Use of ICT in Teaching Learning Materials.

I taught names of vegetables to class one children on 16^th September, in this lesson I used ICT to show the students the pictures of vegetables. Before the lesson I browsed internet, selected best examples and saved in my smart phone. I showed the pictures of vegetables saved in my phone and explained to them as very limited examples were provided in their work book. Children could directly differentiate by looking at the pictures; it benefited a lot as they got clear information.

broccoli

asparagus

bitter gourd

cabbage

pumpkin

carrot

                        
                                                

   





















Pictures downloaded from my smart phone for children to see.



I showed pictures from my phone to each group which I took little time to show to all the groups but on the other hand it saved my time as I don’t have to draw the pictures. Our children enjoy looking at real pictures than our drawings. More over our smart phone is very handy we can use anywhere at any time. Whenever we are in doubt we can always use our smart phone.  Our children get an opportunity to see what they haven’t seen before

Then I made them to do the activity on page no 28, I was quite surprised to see my children could do the activity without my guidance as they got clear information. So our children learn better through visual than just verbal. We can always make best use of our smart phone when our projector is not in working condition.

Student doing the activity

But I could not make my class children to use their own smart phone in the class as our school policy does not allow the use of smart phone in the school. As a home work I provided the link in the class we chat and asked their parents to help their children to look for more examples of vegetables at home.

Teaching 2 D shapes to class one children using ICT

On 5^th September I taught 2-D shapes to class one children using projector as children love to see things than to listen from us. First I revised the names of 2 D shapes as children already know the shape name. Then I talked about the vertices/corners and sides of the shape. After that I made children to watch short video on corners and sides for each 2 D shapes.

I played the video using projector and made children to watch carefully as they have to do the activity after watching the video. I found out that all the children were listening attentively and watching the video.

After watching the video we had question and answer session .Children were asked to tell verbally the number of corners and sides each 2 D shape has. Then I made them to do the activity on page number 50 of their activity book where they have to fill in the numbers of corners and sides for the given 2 D shapes.

I found out that every child did the activity so well which shows that they understood the concept well. Our children learn better when we use ICT as they get the concept clear by looking at the demo from video. So I feel that it’s better to use ICT sometimes in our teaching as children enjoy learning.