ICT integration in my teaching
21st century teacher implies to practice that one explore require to be forms of information and communication technology in the lesson. Using various approaches by teacher in his or her teaching will have great impact in teaching learning process. Learning via AV technology creates a stimulating and interactive environment. More than that we are leaving in the audio visual age and it is essential that our children are exposed in this technology, so that they become skilled from the young age. Such opportunity if provided in the class room can facilitate learning. (AV) in my lesson development part I made my students to listen the audio- visual sound and then to repeat what they hear from the audio- visual sound.
On 7th September, 2020 I taught the lesson for class PP English. The topic for the lesson was Pre-Literacy Skills Area 1. (Alphabet Sound Recall A precursor to reading, spelling and writing).
Instruction ‘What are these sounds?’ The ICT based teaching aids used for the lesson were, ‘mobile, laptop, and WIFI internet. I goggled up some video from the internet and presented to students through wechat forum. I also made the video tutorial on the above topics and presented to students as means of ICT integration in my teaching. The videos on alphabet sound recall were shared through wechat and lesson objective were fulfilled as expected. However there were a bit differences in comprehending or understanding the task as compared to face to face learning. Any way the need for learning and keeping all engaged was found good and favorable using online method of teaching through wechat forum.
Alphabet sounds. This is the video I presented to my students.
In the activity part, I made children to practice rehearsal the alphabet sound and to make video of individual child with a practice of sounds and to send back to concern teacher. While follow up I found that most of the children performed exceptionally well. I concluded that AV lesson has contributed immensely in enhancing their capabilities.
Activity: after the lesson video, I made my students to learn the sounds and present it in the class WeChat group. There was prompt responses. Following are the videos of my students:
Therefore, with development in technology there are numerous methods which we can integrate in our teaching , so that our who are the leaders of tomorrow are equipped with skills and knowledge required in the 21st century.
Note: Sir, I did upload my blog on time(September month) and even received views and comments from colleagues but when I was deleting my reply to their comments, I happen to delete my blog as well. I am able to re-upload today only.
