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Showing posts with label video. Show all posts

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Water as a Rejuvenator

Thoughtful Thursdays 

The meeting began with condolences extended to Sandeep Dutt for the loss of his mother, followed by a discussion on the theme of water as a rejuvenator in various aspects of life and religious texts. The team then delved into the art of watercolour painting, Chinese watercolour painting, and the composition of melodies that evoke specific emotions and create an ambience. The conversation ended with a discussion on the importance of understanding the story behind music, the role of instruments in making the desired sound and mood, and the connection between nature and art forms.

A Sanctuary for the Soul

Imagine a place where music, art, and poetry come together. A space where expression flows freely- without fear, without judgment. Where ideas and perspectives aren't just welcomed, but celebrated. Where thoughts and emotions are treated like fine wine- swirled, savoured, and deeply appreciated. 'Thoughtful Thursdays', by Mrs. Brinda Ghosh, in collaboration with 'My Good School', is a meeting point for art and poetry enthusiasts united by a shared passion for creativity. From lyrical ballads to original compositions, from tributes to great poets like Rabindranath Tagore to intimate personal reflections, each gathering blends warmth, empathy and imagination.

With Mrs. Ghosh's poetic sensibility, Mr. Subhasish Ghosh's artistic finesse, and Mr. Jatin Soni's musical insights, every session becomes a multisensory experience. In a world often overwhelmed by noise and distraction, 'Thoughtful Thursdays' offers a rare haven where beauty, meaning, and connection thrive.

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Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Tom and Jerry- Sunbeam School Varuna

In every classroom, playful chases and mischievous pranks between students create fun "Tom and Jerry" moments. Just like the classic cartoon, these interactions are full of energy, laughter, and sometimes friendly rivalry. While they add excitement to the learning environment, it's important to channel this energy positively—encouraging teamwork, discipline, and respect. 

This video explores how teachers can manage and transform these playful moments into valuable learning experiences.

Ankit Verma 
Ranjana Singh 
Alok Kumar Singh 
Abhishek Pratap Singh 
Aakash Aggrawal 
Sunbeam School Varuna

Friday, October 28, 2022

Opening For Principal @ Dehradun

You have 48 hours to go, closing on 31st October 2022.
PRINCIPAL FOR A NEW EARLY YEARS SCHOOL AT DEHRADUN. #school #Principal Lady with the lamp, please apply ASAP.
We don't need any prior experience as principals; we prefer first-timers who would like to lead a new school in a new way. Just so you know, no phone calls, emails, or other communication will be accepted—no CV or references from you. Send us a Video Message by Whatsapp at +91 9811133900. 
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Chance of a lifetime to spread the joy of learning and working with young children.
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Sunday, June 27, 2021

Unity and Caring – Anubhuti Sharma DGS

 “A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring and sharing person inside” – Denis Waitley

Everyone must play a role in circulating beliefs and practices to the youth, giving them a sense of solidarity. We as teachers endure a unique responsibility as students spend hours in our classroom. We always devote a lot of time to creating a classroom environment that fosters values that help children work together as a team. Let’s take a glance at some other techniques we can strengthen personality development in our classroom. To create a collaborative and caring classroom, we need to help children promote values like Courage, Patience, Happiness, Tolerance, Honesty, Unity and Caring. I tried to incorporate these values into my syllabus to help children learn and perform and suggested videos to encourage their learning.

Unity is a strength Video.

(Tap on unity, Click on the right side and open with open hyperlink)




We know that achieving certain goals are not only the hard work of an individual, but it is the unity among each member of the group towards their goals. Let us know from our little ones (Class 4 Students), what they have learned from the videos and what they have to say about unity?

Ishwar- Unity is strength. Always help your friends. Never be scared. We may seem weak from the outside but are strong from the inside. It is said, “United we stand, divided we fall.” We should travel in groups. Always be kind to others. Don’t bully people.

Swastika Unity is essential for any team or group. Only when we are united we can enjoy the taste of success. Unity is the essence of a group’s happiness. We should always remember that “unity is strength”. Unity means oneness or togetherness. You can’t break a heap of bricks, but you can break a single brick. A family is called a family only when the members live together. If we stand together, we can fight any problem.

