Step 2: Youth and New Media

Thirteen students have been shortlisted to participate in the step two of the Youth and New Media compeition. In the first step, 64 students from Class 9,10,11 and 12 participated in a written essay competition on 'New Media and Youth'.

Step 2 of the online compeition involves blogging and online discussion. A blog is an online entry of thoughts and opinions. The selected students are expected to upload their written essays on the Monkey Ladder blog. And then participate in the discussion.

The topic of the discussion is 'Share with us your experiences of using new media/internet. What do you use internet? How has it been usefull to you as a person? Tell us your ideas on how Nobilians can use internet in their daily lives.' Entries must be about experiences, orginal suggestions and ideas. Please refrain from stating the obvious facts. The best entries will be judged not on the language or grammer or style of writing, it will be solely judged on orginal ideas and honest experiences.

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80.1% of Nobilians use internet regulary: A survey

Contrary to the popular belief that Nobilains do not have an access to internet due to poor infrastructure in Dhanbad, 80.1 per cent of students studying from Class 6 to 12 use internet regularly. An internet literacy survey, conducted by the editorial team of DeNobili.edu.in led by the student editor Harsh Vaibhav, looked into the internet usage of Nobilains in senior section of the school.

• In the Plus two section, 88 per cent of the students use internet. Social networking site, Orkut, is popular among 80 per cent of the plus two students. Only 59 per cent of Class 12 students are aware of DeNobili.edu.in, the official website of the school.
• 88 per cent of the students in Class 8 and 83 per cent of the students in Class 10 are aware about the school website.

Here are the details of the survey classwise

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