Making the best of tech tools

Where do teachers figure in the technological revolution? How does the invasion of technology into the classroom impact the teacher on a daily basis? Is it time to adapt or perish? This article tries to find answers to some of these questions.

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Teaching and learning in the tech age

In many schools, the infrastructure and facilities are frequently modified but what about the beliefs of the school? How often do principals and teachers reassess their teaching and learning methodologies? The author tries to answer some of these questions.

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Restoring value to teaching

Teaching is a contextual, highly laboured process that needs to be valued, recognised and rewarded. Only, if teaching is transformed, can education also be transformative, says the author.

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Ideas are for free

For this anniversary issue, Teacher Plus asked its contributors to share one ‘Big Idea’ that could transform education, an idea that could be implemented, or an idea that teachers have lived with for long but have not seen it take shape. So, here we offer 25 ideas, big and small, which can be put to work in your own spaces.

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Games water plays

Malasree Dasgupta
The Earth is called the Blue planet for a reason. About 70% of the Earth is water. It is obvious that we have to learn the importance of this natural substance in supporting life on Earth. Here are some activities for you to try out the next time you are teaching this topic.

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The world on a wall

Pradita Nambiar
Map making need not necessarily be the sole right of the cartographers. See how this teacher got her students to make the map of the world and in the process learn quite a lot about the countries of the world.

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In the right ‘direction’

Kuldeep Garg
Not much thought is given to map exercises in schools. Children are asked to mark place names or physical features on maps and then they are forgoten. A learning centre in Madhya Pradesh shows us the right direction to follow to make mapping exercise meaningful.

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Out-of-the-textbook thinking

Chandra Shekhar Balachandran
Geography through a television programme, and not your regular NGC documentaries either. See how you can use the popular British comedy series, ‘Yes, Prime minister’ to teach several concepts in geography. Find a study sheet attached as well.

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