HOW TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN A 40-MINS CLASS?

40-mins, are they too less to teach as well as engage? Or is it too long a time span to hold students’ attention? For a teacher – the dilemma has always been there! Children are so fickle minded that they switch channels in no time. TV is meant for entertainment; still children get bored! On the other hand a classroom is a place where they are always under a pressure to learn and perform! Both are strikingly different situations but a child’s...

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Set the Ball Rolling for the New Session

It’s that time of the year when students are happy and anxious at the same time. And both are attributed to the same fact – a new school year! With so many years of teaching experience up your sleeve, are you too feeling the same?  If not anxiety, at least your mind is working on how to break the ice. If you set the right ball rolling now, it will roll to the end of the year without any fuss and flutter. We have listed a few activities...

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Parents Can Help Ease Academic Stress Of Children

Today's teens who want to go to college must get top grades, compete in extracurricular activities and often hold down jobs. Classes usually are too big for individual help. Schools are sometimes dangerous. Many students have broken families. Drugs and alcohol are common and tempting.   Face it. Students today are lucky to survive, let alone thrive. Parents can help teens by setting reasonable priorities and expectations. The most...

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What’s next after 10th?

With the results of Class 10th looming large on the horizon, it is time for the students to take a call on the education stream they are going to pursue. Choosing the stream is a watershed event and the decision taken now will impact the entire future lives of the students. Hence, it becomes imperative that students and parents exercise utmost care at this point in time. Career is a very important aspect of anyone's life. Choosing a career...

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Trained to Lead

Proven leadership ability is a big deal and it is what sets one apart. It’s a race out there. Thousands of students have excellent grades and test scores, but what often secures an acceptance letter—is outstanding involvement in school clubs, athletics, or community organizations. With a year or two before the college application process gets going, students have the chance to work their way up in a club or team, earning the experience and...

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Virtual Learning Environment

A virtual learning environment (VLE) is a set of teaching and learning tools designed to enhance a student's learning experience by including computers and the Internet in the learning process. The principal components of a VLE package include curriculum mapping (breaking curriculum into sections that can be assigned and assessed), student tracking, online support for both teacher and student, electronic communication (e-mail, threaded discussions,...

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Negative impact of putting pressure on kids

Negative impact of putting pressure on kids Just take a minute and ask the following questions to yourself and try to be honest with your thoughts. (Don’t try to fool yourself) Have you ever had to do something compulsorily because your parents or friends wanted you to? Did you really want to do it yourself? Did you like it? Have ever regretted not challenging that thought? I think that you might have been struck by lightning, isn’t...

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Pressure of Competitive Exams

Have you ever imagined how it would feel if you were in a no man’s land? Have you ever had a sinking feeling deep inside with no vision of the future and little hope of finding one? Have you ever felt breathless with excessive efforts and thought that they would not be enough? Have you ever felt the need to be accepted so that your existence could be acknowledged? - Heavy questions? Yes! Think of the trauma that one will have to go through to come...

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Dr Sugata Mitra

Dr Sugata Mitra, a professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, UK has bagged TED’s annual prize of $1 million that gives an exceptional individual the chance to conceive and launch a high-impact project.   Dr Mitra is well known for his “hole-in-the-wall” experiment that pioneered the concept of giving computer education to slum children. Dr Mitra said...

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Learning Management System

In India, if we look around, we will realize the fact that teaching as a practise has evolved immensely through the ages. From the ‘Gurukul’ style of imparting education we have worked our way to high technology labs and class rooms equipped with top of the line equipments. Many jobs of the future will be in fields of technology.  Kids today need to use a lot of machines like computers as a part of their training and education. Online education...

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Planning for the Boards

Board exams can be a difficult time. But if only one plans ahead success can be formulated. There are some tips and suggestions that might help get better prepared for the challenge that awaits. 1. More time to more matter Give more time to the subject that has more syllabus or is difficult to crack by you. While planning, each chapter and each topic needs to be accounted for. One way to start preparing is starting off with the difficult subjects...

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Virtual School- The Rural Tool

In your journey through small town tales of India you might have crossed two small mischievous boys who despised the very thought of getting up in the morning and heading to school. Remember Swamy- The Dennis of Malgudi? He along with his friends roamed about the village to bunk classes whenever possible. Another one was Chiku from the popular movie, Swades, who made excuses of stomach aches to skip school. But then again, haven’t we all? Both...

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Board Exam Fever

Board Exam Fever February has arrived. For most of us it might be the indication of the onset of spring, but for many kids it’s the start of a nightmarish phase of their lives. The reason-- board exams are round the corner. All those who associate school days with joyous abandon would be shocked at the plight of students these days. With cut offs and educational standards reaching new levels of inhuman expectations, students are struggling to...

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Student Centric Learning

Student Centric Learning The term student-centric learning (SCL) is linked with flexible learning, experiential learning, self-directed learning and therefore the term ‘student-centred learning’ can mean different things to different people. Over the years a major paradigm shift has occurred in the methods of imparting lessons; from teaching to an emphasis on learning has encouraged power to be moved from the teacher to the student. The teacher-focused/transmission...

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Board Exams

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