- Anil Sonune is an assistant teacher in a primary school in a remote village in Jalna district, Maharashtra. - He found it essential to integrate IT into classroom teaching and created educational content and a website called Baljagat.com in 2009 to share resources with other teachers. - The website now has over 545,886 visits from 89 countries. Sonune has won several awards for his innovative work integrating IT into education, and represented India twice at global Microsoft Partners in Learning forums.

1. RÉSUMÉ
Anil Sonune
Assistant Teacher,
Zilla Parishad Primary School, Nimkheda Kh.
Taluka Jafrabad District Jalna
Maharashtra, 431208
baljagat@gmail.com
http://www.baljagat.com
+919960650807

2. About Me
• I am a primary teacher working in a remote
village in Jalna district, Maharashtra,
• While doing my job I found it essential to
integrate Information Technology in Classroom
teaching, Here are the various achievements
which I acquired during my journey.
• I have represented India in 2010 and 2012 in
Microsoft Partners in Learning Global forum in
Cape Town and Prague.
• Following are the details of my journey.

3. THE JOURNEY SO FAR
Anil Sonune
+919960650807
baljagat@gmail.com

4. The story begins in mid
of may 2009 when I
visited Balbharti for
some reference books. • One guardian asked if
there is any content
available for Marathi
students?

5. • There was nothing I found.
• So I created the content in
Macromedia Flash.
• Wanted to share with
likeminded teachers
• Created website on google
pages named pearls

6. Response was great.
 Purchased a domain
www.baljagat.com and
developed website.

7. Learned all the tools like
Joomla! content management
system, Macromedia flash
animations, Blender 3d for
creating and managing the
web content.
Site launched in May 2009.

8. 545886 visits till date from 89 countries.

9.  Appreciated by Government of
Maharashtra .
 Won 1st Prize in Marathi websitre
contest arranged by Rajya Marathi
Vikas Sanstha, C-DAC, Department of
Information Technology,
Maharashtra.

10. Certificate awarded by Rajya Marathi Vikas Sanstha

11. Innovative Teachers Leadership
Award 2010-11 National winner
Only winner from Maharashtra
among 10 from India.
Project submitted “ Our Earth”

12. Represented India at World wide Innovative
Education Forum arranged by Microsoft, Partners in
learning, held at Cape Town, South Africa in
November 2010

14. Won the CHIP eBay.in
Dream Workstation
contest. In February 2011.
Only winner from India.

15. Priyanka Tilve, Special
Features Writer from
CHIP and Aditi Palav
from eBay in visited
school to gift the
gadgets. And
interviewed for special
article to be covered in
CHIP

16. Special article published in CHIP Magazine ,May 2011
issue.

17. Construction of low cost Interactive Whiteboard
using Nintendo wiimote.

18. Team from Thane Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan visited School for information
on interactive whiteboard.

19. Using Kinect 3D camera in classroom teaching.
Gesture recognition technology .

20. IIT Mumbai Students with Professsor Mr.
Sameer Sahasrabuddhe visited school for
discussing possibilities of kinect in real life.

21. Won “Teacher Make a difference”
contest Arranged by Partners in
learning India.

22. Interview featured on Anthony
Salcito’s Blog daily-
edventures.com.
Anthony is Vice President,
Education, Microsoft Worldwide.
Link : dailyedventures

23.  Built own Educational
Operating System named
DEEP
 Based on Ubuntu Linux.
 Contains many
educational applications

24. Innovative Teachers
Leadership Award 2012
National winner
Only winner from
Maharashtra among 5
teachers from India.
Project Klassmate, It’s fun to learn !

25. Represented India at World wide
Innovative Education Forum arranged by
Microsoft, Partners in learning, held at
Prague, Czech Republic in November
2012

27. Video Gallery
Click on link so see the video.
Mouse Mischief
Kinect in Classroom
Worldwide Telescope
Google Sketchup
Interactive Whiteboard
Project Klassmate
Kinect with GCompris Suite
Student feedback
Teacher feedback
Teacher feedback

28. Photo Gallery

29. The Journey continues…