tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71239206986891119662024-03-18T20:12:10.318-07:00EDUIDEANarender gilhotrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00314024256706527328noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123920698689111966.post-1082484978274085862020-04-02T00:15:00.000-07:002020-04-04T22:57:49.609-07:00Real Time Learning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The schools are closed in almost 138 countries of the world affecting the 15 billion children and youth throughout. The <a href="file:///C:/Users/DELL/Desktop/School%20closures%20caused%20by%20Coronavirus%20(Covid-19).html">UNESCO REPORT</a> has been published on site with a date wise animation on closure of schools.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now each and every country is taking policies measures to reduce the impact. In India the impact would be little less as compared to some of the other countries. When the closure was announced by the policy makers, the schools were going with the annual assessment process to promote the students to the next year. A session break followed by the summer vacations will consume much of the period under threat of coronavirus. How ever it will definitely have an impact on higher education as the competitive exams dates will be revised as we are not done with the senior secondary board exams on time. Very few of schools have started their online classes in time. But I will discuss only about the opportunities to explore the learning more in a different ways from the teacher's as well as student's end. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As we all believe that the developments and all major inventions are the results of natural or manmade calamities whether it were world wars/mechanic failures or global warming/pandemics. After each and every disaster the mankind has stood up with the new capabilities. The same is going to happen at the end of this Corona period. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Going ahead with the above mentioned efficiency of human being to come out of problem with the new techniques and theories. The students also learn well when introduced with a problem. They are more creative when relevancy of the subject is there. This is the time to involve them in problem based learning method. Hence we will discuss how Corona time is relevant to learn some complex topics also. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We are being frequently presented now a days with some terms like <b>PANDEMIC, COMMUNICATIVE DISEASE, LOCK DOWN, PRECAUTIONS, HOARDING, BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, SOCIAL DISTANCING, HEALTH SERVICES, CHARITY, ESSENTIAL SERVICES, FINANCIAL BREAK DOWN, SANITIZING, LIFE SPAN OF VIRUS, IMMUNITY</b> and many more is coming to us from various media. Even the elders who are illiterates are also discussing about this. Suppose someone has not studied the microorganism but still he knows about virus and bacteria as of now. When the information comes from various channels, it has an impact on us positive or negative it depends on the source and objectives of these sources. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The shift from traditional classrooms to online delivery modal, provides the students with an opportunity to engage in <b>Real Time Classroom</b> with a proper relevancy of things but if all the stakeholders i.e students, teachers, parents and school leaders are on the same page. Suppose the schools have asked the student to do a project on 'Social Change', in that case it should be started with, 'The impact of lockdown on Family members in their day to day tasks'. The topic is directly linked with a lesson <a href="http://ncert.nic.in/textbook/textbook.htm?ceap1=4-24">My Family</a> EVS. Now the parents will be able to help the students as the topic has relevancy and already it is introduced through media.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hence the stimulus need to be changed. The condition to have a maximum output is, the teachers should be more creative and sensible enough to catch the idea of new stimulus. And of course it's not a difficult task. I believe that a teacher who is teaching the same content from 3-4 years, is quite experienced and creative enough to do the same. I believe that a student from 5th grade can easily pen down the 'Benefits of using sanitizers'. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Usually, in a classroom our contents goes from general to specific like, we study satellites in solar system but in situation like today we will have to go from specific to general. We may start with a task, '<b>Draw the Shapes of Moon On Every Alternate Night'</b>. The topic will end up, after following more activities, with the completion of chapter 'Solar System'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The students love to work when given freedom to do. Their enthusiasm is doubled when they are asked to lead and explore. Due to coronavirus threat, they are put on learning from home mechanism and this will be an opportunity for them to be engaged in genuine and self disciplined learning environment full of fun, which ends up with a sense of achievement. They are more creative as <b>creativity is more when things around you less structured.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To sum up, the edworld is also taking it as an opportunity. People are experimenting technology due to limits of social distancing. Microsoft and Google are the topmost companies have come with the technology help to the schools. <a href="https://edu.google.com/products/gsuite-for-education/?modal_active=none">Google G suite for education</a> and <a href="https://classroom.google.com/u/0/h">Google Classroom</a> are available free for schools. It contains all tutorials and training available on line.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hope this phase of threat will be over soon and the world will be more beautiful with all its capabilities developed due to this time period.</span></div>
