Friday 25th of September 2020
Reflection
The integration of ICT in the school practice has not to do with simple improvements of the traditional instruction but to a radically new pedagogy; shift from the traditional instruction model of knowledge transmitting towards autonomous, active, and collaborative learning through students’ engagement in ICT-based learning environments and shared learning resources. Information communication technology (ICT) is becoming increasingly important in our daily lives and in our educational system. There is a growing demand on educational institutions to use ICT to teach the skills and knowledge students need for the digital age. The adoption and integration of ICT into teaching and learning environment provides more opportunities for teachers and students to work better in a globalised digital age. ICT has the potential to play an increasingly important role in education be it in classroom, administration and online instruction or other activities. There is tremendous potential for teachers and students to harness the power of ICT to improve the quality of teaching and learning in the classroom. It provides opportunities for greater flexibility, interactivity and accessibility for engaging teaching and learning at the individual, group and societal levels.
Children being digital natives they don't enjoy the old traditional lecture method of teaching. So, to motivate the learners, use of technology has become a prime method in the classrooms. More over as we are living in competitive world, the world invites people with more skilled and knowledgeable people. These 21st century skills are essential in order to be successful in this day and age.
Due to Covid-19 we are continuing teaching online classes. On 14th September I taught class II English about -pl sound. I have integrated ICT in my lesson. I searched the relevant video lesson to teach -pl sound. I uploaded the video in the wechat forum and asked them to learn the -pl sound. So that they can get the clear concepts. Next I made a video to teach the -pl sound by displaying the chart and explaining on how to go about the activity. I asked them to fill in the blanks with -pl sound and next to fill in the blanks using the above words on workbook page 23. Later on children uploaded their works in wechat, whatsapp and messenger.
However some children had problem in sending their work because their wechat got currupted and again I had to call respective parents. I even visited some of the villages to correct students work and overall my lesson went well. There was increase in online classes. If the students don't upload their work within given time then I called their parents and let the children participate and try to find the solution. Yes, there is always a net fluctuation.
Students corrected works.
Some images for the field visit.
Video lesson for -pl sounds.
