RiiiT rolls out ICT special package

BANGALORE: Raman International Institute of Information Technology (RiiiT) has launched "IT KIDS", a special package of teaching materials, to assist students and teachers in honing IT skills.

Karnataka IT & BT Secretary M S Shankaralinge Gowda released the first package at the Bangalore IT.in event here.

"Our rural students can face academic or career-oriented challenges provided they are equipped with better learning facilities. With aids like IT KIDS, they will be able to hone their IT skills effectively to build a career in the knowledge sector," Gowda said at the launch.

He also recalled the bright talent displayed by students at the Rural IT Quiz contest, held as part of the mega event.

The Mysore-based institute focuses on educating students as well as training teachers in ICT.

The IT KIDS package consists of material for students to recap previous topics, exercises, puzzles, quiz and crosswords with illustrations.

For effective assimilation of ICT skills, students and teachers are provided with a digital walkthrough, lab exercises, Internet learning and classroom presentation.

The teacher's resource material has lessons to support class-wise contents and assessment methodology. A monthly journal on ICT is also supplied to keep the teachers abreast of the latest developments in the tech world.

In addition, the teachers are given an orientation programme to implement the IT KIDS curriculum effectively.

The package also comes with MIS software (EDUSYS) to streamline the various functions and activities of school management, including accounts, academic and administration.

According to RiiiT CEO & managing director S V Venkatesh, the IT KIDS package is an innovate approach to teaching IT skills in schools as against the conventional one.

"Instead of passive teaching, the package uses the interactive method, focusing on concept-based learning with illustrations. In place of the conventional black board system, which is teacher-centric, our materials create a student-centric environment where e-learning becomes effortless," Venkatesh said.