Life skill class using
ICT ( taught on 19th September,2016)
Learning can become less stressful
when imparted through such approaches which are more acceptable to the students.
The young learners can acquire information efficiently when taught through filmic assistance.
Therefore, I selected an audiovisual to teach values during life
skill lesson. The last period of every Monday is being allocated for life skill
class or value education class in my school. So I decided to teach values of
being ‘responsible’ by using a story presented in audiovisual for my third grade
students. It is a human tendency that we do not prudently protect and diligently
use any asset or property for which legal rights are not attached to despite using
them and deriving many befits during normal course of our lives.
Therefore, I wanted
to help my students to instill this very values right from young age as it is
one of the most important values for individuals. Subsequently, the students
were taken to the school IT lab; made the appropriate sitting arrangement and briefed
them on the lesson.
It was unbelievable, as the eyes caught hold of the curiosity
and excitement that the students wore on their faces; waiting for the story to
be played. It was their first visit to the IT lab and they always bore a belief
that it is actually meant for senior students during IT classes only. Next, the
video clip on “How to love your school” was played in the laptop which was
presented through OHP. The microphones were
used for a better audibility. The class was so silent as they were interested to
watch the movie and listen to the story. It was followed by an interaction amongst
students for about 10 minutes to share ( with the person sitting to his/ her
left and then to the one on the right side) which they have learnt from the
story.
Then, few students were made to share their understanding to the whole
class. It was surprising to hear the points from such young learners that they
grasped lots of things from the story which otherwise would have been a
challenge to get their attention to listen to the story if told by the teacher
in the classroom. They were able to share information like we can be
responsible by act of putting off the lights when not in use, closing water
tapes after use, taking care of books and classroom furniture and keeping the
surrounding clean so on and so forth.
Therefore, to enhance
effective teaching and learning the students must be taken to different
environments and present the lessons using various methods making the leaning
easy, fun and enjoyable. Thus, preparing the students to develop positive
attitudes towards learning.
Understanding of the lesson was better, when ICT
was integrated in the lessons. The likely challenges would be the availability
of internet facilities in schools and selecting the appropriate materials to be
used as per the students’ interest and grade level. However, if the lesson is planned
with determination, use of ICT can be made available to our passionate 21st
century learners to learn with interest irrespective of subjects. Finally, use of ICT in
classroom teaching and learning has more merits than demerits thus it warrants integration
of ICT into teaching learning for enjoyable classes that are taken as fun yet
very effective approaches/ method.
Teaching
the concept of circumference of a circle in mathematic has always been a
challenge to me. So, I took advantage of the ICT, where various lessons on circumference
of a circle is presented by different mathematics teachers for different grades
in many forms like Video, images, Pdf. Etc. I browsed in the internet and
selected the most relevant video lesson for my 7th grade students.
The video was used during the lesson development phase for the content
delivery. Students were taken to the
school IT lab. Then they were made to sit in their respective groups facing the
chalk board. The lesson was then presented to them through OHP in the IT lab.
Students watched the video lesson for two times; during the first round they
watched and observed the demonstration and listened to the explanations.
Subsequently,
they made note on circumference of a circle as enunciated below:The Circumference, C, is
the perimeter of a circle or distance around a circle.Circumference of a Circle = 2πr, where the value of π =3.14, r is the radius of a circle.
Circumference
of a Circle, C = π × d, where the value of π = 3.14, d is the diameter of a circle.
Next, students were asked
to have discussion and share their understanding among themselves in their own
table team through RoundRobin, one of the Kagan’s Active Learning strategy. As
the students’ shared their understanding most of them exhibited that effective
learning has taken place as they were relating to the objects they see in
circular shapes in our everyday life. Students were then made to solve some
questions from their text book. When enquired about the day’s lesson, all the
students shared that they enjoyed learning as fun, more over it was like
watching their favorite movie. Students also shared learning is easy when we
use ICT facilities.
The modern students especially in the urban do enjoy a better
access to ICT facilities in various forms which helps them to use in their
academic learning.
Therefore, I am confident
to say that meaningful learning on circumference of a circle was enjoyable and
my teaching was made easy by using ICT. So, I am really excited to teach many
more lessons in different grades for various subjects through ICT integration.
Lastly, to share one of
the primary challenges encountered during the lesson was the large number of students;
difficult to manage 50 students in the IT lab. However, despite dearth of
facilities and remoteness of the places of schools, every teacher must strive
to make use of the ICT facilities and integrate its applications in teaching learning
process. This shall definitely break the monotony of traditional teaching style
into more effective, meaningful, active and creative teaching learning
experience.
This
huge world could become a global village wherein any kind of information is
accessible with ease and economy when incredible advantages of information and
communication technology(ICT) is leveraged upon. This global community is
rapidly undergoing an unprecedented and phenomenon virtual world. The ICT
(information and communications technology - or technologies) is a general term
that encapsulates any communication tool or application comprising of radio, television,
cellular phones, computer or any ICT leveraged gadgets, network and satellite
systems and the several facilities such as videoconferencing and distance
learning.
The application of ICT is exponentially pervading into our lives and
becoming predominant precursor specially in education sector and its benefits
are unfolding day by the day. When applications of the ICT are being capitalized
with aids of various gadgets, quite rapidly physical or printed books are being
transformed into digital teaching and learning materials or becoming more
virtual by the day. I have had a very special opportunity to learn about the
usage of ICT in academic pursuit from my tutor besides many other spheres.
Integration
of ICT into our classroom teaching learning processes, procedures and scope can
undergo a dramatic improvement by transforming monotonous traditional teacher
oriented teaching into more of very interactive students oriented teaching
learning scenario besides many other benefits underpinning a new paradigm.
The ICT integration will help the teachers to
be more creative in modifying their own material. ICT can also be used to
enhance learning process and help students drive on higher level perceptions
rather than fewer meaningful tasks. The introduction of ICT integration into
learning environments can led to effective learning. The interest of the 21st
century learners displays that some essential rethinking of the education
progression could be required to meaningfully integrate ICT in our academic
learning. The ICT is here to remain indefinitely and its immense benefits shall
unequivocally create new prospective in pursuance of academic excellence.
The
module on ICT has absolutely brought about a major paradigm shift in my attitude
as well as aptitude towards wonders and applications of the ICT and with all
the appreciations on its application I shall be incorporating into teaching
learning process befitting the needs of the 21st century ICT savvy learners.
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