Use of ICT in Learning and Teaching

  Chapter 34: Elevate Classroom Teaching & Learning with Google Notebook Date/Time: 22nd April 2025 - Saturday, 1: 27 pm This is another interesting post exploring the amazing features of Google digital notebook and the potential of Google Notebook in education. The post highlights how educators can benefit from this amazing digital notebook. It’s a new resource introduced by Google and can transform teaching and learning in the classroom.  The post reflects on different sessions held with educators from across Pakistan and a very prestigious school Happy Palace Group of Schools from Karachi who have actively participated in various online training sessions. This was a 2 hour session online created in Google Sites with attendance forms, feedback forms and lesson checks created in Google Forms. All participants are added as collaborators in Google docs.  This was the first and second session on introducing the amazing digital google notebook to participants in a 2 hour...

  Chapter 33: Exploring the Wonder of Google Gemini Date/Time: 22nd April 2025 - Tuesday, 1:04 am This is yet another interesting post on the wonders of Google Gemini based on my recent online training sessions with educators from all across the country - Pakistan. In a 2 - 3 hour session online the participants had a great learning opportunity to explore the immense potential of Gemini in education. It was awe inspiring to see participants creating innovative content using Gemini.  The session was created in Google Sites with lesson checks, feedback forms and attendance forms all created in Google Sites. Participants had view only access to the Google site. They were added as collaborators in Google docs for collaboration activities. The session started with gauging participants' prior knowledge about Gemini. Some had used it and for most of the participants it was a new resource. Participants knew that it can be used for searching information and creating content. They knew ...

Chapter 32: Exploring the All New Google Classroom Date/Time: 8th February 2025 - Saturday , 12:36 pm This is yet another interesting post that explores the amazing new resources added in the Google Classroom over all these years. I had an amazing experience of conducting a training workshop for over 50 participants at the Beaconhouse Head Office in Lahore recently as a Google Certified Trainer , while working as an Education Lead at Tech Valley which is a Google for Education partner organisation in Pakistan. The feedback was simply fantastic and amazing. The reason was the way the training session was developed for the participants which were teachers, coordinators , school leaders and representatives from the head office. It was a practical hands-on experience where all participants worked together to not only explore the tools but create content for themselves and their learners.  It was a two day training session which focuses on exploring google for education tools that could...