TaL L A Geneo Class edu-resource e-magazine

April, 2020

Vol. 3, Number 4

Education in emergency

What we are doing right now is (for panic + "Panic-gogy"

pedagogy). Sean Michael Morris of the School of

Educa�on and Human Development at the University of

Colorado, Denver and the Director of Digital Pedagogy

Lab, has come up with this tongue-in-cheek term. "It's

not really realis�c to think that students can just show up

and start taking class at the same �me every day in an

online environment," he adds. It calls for understanding

students' prac�cal constraints. A learner may or may not

have any digital device. Some may only have

smartphones. Accessibility of internet is a big challenge

in our country and so on.

True. Words of cau�on like these are important. But

every challenge presents us with opportuni�es as well.

Let’s take a quick look at the situa�on of educa�on the

world over in the face of this pandemic. As of today, a

country-wide closure of 188 schools has been

reported. As of 3 April 2020, over 421 million learners

were out of school due to school closures in response to

COVID-19. On April 5, 2020, UNESCO reports there are

1,576,021,818 affected learners which is 91.3% of the

total enrolled learners. To visualize the phenomenal

spread or evolu�on of closure of schools worldwide,

watch the UNESCO site to get the latest updates as

Global monitoring of school closure caused by COVID-19.

This is unprecedented. And, the challenge it poses is also

enormous. So, how about considering this challenge as

an opportunity to shi� focus from ‘Schooling only at

schools’ to ‘School-Home collabora�on for learning’,

says a recent and elaborate CBSE communica�on.

This is the �me for making a major, though forced,

transi�on to digital learning. It is the �me, suggests

CBSE, to embrace technology. Most of the schools have

already gone digital, many of them in spirit, so to say.

Knowledge and availability of quality digital resources

remains a challenge though. Not that they don’t exist.

Many of them may be known to schools. But they are

sporadic. So, here we bring a curated list of some of the

best resources available for schools at such a crucial

juncture.

Let us begin with offering free access to Scoolnet India

two of its most popular and effec�ve solu�ons from its

stack. With its AI powered and pla�orm agnos�c

solu�on called ‘Geneo’, Home is the New School now!

You can access Live classes Everyday on subjects of

Science, Mathema�cs and English. Click: and h�ps://www.geneo.in/lp/live-classes/

register for GENEO live class sessions for free.

Teaching as Teaching as

Lifelong LearningLifelong LearningTeaching as

Lifelong Learning

STORY OF THE MONTH

Next, NEAT, an ini�a�ve by MHRD, in collabora�on with

EnglishBolo, is here to help you speak in English fluently

for FREE! This 25-Day free learning facility is available to

NEAT registered students. All students can avail this

benefit by clicking the link: h�ps://neat.aicte-

india.org/course-details/NEAT2019295_PROD_2

Apart from these, CBSE has come up with a list of

resources. to tap on all these resources and Use this �me

communi�es to develop crea�ve and innova�ve

teaching and learning materials. It has ac�vity-based

worksheets; projects that can be done at home;

ac�vi�es that can generate curiosity; arts, sports and

music integrated learning modules; online classes to

build capaci�es of teachers to open up their minds to

crea�vity, etc.

Further, of educa�onal UNESCO provides a curated list

applica�ons, pla�orms and resources aimed towards

helping parents, teachers, schools and school

administrators to facilitate student learning and provide

psychosocial support during periods of school closure.

While we will have to figure out how to avoid the pi�alls

of ‘Panicgogy’, these , we hope will provide resources

you with some great digital learning opportuni�es that

you need most in these extraordinary �mes.

How are the formats displayed in the “Save as type” list on the Interactive Board different from each other?

Teacher's Query: I get 3 different formats in “Save as type” list in the dialog box, while saving any content that I have wri�en on the Interac�ve Board. How are these formats different from each other?

