Use of ICT in Learning and Teaching

Professional Development - Whys & Why Not's Date: 27th  Sep 2018/Thursday This blogpost is inspired from my love for training online/face to face for teachers/trainers/educators. Through out the previous two years I  have had several opportunities for professional development online. This blogpost will explore answers to  few important questions regarding  professional development beginning from my views regarding online PD, why does it matter so much, what are the various opportunities available for online PD and what do educational institutions need to do in order to ensure equitable access to online professional development for their staff in their respective institutions. Why is Online PD important for me? Lets begin by looking at reasons for my unending love for  Professional development and why it matters to me. Firstly It is because of these online professional development opportunities that help build my own skills and led to the dev...

A Look into Finnish Education System Date: 18th April 2018/Wednesday This blog post is simply inspired from my dive into a recent online course by ALO Finland on Eliademy about the Finnish Education, titled " Finnish Education 2.0 - Phenomenal Learning and 21st Century Competencies ". It was a great opportunity to review teaching and learning practices in schools in Pakistan. I am so greatful to my Course instructor Pirjo Suhonen   for  giving me an opportunity to think about innovative practices and changes that need to be adopted in our education system. I consider myself blessed enough for being associated for good 22 years (as a student and employee) with a very prestigious institute of our country i.e #Beaconhouse School System. It was great to see a number of innovative practices being already introduced in Beaconhouse. I would like to begin by sharing what I liked most about the Finnish education system, there are no standardized testing procedures in plac...

Googling it the Google Way - Exploring Google Expeditions , Google Tour Builder & Google Lit Trips Date: 31 Jan 2018 This blog post explores some interesting ideas worth trying out in classrooms with kids of all ages using the amazing tools that Google offers including Lit Trips, Maps and Expeditions. But as educators we all need to remember that learning journey begins with the learning goal in mind, considering technology as a vehicle to reach learning goals more effectively and efficiently keeping everyone on board. Considering this vehicle offers a lot of potential to explore and take all students through difficult terrains. One can only embed technology meaningfully , when one has a good understanding of both the learning goals as well as the tools available. This blog post will give you an insight of the above mentioned tools and share some ideas of using these in your classrooms. Lets begin with exploring Google Lit Trips [1] . Basically its a project started by...