Use of ICT in Learning and Teaching

Online Educational Conferences Part 2! Date: 14 th November 2016/Monday As always it was an enriching learning experience attending the GEC Global Education Conference online by iEARN. I had a chance to attend a few sessions online and I ended up with some very interesting ideas. Below are some beautiful takeaways from these sessions.  One of the sessions was about the International Book Club , by Fay Stump who is a library Media Specialist. The session was interesting since it provided an opportunity for participants to share a book that they have read, a book that inspires us to change the world. This is one of iEARNs 100 projects that links to UN sustainable development goals. International Book Club is one such project by iEARN. Each book share was linked to UN sustainable development goals whether poverty, education etc Librarians in most schools are observed as issuing books, keeping track of books issued, registering new books, maintaining logs, and sometimes en

Exploring the Marvels of the Visualizer ! Date: 17 th Oct 2016 The reason to write this blogpost is to explore the wonders a Visualizer could do. While skimming through a blog, “Whats so great about having a visualizer in classroom, I found the following lines so appropriate about the visualizer. Chris Deely beautifully highlights the importance of the visualizer, he says, “ But introducing a visualiser to your classroom doesn’t mean you throw away everything you’re familiar with. What is so great about them is that they open up new ways of re-using trusted teaching resources. They provide a powerful enhancement to accepted teaching practices. They promote access to information and whole class inclusion”. The purpose of this blog is to explore some of those ways. As often observed the use of the device remains limited to subjects like Science and Biology. We all know that a visualizer is basically a document camera that connects to the computer/laptop. It lets te