Use of ICT in Learning and Teaching

Exploring Innovations in Education - The Teachers Guild Date 14/Nov/18 Wednesday This blog post is inspired by my dive into hundrED Innovations in Education . Though it was not possible to share all of them here, I have picked up the ones that inspired me the most and are worth trying in schools. The first one is the Teachers Guild Approach in education. My upcoming blogs will explore their impact and possible applications in schools. To begin with "The Teachers Guild" its a learner centered approach aimed at equipping teachers with the mindsets and methods from design thinking so that they can plan and design learning experiences keeping in mind the growing and evolving needs of the students. This  approach focuses on collaborations among teachers based on design thinking methods and mindsets.  It encourages teachers to share ideas, starting with a challenge that you intend to solve with collaboration with peers. It equips you with skills that help aid teachers in...

Podcasting - Transforming T & L in Schools Date: 15 July 2018/Sunday This time my blogpost explores Podcasting with some insight into why I believe it has the power to transform teaching and learning in schools. So lets begin by digging a little and finding out what are actually podcasts, how do you create them? a look into websites that let you host free podcasts? a list of advantages for using in schools and much more. Join the ride people :) Just to make it as simple as possible, a podcast is a digital file (audio/video) available online and can be downloaded to any device computer , mobile or an portable media player and you can listen to it whenever you want to using our speakers or headphones while driving, sitting, walking , during exercise etc. In other words its on demand radio , the content is different every time, not the same as usual radio station episode every week. It has content to either inspire you, motivate you, increase your knowledge and understandin...