Solution:

Correct, there are 3 different formats available in the “Save as type”

drop-down list of the Save dialog box on the Interac�ve Board. Each of

these formats indicates a specific objec�ve of saving the board work. To know the details about it, please visit the

following link:

KClass SolutionX

h�ps://drive.google.com/file/d/1VDTtU2fJtk3BJdB7Lsf-AZTquv2-Pml5/view?usp=sharing

Khabar-e-Nama

Circular to all the Heads of Schools affiliated to CBSE to fight against COVID- 19.h�ps://drive.google.com/file/d/1l0jDrk6uBcZkJY7DAwFT7aYO44oHkVoF/view?usp=sharing

Introduc�on of 'Applied Mathema�cs' as an Academic Elec�ve at the Senior Secondary Level.h�ps://drive.google.com/file/d/1MUODlRK9I8AssOEwNxJo0r1eRrA-onf4/view?usp=sharing

Online Awareness Workshops/Training programmes for teachers of CBSE schools offering Financial Markets based skill courses from Classes IX to XII.h�ps://drive.google.com/file/d/1x1n9lFPzvW7wY47ChydDqSkqpk3hietv/view?usp=sharing

Circular on Secondary and Senior School Curriculum 2020-21.h�ps://drive.google.com/file/d/1PY7CKFGpt1GQkjHeiUNtF4sg7uiJY0Wq/view?usp=sharing

Circular to all the Heads of CBSE affiliated schools on Strengthening Assessment and Evalua�on Prac�ces of the Board. h�ps://drive.google.com/file/d/13EEMFfufD30Mqiul0tYQ_jA7JVrTQ8AJ/view?usp=sharing

Circular to all the Heads of Schools affiliated to CBSE on Na�onal ICT Award for Teachers.h�ps://drive.google.com/file/d/1lQPcqNg3auzRfNO7l3LQtFp-gazb6jXQ/view?usp=sharing

CBSE has published Frequently Asked Ques�ons (FAQs) related to Class XII and X Board Exams, 2020. h�ps://drive.google.com/file/d/1W2ii5Drcv�2jJJi2BtyAoZmJsNG�pU/view?usp=sharing

In the face of the pandemic and the consequent lockdown, online teaching is the new impera�ve for contemporary teaching. All over schools and colleges, people are switching to online teaching mode.

The shi� from tradi�onal classrooms to virtual classrooms presents many challenges. Some of them are the quality of resource materials used, the limits and apprehensions of using technology, the technical accessibility, the scheduling of classes, the availability of learners, etc. Last but not the least, to keep students interested and engaged is a major challenge. This obviously calls for a different set of pedagogical approach well-suited to an appropriate technological support. The students may find themselves in a new learning and interac�ve environment. They may also feel overwhelmed or alienated as they move from a familiar way of learning.

Many online tools, theories and approaches for learning have come up with an instant solu�on. While surfing the web, you may come across various models of teaching that have come up which suit a specific set of audience. It is not the responsibility of a teacher to 'fix everything', since many students will be beyond the scope of influence of a teacher in a virtual classroom, so it is important to develop empathy and understanding for the learners and then support them wherever needed.

There are certain prompts to consider while you are developing a lesson/ content for your virtual classroom.

General Issues: - - Who are the target students for whom you are

designing? (age, gender, level, etc.)

- In which ways are they involved in the overall lesson? (student-centric approach)

- Whom they may reach out for help to facilitate their learning? (parents, siblings, classmates, etc.)

- How can a virtual class s�ll maintain the elements of a class being taught physically by a teacher? (crea�ng engaged classrooms)

Digital literacies, connec�vity, accessibility issues: -

- What physical se�ngs might be needed when engaging with the students?

- How comfortable are they with the Internet?

- Have they previously a�ended any solo online sessions?

Now it may seem difficult to develop digital lessons if

one has to get answers for the above-men�oned

prompts to get started. Well, it is not as much difficult as

it seems. You need not start from the scratch. It is simple

to use the exis�ng resources with some customiza�on.

Here is how!

The ac�vity cum lesson plan which we have presented

here is not about finding the exact solu�on; it is to rather

explore a pla�orm to create digital lessons i.e. TED Ed's

Lesson Creator. It requires you to register for the

account, while it is a free and open pla�orm to discover,

design and share your digital lesson plans with your

students and peers.

