Integrating ICT in my Classroom Teaching.

 

 

Overview of the Lesson:

 

         Unlike past, this year I have to teach children through Google classroom due to pandemic COVID-19 as the schools across the country had to close w.e.f 18/3/2020. The schools were expected to reopen very soon but now it has prolonged and even the nation has to lock down. Before the national lock down, I used to go to the villages to reach SIM (Self Instructional Materials) to my children and there we teach them few examples so that the children can do later on their own.

My lesson on the topic writing about ‘MYSELF’ in grade III started on we chat group of class III through a short video clip of my teaching. As an introduction, I asked few questions about themselves to relate with the topic. Then I read the text and explained from the SIM. After that I asked children to read the text about a girl named Choki in their SIM and then write about themselves. Since, we have Google class teaching from class IV onward, I have used only we chat forum for teaching and learning.

Although, the government has provided SIM as a measure of EIE (Education in Emergency), we have focused more on literacy and numeracy (Adaptive curriculum) and less on other minor subjects (Prioritized curriculum), we have come across so many challenges with the use of technologies. Because, most children in the remote schools are totally novice to the use of smart phones and their  parents are illiterate who face a lot of problems. Firstly, they cannot afford to buy smart phones and even if they manage somehow also, they lack with the recharge. Secondly, the children are not able to operate Google classroom. Therefore, I really had a tough time with Google teaching and finally landed up on we chat teaching. So, I taught through we chat and they submitted their work through we chat but sometimes we went to their home for teaching and correction.

Nevertheless, I felt it is good to have ICT integrated lesson in our teaching. It is very effective and the children can pay full concentration in learning. In this lesson, I have asked children to write about themselves and then write about their friends. I also asked them to do Google Search on e-learning by showing them how to do.

Future Commitment:

In fact, it was a great challenge for both me and the students to teach through Google class teaching apps. So, it is important for both the teacher and the student to sit together to learn through ICT integration. It isn’t possible to teach directly online without orienting children on how to use ICT. Therefore, I will try to teach how to use Google Apps and then focus more on the integration of ICT in planning of lesson according to the skills to be practiced.  Hope, I will be able to make every part of my lesson rich in delivering the required skills, so that end beneficial will be our learners. To this end I would definitely endeavor to explore and look for all possibility to integrate ICT in my lessons with appropriate and relevant tools. 

 

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SIM DISTRIBUTION AND TEACHING:

 

DEMONSTRATED ON HOW TO DO E-LEARNING:

Directed Children on how to do Google Search on E-Learning: Showed these videos to see and write about our self and friends. (I couldn't upload my own video although it is of 1-2 minutes as the computer says that the 'Maximum file size exceeded, delete one or two' despite several attempts. Please bear with me sir).

 

 

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