Aashita There is power in unity. We can win every hurdle with Unity. If we are united, no one can destroy or harm us. We can win every obstacle in our life.

Shaayna “Unity is strength” means stay together in all situations. Unity has great value in every work of life. Without unity, we cannot do a single work. If we stay united, we can do everything. The development of our society and country depends on this spirit. Unity protects us from evil doing.  Individual players do not win any match. It is the unity that helps to get a victory from the stronger team. So, we should always stay in unity.

Srijit This video teaches us that unity is strength. We need to work together in our society. Unity gives us courage, hope and strength. When we get support from others, we can get the courage to fight together. When we are united, we can bring change. If we stand together, we can fight any problem.  Unity is essential for any team or group.

Rriana-Both the videos show us that teamwork is essential. If all of us stand together, we can defeat our enemies. Weak people or animals become strong when they work together. When everyone helps each other, they feel happy. Ants are such tiny animals; they defeated a giant pig by standing together; that’s why we should travel in groups. We are confident when we are together.

Tenzin Khandu- In the first video, people try to get food for themselves. They all look hungry and weak. They fought each other to get food, but nobody got food. When they started helping each other to get food, everyone got food. This shows everything is possible if we work in unity. In the second video, a shark attacks a group of penguins. A group of penguins worked in unity and saved themselves. A giant animal and a large bird also attacked a colony of ants and a group of crabs. They worked together, and they were safe.

Chahak- We should help each other. We should be polite. We should be kind. Unity is essential for our life and strength. It is always better to work as a team. If we are alone, we can do so little, but we can do a lot if we are together. Unity gives us courage, strength, and hope. If we are together, we can defeat our enemies. We should help others in hard times.

Student can adjust or give their best in any group when they care for all in the team. So when children enter into a school, initially they always think about themselves, but slowly and gradually when they work together in a team, they start caring about each other. I shared my thoughts, explaining that respecting someone means taking care to not harm someone's feelings. I asked children what they think it means to care about someone or something. I told them, if you are caring, you express it by being cooperative and generous. When you care about another person, you are not harsh but kind. They expressed their feelings in drawings. I talked about the ways people show they care every day. I discussed the things the children can do, such as taking care of parents and grandparents, looking after helpers, watering plants, feeding a bird or fish, taking time to listen to a friend, etc. I asked children to make a Caring Card for anyone they care about. 

Let us see how these little hands have tried to present their ideas through drawings.  


- Anubhuti Sharma
Joy Of Learning Cohort 2020-21
Learning Forward Academy
www.LFIN.Academy

Monday, July 13, 2020

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Friday, April 17, 2020

Some effective video conferencing tips: Sugata Mitra

https://earlyed.asia/speakers/prof-sugata-mitra/
Thank you Scoonews
People use all sorts of methods for video conferencing. Skype, Zoom, WhatsApp are common methods used by many.

However, you will often hear it said that ‘It's not like the real thing’, meaning the experience is not really like a face-to-face conversation. This is mostly because of the way in which we do video conferencing. If you are talking to someone holding up a tiny phone with the other persons face like a postage stamp, well, that’s not going to feel like the real thing, will it? If you are listening to a tinny little voice on headphones, that’s not going to be like the real thing either. If the person you are talking to is looking somewhere else and not at you, that’s not like the real thing (most of the time!).

Well, here are some ways you could get the experience of video conferencing to become a little more real.

The screen: This should be big enough so that faces can appear in life size. A computer screen of about 20 inches diagonal is the minimum that will do this. A smart TV will work even better. The person whose face you are looking at should hold up a foot/metre scale next to their face. On your side, take a similar scale and put it against the one in the image. If the two matches, you’ve got life-size. If you don't have a scale, use a standard bottle or something.

In a school, you could use a projected screen if two classes are interacting. Get the image to be life-size, using the method described above. If you are projecting using a traditional projector, people’s heads will come in the way. Use a ‘very short throw’ projector. These are so close to the screen that you can’t come in the way. They are a bit expensive, though.

Audio: Use HiFi speakers. They are getting better all the time. Bose sells a tiny Bluetooth speaker that produces incredibly lifelike audio. You can almost feel the presence of the person you are speaking to. Use microphones that are tiny and invisible. Don’t use headphones, they make you look as though you are speaking from the International Space Station.