Click to watch the lesson: h�ps://ed.ted.com/on/5tz5fmbL

One major strength of this pla�orm is that you can reuse

other's designs and can create your own as well. Here

are the details of the instruc�ons for crea�ng your own

digital lessons. h�ps://drive.google.com/file/d/11veahny36ECOOrvg

O1Yc1R2w8qmH8jo3/view?usp=sharing

Ted-ed Lesson : A Platform for creating Digitized Lesson PlansTeacher's Diary

Flipgrid is a Microso�

acquired, free, social

learning pla�orm that

engages learners through

video-based discussions.

Educators, learners, and

their families can use

Flipgrid at school or at home to stay connected and

share their con�nued learning experiences.

A teacher creates a "Grid" for the classroom or a group

of learners on . Each grid is like a www.flipgrid.com/

message board where the teacher posts a discussion

"Topic" with ques�ons to get started and then shares the

Flipgrid link or code with her students.

Students can download the Flipgrid app from the App

Store and Google Play Store. Then they can click the

Flipgrid link or enter the code shared by their educator

at Students can create videos and www.flipgrid.com.

post discussions and ques�ons in the app that appear in

a �led grid display on the educator's screen. The default

video length is 90 seconds, but educators can adjust this

from 15 seconds up to 5 minutes. Students can

collaborate with their peers to create videos on a topic.

Each and every learner gets the opportunity to ask

ques�ons and par�cipate in the discussions at any�me

and at any place.

A�er submission of a video, a student can't edit it

directly. If she needs to edit, she should download it first,

edit it in a video edi�ng so�ware and again import it as a

new response. Videos can be shared with remote

teaching-learning solu�ons like Google Classroom or

Microso� Team.

Some links for videos & tutorials are given below:Ge�ng started with Fl ipgrid, for teachers →

h�ps://vimeo.com/398016880Ge�ng started with Flipgrid, for students →

h�ps://vimeo.com/398016659

An Educator ' s Gu ide to F l ipgr id (ebook) →

h�ps://drive.google.com/file/d/1BheEQV_AmF-

hx3XQxplylLHKy-iciGC5/view?usp=sharing

Video resources on ways of using Flipgrid in classrooms:h�ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch1Bko�seMh�ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLzX13jw7bw

In the next issue of the magazine, we will discuss two

online classroom solu�ons – Google Classroom and

Microso� Team.

Following are some references on Flipgrid for some

advance reading:

How to use Flipgrid with Google Classroom?h�ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XagoLDPBXOkh�ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl5ERq7Xo0I

How to use Flipgrid with Microso� Team?h�ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz9QbO6u8U8h�ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc3jVB4YJFI.

Flipgrid : a social learning platform for educators, learners and their families e-Auzaar

Stuck at home? Worried about children's study and

examina�on?

Going into a self-quaran�ne phase is keeping us

confined within our homes. It brings its own

complexi�es and challenges in our lives. However, there

are silver linings too. Today, we find that our world has

improved clima�c condi�ons; rivers are gleaming, the

ozone layer is healing, pollu�on levels are declining. The

disturbed natural order is being restored. People are

working as one community to create solidarity. Similarly,

there are several opportuni�es wai�ng for both-

teachers and students. We need to use this crisis to

rebuild, rejuvenate and rethink about many things.

Children's educa�on is one of them.

How can children learn si�ng at home? This �me, some

of us may have planned some exci�ng heritage walks or

visit to a museum with our learners on the occasion of

the Students are World Heritage Day on April 18.

always so excited about excursions. True, physically

visi�ng heritage sites or museums tremendously helps

in shaping our knowledge and developing an

understanding of the place. The lockdown and the post-

corona world therea�er, may not allow this to happen in

the near future. So, what can we do?

Here is what we can do. We can u�lise this �me for self-

prepara�on. We can prepare a list of ques�ons, such as

what is heritage? What is the importance of cultural

heritage in a society? How can we save our heritage from

decadence? We can design pre-visit ac�vi�es. In fact,

children can s�ll 'visit' these heritage sites. Yes! think of a

virtual tour of the heritage sites and museums, not just

of India but of the world, for your students. Click to here

get a rich variety of e-resource that lead us to undertake

virtual tours of some of the amazing museums.