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Narender gilhotrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00314024256706527328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123920698689111966.post-29680439717984683742016-10-02T22:05:00.001-07:002016-10-02T22:05:45.276-07:00Finland Phenomenon - A Necessity of Edworld<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Finnish schools have received a lot of attention these days. What is the element of greatness in it, which makes it the No. 1. <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="95528e6b-fa39-420d-8898-99be11cb661f" id="8501d38b-5d6b-417d-9950-304dd4735dfe">Why are t</gs>he <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3505fa89-e70c-49c1-aa4a-9eda97237064" id="a1c8e6dc-6267-452b-bedc-d808cbac98c3"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d48af232-3cf7-4d56-8ae5-cb28198af4a7" id="fd96ac04-2c29-454c-ac06-52c24a7b8366"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="9a6589fd-4bdd-44a7-ac13-dee34422230b" id="09ebb948-4d55-4c02-99c0-3f92ab4a5e91">educationists</gs></gs></gs> looking at it with </span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">tremendous</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Finland, a child is eligible for a school only when he enters the age of 7. When we talk about any eligibility in India to get admission in a school, we find nothing as fixed norms, we find a number of practices concerned with it. Some schools take 4+ children in their Montessori section. Others are ready to take any child between 2.5-3.5. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What my experience says, the child until he/she reaches the age of 5, is not prepared physically or psychologically to face the challenges
outside the home or in the absence of parents. He/She is not able to build relationships with others out of her family. They need emotional support whenever they are in need of it. But I don’t think schools are
capable of doing that. A teacher can play a mother, but
can’t be a mother. There is a great difference. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have observed that the children of 6 years age are the most creative, energetic, full of charm, ready to learn, ready to connect, ready to initiate and ready to compete. They are actually walking through the realm of their time. Their mindfulness is at their extremes. Hence, I believe that 6 to 7 years is the perfect time to enter a school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have experienced some students who
joined school at 6 or 7 they start and finish very fast all those tasks which
took 3 years to finish for those who joined earlier. The reason behind it is
that all his senses have grown up to react and respond in a better way. His
fingers and eyes have developed to recognize and <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c706659e-1e11-4d08-961d-b34fccab97d3" id="95af4545-ab56-406c-9f0c-c0c6ee16c0dc">learn to coordinate</gs>.
His memory has developed enough to keep the records of things and behaviors, he
comes in contact with the school. They have built a strong foundation. If children can achieve all what is expected from them at 7 then why
there is a need to have school before it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The children who join so early really
miss a very beautiful part of his childhood. They are deprived of the first school (Home) and the first teacher (Mother). The time is full of love and
affection. Everywhere they find a gentle touch of love. Children become more skilled in those things which are given time and they love to do. At home, they learn to adapt to the new environment gradually, when they visit their relatives or
the neighbors, these visits are either accompanied by their parents or are of
very short periods. Gradually they learn to recognize and adapt to the new
hands. In those 3-4 years they build some eating habits, learn to follow the
instructions, and understand the culture of the surroundings; learn to
differentiate a little bit between harmful and safe. Their innocence, the real wealth, remains
conserved till they enter the school.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-jweqcwXD4rNchm8O3lFHbX6VdRb_Hj0a45vg_f04kCs5CNwhbBDz4t1xb0Ks7RxWGOYd-OifyveWAGy71RnpQoD4AylBAIujrwpFyjVl38eaH_Z6j1f_MONrCdMDeGrWIeIrQjDv-4/s1600/582384_550484314983402_348220024_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-jweqcwXD4rNchm8O3lFHbX6VdRb_Hj0a45vg_f04kCs5CNwhbBDz4t1xb0Ks7RxWGOYd-OifyveWAGy71RnpQoD4AylBAIujrwpFyjVl38eaH_Z6j1f_MONrCdMDeGrWIeIrQjDv-4/s400/582384_550484314983402_348220024_n.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">When a child enters the school before 5-7, then he/she spends a number of hours crying to get rid of the school and those unknown people. After 15 or 20 days they leave the
hope, admit their defeat and starts building a negative belief system that they have to go against their desires. But they learn to manipulate or excuse
fulfilling those unsatisfied desires.
