Content based learning materials

ICT Integration in Primary Classroom.

The teacher can use ICT in the classroom as an informative tool. It is an application that provides a large amount of information in various formats such as text, graphic, sound and video. Chen and Hsu (1999), define an informative tool as a passive repository of information. It is considered to be the most significant ICT tools in an e-learning environment because it provides us with vast information. I believe that the internet is like a virtual textbook, reference library and virtual tutor.

How and why I created the Materials.

After knowing the importance of ICT integration, I feel teacher must utilize the platform such as Google classroom, zoom, and Google Docs, for additional means of teaching and learning. Moreover, the teacher will ensure that the parents have access to the teacher's blog and other online platforms, whereby children learn the content without any problems, I can still remember where my previous teachers walked for an hour to visits students house and clarify their doubts, book correction and vice versa but nowadays we can easily clarify our doubts through telecommunication, internet (We Chat, Instagram, Facebook and telegram etc.) it makes work easier for both the teachers and students. Besides, an online class plays pivotal roles during the time of covid-19 pandemic. where we had to immediately switch to the digitalized classroom and had formal classes through Zoom meet and Google classroom etc.  

Today I am going to blog about the content-based materials for class Three, Mathematics and the topic that I have chosen is "3-D Shapes under chapter, five Geometry, I found this topic can easily teach through ICT integration and it will be worth teaching and learning through representation (Simulation, PowerPoint, pictures and video tutoring). Most of the researchers suggest us to teach the lesson through concrete meaning where teacher demonstrates/ giving the clues of concepts, then representation, whereby both teachers and students needs to engage together to complete the task and gradually, switch on to the abstract ideas where children can do the task independently.  

In this blog I also emphasized concrete, representation, and abstract ideas to teach contents by ICT integration like Camtasia, PowerPoint  as a tools to deliver my lesson/contents, my PowerPoint comprises of Quiz on 3D Shapes just to recapitulate or check the students prior knowledge before we dive into the formal session. In lesson input I will disseminate the information about 3-D shape  and their properties,  and in closure I will lets children to complete the worksheet. To come up with that PowerPoint presentation and the video lesson I had to to rely on the internet to get the images of 3 D-Shapes and to have an interesting session I have also used some animation like motion, entrance and so on… my main purpose of making this video lesson is to substitute contact teaching (face to face teaching ) and I feel Google classroom, Zoom Meet, We- Chat, and telegram as additional means to inculcate our daily lesson, this kind of forum will help them to raise their voice at any time by leaving the text in the we-chat or Google classroom etc. The main reason behind of developing this resources is to benefits/caters the diverse learners in the class.  

When should the materials be used..

I have created this resources mainly to impart knowledge about 3- D shape and it is going to be used in lesson introduction, lesson development and closure).  In the lesson introduction  I am going to conduct a short quiz on 3-D shape just to revisit/ check the students prior knowledge and to let students to guest what are going to learn, this materials can be also use in lesson development where I will take children through the definition of 3-D shape, Examples of 3- D shape as well. Moreover I have planned the activity in such a way to capture the students interest and made them engaged in the activity that is completing the worksheet by looking at the 3- D shape and write their faces, edges and vertices and the materials can be also used in lesson closure where I can summarize the session.

Video lesson please kindly go through it la

Activity Instructions: 

I argues you all to watch the video lesson carefully because I have given the clear instruction about the learning activity on "3 D-Shape",  and I had even attached the worksheet below, please complete the task and this task is an individual work, you all can complete the work and sent on our class WeChat . If you have any quires please do let me know..

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ysSICi8bUdTAbuX07c5UkibL3GVYUM9S/view?usp=sharing 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About MYself.

Title: About Myself

I am Dhen Duba from Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag, Jomotshangkha Drungkhag, lauri gewog, Zangthi village. I am currently here at Paro college of education perusing  B.Ed. primary education and right now I'm in fourth year. I chose this profession out of my interest, though I wasn't born as teacher but I will die as teacher after hearing the voice of His majesty the fifth king " I shall always emphasis more in education sector".  I' m very grateful to our beloved king for your inspiration to the teachers all over the nation.

To be frank,  many of our colleagues had chosen this professional because of no option/ they didn't qualify for other colleges, however, I opt to become the teacher during my school days, I worked hard aiming to qualify for the teaching colleges (Samtse and Paro). I even realize the importance of teacher in our life and I pay homage for their successful life. I won't mind to keep in touch with my previous teachers, I usually contact with them during the teacher's day and paying respect to them.

 My Hobby.

Every people have their own interest in their life, reading books, listening music and playing Taekwondo is my hobby. I am very much interested to play taekwondo daily. When I was in first year I even participated in Paro valley Taekwondo federation, So I stood first position and they rewarded with gold medal moreover college management awarded me with 3000 Ngultrum as the token of appreciation, again I had participated to summer University game which was held at Gedu college there I stood 2nd position so this game made me accomplish my goals and it boost my interest to play Taekwondo here after too.

 life of Trainee

As a saying goes college life is golden life, I do not know about other colleges but teaching colleges needs to realized on that statement, being a future teacher we need to trim yourself to become a good teacher, moreover we need to take care of our daily actions too. 21st  century education policy made us to be decent and acquire more knowledge on usage of ICT. It also suggest every teacher must be integrate ICT while teaching. Our recent education policy arch every teachers and students to learn the basic skills of ICT and it made mandatory subject to be taken right from the pre-primary. 

So lastly, I am very grateful for having ICT module this semester because it is the platform where we are going learn the importance of ICT and how we are going to integrate ICT to our daily lesson. Even though this module is course oriented, I am fully satisfied because it is more of  practical learning, it also ensure me to cope up with the flow. After understanding the importance of ICT in teaching and learning, it enhance me to incorporate while teaching in the classroom. 

Thank you.