Educational Video CDs from AID-India and Tamil Nadu Science Forum
Educational Video CDs from AID-India and Tamil Nadu Science Forum
Project Brief: To prepare educational and science videos that can be used in schools, by NGOs and by Science Movement activists in villages using existing TVs and a VCD player ([email protected]/day) or computers. Local cable operators also help spread awareness.
Project Type: Educational Experiments (description)
Primary Focus: creating resources (description)
Supporting Chapter Contact:
NYC/NJ
Project Type: Educational Experiments (description)
Primary Focus: creating resources (description)
Secondary Focus: remedial education
Area: RuralSupporting Chapter Contact:
NYC/NJ
Status: CLOSED - ENDED
Project Steward: Sudarshan Setlur
Project Partner(s): Contact information unavailable
Project Address: Educational Video CDs from AID-India and Tamil Nadu Science Forum
Tamil Nadu Science Forum 130/3,
Avvai Shanmugam Salai, Gopalapuram
Tamil Nadu 600086
Tel: (011)-(91)-44-28113630
Stewarding Chapter: NYC/NJ
Project Steward: Sudarshan Setlur
Project Partner(s): Contact information unavailable
Project Address: Educational Video CDs from AID-India and Tamil Nadu Science Forum
Tamil Nadu Science Forum 130/3,
Avvai Shanmugam Salai, Gopalapuram
Tamil Nadu 600086
Tel: (011)-(91)-44-28113630
Stewarding Chapter: NYC/NJ
Over the years the TNSF has built a teachers network of over 600 teachers and have resource people who can train teachers in their area of expertise. These areas include (but are not limited to) problems with math teaching in primary schools, low cost science experiments, health education. Since the core group has limited time they are unable to reach out to enough villages without diluting the content. The VCDs were thought of a way to boost field programs and used as supplementation in the training program.
They can be used in group viewing, no only in teacher training programs but also by teachers in schools to enhance their teaching in class. The idea is not to replace the teacher or trainer.
The videos on specific classes eg Physics for VIII: It is not attempted to cover the entire book and put it on a video. From earlier experience and available material it is clear that this tends to overburden the students who already have to read the text. Instead, experimentation based techiniques are shown which clarify and get the children to ask questions about their understanding of the topics. The topics covered are chosen from experience from the "hot spots" that children in the past have encountered.
Please refer to the <a href="http://www.ashanet.org/nycnj/projects/tnsf/tnsfProp.pdf">proposal</a> for details on the VCDs that TNSF has resources to make at this point.
The program will be used in the 8 districts that TNSF has worked with in the past as well as the 100 blocks that the TNSF is extending a variety of programs to.
Two videos VCDs have already been made, one is the "Powers of 10 the atom to the universe". This is a 15 min video that introduces the children to scales of 10, starting with a leaf progressively zooms out by a scale of 10 times till it shows the entire universe. It then zooms in by a power of 10 each time till it reaches the atom. This video was demonstrated at a teachers meeting at Madurai and the VCDs were lapped up right there. I have shown this video to children at schools near Chennai and the response has been phenomenal.
The other video is "Childhood from birth to four". This explains the different sections of a children childhood. This was meant to be viewed by adolescent girls and women. The video gives an understanding of the requirements of mothers and children with special emphasis on addressing popular beliefs that cause a children to be malnourished in villages.
The video camera has been provided by AID (Associaltion of Indian Development) and the primary costs of making the videos is in editing and conversion to digital format. The editing is done in both the video stage and in the digital stage with video clipings, and animation are added to make the video more interesting to watch.
Once the first VCD is cut, it is distributed at the price of cutting a CD. (only around Rs.60, which is very affordable for a community) The difference in availability of VCDs with other educational materials lies in the fact that TNSF is non-profit organization and is not trying to make money of these VCDs and that the costs of building of the video are taken care of by Asha.
They can be used in group viewing, no only in teacher training programs but also by teachers in schools to enhance their teaching in class. The idea is not to replace the teacher or trainer.
The videos on specific classes eg Physics for VIII: It is not attempted to cover the entire book and put it on a video. From earlier experience and available material it is clear that this tends to overburden the students who already have to read the text. Instead, experimentation based techiniques are shown which clarify and get the children to ask questions about their understanding of the topics. The topics covered are chosen from experience from the "hot spots" that children in the past have encountered.
Please refer to the <a href="http://www.ashanet.org/nycnj/projects/tnsf/tnsfProp.pdf">proposal</a> for details on the VCDs that TNSF has resources to make at this point.
The program will be used in the 8 districts that TNSF has worked with in the past as well as the 100 blocks that the TNSF is extending a variety of programs to.
Two videos VCDs have already been made, one is the "Powers of 10 the atom to the universe". This is a 15 min video that introduces the children to scales of 10, starting with a leaf progressively zooms out by a scale of 10 times till it shows the entire universe. It then zooms in by a power of 10 each time till it reaches the atom. This video was demonstrated at a teachers meeting at Madurai and the VCDs were lapped up right there. I have shown this video to children at schools near Chennai and the response has been phenomenal.
The other video is "Childhood from birth to four". This explains the different sections of a children childhood. This was meant to be viewed by adolescent girls and women. The video gives an understanding of the requirements of mothers and children with special emphasis on addressing popular beliefs that cause a children to be malnourished in villages.
The video camera has been provided by AID (Associaltion of Indian Development) and the primary costs of making the videos is in editing and conversion to digital format. The editing is done in both the video stage and in the digital stage with video clipings, and animation are added to make the video more interesting to watch.
Once the first VCD is cut, it is distributed at the price of cutting a CD. (only around Rs.60, which is very affordable for a community) The difference in availability of VCDs with other educational materials lies in the fact that TNSF is non-profit organization and is not trying to make money of these VCDs and that the costs of building of the video are taken care of by Asha.