PROFESSIONAL TOOLS & FREE RESOURCES FOR TODAY’S INDIAN EDUCATORS

Unlike the traditional stereotype, most teachers and staff members are growing in their knowledge of computers and applications. According to a 2011 survey by Project Tomorrow, teachers are more tech savvy than they were just two years ago. The survey suggests that teachers are becoming more interested in learning how to use technologies and online learning tools to drive learning gains.  However, not all teachers are at the same level. Keeping this in view, this workshop is designed to help create a new breed of teachers powering them to turn out to be out of the ordinary, making a difference besides standing out to be those who want self-help-technology in teaching

• Participants will be guided through a variety of tools, tactics and strategies gearing them to get best FREELY available resources and forwarding to the student/parent community.
• Participants really get to know, understand and use the freely available tools to get organized that make life easier.
• Facilitates the transfer of new skills into practice
• You can, should you choose to, make your students work on collaborative projects with the students in other countries such as USA, Australia etc..
• You can ask students to study, create reports and respond in a controversial way (through voice, for example - you can appraise in the cool comfort of your home)
• You can share lessons/plans with teachers from around the world besides seeking/offering suggestions
• You can take your students on a field trip to places of interest without leaving your classroom
• You can even showcase your students’ original work… to the world
• Create a free classroom website to keep students, parents, and others informed outside of class
• You can create your own webpage and show yourself without any knowledge by simply following steps and FREE of cost
• You can clarify student’s doubts, should you desire, online (besides you can teach online!!)
• Go through engaging and current video clips from news shows etc that shows the text as the words are spoken wherein Users are prompted to repeat the words that are shown, and the online software “scores” how well the student has pronounced the text. This free site is so sophisticated that it takes into account even native accent (Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Bengali). SUCEES FORMULA TOO….
• Know of a tool and free service that lets you carry your savings (2 GB) wherever you go without hardware such as laptop/pen-drive/CD etc.. You can open them from anywhere in the world on any other computer/laptop that has internet facility.
• You can create personalizes wordlists, share with your students and engage them in vocabulary building process.
• You get a nearly blank page over which you can put anything you want, anywhere. You can – Teach, Learn, Discuss and Brainstorm; Make Notice Boards; Plan Events and  Keep Notes; Wish Friends, Make lists;  Watch & share Videos/photos.
• Know of, learn and watch Teachers TV programs by entering the distributor’s website/s streaming the program free of charge.
• You can make your students enter museums and libraries too virtually
• Make your students use a FREE tool for public speaking practice by watching back a presentation they created which is way to get the children involved and encouraged. (Ex.. Students can create  a show of their achievements and can be presented to an audience on Annual day & other days)
• You can create your own wall keeping all your favourite sites as keys with an easy option of entering the site by just clicking the key.
• You will given the tips to access the best of the presentation and organizing tools such as online converters, map creators, confusing words, science toys and a host of others
• Create Interesting subject-based PPts & Games such as Guess the word, Sunken Treasure, Jeopardy, Who wants to be a Millionaire etc…with the blank ones

Don’t be scared to take risks !!!

This is what you tell your kids everyday in school, and we are meant to be their role models.

Live your words in front of your students.

You will not wreck anything, but the rewards are worth the risk.

This learning will help you to prepare your students for their future so that they will not only contribute to it, they will lead and define it.

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