2nd blog,September,Representing Numbers Greater then hundred

Subject: Mathematics.

Topic: Representing Numbers Greater than 100                 Class: II              Section: A

 Day & date: Friday, September 27, 2019                  Period: 5^th         Duration: 50 minutes.                        

  “Representing Numbers Greater than 100”. This time, actually once I thought I would download the video tutorial and let the children watch in groups in the laptop in the class but with the large number of children I found it little time consuming in the interest of time therefore I again took the children in the IT lab and projected the lesson. Firstly, I introduced the lesson by revising the numbers beyond 100. Then children were divided into six groups of six members each and made them do the activity after the video lesson.

After watching the video, we had discussion about the video clip for sometimes. Next I provided them with A4 sized paper consisting 3-digit numbers and base ten blocks. Here they were asked to represent the number with base ten blocks in pairs. Children followed the instructions and participated fully in their activity.

As a follow up of the activity, they  one member explained about the representation of the numbers. All the students did a wonderful job in their group work as well as in explanations. I concluded my lesson by showing a number cards and letting few children to represent the number with base ten blocks.

The use of technology has definitely provided room for students to explore, being creative, critical thinker and helped to enhance their learning. The ICT integrated lesson planning is purely a child centered approach where teacher should be a mere facilitator and a guide.

Moreover, children learnt better when we have ICT integration lesson.  It proved to be very enriching and insightful which lead the class to be interactive and encourage students to express freely thereby promoting thinking skills

First post for September,2019

First ICT Reflection for the month of September

The lesson was taught on 9^th September, 2019 in class II section A. To teach the topic “Recording 2-digit Addition", I used the video tutorial from the Utube.

 This time, I felt very contented and satisfied with the lesson as I could see my children enjoying throughout the lesson. They were very active and interactive after watching the video tutorial.

In my lesson, I had an activity which I wanted them to do as homework but  as there was time, my students wanted me to give it as class work which indicated that they got the clear concept from the video tutorial. So, I gave them to do the activity in the class and was surprised to see that within five minutes everybody could complete the activity and all the students’ answers were correct. Their performance truly proved that our students are not that poor and can perform up to teachers’ expectation, we the teachers only need to have variations in teaching strategy.

In the closure part, I let them do the activity in their groups (i.e number heads together). I saw eagerness in children’s behaviors to do the activity. Children followed the instructions and participated fully to share their own ideas. Yes, all the groups did a wonderful job by writing correct answers. I could see my children happy and enjoying the activity. This clearly shows that how much our children love to learn ICT lesson.

ICT proved to be very enriching and insightful which lead the class to be interactive and encourage students to express freely thereby promoting thinking skills. Children became more energetic and participated well and learnt better when there is variety in lesson.

2nd Post of August, Teaching 3D shapes through ICT

Second ICT Reflection for the month of August

The lesson was taught on 23rd August, 2019 in class II section A. To teach the topic “3D Shapes", I took my children to the IT lab and as I had already down loaded  some videos on 3D shapes  on how they can  sort out these shapes and what difference they could find with the 2D shapes that they had already learnt .

 I felt very contented and satisfied with my lesson this time as I have learned that my teaching and learning was found to be very interesting, systematic, and effective. Children have enjoyed my teaching and they have learnt a lot. I could see my children enjoying throughout the lesson and see them being very active and cooperative when asked the questions..

My lesson went well as I have an interesting videos which engaged children and activities were totally based on where children could solve themselves with minimal involvement of the teacher. Here I gave clear instructions to do the activity: 1. all the students should look at the shape carefully.

2. discuss in the group and decide whether  the particular shown shapes is 3D  or not.

3. if yes, how ? Let them explain in few sentences..

I saw eagerness in children’s eyes to do the activity. Children followed the instructions and participated fully to share their own ideas. Yes, all the groups did a wonderful job by giving correct responses. I could see my children happy and enjoying the activity. At the end of the activity while I was showing the answers, they were saying “WOW” and clapping their hands.  This clearly shows that how much our children love to learn ICT lesson.

 I knew that planning ICT integrated lesson has great impact in teaching, the use of technology has definitely provided room for students to explore, being creative, critical thinker and helped to enhance their learning. The ICT integrated lesson planning is purely a child centered approach where teacher should be a mere facilitator and a guide.

Moreover, children learnt better we have ICT integration lesson.  It proved to be very enriching and insightful which lead the class to be interactive and encourage students to express freely thereby promoting thinking skills. Children became more energetic and participated well and learnt better when there is variety in lesson.

ICT Stands for "Information and Communication Technologies." ICT refers to technologies that provide access to information through telecommunications. It is similar to Information Technology (IT), but focuses primarily on communication technologies. This includes the Internet, wireless networks, cell phones, and other communication mediums. In the past few decades, information and communication technologies have provided society with a vast array of new communication capabilities. For example, people can communicate in real-time with others in different countries using technologies such as instant messaging, voice over IP (VoIP), and video-conferencing. Social networking websites like Facebook allow users from all over the world to remain in contact and communicate on a regular basis.
Nowadays the role of Information and communication Technology (ICT), in the education sector plays an important role, especially in the process of empowering the technology into the educational activities. ... “ICT plays a catalytic role in enhancing learning in classroom and beyond.
ICT  is a technological source to make information available at the right time, right place in the right form to the right user. Earlier, one had to wait for the newspapers to get the information across the world. Now with the smarter technology, information can be accessed from anywhere using smartphones and gadgets. All this is made possible with the help of Information and Communication Technology. Information technology has been influencing our lives in the recent years in the fields of education, healthcare, and business. Going an extra mile, Information and communication technology in schools has had a major impact. Information and communication technology in schools can be used as a school communication tool to improve student learning and better teaching techniques. With the advancement of technology in education, schools adopt school communication software to transmit, store, share or exchange information. In this technological era, ICT in education has compelled many schools to get accustomed to smart technology. This school communication software uses computers, the internet, and multimedia as the medium of communication.
ICTs can enhance the quality of education in several ways: by increasing learner motivation and engagement, by facilitating the acquisition of basic skills, and by enhancing teacher training. ICTs are also transformational tools which, when used appropriately, can promote the shift to a learner-centred environment.
 Students Use their ICT capability to assist and progress their learning in subjects; Engage in higher-order thinking skills, for example by using ICT to undertake detailed analysis when modelling data; ... The transferability of ICT capability is an important aspect of progression in students' knowledge, skills and understanding.

What is ICT?

One useful definition comes from Pisapia (1994) who borrowing from earlier definitions, states: Integrating technology with teaching means the use of learning technologies to introduce, reinforce, supplement and extend skills…. The difference between the classrooms of exemplary user of technology and technology user is the way their classes are conducted. In the exemplary classrooms, student use of computers is woven integrally into patterns of teaching; software is natural extension of student tools… For example, if a teacher merely tells student to read a book without any preparation for followup activities that put the book in pedagogical context; the book is un-integrated. If a teacher uses the computer to reward children by allowing them to play a game, the computer is unintegrated.