IT for Change

IT for Change is implementing a pilot project, 'Teachers Communities of Learning' (TCoL), in Bengaluru (Karnataka) to reclaim the agency of teachers in the developing of informed and responsible citizens. It has two main objectives: (1) building a network of government school teachers, focusing on their professional developmental and motivational needs, and (2) designing and developing collaboratively digital-learning resources, using FOSS education software tools. IT for Change (ITfC), along with the Department of State Research Education and Training (DSERT), and Policy Planning Unit (PPU) and Development Focus (DF) (a local NGO) have designed and implemented a pilot "Teachers Community of Learning" (TCOL) programme in Bangalore district South 3 block during 2010-11.