipedia created?
> 5. sidebar: general info on Wikipedia wef September 2009
> 6. sidebar: How is Wikipedia different from an encyclopedia printed on
> paper?
> 7. vandalism
> 8. Wikipedia policy
> 9. Request an article
>
> warm regards,
> Pradeep
>
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> তানভির
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Hi,
A reporter is doing a story on Indian academicians on Wikipedia.. . If
you know about any academicians / people from the education system who edit
Wikipedia, it would be great help.. Are there anyone in the India mailing
list ?
Please drop *a personal mail to me* with the contact informations ,
if so.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Tinu Cherian
Dear Wikimedians,
Here is my a short report of the Kolkata Wikipedia meet up & workshop for
wikipedia projects that was held on 2011 February 12 at *Indian Institute
of Foreign Trade*(Kolkata Campus)* *Saltlake, EP Block, Sector
V,Kolkata,West Bengal.
The Meet up and workshop was attended by more than 25 participants.
The workshop was divided into two sessions. The first session was an
introductory presentation about Wikipedia, and wikiprojects. In the second
session we introduced Wikipedia editing to the participants.
The participants asked many questions about wiki, Wikimedia Foundation,
Wikipedia, sister projects and so on. They also asked some queries regarding
directorial board, why pages are protected, policies, and so on. The
participants are introduced to wikipedia editing with wikimarkup in a simple
way.
Kolkata wiki community is planning to organize many more workshops in the
near future.
For details
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Kolkata/Kolkata3
Meetup images
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With Warm Regards,
*Jayanta Nath*
Calcutta,West Bengal
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Hisham ,
Welcome to the world of Wikimedia / Wikipedia ! Looking forward to closely
working with you.
Best wishes !
Regards
Tinu Cherian
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 6:43 AM, Arjuna Rao Chavala <
arjunaraoc(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi Hisham,
>
> A warm welcome and best wishes.
>
> Cheers
> Arjuna Rao Chavala
> President, Wikimedia Chapter, India
>
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Barry Newstead <bnewstead(a)wikimedia.org>wrote:
>
>> Dear colleagues, (please feel free to cross-post this to local lists
>> within India)
>>
>> I am pleased to announce the appointment of Hisham Mundol as a consultant
>> to the Wikimedia Foundation to support us in our program initiatives in
>> India.
>>
>> As you know, the Wikimedia Foundation declared India to be a strategic
>> priority during the strategic planning process [1]. I announced our plans
>> for the formation of an office in August 2010 and the Wikimedia Foundation
>> Board of Trustees approved the creation of the Wikimedia India chapter in
>> June 2010. India is a priority for the Wikimedia movement as it has a strong
>> and growing community of Wikimedians building the Indic and English language
>> projects. It is a country where the Wikimedia movement can achieve our
>> mission and learn important lessons for achieving impact elsewhere. The
>> engagement of Hisham will enable the Wikimedia Foundation to pilot new
>> initiatives aimed at accelerating the growth of the community in India. I am
>> very happy we’ve now reached this point.
>>
>> As I have mentioned in the past, we have a lot of momentum in India but we
>> have a long way to go to achieve our full potential as a movement. Indians
>> represent 4% of the world’s Internet users today (and this share is
>> growing), yet they only represent 1.5% of page edits on Wikipedia. We should
>> be able to rapidly increase this share - across all projects - and expand
>> readership in a corresponding fashion.
>>
>> Hisham’s title will be Consultant, India National Programs. He will
>> report to me. His role will be to design and implement specific pilot
>> programs that encourage many more Indians to become contributors to our
>> projects in Indic languages as well as English. The National Programs
>> initiative will focus on the following areas in the first year:
>>
>> -
>>
>> Design and implement an India-wide program to increase Wikimedia’s
>> footprint on university and college campuses with students and faculty with
>> the aim of encouraging contributions to Wikimedia projects
>> -
>>
>> Support the launch and implementation of community-initiated programs
>> that seek to increase the editor base for Wikimedia projects
>> -
>>
>> Engage with the community and chapter to build a strong relationship
>> among these stakeholder groups and create communications forums that allow
>> for effective partnerships
>>
>> As a newcomer to the Wikimedia movement, Hisham’s first task will be to
>> deepen his understanding of us: our history, goals, values, culture and
>> mission. To that end, he will be spending the coming weeks (not months!) in
>> learning mode: Hisham and I will be meeting with community members in
>> Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore on Feb 23-25 and then Hisham will join community
>> meetings across the country as they occur. Hisham will also spend time in
>> San Francisco with the staff of the Wikimedia Foundation, as well as with
>> other like-minded individuals and organizations and he will attend the
>> chapter conference in Berlin.