Steadily, they become clever enough to deceive their parents and teachers. The behavior patterns developed in that early age, remains for the years. They are settled pathetically there and undoubtedly it may be the worst beginning; we can’t say now,’
Good beginning is half done’. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The modern <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/neuroscience-brain-based-learning-neuroplasticity">RESEARCH</a> has shown that the children's brains are wired for learning from birth. But, the age before 7 is too early for them to enter the <a href="https://creativesystemsthinking.wordpress.com/2014/11/05/educational-malpractice-the-child-manufacturing-process/">Factory model of schooling</a> that is actually designed to train future workers to foster dependence, conformity and obedience and not creativity, self direction, collaboration, problem solving, love of learning. We have learned things in schools, but we have practiced those skills in our free time outside of the school and enjoyed it, it mattered a lot. We should start giving importance to the world of kids before schooling, assuming it's a foundation for the next 15 or more years of schooling. Hence it must be strong enough to bear the pressures of education methods and high stakes testing approaches that ignore their wisdom.</span><br />
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Narender gilhotrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00314024256706527328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123920698689111966.post-21798341329686269492016-01-22T05:37:00.000-08:002016-01-22T05:37:06.233-08:00DEEP DOWN EVERY KID WANTS TO LEARN<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Every day, each and every moment of interaction with students brings a lot to learn in a classroom. In my 17 years long teaching career, I have realized that whatever I am blessed with today is due to questions asked, doubts shared by my students and trust they had on me. My students are never away from me whether they are in their professional spheres or enjoying with their family. We feel connected all the time with each other.<br />
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If we talk about the level of satisfaction we find, no other profession equally satisfying. We feel quite satisfied when there is a gain sometimes it is quantitative other times it is qualitative. No profession is in a position to give much as compared to teaching.<br />
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Every student is unique in his talents. The world we have today is due to following some of the uniqueness of nature. Some people had been successful in unfolding the idiosyncrasy of nature, so accelerated the process of evolution. They had been successful to open the gift packs presented by God. The role of a teacher becomes very valuable as having plenty of gift packs in his class, hence those must be handled with care. Great teachers are always ready to put their efforts to solve those riddles given in the form of students.<br />
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Some of the gift packs opened by great teachers <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="02646665-0510-45ed-80c7-124d26b3f96a" id="4e4c4eb3-f26d-4320-8d66-45da61226fc4">have illuminated</gs> the world with a light of their unique talent. But plenty of packs remained unopened because of not having adept artisans.<br />
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When a teacher behaves like a student before his students then he would know that every student wants to <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="35c172aa-44e1-482c-b466-5102634c60f0" id="ca9be7cf-7f4e-423a-80c7-b5ccb46b9677">learn deep down, but</gs> demands to have beautiful hands like a potter. Only then he can allow you to give them a shape. When a teacher concentrates on his students then only he finds that his students are also concentrating on his instructions. A resourceful teacher is able to meet the demands of every student in his class. He is able to stimulate and draw out the bundle of questions from their brains hence set them at ease. He always tries to keep the desires of their students alive. His efforts fuels the fire of young minds.<br />
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The children are curious by nature. They want to make sense out of things. They have a built-in desire to learn about the things around him. Children know instinctively their methods of learning. A good teacher always trusts their knowledge about themselves. If he doesn't do that then he might miss the chance to correct them in case their belief is wrong.<br />
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Students learn more by asking questions rather than not by answering. They should be encouraged to ask whenever there is a learning time.<br />
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<b>Einstein wrote," It is very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion." The moment a teacher makes students afraid, he puts hindrances in the path of learning.</b></div>
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<i><b>Students actually behave like an echo wall, it depends on a teacher whether he is producing music or noise. Their reflection is the reflection of teachers who are teaching them.</b></i><br />
