Social media in teaching

Use of We-chat and Whats app has been a very effective tool for communication with children through their parents. In my class we have a We-chat group with parents where I deliver necessary messages needed for children and parents.

One Friday I suddenly thought of conducting a test on Monday but children were already home and I could not figure it out what to be done. Than I thought of informing the children through we-chat that on Monday I will be conducting an open test for which I will be giving out the questions today in this we-chat. So I gave all the questions which is going to come in the test and reminded all the children to prepare well for the test.

On Monday in the class I made them to discuss in their groups the questions and the answers, to be written in the test for 10 minutes.

After that I conducted the test and did the correction.

To my surprise I found out that 95% of students could score 10 out of 10.

I concluded that learning can happen in any dimension, but more learning happens when they already know what they need to learn. So dear colleagues please try out what I had done to my children, hope it might also benefit your children too.

3D animation android application in teaching.

Android application in teaching

My lesson was on solar system and I wanted to really give the concept of solar system and how it functions.Than I remembered the apps in android phones so I downloaded the Solar System 3D application and showed it to my students in groups and explained it to them how a solar system really functions.

After explaining it with the help of a mobile application, students understood the concept of solar system clearly. They were very excited and happy to learn about solar system through the android application.
Later when I gave the activity to draw the solar system, many of them could draw it without referring it from other pictures.
With this I felt children learn better with pictures and 3D animations.