Digital Learning – New avatar to our Legacy Learning System!

digital education, digital empowerment, Education, NGO, social entrepreneurship
When my daughter was 2 years old, I started to introduce her to “Good Manners” like washing hands, brushing teeth twice a day etc. I used to repeat my stories and examples so that she can correlate and learn. But most of the times, I was in vain. One day, I showed her an animated story of how a boy had to pay a visit to dentist for not brushing his teeth during night. That did the trick!! Hurray!! I started showing her more such stories and I was surprised to see the impact on her. Now in Sr.KG, she has been introduced to Solar System at school. When I tell her that we all people are lying on the earth and the earth is hanging in the space, she…
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StudyMall – Bridging Rural-Urban education divide – Computer Education in Government schools in Maharashtra

digital education, digital empowerment, Education, helping, NGO, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, Uncategorized
The necessity of a basic computer education is immense in this day and age. The lowest job to the highest job, the need for a computer is always there. As we become more technologically advanced, kids have started using computers and mobile phones since they start speaking. This helps them be smarter, worldlier wise and also be in touch with the relevant events of the world. This is a luxury for many kids in the rural areas of India. Hence, we as country should strive to bridge these barriers. At the ThinkSharp Foundation, we believe that education for all should not be a luxury, but a necessity. In the 21st century, computers, technology and everything related to it, has become a way of teaching and learning. Why should the lesser…
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To learn more,travel more-Inspiration from two 10 years old.

CROWDFUNDING, digital education, Education, humanity, NGO, NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, VILLAGE EDUCATION
Inspiration comes in all sizes and shapes . Today’s inspiration that I would like to share is story of Darshan and Omkar Hilal both of them are 5th standard students in a small village. Why are they inspiring us? Because they show us that when we want something for ourselves, we need to learn, acquire knowledge and for that we should be 100% committed. And this also means giving up easy choices and coming out of comfort zone to learn and do better. [caption id="attachment_670" align="aligncenter" width="840"] Darshan and Omkar  5th Std students[/caption] They both are users of our StudyMall project at one of our partner school Z.P.School Antrad Need, Tq.Karjat, District Raigad. And they chose this school despite having to travel 6 km every day with 100% commitment. They…
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Fourth StudyMall at Village Chikatgaon launched

digital education, Education, NGO, social enterprise
With a great sense of achievement and pride on behalf of all Thinksharp Foundation team we announce successful  launch of StudyMall in fourth village "Chikatgaon". In the year 2016,  after the launch of third StudyMall project at Village Vangani, we were contacted by one of our local volunteer Mr.Rahul regarding need of StudyMall in village named chikatgaon which is 70 Km from Aurangabad. Miss. Ashwini Chikatgaonkar helped us in our pre- visit to this Chikatagaon. Miss. Ashwini is an successful lawyer and has her roots from Chikatagon village. She wanted to help her village. We were very impressed by her passion and dedication to work for her improvement of her village. [caption id="attachment_181" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Chikatgaon StudyMall[/caption] Chikatgaon is a village where the approximate population is 4000 to 5000 . The…
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