Reflective Resonances

One of my favorite subjects for talk these days, It is not this morning that the world woke up to the role of technology in education, yet it remains the matter of arguments, discussions and disagreements. Education paves the way for technology and then we wonder and worry about validating the payback role of technology in education. I came across a study published by the U.S. Department of Education on Technology’s Role in Education based on the ‘ Findings from a National Study of Innovating Schools’ While the study says that “Technology is not an easy route to transforming schools, but it definitely is an exciting one.” It also talks about how the use of technology in education is impacting the ecosystem that the educational institutions have built over the years, · Adding to the students’ perception that their work is authentic and important. · With a simple approach increasing the complexity with which students can deal successfully. · Dramatically enhancing stude...

21-June-2012 I was taking strides to my mission of this year, I am a technology volunteer for ASHA - Academy for Severe Handicaps & Autistic. I am working with Bhavna, Shashank, Sunny, Vamsi, Jansi, Tanu, Raju, Emil, Satwik, Manav and Vedas and 80+ other students who make this school a home of their imaginations. These children are as normal human beings as you and me are. They have got their share of excitement, love, pleasure, inquisitiveness, agreements and disagreements like you and me. So what if they don’t communicate like us, they have their own unique ways of expressing themselves which is often termed and perceived as ‘difficult’. I beg to differ though. These children exhibit a group of developmental brain disorders, collectively called as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The term "spectrum" refers to the wide range of symptoms, skills, and levels of impairment, or disability, that children with ASD can exhibit. Some children are mildly impaired by...

A poem written by me during my high school days. It has made me to believe in it in much stronger ways ever since... फिर कोई इंसां न इंसानियत को तरसे कि चैन-ओ-अमन का सावन जी भरके बरसे। फिर किसी नाज़ुक के अश्क फिज़ा में न बिखरें , कि शबनम - ए - गुलशन की रंगत कुछ इस तरह निखरे। वो ऐसा हल तफ्ह्तीश कर मेरे दोस्त , कि आज हर हिन्दुस्तानी वो रास्ता अख्तियार करे , जो फिर इस ज़मीं को जन्नत की शक्ल में साकार करे। ग़र जो समंदर हैं तो तूफां आयेंगे सिकंदर वो जो तूफां से प्यार करे। ऐ शीरीं हम मिलकर मुल्क़ का वो नक़्श तैयार करें , कि हर मशरिकी नज़र मेरे क़ौम का दीदार करे | Closest translation in English   May no human beings be deprived of humanity, May there be bountiful rains of peace all around May there be no tears of the delicate children in our environ I wish so is the beauty of the dews in my nation's garden Lets' find a way my friend for every landsman to choose a path today t...