World Turtle Day 2016 - Save Turtles

The World Turtle Day is observed on every 23rd of May. The World Turtle Day is sponsored yearly since 2000 by American Tortoise Rescue. Turtle Day encourages you to discover the world of turtles and tortoises, and to learn how you can help to protect and help them to thrive. Some ideas include dressing up as turtles, saving turtles on roads, or getting involved in turtle research.

Sea turtles, which have been in existence for more than 100 million years, are under threat. Nearly all seven species worldwide are now classified as endangered, largely because of human activities such as poaching, the destruction of nesting sites and climate change, all of which is pushing turtles ever closer to extinction. Save Turtles.

 

Study abroad Guide "Opportunity to Explore, Learn & Succeed"

Studying abroad may be one of the most beneficial experiences for a college students and a chance to explore other country and gather more knowledge apart from own country. By studying abroad, students have the opportunity to study in a foreign or other nation to learn not only the course for a degree but also the culture, way of living, languages and others in order to improve the career in better way.

But to go and study abroad everyone needs to have a well plan and proper guidance to guide in order to get a complete information towards any country planning to go and study. Mostly each an everyone should know more about the country they select, then how the life in that country, how they can adjust according to their culture, lifestyles, climate, food, languages and so on, Understand and make sure why you interested to go other country for study.

Get all information towards all colleges and universities, what are all the Course and degree they provide, whether students hostel is available or not, Know the proper currency of the country you select and what are all the Expense for study, travel and other in order to have a well estimation.

But the main things is that everyone need to have for being abroad is Passport and Visa, without these no one is possible to get inside others nation. So get a proper information how to apply for Visa and passport, Arrange and submit all the important documents in order to get the Passport and visa. then know how the Admission procedure according to the country you select and ready all the important documents to submit in the time of Admission.

One of the Best Global Education Information know as "Edubilla" It include all information towards the Study Abroad Guide, with lots of Ideas for any Education system of any foreign country, Procedure to apply a passport and visa, procedure of admission, course offer and so on that can be a beneficial for all the students and parents to gather a proper information for study abroad.
All these are the main important things that any students and parents need to know, plan and be ready in order to go and Study abroad 

How 12th std students can utilize their holidays?

Oops!!! It is the time to give a big relax to your studies and stay cool, have fun. Let's get on to the article.

Have lots and lots of fun in these holidays. Besides, plan something that could benefit your future. 

Do something different:- 

Try to do something different that you haven't done before. Don't waste your time by watching the reruns in front of the T.V.  Some interesting ideas are Play a sport that you like, Explore the area of wilderness, Do Exercises daily, Meditate, walk and make yourself strong.  

Start learning new things:- 

Start learning new things. Learning is a wide range spectrum and you can learn whatever you like. If you are interested in learning academics oriented courses go ahead. 

If you want to improve your communication skills, do not avoid going for spoken English class. This is very essential for your career. Read newspapers and magazines regularly.

If you want to pursue your graduation, plan on what course you are going to choose and have a deep study and then analyze the opportunities. It is good to enroll in a typing class to increase your typing speed. You can also enroll yourself in various courses like basic computer courses. 

If you want to have a distinguished career like media, sports, business, entrepreneurship etc... Have a procured analysis and go ahead.

Use these holidays effectively to set a good path to your career. 
 

Career tips for 12th STD students

 

Hope you guys are enjoying your holidays after completing your board exams successfully. Relax yourself; spend time with your family, go for a pleasure trip, play for a while and enjoy the holidays safely. Never worry about the exam results and get stressed as it's over you can't change anything.

Apart from enjoyment, concentrate on your career too. The efforts that you put in choosing the right course will decide your future. Know your area of interest, your ability to learn, value of the course, job scope & financial commitments and then decide your career accordingly. Never choose a course merely on the compulsion of parents and others or as your friend has chosen the same.

If you are going to choose engineering or medical then prepare yourself for counseling and entrance exams. Get guidance from your teachers, parents, seniors, well-wishers, siblings & friends for knowing about the best colleges in your city and do research based on this before you attend the counseling. Remember that the final decision must be yours.

If you prefer to go to college like arts and science, then select the best colleges in your city. See to that the course you select must be valuable, has job opportunities and on which you are passionate. Whatever degree you opt for, you need to have the desire and willingness to learn new things.

This is the right time for you to choose your career so choose it based on your area of interest, aptitude skill, assessment of strength and weakness, skills, opportunities, capability, feasibility and financial aid. If you choose the career based on your interest and potential then you will not change it at any point. 

Choose the right career and make your future fruitful. All the best students!!!

Basketball star shines from Sivaganga after three decades

As an 11-year-old girl, M. Surya Dharshini watched in awe girls dribble and pass in lightning speed and shoot the ball in style in an inter-district basketball match, little realising that she would play for Tamil Nadu in the Junior Nationals, six years later.

She was a class VI student of a school in Karaikudi when she witnessed the match between Salem and Erode only to develop an interest in world's most popular sports and move to Erode to join Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan School to hone her skills in sports.