What does Heritage imply? The term heritage, un�l the

beginning of the 20�� century, meant an act of

inheritance. It is used to explicate the inheritance of

parental resources by an individual or a family. However,

towards the end of the 20�� century, the word expanded

its meaning. Now, heritage means a wide range of things -

right from the material objects to non-material resources

which are o�en linked with the iden�ty of an ethnic

group, society or a na�on.

Heritage also refers to the valuable achievements of the

past. Historic monuments are examples of the great feat

our ancestors achieved. Many of them have become our

na�onal iden��es. So are some tradi�ons of drama,

songs, dance forms which are promoted and

documented. As the modern culture spreads far and

wide, we witness a rapid loss of folk culture, local

tradi�onal forms like folk songs, performing art forms,

languages, culinary prac�ces, etc. They are all part of

our heritage. So we see that the no�on of heritage is

very dynamic.

CBSE has developed a plan to popularise heritage

educa�on in schools where teachers and students will

be a part of this program. They are also invited to

contribute to the process of content crea�on, to share

their diverse experiences and knowledge. The heritage

educa�on program explores the heritage of mul�ple

subjects, interpret the past for the future and recognizes

the contemporary tradi�ons that affect not only the

present but also influence the future.

World Heritage DayBioscope

In this issue of Rubaroo, we bring to you a very

interes�ng ques�on from a pool of such myriad,

engaging ques�ons that students from across the

country have been asking us on our online learning app-

GENEO. So, this one is about the popular chicken first or

egg conundrum.

Which came first: the chicken or the egg?

It's that old riddle that's sparked many arguments

through the ages: was it the chicken or the egg that came

first? It's such a tricky ques�on because you need a

chicken to lay an egg, but chickens come from eggs;

leaving us with an intractable circle of clucky, feathery

life that apparently has no clear star�ng point.

Thankfully, there's no need to keep

over this forever. This is a riddle we can

with the tools of science—more

specifically, the principles of evolu�onary biology.

So, let's get

cracking.

Kuk du koo...Rubaroo

Heritage educa�on's objec�ve is to enrich learning.

Integra�ng the study of historical sites, landscapes,

structures and objects into the exis�ng curriculum will

not only enhance the knowledge of students about

heritage but also will promote them to develop an idea in

the direc�on of conserving those heritages which are

threatened. This educa�on program will help students to

understand the history and society and further this

understanding of the subject and concepts will help

them in inculca�ng the feeling of respect for diversity

and tolerance. So, the best way of achieving these

outcomes is by developing new concepts and

approaches on World Heritage Preserva�on in the

curriculum.

Curriculum development is an academic endeavour

which demands research, tes�ng, and evalua�on. The

long-term objec�ve of the curriculum is to develop new

educa�on concepts with an expecta�on to conserve our

valuable World Heritage for the future. The new

curriculum has adopted a mul�-disciplinary approach

where teachers of different disciplines such as

geography, history, language, science, etc can integrate

the elements of World Heritage educa�on into the

classroom.

CBSE offers resources and support for various heritage

ac�vi�es like heritage walks and heritage clubs. Further,

the Ministry of Human Resources and the that of Culture

also provides great opportuni�es for heritage educa�on.

In response to School closure we are providing here

some web-based resources for heritage educa�on.

Click on the following link to get those resources.

h�ps://drive.google.com/file/d/1BRw345KPn_fSfoXf2

QFST4osTsKoF2kV/view?usp=sharing

A guide to scholarships, awards, honors and prizes...Nai Dishayen

Scholarship Name 1: NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Awards 2020

Description: The National Academy of Sciences (NASI) has announced this scholarship for the Indian working in the fields of Physical Sciences and Biological Sciences. The selected candidates will get financial benefits.

Eligibility: Indian citizens below the age of 50 years on 15 April 2020, can apply for this scholarship.

Prizes & Rewards: Selected students will get a financial award of INR 3,00,000.

