The Rigsum Sherig Collection 3.0

A free suite of offline educational resources

From the Rigsum Research Lab …

The Rigsum Research Lab

Research, acquisition and dissemination

of knowledge about

learning technologies

in the context of

Bhutan's needs and culture Prof. Galit Shmueli www.rigsum-it.com/research

Why Sherig Collection ?

• Many schools have computers

• Students learn Microsoft Office, Paint (only!)

• Computers can aid in learning school subjects

E-learning • Conduct research in social

studies • Learn math and science in an

interactive fashion • Watch videos about organic

chemistry and geography • Play games to practice basic skills

Two Major e-Learning Resources

A free encyclopedia on the Internet

Faster Easier Accessible Free Fun!

Learn almost anything for free.

A library of 2700+ videos, covers PP-12 math, science (biology, chemistry, physics,…), health and medicine. Each video is a digestible chunk, approximately 10 minutes long, and especially purposed for viewing on the computer. Captions in English

Great resources for teachers, curriculum developers

• Unavailable

• Too slow

• Too expensive

• Too dangerous

The Sherig Collection Solution

Class V, VI Social Studies Curriculum

Students learn how to conduct research

Links to related articles Images and animation

Three Wikipedia Editions

• Wikipedia Version 0.8 (45,000 articles) • High-quality articles

• Wikipedia for Schools (6,000 articles)

• Arranged by subject • Child-safe

• Simple English

• Uses limited vocabulary

Videos: Self-paced, engaging

Sherig Collection 3

INTRO

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING

CHESS

TYPING TUTORS

BROWSERS

EDUCATIONAL GAMES

STUDY MATERIALS

LIBRARY

HEALTH GUIDES DICTIONARIES

ENGLISH

རྫོང་ཁ་

Short History

Conceptualized 9/2012

Launched 4/2013

Version 2.0 5/2013

Version 3.0 5/2014

New and Updated in Sherig Collection 3.0

New Resources • E-book Library with 4000+

books

• First Aid and Health e-books

• Dzongkha nursery rhymes

• GoldenDict with Dzongkha

• 300+ RCSC Past Exams

• 300+ BCSEA Past Exams

• Music Theory lessons

• www.ck12.org textbooks

• RapidTyping 5 English Typing Tutor

Updated Resources

• Khan Academy:

– ~1000 additional videos

– ~2000 English subtitles

• Wikipedia

– Wikipedia for Schools

– Wikipedia in Simple English

• Audacity

• DCRD Publications

• DDC Publications

• DzType 2 Dzongkha Typing Tutor

• Scratch 2.0

• DreamChess 0.2.0

Supporting Users

• Website

• Facebook Group

• Email

• School Map

Sherig Collection Website

sherig.rigsum-it.com

Sherig Collection group facebook.com/groups/sherigcollection

Lab visits

Sherig Collection Map map.rigsum-it.com

What’s Needed

• External disk with 30 GB (to copy the collection)

• Computers with Windows

• Simple installation

• Introductory video

Works on old computers

Recycle computers as

Sherig Collection

stations

Feedback from teachers, principals The initiative is superb! It really is going to make a lot of difference to schools without access to internet.

— Pem Dechen, Sherubling HSS

“If you are a teacher, student or a concerned parent you must get it”

— Passang “Passu” Tshering , Bajothang HSS

“I got the version 2.0 from Bajothang HSS. It is great!”

— Karma Kuenzang Wangdi, Gaselo HSS

“The collection is awesome!!!”

— Sonam Norbu, Samtengang MSS

“Teachers and students are having great fun using the Sherig collection at our school”

— Tenzin Dorji, Lungtengang PS

KADRINCHE

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