How to use Aakash 2 in class

Anubhuti Vishnoi : New Delhi, Tue Dec 18 2012, 09:43 hrs

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It may not be an iPad killer but Aakash 2 brings with it unique features that could make it a game-changer in the education sector. Procured and assembled by Datawind on behalf of the HRD ministry, the small touchscreen tablet "becomes" Aakash only after IIT Bombay teams prep it for the job. That may amount to pre-loading applications on to a blank slate, but bringing to students precisely what they may need is a value addition that can make Aakash 2 educationally relevant.

The features that make Aakash 2 unique

Proximity: The Proxy Multimedia Integration Tool for you (ProxyMITY) developed by IIT Bombay enables creation of interactive lessons by importing lecture video and presentation slides. Proximity brings personalised learning to students who can access quality lectures by reputable teachers. A searchabale database storage and retrieval system for students enables fast and even offline access to published lessons and lectures.

Blender Animation: An open source software for creating 3D animations, rendering, video editing etc. Developed at IIT Bombay; several educational animations have been ported on the tablet.

Scilab: The open-source equivalent of the commercial product Matlab, used extensively by scientists and engineers in statistical analysis, engineering design and control systems application, Scilab can be of great help to science and engineering students and will save the costs that would have been incurred in buying the rather expensive Matlab. IIT B's Scilab port on Aakash allows users to write and execute their programmes directly on the tablet. This is the first Android tablet that has been able to port Scilab, says the Aakash 2 team.

Aakash Pustak: The e-book reader is in the process of uploading over 5,000 textbooks, with NCERT textbooks across classes constituting the bulk. Aakash Putsak is unicode, allowing books in regional languages too to be accessed.

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