Thursday, 6 August 2015

The 37 Best Websites To Learn Something New

 TAKE AN ONLINE COURSE
edX – Take online courses from the world's best universities.
 Coursera – Take the world's best courses, online, for free.
 Coursmos – Take a micro-course anytime you want, on any device.
 Highbrow – Get bite-sized daily courses to your inbox.
 Skillshare – Online classes and projects that unlock your creativity.
 Curious – Grow your skills with online video lessons.
 lynda.com – Learn technology, creative and business skills.
 CreativeLive – Take free creative classes from the world’s top experts.
 Udemy – Learn real world skills online.
 LEARN HOW TO CODE
 Codecademy – Learn to code interactively, for free.
 Stuk.io – Learn how to code from scratch.
 Udacity – Earn a Nanodegree recognized by industry leaders.
 Platzi – Live streaming classes on design, marketing and code.
 Learnable – The best way to learn web development.
 Code School – Learn to code by doing.
 Thinkful – Advance your career with 1-on-1 mentorship.
 Code.org – Start learning today with easy tutorials.
 BaseRails – Master Ruby on Rails and other web technologies.
 Treehouse – Learn HTML, CSS, iPhone apps & more.
 One Month – Learn to code and build web applications in one month.
 Dash – Learn to make awesome websites.
 →LEARN TO WORK WITH DATA
DataCamp – Online R tutorials and data science courses.
DataQuest – Learn data science in your browser.
DataMonkey – Develop your analytical skills in a simple, yet fun way.
 LEARN NEW LANGUAGES
Duolingo – Learn a language for free.
Lingvist – Learn a language in 200 hours.
Busuu – The free language learning community.
Memrise – Use flashcards to learn vocabulary.
  EXPAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE
TED-Ed – Find carefully curated educational videos
 Khan Academy – Access an extensive library of interactive content.
 Guides.co – Search the largest collection of online guides.
 Squareknot – Browse beautiful, step-by-step guides.
 Learnist – Learn from expertly curated web, print and video content.
 Prismatic – Learn interesting things based on social recommendation.
 BONUS
Chesscademy – Learn how to play chess for free.
 Pianu – A new way to learn piano online, interactively.
 GuitarBots – A better, scientifically proven, way to learn guitar.

 Source: http://blog.maqtoob.com/the-37-best-websites-to-learn-something-new

Monday, 3 August 2015

Library Committee Meeting, 7th July 2015

HRD Minister Smriti Irani launches KV Shaala Darpan programme of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan

The Union Human Resource Development Minister Smt. Smriti Irani while launching KV Shaala Darpan programme of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan in New Delhi today said that the programme will write a new definition of egovernance, good governance, and digital India.

Elaborating upon the details the Minister said that this programme will be a step forward in the direction of fulfilling the vision of digital India of our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. She further said that with the launch of KV Shaala Darpan, parents will get entire information at a unified platform about their children in respect of the attendance status, performance, health challenges and entire academic record from Ist to XIIth standard. Students will have facilities of e­tutorials and learning aids to enrich their knowledge. She made an appeal to the parents not to put unnecessary pressure on the children while availing the facility of getting instant information under this system.

Earlier Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shri Upendra Kushwaha said that KV Shaala Darpan programme will work in the direction of bringing transparency in administration and governance. This programme will ensure saving of money, time and paper. He further appealed to parents to devote maximum time to their children in the interest of their complete development.
A documentary film was also shown on the occasion with focus on the KV Shaala Darpan project and how it will enhance school’s overall academic delivery systems and serve as a platform to deliver service to students, parents, teachers, alumni and the school management. The project will link all 1100 Kendriya Vidyalayas.

The senior officers of Ministry of HRD as well as Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan were also present on the occasion.

June 5, 2015
Source:
http://kvsangathan.nic.in/GeneralDocuments/Educational%20News,%20Delhi.pdf