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E-LEARNING Free English CDs for class 10 students

Mumbai: In a first-of-itskind move, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education will distribute free elearning CDs with English textbooks for students of class 10. While in the first year, from June 2012, CDs will be available only with English textbooks designed for second and third languages, the board plans to extend the facility to other subjects in future. The audio-visual CDs will not only have content from the textbook, but will also have the pronunciations of words with their meanings. “They will be aimed at helping students who find it difficult to learn and comprehend English,” said board chairman Ujjwala Patil. Patil said that officials are also working on making available similar CDs for other subjects. “Many firms have approached us with proposals on learning technologies. However, all come at a price. We cannot incur a huge expense. So we are looking at cheaper options. Several schools do not have laboratory facilities. Students are unable to c...

Library Membership Cards - Permanent

Students of First Year and Direct Second Year (enrolled in July to September 2011) are requested to contact the LIRC for permanent library cards with the following: Three (3) stamp-size photos (Size: 1.7 cms x 1.7 cms) One (1) pass-port size photo You are also requested to fill-up the Library Membership Form available with the LIRC.

Active Users of the LIRC - November 2011

ACTIVE USERS OF THE LIRC (Period: 01/11/2011 to 30/11/2011 ) CATEGORY: STUDENTS* Sr. No. Member No. of transactions 1 ISHA D. SHAH 22 2 SHETTY DHEERAJ MUDDHU 16 3 YADAV JAGDISH H. 14 4 NACHIKET VIJAY AYIR 13 5 NIKHIT BHALACHANDRA SANKHE 13 6 HEGDE SHREYA DAYANAND 12 7 SAWANT SAISH UMAKANT SHRADDHA 12 8 SMRITI DEEPAK PARWANI 12 9 SHANU PRAKASH SALUNKE 12 10 NIDHI D.PANCHAL 12 CATEGORY: FACULTY** Sr. No. Member No. of transactions 1 Asst. Prof. SANTOSH CHAPANERI 19 3 Asst. Prof. VINCY ELIZABETH 07 CATEGORY: NON-TEACHING** ...

Edublog Award Nominations

Its time again for the Edublog Awards. These awards are one of finest and efficient initiatives to promote the use of social networking platforms for educational purposes. I, being a Librarian, am much into reading and evaluating (for self study) library-related blogs. I would like to suggest the following blog under the category of Best Librarian / Library Blog: http://sfitlibrary.blogspot.com

Active Users of LIRC - October

The following Active LIRC Users are entitled to one extra library card till November 30, 2011. Category: Students No. of transactions = 19 ISHA D. SHAH SANGHAVI NIKUNJ No. of transactions = 13 SHETTY DHEERAJ MUDDHU No. of transactions = 10 DAWARE TUSHAR FERNANDES SONIA MERIN SHAILA GOMES SNEAL SHANU SALUNKE SAWANT SAISH No. of transactions = 9 ALMEIDA DONILA DOMINIC LEWIS WORRELL RICHARD SMRITI DEEPAK PARWANI SURAJ PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH RUSSEL ROBIN GONSALVES JHA SHANKAR No. of transactions = 8 DALE ASHNA MARTIS TUSCANO MACQUINA GONSALO TANYA JAMES SHUKLA SANTOSH RAMMURTI SHIRWAIKAR PUSHKAR GURUPRASAD SANIA LINUS GONSALVES ROSE JOYCE JOSEPH ROGER D D'MELLO RODRIGUES OLIVIA MITHIL VASANI NIKHIT BHALACHANDRA SANKHE RAMACHANDRA PAI REBECCA ALMEIDA RAMNIKLAL MOTA FERNANDES MERWYN The following Active LIRC Users are entitled to one extra library book till November 30, 2011. Category: Faculty No. of transactions = 4 Asst. Prof. Nidhi Gaur No. of transactions = 3 Asst. Prof. Prachi Raut Ass...