Bangalore: A new web-based initiative is helping close to two lakh students prepare better for their Class X and XII board examinations. Increasingly, teachers and parents are getting involved in this process. It is happening here too.

Oracle's Think.com was implemented at two Kendriya Vidyalayas in Bangalore, at Malleswaram and on the Indian Institute of IISc campus in April 2005. Now using it teachers are posting possible questions for the board examinations. It is helping students understand difficult subjects through interactive sessions, updated notes and animations.

Students, teachers and schools can make use of Think.com by registering through a simple process. Students can use the facility to create their own websites where they can post articles of their interest, audio and video clips, pictures and even poems. After visiting a fellow students website, a student leaves his or her remarks on the contents. These appear in the form of attractive "yellow stickers" at the bottom of the web page anyone can see.

This leads to tremendous excitement among students and they are motivated to write small pieces on their subject of interest to share with others. They can use the website for school projects collecting material from the web.

The teacher-administrator of a school regulates the content on the students' web pages so that nothing offensive appears.

Teachers create their website and provide useful and interesting learning material students can use.

A mathematics teacher from Kendriya Vidyalaya IISc used this facility to communicate with students during vacation. He posted assignments on his website and students were invited to post their answers ago.

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