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Narender gilhotrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00314024256706527328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123920698689111966.post-44766901075142148842015-06-07T23:36:00.000-07:002015-06-07T23:36:24.106-07:00 Googlogy - Like All Other Sciences<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The information technologies have their origin in the scientific community. Yet, paradoxically the field of education has benefited least from what these new technologies have brought. The world of education is undergoing absolute transformation, however a number of <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5b8f95f0-04f0-4dc5-97c1-03ee9bb0e21f" id="1849bbd7-6cc0-4451-af98-ba6e59ac5104">educationists</gs> have treated the information technology with skepticism. But, the technology will continue expanding its limits for sure.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Google has revolutionized the world of education in a way that it has become inevitable for it, whether we talk of 'Google Search' or Google 'Apps'.Toppingly, it's been effective in student's engagement but still some people say it brings diversion from the main course. It's been affecting the retaining power of the brain </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Amazingly,</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> as I feel it's all about the stimulation around and the neural</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">-connections, still a number of </span><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e025103e-5e8d-465c-a17c-5666071a90d1" id="78abe039-19eb-4845-a532-7a1d65687e51" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">educationists</gs><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> are under stress because of the increasing use of Google </span><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ab6a0c97-37ca-4611-8abc-8dffc0487fed" id="178b4431-9bb3-4d9a-aeaf-8fb009c61e36" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e025103e-5e8d-465c-a17c-5666071a90d1" id="a3e809f7-ad53-4559-89b6-3b0e47b2413f">by</gs></gs><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> the students all over the world. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Google is becoming inevitable for education. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Google is going to be taken in as a regular subject even in primary schools and not so late but in the near future. We might be having an exam of 'Google' like other sciences. We might be having books (e-book) on Google, which will contain all the magics of 'Google'. The day we will start to have Google as a subject, then only its ill effects could be removed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is like, it was </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">in the early nineties</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">, people used to talk about the use of computer and </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">its ill effects</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">, the same happened with the introduction of mobile phones and smart phones. But now we are having information technology as a subject even in k-5 schools. Google has been a part of IT revolution and it has played the role of catalyst in expanding the horizons of IT. It is also playing a leading and important role to determine the way IT will go in future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have realized that Google has occupied our brain, hence we can't avoid it, rather we should learn and be skilled to use it in a better way. In my schooling days a number of times I would wish to have a magic wand to help me in my studies. The teacher would never miss a chance to remind us, "there is no magic wand to help you in your studies hence you need to work hard". The students are using 'Google' as a magic wand nowadays.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Everybody is using google as his loyal servant. I am unable to imagine a world without Google.The things which become an integral part of our life, sooner or later also become a subject to be studied and researched. So I am talking about 'Googlogy'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If my supposition is right then the teachers first need to be a student of this Google class only then they will be able to take it's benefits.</span></span></div>
Narender gilhotrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00314024256706527328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123920698689111966.post-56532553120602835062014-12-20T01:01:00.000-08:002014-12-20T01:03:28.224-08:00The Treasure, Remained Unopened Always<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>He wants to learn and grow with his innate capacities which are different from others like a <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3b041d36-91cb-48d0-8603-43771b80a506" id="6c99c136-4758-48ef-93cf-e2d2463ea806"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f9ccd328-e7c6-4018-b522-5cd8a1d589dc" id="8ee50b3b-a733-4b2e-9e98-4a0481991e7e"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="fc1100f9-8c57-4938-ae54-1b9f641d0d07" id="2e21a618-8c4c-444b-9596-2ed73051099d"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="1f72c6d8-f190-479f-ace4-db02c6e4537d" id="a45c673d-33ce-4f41-8ce2-5d56f27e325d">thumbprint</gs></gs></span></span> or the texture of pupil in one's eyes or we can call it his DNA Print. He really wants his teacher to recognize it and <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5bf9993e-6ddf-48f2-b66b-14ac4b0e957e" id="f1eabe8a-e16d-4eb4-a920-9bfb7b0f7eee">water it</gs> sincerely, to have some good fruits of unprecedented taste. But the majority of kids are <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5faacb70-60ab-42c5-b7c3-1dfcdcaaec91" id="8ef8ed2e-1721-41b8-a78e-f342f291732b"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a4811043-bda4-488a-9033-ddfb358aa3dc" id="f498b792-ffa0-482f-96e1-e0ce1b6287e5"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="fa747b1d-040a-4852-a668-91954087e364" id="df4335cb-0320-44d1-a8fb-3ae09f02f2e7"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="65605bd3-15d3-4e9e-a36f-d0bc7be5db36" id="5f8246ac-dc40-4566-b19e-5847e4e45bb8">unblessed</gs></gs></span></span> for not being recognized. That makes a big loss to the society. Who knows, how <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="cfcf4f8c-48a0-42a6-bc53-252bd8f0dd0e" id="07871dc8-ebbe-4145-9adb-7dc9eb658bda">many</gs> Eintstiens would have been there if they had been taken care of.</b><br />
