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Concept Note*

/yuva vividha:a festival of learning with ICTs/

Learning through living... Lifelong learning... Learning Communities

6 to 7 March, 2009 at Thadomal Shahani Engineering College 37th Road, Off Linking Road, (Near National College), Bandra West, Mumbai 400 050

*Introduction*

The college years are a time where values, competencies and knowledge for the future are nurtured in the young. Information and Communication Technologies or ICTs which have arisen from a convergence of personal computers and the Internet have come, in the last decade or so, to play a vital role in how people live, learn and work.

This has opened up a range of new career possibilities for software professionals. This festival will introduce young engineering students to many professional avenues that ICTs make possible, through demonstrations and hands-on activities, presentations, workshops and interactions with established professionals.

The exposure will enable them to get the big picture and to draw on the experiences of experts and organisations to map their own journeys towards higher education and a career based on information technology.

*Objectives *

* To introduce Free Software and gain knowledge of its multi-dimensional aspects and applications. * To make youth aware that ICTs make it possible for individuals to aspire to a professional identity based on personal preferences rather than going for available job slots. * To learn how ICTs can enhance learning processes such as using the Internet for classroom activities and to conduct collaborative research assignments.

* Spaces for participation*

*Interactive corners:*

* interactive corners with hands-on activities * cultural displays such as multimedia, music and films on ICT related subjects. * ICTS and U: interactive seminar on careers in ICTs

*Interactive seminar:* A series of exposures for young people to a range of career choices for effective planning and evolution of their professional identities. Employers and professionals in various fields will be invited to speak. Students can get a feel of the kind of work they could do, what compensation they can expect and the preparation needed for those careers in interactive sessions following the presentations.

*Interactive workshops:* Workshops around specific topics not offered in the regular curriculum, to enhance skills and show new perspectives. These would be suggested by the college authorities.

Some current suggestions which can only be finalised when resource people are located.

*Interactive corners:*

* SciLab. * Ubuntu demos. * Edubuntu demos. * Graphic Design with GIMP and Inkscape. * Audio recording and editing with Audacity * Laying out a page with Scribus. * Video editing with Film GIMP.

*Interactive seminar:*

* What is Free Software and why do we need to know it? * GNU-Linux desktop is now ready for you: Prakash Advani. * Possible career options of Free Software also known as Open Source.. * Migrating to Free Software is a breeze: Lajpat Dhingra. * Creating project reports using Latex: Anusha Kadambala. * Relating Free Software to the Bombay University curriculum. * Free Software and the future.

*Interactive workshops of two days, parallel sessions:*

* LAMP the pillars of web technology. * Web technology using Python. * Networking in GNU-Linux. * Java Basic and Java Advanced. * Mobile computing in J2ME.

*Interactive workshops of half day, parallel sessions:*

* Someone to introduce PyGame programming * Someone to introduce Gnash beginning with the concept of designing interactive web animation pages * Someone with knowledge of UML diagrams with free software tools such as BOUML, Umbrello, ArgoUML

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