ODF OLYMPIAD 2008

Submissions begin on SOFTWARE FREEDOM DAY September 20, 2008. ODF is an international standard for office productivity format, adopted by ISO. ODF is fundamental to enabling computer education globally.ODF is the National Standard of countries such as South Africa and Uruguay.ODF is easy to learn and specifies the way documents, presentations and spreadsheets are stored in a computer by popular Office Productivity Free/Libre and Open Source Software such as Open office Anyone who has used any presentation software can immediately start using ODF software such as OpenOffice.org

How to Participate
Follow the link for further details : http://www.odfolympiad.org/

Topics and Categories (for Indian students)

Up to Class V -Why should I learn Computers?
Class VI to VIII -Benefits of Open Source Software to my school
Class IX & X -Open Standards: Freedom from Digital Divide
Class XI & XII -Importance of Open Standards for good Governance

Evaluation Parameters for the ODF Olympiad Trophy

• Relevance of topic
• Creativity & Visual Appeal
• Organisation of the content
• Use of embedded tools (e.g. spreadsheet)

ODF OLYMPIAD PROCESS

• Create presentation in ODF using OpenOffice.org or any other Free/Libre and Open Source, ODF compliant software.
• The presentation should not have more than total of 21 slides (including introduction and Thank you slide)
• The presentation file size should not exceed 1MB
• Each Slide should not have more than two clicks for navigation
• Email the presentation to india@odfolympiad.org along with your details.-

1. Name,
2. Class,
3. School Name,
4. School Address,
5. Email Address,
6. Phone number,
7. Age

before 15^th November, 2008
The Subject of the email must be in the following format for example "Category II, Gandhi National School"

Robot Kitchen in Hong Kong

Robot Kitchen in Hong Kong

A robot performs as a chef prepares food at Robot Kitchen in Hong Kong. With a whir and a flash of lights, a robot whizzes to the restaurant table and takes a customer's order, while a second races to another table to deliver plates of steaming food. Robot Kitchen opened in July to cash in on the city's love affair with gadgets, claiming to be the world's first eatery staffed by machines.

Murata Boy: The Bicycle Riding Robot

Murata Boy: The Bicycle Riding Robot
1 Oct 2005 ... Japanese company Murata Manufacturing created a bicycling robot to show off some of their various sensors.


Murata: A Uni-cycling Robot - Watch more funny videos her

Learn About Robots

Robot Timeline

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: robot robotics)

NEWS : Indian Version of YouTube Launched

Google's video sharing subsidiary YouTube launched an Indian version of its site YouTube on Wednesday.

The new site has all the content from the YouTube global site, but videos of relevance to Indian audiences have been given greater prominence, the company said in a blog on the new site.

The video charts also reflect what Indians are watching, and featured videos are programmed to cater to an Indian audience. The company has also signed up local partners to distribute their content through YouTube, including the country's Ministry of Tourism and local TV channels.

India is one of many markets where YouTube has a focused site, a spokeswoman for Google India said on Wednesday. The country has a large and growing Internet user base that is increasingly turning to video sharing sites like YouTube and social networking sites such as Google's Orkut.

Google's popularity in the region has come with its share of problems. YouTube has been sued in India by a local music label for hosting its material, while in neighboring Pakistan access to YouTube was recently blocked for some days because the local government objected to an anti-Islamic video on the site. Google's Orkut social networking site has frequently been the target in India of fundamentalist groups, objecting to one or the other of their icons or leaders being insulted in user comments on the site.

A number of Internet companies including Yahoo and Google have been trying to win over non-urban Indian users by offering local content in Indian languages, and also online tools such as instant messaging in local languages — although YouTube's new Indian site is available only in English. Multinational Internet groups are however facing competition from a number of Indian companies that have set up portals with the promise of more local content and focused membership.

ROBOTIC WORKSHOP 2008

School is organizing a summer workshop on Robotics for students.

Objective of the Workshop

• To make learning/teaching more innovative and filled with FUN.

• Interdisciplinary Approach - as students will be able to integrate knowledge of Mathematics, Science and Computer Programming and apply it creatively.

• Development of problem solving skills and the concept of 'Artificial Intelligence'.

• A Hands-On learning approach

Content : Introduction to Programming language used in Robotics, Navigation of Robotics Car, Forward, Making Turns, Drawing Circles, Spirals, etc; Robotic Art using Pen attachment; Robotic competition of joining dots; Robotic sounds using Piezo Speaker, Making different musical tunes; Light Emitting Diodes (LED); Making Traffic Light and Pendulum; Controlling LEDs while Navigation; Navigation with IR Headlights, Competition among teams.

Each student will get one tutorial type book on Robotics, a Certificate and three best students will be given PRIZES.

Workshop Title : 'Robots in School'
Batch Size : 30 students
Eligibility : Students of class VII to XII
Duration : 20 Hrs. (4 days X 5Hrs per day)
Date : 10th May, 2008 to 14th May, 2008( 4 Days )
Fees : Rs. 1000/- pre participant
Venue : Kulachi Hansraj Model School, Ashok Vihar Ph.-III
Contact Person : Ms. Nita Arora (HOD Comp.Deptt)
Contact No. : 27013364 - 43(Ext.)

Note: Check out the videos of previous workshops held in the School.