Her love for the game, hard work and perseverance took her to greater heights and she brought laurels to the district by playing for Tamil Nadu in Junior National Basketball Championship held in Ludhiana in Punjab in October last.

Ms. Surya Dharshini became the first player from the district to play for at the national level since 1985, and Collector S. Malarvizhi honoured her with a bouquet, when she called on her at the Collectorate here recently.The Collector commended my achievements and it was a memorable moment,the girl told.

Now a first-year student of PSGR Krishnammal College for Women in Coimbatore, Ms.Surya Dharshini, trained by Indian coach Surendar, was working with the twin objectives of playing for the country and becoming an IPS officer. A power forward and shooter, she is eyeing the forthcoming Senior Nationals.

She spends six hours a day in the basketball court and an equal time for her studies. Her father Muthuvel Murugan, Head Constable attached to Karaikudi North police station, has been a great source of inspiration, she says.

Ms. Surya Dharshini joined class VII in Bhratiya Vidya Bhavan School in Erode in 2010 after learning that it groomed basketball players. The very next year, she played in the inter-district championship held in Tiruchi and got selected to represent Tamil Nadu in Mini National Basketball Championship held in Himachal Pradesh.

She has also represented Tamil Nadu in the national-level championship, conducted by School Games Federation of India (SGFI), and as a class IX and X student, played for Tamil Nadu in Panchayat Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan (PYKKA) games, conducted by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

Kamala Das- A Great Indian Writer

When we think about the poets and writers, the famous persons who come to our minds are William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth etc...How many of you know about the famous Indian writer kamala Das? Let's get on to the article.

Kamala Das-Short Biography:- 

Kamala Surayya / Suraiyya popularly called as Kamala Madhavikutty with her pen name Madhavikutty. She was born in Punnayurkulam, Thrissur District in Kerala, on March 31, 1934. She is the daughter of V. M. Nair, a former managing editor of Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi, and Nalappatt Balamani Amma, a renowned Malayali poetess.  Her uncle Nalappatt Narayana Menon is a prominent writer and she got inspired by him a lot and thus she got into the world of literature. 

Kamala Das is a well known Indian writer who excels in English and Malayalam.  She is one of the outstanding Indian poets writing in English and many of her works in Malayalam came under her pen name Madhavikkutty. 

Her Marriage Life:- 

Kamala das got married to Mr.Madhava Das, a bank officer. He is a very good person and he encouraged her to write. So, she wrote much and more poems, literatures etc...  Her literary works were of great value in English and Malayalam. Her first poetry was summer in Calcutta. At the age of 42, she published her autobiography in the name of ""My story" Âœin her mother tongue and then she translated it later. 

Awards and Recogonization:- 

She had received many awards for her literary works. Some of them are Ezhuthachan Award, Vayalar Award, Sahitya Ackademy Award etc...

She was died at the age of 75 on may 31st 2009 in Pune. She was buried at the Palayam Juma Masjid in Thiruvananthapuram.

Artificial Intelligence in Education

What is Artificial Intelligence?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the imitation of human intelligence processes such as speech and visual recognition, translation of the languages and virtual decision-making by machines and robots. The ability of machine to think and behave like human beings, has given AI a special place in all fields. AI is present everywhere in various aspects of our lives starting from intelligent sensors to personal assistants. 

Recent advancements in AI have brought in many tremendous changes in the educational field. Artificial intelligence helps students and teachers to make their educational experience wonderful. 

Now let's have a look on the role that it plays in Education:-

AI is used in grading system where teachers can automate grading for certain type of questions. It will be more useful in adaptive and individualized learning which satisfies the needs of the students. AI helps the teachers to know the understanding capacity of the students on their lectures and enable them to provide the relevant hints for students. It acts as a tutor for the students and helps them to learn.

Artificial intelligence driven programs offers helpful feedback for both students and teachers. It helps the teachers to monitor the performance of the students and enable them improve the instruction that they provide for the students. AI systems in schools have changed the way students find and interact with integrated technology. This has an effect to change teachers as facilitators by providing students interactive learning experience.

Students can learn by the trial and error method without fear as AI supports in their learning and provide assistant for their improvement. Artificial intelligence systems acquired data will change the way the schools find, teach and support students. If goes beyond the reach it make even replace teachers in certain instance. It has become a learning companion the assists students in their learning process.

Challenges for Artificial Intelligence in Education:-

Grand challenges for artificial intelligence in Education as proposed by Woolf, et al., (2013) includes virtual mentors for every learner in which omnipresent support that integrates user modeling, social simulation and knowledge representation, assists learners with self-direction, self-assessment, teamwork and more, bring together the vast amounts of data about individual learning, social contexts, learning contexts and personal interests, increase the interconnectedness and accessibility of classrooms worldwide and taking learning outside of the classroom and into the learnerâ??s life outside of school.

The role that Artificial intelligence plays in education is remarkable in this technological world and it is expected to advance learning experience more and more in the near future.