My teaching-learning reflection I
The successful integration of ICT into the learning
environment will depend on the ability of teachers to structure
teaching-learning in new ways, to merge technology appropriately with new
normal curriculum, pedagogy, develop socially active classrooms, and encourage
co-operative interaction and collaborative learning and group work. ICT has
become a core in the teaching-learning process. Although my school is located
in a far remote corner with the challenges like limited access to a good
network, inadequate ICT gadgets, and limited resources, with the need of time,
to make the teaching-learning more successful, I have to make use of what is
available.
On 5th August 2021, I taught Science on the topic
“nutrition” for 8 students in class 6. The lesson duration was 45 minutes and
it was observed by my teacher colleague Ms. Dechen Wangmo. The lesson was
taught in the ICT room (which we call) where we have a laptop, a projector, a
smart LCD TV, and a sound box.
To achieve my lesson objective to design a food guide
pyramid and explain the importance of eating a balanced diet, I used the 5E
learning model to deliver the lesson. In the Engage part, children were shown
different types of food pictures that we eat every day on smart TV and talked
about what they knew about the different types of food pictures. Then, to
explore the lesson information, I have projected a video link-THE FOOD PYRAMID | Educational Video for Kids. - YouTube. Learners carefully watched the video, recorded the key
observation in their book. After watching the video, the learners listed down
different foods that they ate at home in the past two days and classify the
food into different food groups- Energy giving food, bodybuilding food, and
protective food. Based on the list of food, the learners designed a personal
food guide pyramid to promote a healthy lifestyle. The food guide pyramid was
evaluated by their shoulder partner. To extend the learning, learners were
taken to the school kitchen to check what they have for lunch and discussed the
different food groups for lunch, and check if it was a balanced diet. To
evaluate the lesson, in the table group(two tables), we had a quiz competition
among the table groups. A clear set of instructions were provided and a
recording table was maintained on the green board as the quiz online score is
for an individual. I have used the online quiz link https://www.sciencequiz.net/newjcscience/jcbiology/food/food.htm . The lesson was very lively, interactive, and fun.
Although the lesson objective was fulfilled, I have
observed few issues for improvement in my next lesson while integrating ICT in
the lesson. The lesson took more than the actual time of 45 minutes. The recess
time had to be used to evaluate the lesson due to the bad network as the quiz
was online. It took more time to open the link and each quiz question. While it
took time to open, I observed that some learners got distracted. So, in my next
class, I will prepare well and use more offline resources by downloading
resources and prepare quiz questions using Ms PowerPoint to evaluate learning.
My observer also felt that I should have asked my students to prepare a
balanced diet plan for a week at home to disseminate the importance of eating
nutritious and healthy food for the parents too. In my engagement part video
link which students watched, different food items were not familiar to my
learners. I have learned that I should curate resource/ content which is
familiar to the learner before I use it in my lesson to make the
teaching-learning effective with higher-order thinking skills.
