Windy: Hey! How come this sudden hello to teachers?

Cliparti: Oh ho! Last week was Teacher’s Day. Remember September 5.

Windy: Okay. How did you celebrate it?

Cliparti: Fluppy was so keen to present his teacher some gift, which nobody else had thought of. Further, he also did not want it to be heavy on his pocket.

Windy: So! What did you give?

Fluppy: I spent 2 hours surfing the Net with Cliparti till I came across some useful downloads for my teacher. Then on the Teacher’s Day I wrote them on the card and gave the card to her.

Windy: And she must have been so pleased to get it.

Fluppy: You bet. She said she would keep it for a long time to come. It had some valuable information and 2 hours of my perseverance.

Windy: Tell me about these downloads.

Fluppy: Sure. She got really impressed with http://www.inschoolwetrust.com. It is a visual grade book that manages schedules, students, attendance, behaviour, exams, grades and much more. It has the ability to send e-mail to all students in the class. It generates and prints report automatically and also calculates average grades.

Windy : Wow! This will really make her task so much easier.

Cliparti : No doubt, she was impressed by it.

Fluppy : The other one was http://members.fortunecity.com/mailz/tester.html. It is a simple but powerful program for generating tests. Tester does the testing and rates the students. All that the teacher needs to do is to evaluate those answers, as that can’t be done automatically. In return, as a nice gesture, she suggested me two other downloads which she said would benefit me.

Windy : What are they.

Fluppy : I won’t tell you those as those are my return gifts.

Cliparti : No Fluppy! Don’t be so silly. You must share them with our friends so that they can also benefit from them.

Fluppy : Okay. One was http://www.felton.clara.net/activitybook.htm. It is an educational resource that grows with the child through pre-school, to primary and beyond. It helps children with the fundamental skills they need throughout their education, boosting their confidence in tests and general academic work. Each child’s progress is maintained so that all children in the family can have their own book tailored for their level.

Cliparti : This seems good for us too.

Fluppy : Yeah. The other was http://www.astware.al.ru/. that helps in expanding the vocabulary and allows you to create your own tests fast.

Windy : This seems good, not only for kids but for adult also.

Fluppy : The other one was nice. It helps you remember everything! It is great for dictations, new languages, tech terms and much more.

Cliparti : I think everybody would find this download very useful. Most of the people, children or adults do find memorising difficult.

Fluppy : For maximising your reading ability, i.e. the speed, you can download http://www.speedreading2000.com. It can be learnt in less than an hour and then practiced for 2-minute exercise three times a week.

Windy : Enough of this teaching and learning. I guess, since the Teacher’s Day is over, we might as well devote some time to games.

Fluppy : Well said.

Cliparti : No, not before Fluppy tells me why is September 5 celebrated as Teacher’s Day.

Fluppy : September 5 was the birthday of Dr. Radhakrishnan , who became the President of India in 1962.

Cliparti : That’s right. It was a tribute to Dr. Radhakrishnan’s close association with the cause of teachers. Whatever position he held whether as the President or Vice President or even as an Ambassador, he essentially remained a teacher all his life.

Windy : ‘Bharat Ratna’ the highest award of the nation, was conferred on him in 1954, in recognition of his meritorious service to mankind.

Fluppy : Cliparti , now can we talk out some games?

Cliparti : Sure.

Windy : Surf over www.indiagames.com. This has typical Indian flavour. There are games like Brainvita, Gubbare, Tic-Tac Toe and FlyCatcher.

Cliparti : Is it the same site where you can help our own Laloo, the politician, milk cows and fill up the milk containers in shortest possible time, all the while guarding against the policemen.

Windy : You’ve got it right. There is another site at www. Nazaregames.com. It has lots of games and puzzles. It also has housie on the Net, yes, I believe the only Web housie.

Cliparti : Yeah, guess so. But actually since thousands of new sites are being added to the Net each day, you can never know if it is the only site of this kind or there are others too.

Fluppy : I had heard the world has shrunk but I believe the Web world is becoming wider and wider and wider and ....