Category: Technology and Education

What is Mr. Bean doing in a science class?

Jayanth Nadheri
Imagine a science class where Mr. Bean takes center stage! Jayanth N V shares how using humor and memes while exploring the properties of mirrors, sparked enthusiasm among 7th graders. As students laughed and engaged with the content, they made insightful connections.

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Working with technology: digital tools for teachers

Aanya Kapoor
Aanya Kapoor writes about how technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality are reshaping classrooms. She writes how using these tools can help teachers transform their classrooms and enhance the learning experience for students.

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Digital natives v/s digital immigrants: Bridging the gap

Sanjhee Gianchandani
This article explores how educators can bridge the technological gap between ‘digital natives’ and ‘digital immigrants’ and reach out to their students, using technology in remarkably simple yet impactful ways. It delves deep into the need to use technology, provides age-group appropriate caveats, and also offers simple ideas to enhance teaching using technological tools in order to create an informed and engaged cohort of learners.

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Bringing the lab home: OLabs

Subhadip Senapati
Online laboratories are based on the idea that science experiments can be taught online effectively and inexpensively. Science is a subject where very student must be able to perform basic science experiments. How was this challenge met when students were learning from home?

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The not-so-random story

Amit Dhakulkar and Ravi Sinha
Random numbers are necessary to explain several natural phenomena and fundamental to many theories in science, but they are often considered boring because of their abstract nature and the way they are taught. Try Turtle Blocks, a free and open source visual programming language, to make learning random numbers fun and engaging.

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Learning online: a student’s perspective

R Aishwarya
A student writes about her learning challenges online after the initial excitement wears off. Here she enlists the challenges that she faced – lack of engagement in the classes, no active interaction or structured routine leading to less energy and no motivation.

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From tech averse to tech savvy!

P Ajitha
In this article, a teacher talks about her tryst with virtual teaching without any scaffolding or training, at first a nightmare, but later something that turned out to be very rewarding. Read it for more insights.

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In ‘Keep’ing with the times

Komal Mahajan
With the pandemic continuing to spread, albeit at a slower rate, online classes it seems will stay on for longer than we assumed. Here’s is one more tool to help ease a teacher’s online class session.

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Simulating learning environments

Rohini Karandikar and Bhagyashree Chemate
Schools are closed but learning continues to happen with the help of technology. Math or science, technology comes to the rescue in the form of simulation platforms that offer a whole new learning experience. Abstract concepts can be better understood with a few of these models and simulations. This article provides an overview of a few simulation platforms that teachers and students can check out.

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