ICT integration in teaching

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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.