Last Date to Apply: 15-04-2020

Application mode: Apply online

Short Url: www.b4s.in/gen/NIP6

Scholarship Name 2: IIHS Urban Fellows Program 2020

Description:

The Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) is offering a 10-month full-time, residential, inter-disciplinary fellowship based on scholarship to undergraduate degree holders. This enables classroom-based learning, site-based learning, to work in live projects, and to attempt to combine external internships to accustom fellows to various forms of urban practice.

Eligibility: Indian citizens with undergraduate degrees who are under 30 years of age can apply for this scholarship.

Prizes & Rewards: Selected students will get tuition fee cover and variable other benefits.

Last Date to Apply: 19-04-2020

Application mode: Apply online

Short Url: www.b4s.in/gen/IIH1

Scholarship Name 3: PAIS Departmental Scholarship 2020, University of Warwick

Description: The University of Warwick, UK has announced this scholarship for students who are interested in MA programs taught by PAIS, including a double degree from the university.

Eligibility: Indian students interested in double degrees from the university, including MA programs taught by PAIS, who have received admission offers from the university before taking the award, can apply for this scholarship.

Prizes & Rewards: Four selected students will get scholarship of 10,000 GBP for tuition fees.

Last Date to Apply: 23-04-2020

Application mode: Apply online

Short Url: www.b4s.in/gen/PDS5

The good, old and famous Einstein's riddle... Who owns the fish? Puzzle:

There's nothing like a good riddle to s�mulate your mind and give you an excuse to channel your inner Sherlock Holmes. Sure, the thrill of solving puzzles may not give you the rush of a skydive, but regularly doing logic and crossword puzzles can keep your brain young as you age. And, they're just a lot of fun!

In this issue, you can take your problem-solving skills to the next level with a riddle that Albert Einstein invented himself. The story goes that Einstein wrote this complicated logic puzzle when he was a young man, and es�mated that only two percent of the people who tried to solve it would successfully do so. While there isn't any solid evidence to confirm that Einstein created it—and somehow prophesied the exact number of people who would get it right—it's s�ll a mind-bending puzzle.

So here's the setup: There are five houses, each painted a different color. In each house lives a person with a different na�onality. These five owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same cigar, or drink the same beverage.

And, here are the clues:Ÿ The Brit lives in the red houseŸ The Swede keeps dogs as pets

Ÿ The Dane drinks teaŸ The green house is on the le� of the white houseŸ The green house's owner drinks coffeeŸ The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birdsŸ The owner of the yellow house smokes DunhillŸ The man living in the center house drinks milkŸ The Norwegian lives in the first houseŸ The man who smokes blends lives next to the one

who keeps catsŸ The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who

smokes DunhillŸ The owner who smokes BlueMaster drinks beerŸ The German smokes PrinceŸ The Norwegian lives next to the blue houseŸ The man who smokes blend has a neighbor who

drinks water

Take some �me and think it over. Draw out each house. Make a chart for each category, if you want to get really detailed. (Trust us, you do!). Not all of us can be Einstein.

So, do you know who owns the fish? What, you think we'd just give away the answer? Hang in and stay tuned for the next issue for the answer and yet another brain-teaser.

Scholarship Name 4: Rolls-Royce Advancement Scholarship for Women Engineering Students 2020

Description: Applications have been invited for this scholarship being given by Rolls-Royce India Private Limited with the aim of encouraging the students of the country to complete their engineering degree program and make a career in the field of engineering.

Eligibility:

Only women students studying in the first, second or third year of the engineering degree program are eligible for this scholarship. Only students from AICTE recognized institutions doing engineering degree with subjects like Aerospace, Computer, Electronics, Marine, who have passed class X and XII examination with more than 60 per cent marks.

Prizes & Rewards: The selected girl students will get an amount of Rs 35,000 (per girl student).

Last Date to Apply: 30-04-2020

Application mode: Interested students can apply online.

Short Url: www.b4s.in/gen/UNS1

Courtesy: www.buddy4study.com

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Regards, Prabhjot Kaur, Teacher-Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School, Amritsar, Punjab

Reader's Response

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