Use of ICT in Learning and Teaching

 The Online Radio Station 23rd June 2022 The online radio station is a great opportunity for educators, teachers and students to not  only reach a wider and authentic audience but to create interactive content for use by all educators.  This blog post will review the tools used in podcasting, the purposes of podcasting and the process of  creating your own schools online radio station.  As shared earlier, podcasting is like hosting a show online. The podcasts are uploaded online on a  podcasting site and anyone around the globe can listen to them either on the mobile or any other device. As far as recording a podcast is concerned, you only need a computer, a laptop , headphones,  Audacity and an internet connection. This term comes from a combination of ipod and broadcasting.  Unlike an internet radio, you do not need to tune into a broadcast, you just need to download a  podcast on demand from a RSS feed which automatically downloads the podcasts on their computers. You would need the

 Choice boards, playlists and hyper docs Exploring Choice boards, playlists and pathways This is a very interesting new blog post that will introduce you all to three new ways  of making learning personalized in your classrooms. This is to do with providing  differentiated learning experiences to the students in the class. How do we do this?  by giving them voice and choice. This means they have a say in the learning activities,  they choose which activities they want to do, to achieve a particular learning objective.  All these tools lead to enhancement of the 4cs communication, collaboration, creativity  and critical thinking. It also enhances students engagement. These tools also support  students with multiple intelligences.  These are intentional, data driven and goal drive.  The purpose is the same , giving students the ownership of the learning and the learning process. But all three are different from each other. lets explore each of these in detail with examples. What are Choi

Mind Mapping Tools Online   Dear All, this time we would be exploring another important and extremely effective teaching  strategy that is mind mapping and brainstorming.  I will be sharing a few online tools that you could use for mind mapping activities in class.  This is the simplest and the most effective teaching strategy to immediately gather data about  students' understanding about a topic, gauge their prior knowledge or generate new ideas about a topic. A Johns Hopkins study indicates that students who utilise Mind Mapping increase their grades by 12%.  What is mind mapping? It is a visual way of gathering thoughts about a topic, or an idea in an organic form. The tree metaphor  could explain this well enough, with branches and twigs. A diagram for representing tasks, words ,  concepts or items around a central idea. A mind map can turn a long lengthy , boring text into a  colourful, organised and more meaningful diagram, which is easy to remember and process. This  way o