Use of ICT in Learning and Teaching

Valour Circles in Schools Date: 14th November 2019/11:35 AM It has been long since I had time to write a blog about something very interesting, useful  and important in our lives, our emotions and how they effect us at times and how we take them for granted both in kids and adults. Emotions give us very important data not about ourselves but even people around us, what they are going through. I think it's very important for educators no matter what age group of kids they are teaching to be aware of not only oneself but others too. It's a common observation that students are told be rigid, strong and firm, and leave their emotions behind while making decisions. I wonder parents or even educators ever think, in doing so they are ripping apart their kid of a very unique ability, strength, which is god gifted. Acknowledging emotions is the first step to handling them. Dr Susan David, a Harvard Psychologist in her Ted Talk talks about emotions as data and not directives. She fu...

Exploring - Buncee Date: 10th Oct 2018/Wednesday This blogpost is inspired from my recent dive into Buncee - a super cool tool for content creation - from creating interactive and animated presentations to digital stories flyers, comic strips, animated cards, tutorials, newsletters and much much more. The blog post will give you a virtual walk through of the important features of this tool called Buncee,  with an insight of how and where could this tool be used effectively and meaningfully to engage learners/educators.  Lets begin by exploring why do we need to create presentations? Obviously to share information, share ideas, promote a product or launch a new initiative, create awareness, check understanding, to inspire and motivate people, to instruct or teach a topic, deliver a lecture, to engage the audience and so on. Have you ever thought of using presentations to cater to the differentiated needs of the learners in the classroom? Have you ever thought of crea...