Shantanu Rooj
Half the academic year has gone by and with little respite from COVID-19, it seems like it will be a while before schools can reopen. Under the regular academic schedule, this is assessment time. Schools would have been gearing up for half yearly exams. More and more it looks like, assessments too will have to be conducted online, at least for now. So what should teachers keep in mind while conducting online assessments? Read on.
Category: Technology and Education
Class beyond rooms: connecting is the new constructing
Chandani Goyal and Ashima Thirwani
2020 not only marked the onset of a new decade, but also refreshed the ways in which we teach and learn. Amidst all the changes, one thing is clear, it is necessary to refine our remote learning practices to engage the students, no matter the distance.
The principles of good programming skills
Smitha Prasad
Is coding easy? Can anyone become a good computer programmer? How can children learn what it takes to learn a computer language? Here are some excellent tips starting from being disciplined and learning the basics to paying attention to details.
MOOCs and the teacher
Shantanu Rooj and Vipendra Singh
There is no aspect of human life that has been left untouched by technology. Although its entry into the field of education is fairly recent, it has significantly changed the way teaching-learning is transacted. The teacher also has to reinvent and redefine herself and what better tool is there to help her do that than the MOOCs?
Using tech to teach
Vandita Sharma
As teachers one of our most important qualities should be our enthusiasm to learn. We become good teachers if we are good students ourselves. And yet many of us are afraid of using technology in our classrooms. It is now very easy to assimilate technology into our teaching because of the sheer variety of resources it produces in the field of education. So let’s open our minds and classrooms to technology.
Learning to think logically
Ramya Ramalingam
Computing is increasingly being seen as a skill that has vital applications in everyday life. This has to be learned by everyone because they will change the way they see problems. And computational thinking is one aspect of computing that will be of interest to schools and children.
EdTech to energize the classroom
Jaime Bell
Technology is making waves in the field of education everywhere. Why then has it not really taken off in India? What are the problems that we should consider in this country when building tech driven teachig tools? What kind of EdTech tools are available to us inspite of the many problems?
Education 4.0: Personalization of Learning
Ullas Ponnadi
Mass education and learning is poised to see a big shift in the coming years. We are now at the start of what is being called as
the fourth industrial revolution and education 4.0 is the ability to combine the power of technology, specialized skilling, AI and Machine Learning to create a method that will deliver high quality content. So, will schools as a place to formally learn soon be a thing of the past? Read all about what the future holds for teachers and students in this thought provoking article.
Tribal students on a coding journey
Michelle C
Here is a school, situated just a few hours away from Mumbai which is an experiment in technology, defying the traditional method of education and offering tribal students an opportunity to access knowledge, training and education — all through Open Source technology. The Tamarind Tree School has set up a digital infrastructure where students learn individually on an online Learning Management System. Read more about the philosophy of Open Education in this interesting article.
The digital road in ESL teaching*
Arun Khevariya
The road to learning a foreign language is not an easy one, but with the aid of digital technology it can most certainly be made less rocky.