REFLECTION
With the outbreak of covid-19, schools all over the country
closed down and the teaching was to be done online through we chat for the
lower classes PP- III and through Google classroom to the higher classes IV-
VI. Usage of ICT is crucial in teaching
and it became more crucial while teaching online to the students for the better
understanding of the concept and to make the lesson meaningful and enjoyable.
In one of my online teachings, I taught Mathematics to class
II students on the topic Perimeter. It was taught through we chat. Greeting and explanations was made through
audio message. Three examples were given on how to find the perimeter. For better
understanding a video was downloaded from you tube and it was shared to the
students. To check the understanding, a short activity was given to the
children. Later correction was made and comments were given as well.
While going through children’s activity 80% of the students
did well which shows that many of the students understood very well. Whereas
20% of the students made mistake, it might be because they were unable to
understand as the students were learning from online teaching for the first
time. Students are used to learning face to face in the class with lots of
hands on practical. Some of the students stay where net is poor and they
complained of not being able to open the video sent to them.
However with the usage of ICT teaching learning was possible.
Without such technologies it would not have been possible to teach children in
a situation like this year. As suggested parents play a vital role in educating
their kids, they browse net to get information required for their children.
Besides that they look for videos related to the topics given by the teacher
and let them watch. Technologies made teaching and learning more effective.