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<b>Their anguish becomes their chum till the moment an angel, in disguise of 'Teacher' comes in and distinguished him among all other friends of his. At the moment, his suppressed aspirations open their eyes and gradually start running with the honest efforts of that 'Teacher', who wants him to struggle and feel challenged. Who is brave enough to let him fail, learn the lesson and boost him to have another go. The race starts late, but finally brings the fruits.</b><br />
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<b>Thousands of kids, when are grown up and join the race of life, somewhere, sometimes, are kindled by their own conscious efforts and later illuminate the world. Thousands of kids grown up and faded with their capabilities unidentified. The world, we witness today, would have been more peppy, if this unrecognized treasure would have been opened. We can't revert the time, but correct the error made in the past. The beautiful world we witness today is the result of the endeavors of teachers of past and today's teachers will certainly be responsible for the beauty or crudity of the future. </b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The 'Teacher' must have capabilities to identify the capabilities of their students. If they do not, still they should carry on their sincere efforts, in a hope that they will find it someday. </span></b><br />
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Narender gilhotrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00314024256706527328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123920698689111966.post-22171767180182618452014-08-22T01:25:00.000-07:002015-03-01T05:10:02.083-08:00Becoming A Google Certified Teacher<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In 1998, when I lost my ambition of joining the Indian Army I decided to work as a 'Teacher'. During my teaching time I came to know that 'Teaching' requires to follow a flow chart of complex category if you want to succeed in the classroom. One has to indulge himself completely in it. Gradually I realized that it was not just teaching, but learning day by day. I have an attribute to stimulate my students to have regular queries. This practice made me more innovative and creative and took me to the page '<a href="http://www.google.co.in/edu/training/">Google For Education</a>'. My topic for the 'Two Minutes Video' asked by GTA, was Motivation and Learning. I recorded a video on 'Motivation and Learning'.<br />
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I had to read the mail from GTA several times to actually let it sink in that I had been selected to be a part of it. What an opportunity I had had!<br />
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What is a '<a href="http://www.google.co.in/edu/programs/google-teacher-academy/">Google Teacher Academy</a>' perhaps best to quote from the site. The GTA is a free professional development program designed to help the primary and secondary educators from the world get the most from innovative technologies. It is an intensive two day event in which participants get hands-on experience with Google tools specially designed for the world of education.<br />
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52 star teachers throughout the world, committed to work for the children rigorously, gathered there and shared their experiences while having tips to integrate technology into the classroom from the amazing leaders <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ChrisBetcher/about">ChrisBetcher</a>, <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+WendyGorton/about">Wendy Gorton</a>, <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JimSill/about">JimSill</a>, <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JayAtwood/about">JayAtwood</a>, <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JohnBailey1/about">John Bailey</a>, and many more from GTA.<br />
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Suddenly, after GTA I realized that I had been dropped into the blooming world of educators. Every day I got to have rich experiences shared by more than 800 exceptional educators from different streams.<br />
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Last 14 months, every hour of my profession had an influence of GTA. It helped me to blend my classroom activities with technology, hence made my teaching more effective and long lasting. I realized the importance of technology in the classroom. After GTA I have been exploiting continuously the technological tools provided by Google to ameliorate the learning in the classroom. Later, I got an opportunity to present in one of the summits organized by <a href="http://www.edtechteam.com/">Edtech Team</a> in American School of Bombay. It helped to enhance and update my technological skills. I had a connection with Saint Albans School students from my growing network. Presently working for Barnsley College, Yorkshire, UK. All is due to my branding as a Google Certified Teacher.<br />