>>
>> Hisham will be creating a workspace on strategy wiki where he will share
>> what he is learning and develop the core elements of the action plan going
>> forward. We encourage active community engagement on this wiki. We aim to
>> move to action quickly and welcome input and guidance from across the
>> community.
>>
>> Hisham was most recently a consultant with the Public Health Foundation of
>> India (in a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation). He
>> designed and implemented large-scale national programs on HIV/AIDS
>> prevention. He worked to understand the dynamics of hard-to-reach
>> communities by conducting in-depth, on-the-ground analysis (ask him to tell
>> you about his experience talking to drivers while sitting under their
>> trucks). The programs he designed and implemented sought to convince people
>> in large numbers - 400 million young people across the nation - to change
>> very personal behaviours. While we are not tackling issues of such an
>> intimate nature, we do aim to convince large numbers of people across the
>> country to contribute their personal time to Wikimedia projects. During
>> this assignment, Hisham worked closely with public, private and community
>> groups (local and international) to work through the details of the programs
>> and build partnerships for implementing them at scale. He did so in a manner
>> that used persuasion rather than power to build support to move things
>> forward. We think his experience navigating these varied groups position
>> him well to work in the Wikimedia community. His earlier career was in
>> marketing and business development with a number of well-known businesses:
>> Infosys, Accenture, Cadbury and Unilever. This experience positions him well
>> to engage with a movement and organization that is global in nature, in
>> particular to work with a team that is based halfway around the world.
>>
>> We have scheduled an IRC chat with Hisham and myself for Thursday,
>> February 17 at 22:00 India Standard Time (16:30 UTC).
>>
>> I want to thank everyone who helped in the selection process that
>> identified Hisham. It was a five month process in which we made an open call
>> for consultants (using my visit in September to drum up interest via
>> conversations with the community and the media) in India and around the
>> world. We had 197 applicants from a wide range of professional backgrounds.
>> Egon Zehnder’s India office, part of a leading global executive search
>> firm, helped screen candidates and manage the process. Egon Zehnder
>> conducted indepth interviews with 25 candidates based on the inputs from
>> Bishakha and I who helped shortlist. I interviewed 12 candidates via Skype
>> in the first round and then I had the help of Bishakha Datta and Achal
>> Prabhala to interview the top seven in person in Bangalore. Our top two
>> candidates met with Sue and Erik in Delhi and then Hisham met with the
>> entire WMF leadership team and a broad group of staff members in San
>> Francisco.
>>
>> We are very happy with the selection of Hisham. We recognize that we did
>> not manage to hire someone from inside the Wikimedia community or the open
>> source community. We did look for people with this background and one of
>> our finalists was a long time open source advocate. We also engaged with a
>> long time Wikimedian for a role, though he ultimately decided to withdraw
>> for personal reasons. We are committed to seeing Hisham integrate himself
>> into the community quickly and to seeing him add people to his team from the
>> community. We hope that the community will engage actively with him to
>> bring him into the fold. Hisham will most definitely bring fresh
>> perspectives to the movement that will help us grow and change for the
>> better.
>>
>> Please join me in welcoming Hisham to the Wikimedia movement.
>>
>> Note: An FAQ will follow shortly.
>>
>> Best,
>> Barry
>> [1] *http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Plan/Role_of_the_WMF*<http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Plan/Role_of_the_WMF>
>> [2] *
>> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2010-August/000850.ht…
>> *<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2010-August/000850.ht…>
>>
>> --
>> Barry Newstead
>> Chief Global Development Officer
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>> Tel: +1-415-839-6885 x. 6634
>> Skype: barry.wikimedia
>> Twitter: @bazanews
>>
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On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Bala Jeyaraman <sodabottle(a)gmail.com>wrote:
> I was going through the monthly statistics and found Bengali wiki has had
> 114k edits in December!. New articles number has remained steady but the
> edits have spiked 7 times in that month.
>
> http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaBN.htm
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> I am curious. Was there some sort of automated cleanup going on? Can
> Bengali wiki editors enlighten me.
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> regards
> Bala
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