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The Oracle Education Foundation’s Think.com is now available in Hindi, India’s national language. This is the first time that Think.com is available in an Indian language and will allow an even larger number of Indian students to build knowledge, collaborate on projects, and share educational content with the 277,000 students and teachers from 50 countries who are already members of the protected online learning community.
Think.com was launched in India in 2004 and is actively used in both English and Hindi by more than 75,000 students and teachers in more than 1,100 schools in India, including Kendriya Vidyalayas, Navodaya Vidyalayas, and DAV schools.
“We have been overwhelmed by the way Indian students have responded to Think.com over the past three years. Students actively use Think.com to augment their day-to-day language, literature, science, and mathematics learning,” said Krishan Dhawan, Managing Director, Oracle India. “The availability of Think.com with a Hindi interface will open this global learning community to thousands of Indian students.”
“Think.com has facilitated a whole new way of learning for Indian students. The global collaboration and communication skills students develop when using Think.com will help them when they join the global workforce,” said Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Service Companies). “The Oracle Education Foundation’s effort to make this platform available in Hindi speaks volumes about the foundation’s commitment to helping Indian students develop vital 21st century skills.”
Think.com Award Winners Recognized
Recently, the Oracle Education Foundation recognized several students and teachers from the Think.com community in India for using Think.com to create learning projects and outstanding educational content:
- Six teachers from five different schools and cities created educational content on Think.com to help their students’ learning process.
- Sarita Tejwani from Kendriya Vidyalaya (Ujjain) and her five-student team created the best theme-based learning project on Think.com – “Mind, Body & Soul – Do We Really Care.”
- Savita Suverna from BGS National Public School (Bangalore) and her five-student team created the Think.com project titled “Mosquito Menace.”
Oracle is committed to using our technology and resources to advance education in innovative ways, promote diversity, enrich the life of communities, and protect the environment. We are proud that the same innovative spirit behind Oracle’s technological success also drives the creation of innovative global corporate citizenship initiatives that benefit our communities. The Oracle Education Foundation’s Think.com is an example one of our initiatives.
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