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The repute of GTA could probably be scaled by the answer given by one of my American teacher friends <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+NickCusumano/about">NickCusumano</a>, when I asked him that why he had come to Australia if GTA is happened to be in America every year. He replied that he had availed this chance after his four attempts in America so he did not want to miss that opportunity at any cost.<br />
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It's great to hear that India has its first GTA this year on 27, 28 November at Gugaon. Applications are open to avail this opportunity for the teachers of global teaching community. Very first time Google is having eleven Google Teacher Academies at different places. It is a great opportunity provided by 'Google' for teachers in leadership who strongly believe in 'CREATE-COLLABORATE-SHARE'.<br />
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The GTA gives you an opportunity to meet exceptional people from education world. After GTA you will be a part of the Google Certified Teachers Group. <a href="http://www.hollyclark.org/2014/05/20/understanding-google-certification/">Here</a> you can find more details to understand the Google certification. <a href="http://www.edudemic.com/make-awesome-google-teacher-academy-video/">Here</a> you can have tips to make an awesome video for GTA.<br />
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So leaders! Cheer up and don't miss this great event. Apply now. If you're not a GCT yet, I'd love to see you all there and any Rockstar teachers you are working with. Here is the application info!<br />
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Narender gilhotrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00314024256706527328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123920698689111966.post-26434262153734560302014-04-05T01:42:00.000-07:002014-04-05T01:42:50.080-07:00Technology And Great Teachers Have Great Chemistry<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Technology is not good or bad in its nature, but it can be used for good or bad. This is like atomic energy which can be used in a destructive or constructive way. If it is in creative hands, can produce a masterpiece. We should not talk about the noxious ways it can be used. In fact technology is a boon for a teacher who wants to give his best.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A teacher with clear goals of education, when equipped with technology is in a most worthy and responsible position. He/she has to explore and demonstrate the ways, a particular device can be used to achieve his/her goals.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If we talk of educational goals it can be defined as producing certain kinds of adults able to be a part of a virtuous society. To achieve this goal technology offers wheels with zero friction and provides a wide range of choices. But it may create a state of hesitancy for users. That moment teachers with apparent goals easily come out with right decisions, but teachers with hazy sight, may opt for incompatible tools.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We know very well that the lessons, presented with visuals are more effective and long lasting hence be chosen carefully as the wrong contents may take the students to a wrong track. So it becomes very necessary to think before choosing a tool, technique or contents of a particular cognitive exercise and then it must be comprehended on how that tool could be utilized in a better way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Research tells us that kids learn well by doing. Learning that engages and challenges the learner is called active learning with real output. Computer games can be used to create interest in learning among students. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Computer games in the classroom have all its nature to produce cognitive stimulation. They are going to prove potentially a great power in education if the teacher is spry and lightheaded to be a part of it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Social networking sites e.g. Google+ and Facebook can prove to be the best tools to develop interpersonal skills among students. 'Communities on Google+ with Hangout', having more advance features presents a ground to organize events like debate, symposium, declamation and poetry. Google docs have all its potential to develop literary skills among students. But under the observation of a great teacher.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finally, it is not the technology that is making children smarter. It is teacher and student that improve attainment. Technology and bad teachers have no impact on education at all but technology and great teachers have good chemistry.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">But who is a great teacher teaching with technology:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">One who always remembers the basic nature of technology, that is</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Technology is not the lesson, but a medium to deliver it.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Technology is not the problem, but offers the solutions to some of the never ending problems. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Technology can not be staved off, it had always remained an integrated part of your life and certainly will be.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Technology is not the answer, but capable to present a number of riddles to be answered so as to utilize the untouched areas of kid's brain.</span></li>
