Facebook Partners with CBSE to Offer AR, Digital Safety & Online Well-Being Programs
Jul. 6, 2020Facebook has partnered with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to launch acurriculum and training in Augmented Reality, digital safety & online well-beingfor students and teachers in India.
The training will take place intwo batches. The first batch will include 1600 teachers, whereas the second batch will accommodate 8400 teachers. The course’s timeline is three weeks. Online certificates will be provided to those who successfully complete the program.
Applications for Facebook’s AR course starts today and ends on the 20th of July. The organizers will notify selected candidates through email by 3rd August. The first batch starts on 10th August and ends on 7th September. Similarly, the second batch starts on 25th September and ends on 16th October. You can sign uphereif you’re interested.
Coming to digital safety and online well-being, it is a workshop led by the Centre for Social Research (CSR). The program aims to teach students “understand their digital identity and how they can become responsible digital users”.
The program includes an Instagram toolkit for teens which aims to help young people be “positive, inspiring, and intentional” on Instagram. Instagram, The Jed Foundation (JED), and YLAC collaborated for structuring the toolkit.
You can apply for the program right now. Organizers will conduct sessions daily from Monday to Friday and it starts on the 6th of August. Teachers and schools can register fromhereand individual students may sign upherefor direct registrations.
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