Integration of ict in teaching and learning(Blog for the month of November)

 

The use of electronic gadgets or instrument which perform many activities at a time with rapid speed, making work lot more easier and efficient which saves times, money, provide information, They are very useful for many purposes which can made the life of the people much easier compared to our fore fathers. Over the time, the detection/emerging of maximum electronic devices and gadgets pose risk of personal information and security by cyber crime and enemies.  Therefore, from many of electronic devices available in the world, I securely chose the use of calculator in solving the four operations in Class three Mathematics. The students will be given some questions on the chalkboard. They will solved first without using calculator. Next let the  students cross checked their answers by computing in the calculator. which would confirm their  own answers. Though, the calculation on the device did not exhibit the steps involved, the final answers were displayed correctly. So, the students were electronically educated in using the calculator in a desired manner.

So, I carried out my lesson on 9^th October , 2021 during my remedial classes .I have chosen class III Mathematics to teach the topic “Adding Three Digits Numbers with Re-grouping”. Firstly  I demonstrated how to arrange the numbers and then how to add and find the sum on the chalk board. After that I wrote numbers on the board and in groups children were ask to copy the numbers in the book.Then I provided them with mobile (calculator)to find the sum or check the answer. Most  children seems curious, motivated  in using the calculator. What I found was Children without using calculator face difficulty in writing answer, but with introduction of calculator, even low achiever found solving with smiling face and enjoying the lesson.

Future commitment: Although children were very excited to solve using calculator and solve the questions, but on the other hand I noticed solving the questions in groups is very challenging for teacher as teacher need to monitor and control. Since most learners don’t participate actively in given time which I found quite distracting and distressing. In the future if I am to teach the same topic. I will ask individually children to bring calculator respectively for effective learning and delivery of lesson