AAKASH WORKSHOP

The departments of Computer Science Engineering and Information Technology of Dronacharya College of Engineering Gurgaon jointly organized a one-day Aakash Workshop on Clicker Usability in Classroom in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay on 19th August, 2013. The objective of the workshop was to help the Remote Centers in setting up the Clicker Software on Aakash Tablets and using it for effective teaching in classrooms. The workshop was conducted through A-View Classroom. It also involved a discussion of selected engineering colleges across the nation with the Clicker Development Team.

Inaugurating the workshop Prof. Deepak B. Pathak, Dept of CSE, IITB, Mumbai highlighted the importance of Aakash in upgrading the classroom teaching through Clicker. He demonstrated the benefits of using the Aakash2 Tablets for effective and efficient teaching. The welcome address was followed by a session by the Clicker development team. The team guided the participants about the Clicker Software Installation on an Ubuntu desktop serving as a server enabling interaction between the students and the instructor through Aakash Tablets.

Mr. Dharmender Pal, Associate Professor from the Department of Information Technology, Ms. Chesta Agarwal, Aakash Coordinator and Mr. Ram Pravesh, System Administrator attended the workshop.

Through this workshop the participants came across an elaborative demonstration of setting up the admin- control on the clicker software. The workshop was highly useful as the attendees learnt how various quizzes can be efficiently managed through the Clicker software. Besides this, they were also made familiar with maintenance of the records through this software.