Tag: education

Kieeds Goes Into Beta, Turns Into Social Network Parenting

Remember Kieeds? We covered the alpha version back in April. The social network that bridges the relationship between teachers, schools and parents will be available in beta today. Along with this release, Kieeds will also launch a new logo, a new site, and new features. Currently the beta will be available as web-only versions and the company is sunsetting the existing BlackBerry app until a new version is available which is expected to be coming in January 2012.

What are the highlights of this beta version of Kieeds? Not only will it deal with the cognitive aspect at schools, Kieeds is working to increase the distribution of information related to physical, motor, and psychosocial aspects. Kieeds will also provide information on hospitals, child care centers and doctors.

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Kieeds Masuki Fase Beta, Labeli Diri Menjadi “Social Network Parenting”

Masih ingat dengan Kieeds? Kami sempat meliput versi Alpha-nya bulan April lalu. Situs jejaring sosial yang menjembatani hubungan antara guru/sekolah dan orang tua akan merilis versi beta per 16 November besok. Seiring dengan peluncuran versi betanya, Kieeds akan hadir dengan logo baru, situs baru, dan fitur baru. Kieeds beta sementara hanya tersedia untuk versi web dan mobile web, sedangkan aplikasi BlackBerry Kieeds tidak akan dapat digunakan lagi sambil menunggu versi barunya muncul per 1 Januari 2012 mendatang.

Apa saja yang menjadi highlight untuk Kieeds versi beta ini? Tak hanya mengurusi aspek kognisi di sekolah, Kieeds berusaha meningkatkan distribusi informasi yang berkaitan dengan fisik, motorik, dan psikososial. Kieeds akan terhubung dengan informasi yang berkaitan dengan tumbuh kembang anak, seperti rumah sakit, childcare ataupun dokter.

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Hoodemia: a Social Media with Academic Taste

Are you bored with social media invented by Indonesians yet? Let’s take a look at Hoodemia. Hoodemia is developed by Pusat Ilmu Komputer (Pusilkom) Universitas Indonesia. It might be one of few social media site  officially affiliated with education institution. What is the eminency of Hoodemia compared to Facebook or other social media sites?

Well, as predicted, Hoodemia plans to be integrated with a specific academic system. Therefore, beside having social sharing features with peers, this site can also be a reference to see academic reports or other academic activities such as class schedule at certain university. Of course, it needs to connect (through API) to get connected to academic information system of each education institution, for example to input the access data in a form of credentials.

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Hoodemia, Jejaring Sosial dengan Rasa Akademik

Belum bosan membahas jejaring sosial buatan anak negeri? Ok, kali ini kita akan menengok Hoodemia. Hoodemia dikembangkan oleh Pusat Ilmu Komputer (Pusilkom) Universitas Indonesia dan mungkin merupakan sedikit dari jejaring sosial yang terafiliasi secara resmi dengan institusi pendidikan. Nah, apa kelebihannya ketimbang Facebook ataupun jejaring sosial lainnya?

Well, bisa ditebak bahwa Hoodemia ini dirancang supaya terkoneksi dengan sistem akademik pendidikan. Dengan demikian, selain bersosialisasi dengan teman-teman, jejaring ini juga sekaligus dapat dijadikan acuan untuk melihat nilai akademik atau kegiatan akademik lainnya seperti jadwal perkuliahan. Tentu saja memerlukan suatu koneksi (melalui API) untuk dapat terhubung dengan sistem informasi akademik masing-masing institusi, misalnya harus memasukkan data akses berupa username dan password.

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Nightspade’s Stack The Stuff and Application Potential in Education

Stack The Stuff is a new game that started making me addicted. Addictive because the game system is similar to Cut The Rope, where you must arrange all sorts of school supplies tools (ruler, pencil, pencil sharpener, eraser) to be balanced and can reach as many stars as possible. The special thing was the game that is universally available for the iPhone and iPad (and also be available for Android) was made ​​by Indonesian mobile game studio based in Bandung, namely Nightspade. Nightspade, which recently gained funding from the East Ventures, indeed have the specialization to make a game on the mobile platform.

Stack The Stuff can downloaded for free and after several levels (multilevel models such as Cut The Rope or Angry Birds; 1-1, 1-2, and so on), you’ll be given the option to purchase (in-app purchase) the full version for $ 0.99. There is also the option to make donations (also in the app). I think this option is very effective because they don’t need to make two versions of the game, lite and full. Stack The Stuff seems to get a broad response globally and included in the list of New & Noteworthy in the App Store in many countries. It also earned high ratings.

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Indonesian University Should Trigger Innovation

For the past several months, I’ve met with academics from universities all over the island. The chat I had was insightful and somewhat clarifying a theory I have had bouncing in my mind since last year about how universities have a big role in shaping Silicon Valley to become how it is today and of course how it’s related to Indonesian universities.

Silicon Valley’s history cannot be separated from universities surrounding the area, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, etc. If you look at these universities, they aren’t just contributing through education and human resources, but rather to the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation, the very soul of Silicon Valley.

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