Use of ICT in Learning and Teaching

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...

Technology, Creativity and Innovation!!! Date: 7 th Oct 2016 The reason to write this blog post is interesting and is a result of a video I had recently watched on Facebook. Simply because I eat, sleep and dream technology it’s never hard to convince people why I firmly believe teachers cannot teach the same way to students, they were taught 20 years back. Students will never learn the way, we use to learn and master concepts years back. Technology gives you new ways to connect to kids, ways which they feel more comfortable working with, ways that can engage them and resulting in more meaningful learning. I firmly believe that we will lose kids in schools if we do not have technology savvy teachers. Seymour Pappert was absolutely right when years back he had said technology would be used like pen and pencils in classrooms in years (1980).     I keep on going back to the SAMR Model (Dr Ruben Penduetra) and Digital Blooms Taxonomy, for effective technology integra...