Rajesh, Thank you very much. This is quite interesting. Jim Lerman
Rajesh Veeraraghavan wrote: > You may want to check out DSH..these classes are in Hindi. > > http://dsh.cs.washington.edu > > > "Digital StudyHall (DSH) is a research project that seeks to improve > education for the poor children in slum and rural > schools<http://dsh.cs.washington.edu/info/descr_whom.html>in India. In > a nutshell, think of its technical approach as the educational > equivalent of Netflix <http://www.netflix.com/> + > YouTube<http://www.youtube.com/>+ > Kazaa <http://www.kazaa.com/>. > > We digitally record live classes by the best grassroots teachers, transmit > them on the "Postmanet" (effected by DVDs sent in the postal system), > collect them in a large distributed database, and distribute them on DVDs to > poor rural and slum schools. Education experts and teachers use the system > to explore pedagogical approaches involving local teachers actively > "mediating" the video lessons. By harvesting a "viral phenomenon" of > community participation, DSH aims to help train teachers and deliver quality > instruction to underprivileged children. The project is a collaboration > between computer scientists and education experts" > > > > On 8/12/07, James Lerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> HI all, >> I'm trying to find some clips of teachers actually teaching in the >> classroom. This is for mentors-in-training to be able to do observations >> in a protected setting. Looking for 6-10 minute segments on the >> elementary, middle, and high school levels -- just straight documentary >> type footage, no interview, no explanation -- just teachers teaching. >> Teaching does not have to be exemplary -- ordinary folks are just fine. >> If you are aware of any such clips online, I'd be very grateful if you >> could send me the urls, either on or off-line. >> Thanks very much. >> >> -- >> James Lerman >> Coordinator >> New Jersey Consortium for Middle Schools >> 447 Hennings Hall >> Kean University >> Union, NJ 07083 >> Tel 908-737-3761 >> Fax 908-737-3760 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> _______________________________________________ >> DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list >> DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net >> http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide >> To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the word UNSUBSCRIBE in >> the body of the message. >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