Camera: This is tricky. Most cameras are unobtrusive but they are usually on top of the screen. So the person you are talking to appears to be looking over the top of your head. This can’t be helped, but you can reduce the problem by looking at the camera instead of at the image of the face on the screen. To the other person, you will then look as though you are looking directly at them. It takes a bit of getting used to. If you are using a projected screen, you can try to fix a tiny camera in the centre of the screen. This will solve the problem.

Don’t wear clothes with checks or stripes, they produce what is called ‘jitters’ on the other screen.

Maybe you will get some of the vibes of a real conversation back into cyberspace!

Courtesy

Description

Sugata Mitra via Facebook 
Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, England. He is best known for his "Hole in the Wall" experiment and widely cited in works on literacy and education.

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Kalpana Jain: Humility #22Values

Kalpana Jain, The Iconic School Bhopal
#22Values, The Value Of Values, bring back the Joy Of Learning 
with the Learning Forward India Professional Learning Program
www.LearningForward.Org.IN

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Video-Powered Professional Learning



We are solid at planning our lessons to be delivered to classrooms; further scrutinized by principals! But the question is did the teacher execute the plan effectively? Were students self-directing their inquiry or merely following directions? How do I really know whether students were learning to apply their new knowledge?
Such questions inspired Adam Geller to create Edthena video coaching platform. Adam Geller is the author of the book “Evidence of Practice” Playbook for Video-Powered Professional Learning and Edthena is the award-winning classroom observation platform for using teaching videos as a part of professional development.
At The Fabindia School, Bali; teachers share videos with colleagues who leave time-stamped comments and they collaborate around their work for professional development (during PLP)
Video-based professional learning needs to be approached with a lot of caution. Putting your work for others to view and analyse can be anxiety producing. Video-based learning can be either easy or exacerbating. Hence needs to be taken up with a lot of care and compassion.
The professional learning cannot be an evaluation tool; this should be voluntary learning platform, should be self-driven learning. Teachers must engage in sustained inquiry to improve their teaching and address unique challenges for students; teachers should be able to learn from their own teachings.
Video learning platform can:
  • Give teachers a mirror to reflect
  • Help build instructional communities
  • Help teachers see themselves as their students do
  • Can reduce travel time for observers, coaches, administrators and superiors
  • Provides concrete evidence of what teachers are able to do as a result of professional development
Like any professional development initiative, its success depends on planning logistics, establishing a supportive culture, developing a smart strategy and then implementing it well, day-in and day-out. That’s how organizations flourish that use video pieces of evidence to fuel teacher growth and development.

The Professional Learning Program (PLP) leads to Happy Teachers and this is the key for Happy Children at My Good School.

~ Ms Rajeshree Shihag is the Principal of The Fabindia School. Her email address is principal@fabindiaschools.in
Edthena makes teacher growth visible, backed by data.
https://demo.edthena.com/
Call Rajeshree Shihag (+917300085842) for more details and to help you with the Video-Powered PL.
#MyGoodSchool #HappyTeachers

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

The Award through my eyes- Amateur Video Competition

IAYP India invites all Award units, participants, Award Holders and partners to the first Award Video Competition. The best Video will show a fair understanding of the Award Philosophy of self-discovery, non-competitiveness, perseverance and enjoyment for all. We encourage you to show how each section of the Award allows you to have fun, learn new skills, make new friends and truly allows you to discover yourself through active engagement in your school, community and society. The winning team will be invited at the "India Showcase day" during the Asia Pacific Regional Board meeting to officially showcase their video, and their video will be used as the Official Award India Video for promotional purposes.

To help you get started, feel free to look at the following videos that talk about the Award in general and also get perspectives and experiences of Award participants:

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award- International Award Film

The Duke of Edinburgh's Awards Australia-Web Promo
The International Award-Get Involved
Experiences that last a lifetime-Duke of Eds Australia

Share your Award experiences with a clear, high definition five to ten minute video. Upload your video on YouTube, save it as "your name_city_IAYP India_Video2010" and share the link with the Communications Team by September 30, 2010. You are welcome to simply send your CD to us too!

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