Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Microsoft in the field of education

                          I have a suggestion to Microsoft in the field of education. We can develop a class room learning kit, which can be used not only inside the classroom, but also outside to the world of academicians and learners around the world. Microsoft can acquire or collaborate with learning companies to give contents to the school as well as students in its own class room learning kit. All the things which is taught through black board or through the learning digital contents will be recorded and available to students. They can access this in home or in school hours. Let's take a typical scenario in which a student can not understand a particular topic or wants more clarity in a topic. If the teacher fails to give a satisfactory reply( which happens in underdeveloped and developing countries more often), he can clarify his doubts through the following procedure. He can take the video content and stop the video where he has doubt( Either black board taught lessons or through digital content) and ask his classmates or other teachers or the content providers or anybody in the world who has bought this class room learning kit. He can draw and scribble his doubts in the video and add audio to it with an enhanced MS Office ready for next generation. Then post his doubt in the platform developed by Microsoft. You can also interact and learn with your classmates through this classroom learning kit, by sharing your own ideas in that content( black board or digital) and maybe your own way of solving a problem. School students can also do their homework with this device and submit it to their teachers through internet from anywhere anytime.

This product is not restricted to school students, but can be used by all students, no matter whether they are pursuing under graduation, post graduation or research in a reputed university( of course a different version with advanced features). The advantage of this device is that it can help any student in even a very small underdeveloped country to get guidance from other fellow researchers or professors in any country. We can develop a chat program, with rooms created for every major topic. So some student from Africa can chat with a Stanford scholar and get an invite to discuss on a topic through the class room learning kit. Any researcher can have a video discussion with any other researcher with device, not just through cameras but also sharing their ideas through our advanced MS Office which runs parallel along with camera, so that you can express your thoughts and ideas through sketches and animations.

And also if someone wants to teach on a subject for money or for the love of teaching to under privileged students he or she can do through this device. If u have a habit of helping others with your knowledge, you can earn credits from the beneficiary of your teaching skills. More credits if you get a thumbs up from somebody who himself has more credits or from an established professor from IIT or IIM or Harvard. With those credits you can buy things in our device like subscription fee or some digital content. If you are a darling in this platform and have got more credits, we will give you a certificate on your score or link it with job search portals like linkedin to help you get a great job. But this product is only for students and researchers who are in academic institution approved by their management.

All this for a minimum subscription fee along with the cost of the device. This will make Microsoft the pioneer in the field of education. I would like Microsoft to share its profit and technology with under privileged students in Africa, so that they come out with flying colors and make their country a developed one.

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