Sourcing external content (SEC): survey and identification of the Open source: educational games for mobiles

What:
To search Open source educational games and activities on the INTERNET and Identify through a systematic survey a list of games that will support and enhance the students in resource constrained areas when they use their mobiles.
Why:
To support education children of in resource constrained areas using attractive, interactive, fun filled games and activities through mobiles.
How:
Phase 1: Prepare a survey that ensures that the games are free, open source, educational and downloadable on CDMA and GPS mobiles without “attachments such as you need XYZ software to be bought or downloaded before you can view the game”.
Phase 2: Searching the Internet using the survey form for various open source educational game sites & creating a file for the urls.
Phase 3: Preparing a standard and subject wise and concept (theme) wise list containing urls downloaded in Phase 2 along with some description about the game being proposed.
Check list preparation to select the most feasible, useful and enjoyable games out of the collected Urls.
Phase 4:
Phase 5: Report having copies of survey form, checklist and the prepared list of urls (phase 3) to be submitted.
End user: For Internal Use and to push the games to software developers to design similar games and ultimately for people in rural areas.

Project Planning Template – (PPT)

Goal: We come across many educational games nowadays available to us if we BUY them. But not all people can afford these games and some of the games that are available for free are either too complicated or too simple or say ‘dry’.

It would be nice to have list educational games either focusing on concepts such as Organizational skills / logical thinking or subject or standard wise that are not only free for use, easy to manipulate, but also fun. Only then can the people who can afford a low end mobile benefit from their handhelds fully and also gain in terms of education.

Given: Existing online sites with free downloadable educational games and suggested urls on wiki.

Assumptions: That there are open source educational mobile games those are available on Internet.

Evaluation Metrics:

o  Expert review of the survey form and checklist.

o  Expert review to finalize the suggested games to be ported on the mobiles.

Detailed Steps:

Step No. / Activity / Triggers / Pre-requisites / Deliverables / Resources / Duration / Responsible
1. / Prepare a survey for Net Search / Immediately / Survey form / 1 / 3weeks / Meera
2. / Deployment of survey form along with net searching / After step 1 / Survey form / Doc File of Urls / 2 / 2 weeks / Meera and Supriya
3. / Preparing a content-wise & std-wise list of collected urls / After step 2 / Doc File of Urls / Content-wise & std-wise list / 2 / 1 week / Meera and Supriya
4. / Check list preparation to select feasible| useful / enjoyable games out of the collected Urls. / After step 3 / Check list / 1 / 2 weeks / Meera
5. / Check list analysis / After step 4 / Shortlist of urls to be used. / 2 / 2 weeks / Meera and Supriya
4. / Report Submission / After step 3 / All the above / Report / 1 / 1 Week / Supriya
Month 1 / Month 2 / Month 3
ACTIVITY / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12
Prepare a survey for Net Search
Deployment of survey form along with net searching
Preparing a content-wise & std-wise list of collected urls
Check list preparation games out of the collected Urls.
Check list analysis
Report Submission