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Narender gilhotrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00314024256706527328noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123920698689111966.post-69819353581498596712013-12-26T21:38:00.001-08:002013-12-26T21:38:52.224-08:00The Best Education Posts of 2013: The Edutopia Top 10 Deep Dive | Edutopia<a href="http://www.edutopia.org/blog/2013-in-review-vicki-davis">The Best Education Posts of 2013: The Edutopia Top 10 Deep Dive | Edutopia</a>Narender gilhotrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00314024256706527328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123920698689111966.post-25074815696058789342013-10-13T22:14:00.001-07:002013-10-13T22:14:53.452-07:00The Great "Respect" Deception | Edutopia<a href="http://www.edutopia.org/blog/the-great-respect-deception-richard-curwin">The Great "Respect" Deception | Edutopia</a>Narender gilhotrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00314024256706527328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123920698689111966.post-77974918974721817672013-10-12T22:47:00.000-07:002013-10-12T23:38:27.931-07:00BLOGS CREATING STORMS SOMETIMES.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am not an author but during my teaching learning time I have experienced that how the statements given by fervor produce energy. When a teacher addressing his student talks about discipline, values, hard work with the intensity it creates heat. There was a time when technically we were not much advance, there was almost no medium to convey your message, our political and religious leaders used to blog, but not in a way we are doing nowadays. They would do it in his general conversations and it would spread out and create waves and sometimes storms.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 2002, when many bloggers focused on comments by U.S Senate Majority Leader, Trent Lott , at party honoring Senator Strom Thurmond, praised Thurmond by suggesting that United States would have been better off ,had Thurmond been elected president? Lott's critics saw these comments as a tacit approval of Racial segregation, a policy advocated by Thurmond. This view was reinforced by documents and recorded interviews dug up by bloggers and helped to create political crisisleader.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Similarly, blogs were among the driving forces behind the' Rathergate scandal'. Dan Rather presented documents that conflicted with accepted accounts of President Bush's military service record. Bloggers declared the documents to be forgeries and presented evidence and arguments in support of that view. Consequently, CBS apologized for what it said were inadequate reporting techniques.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Teachable Moments, A Teacher is always looking for that.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Once the moment comes, there happens to be a discovery of new methods of teaching, new ways of learning and surely successful in getting the students going with the concept taught. When receptors of a teacher receives the signs of those moments like mood of students, high level of curiosity, when it seems that students are having much more neuron connections, higher interaction level and they are enjoying while proceeding, means the moments have come.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A good teacher never lets the moments go nonresponding. He immediately jumps into it and try expanding it to have it for a long time. Now no teaching tools are required to make the teaching effective. The teacher is like a well and student is a thirsty passenger, who endeavor to draw water to be saturated.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes we have experienced the non-cooperation from students in a class. The students actually don't want to go in the way they usually go. They need to be refreshed. A teacher need to identify and respect the will of the students.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The theory of suggestion by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Lozanov">George Lozanov</a> (Bulgarian educator). <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d768bff3-70cf-4da1-976b-30df79e60b82" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6b898768-3874-404f-8046-1968212ec2d2" grcontextid="Lozanov's:0">Lozanov's</span> instructional technique is based on the evidence that the connections made in the brain through unconscious processing (nonspecific mental reactivity) are more durable than those made through conscious processing. We know from our experience that we often remember what we have perceived peripherally, long after we have forgotten what we set out to learn. If we think of a lecture we listened with great concentration, we will recall the lecturer's appearance, mannerisms, our place in the audience, the failure of sound system much more easily than the idea we went to learn. The detail of the contents of the lecture, on the other hand seems to have gone for ever. The theory might be applied to make the best use of those exceptional teachable moments, however the conditions look adverse for learning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Once when I was with students of grade five in the classroom, started describing the lesson objective, suddenly students evoked, "we don't want to open books today, no mood of usual working." I instantly agreed as I smelt that today they are going to learn a lot but not in seriality. We decided to go outdoors in a park. I was playing with my students in their conscious mind but was teaching them in my conscious. At once I saw a flock of geese in the sky " How many birds are in the sky", I immediately asked? "How they have got their feet folded" again asked? I was trying to develop the skill of observation that is most requisite in a teaching learning environment. After three or four days a student came to me and very excitedly told me that she had seen a mosquito in a flower, counted her legs, seen how they use their sting? I said that she had not seen that mosquito rather observed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Unfortunately the path of teaching and learning is not a zigzag. So we seldom have those moments. But sometimes the milieu might be created. What I think sometimes, the topic to be taught, should be selected randomly to break the monotony. They become really the memorable moments for students and the teacher.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is always great to go into a classroom. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Always excited to learn something new in interaction with students. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When fresh minds of students are applied in interaction there surly arise some problems. That works as a stimulant for a teacher to learn and make their students learn. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The topic was to make students learn the divisibility test on numbers. I planned to have five tests of divisibility in 40 minutes time, 2,3,5,6,10. I started with 10 as it was very easy to learn and when in a class you go into 'Easy To Difficult' mode it helps to build confidence in your students.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If a teacher care the most about the students with low IQ then he is able to derive the most workable activities to make the students learn. The activities developed for low IQ students, when performed in the class, make more room to think for the students with high IQ.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are two types of understanding can be developed in students 'Logic Based Understanding and <a href="http://goo.gl/ASNIQ">Memory Based Understanding</a>. The lesson was based on memory based understanding. So I had already planned to take the help of <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c67b98ad-0f23-4b5b-8b94-29c68d972a1b" id="1c5781d3-c613-460e-bcda-fc8c4b5ba115">meditation</gs> in class.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The class was started with meditation and ended with meditation it took 10 minutes. First 2 minute meditation was to refresh them. After meditation I started with these words 'Today You Are Going To Learn A Magic Trick'. Now they were ready to take the ride.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I believe this kind of activities might be applied in all other subjects which requires 'Memory Based Understanding'.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw71zanwMnY#t=119">Scientific power of Meditation</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Despite being provided free elementary education to all the rate is not decreasing up to satisfaction. Having the same solution always and the situation is as it was, then there must be different reasons for the prevailing problem. The problem is more psychological rather than financial what I think. I have seen students dropping out the school for many reasons. Absolute poverty can not account for 'Drop-Out' on its own although it may account for delayed entry into a school and high repetition rates. Poor quality education is considered the other reason of school 'Drop-Out'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Here is a video 'Make Your Teaching Counts' which can clearly show the reason of 'Drop-Out</i></b>'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What I think the main determinant of Drop-Out is the lack of up-gradation of teachers and the environment provided to students. I would say 'the system which is updated regularly may prevail.The trained teachers, taken as percentage, are expected to influence the Drop-Out rate negatively. The trained teachers can motivate the students and devise new technique to build interest of children and thereby can lesson school Drop-Out.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The other reason of Drop-Out is Pupil Teacher Ratio; Presence of more students per teacher poses problem in service delivery to the students to their needs. This results in lack of motivation among students, feeling of bored and also lack of hope among parents and guardians. This is expected to have a positive impact upon Drop-Out. Again the solution lies in technique (Google Apps For Education). </span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">With less number of Google Apps Teachers quality of education can be improved.</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The economies not upgrading his education system having a problem of Drop-Out.The solution lies in the up-gradation of teachers with equipping them with educational tools which can create interest among students.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It is seen that<span style="background-color: #3d85c6;"> <span style="color: white;"><b>Kids are very 'Fast Learner' of Technique</b></span>.</span> Here I would say "Google Apps For Education" can do miracle as it holds all nature to motivate the students to be more skillful and creative.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> If Application of Google Apps in a class can motivate a traditional teacher to work with full of it's energy and he starts working as if he is re-starting his career as a 'Teacher'. Then a fresh mind playing with technique like toys is able to create a new world of his imaginations. There would be no chance to leave the school for him.</span></div>
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