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A fresh start with Jamboard

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Yet another week starts ...joju sir introduce jamboard to share good thoughts and it was a good experience!! Seminar of PS continued and topics include questionnaire- characteristics, merits demerits, schedule- meaning and scope. Next hour by Maya man on peace education.We discussed about its meaning, significance, role etc. Third hour by Deepthi mam and taught about mathematics education in UK 🇬🇧. Also RR presentation concludes with rubeena.

Mathemagics

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"Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirits" - STEFAN BANACH. A "mathemagician" is a mathematician who is also a magician.While magicians do magic with objects around us,a mathemagician do magics with numbers with help of algebra. Mental math help a lot in doing this magic!!! The word "Mathemagic" has been formed from two words,Mathematics and magic; We know magicians never reveal their secret of magics while mathemagician explains their method. This is a good method that can incorporated in teaching maths for students find interest in the magic element. MENTAL MATH is an integration of certain skills that allow people to do math in their head without pen and paper.Mental math has got certain importance in education sector; Enhance students ability to concentrate stimulates child interest in maths improves self-confidence of the child develop and enhance mathematical skills Problem solving skills will develop When a

'Be a dosa,not chapati 🫓'!!!

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Interesting title...yeh..A good thought by Giby mam. We should be like dosa( who has small pores for air to escape) ; we should regulate our anger and don't burst like chapati..for we may outburst sometimes..😡 A good life lesson🤗 .  This week ,we have 2 holidays and thus Saturday was a working day.

' Be a learner"👩‍🏫

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Since online classes offer more time to cover portions,  our classes are going smoothly and news about reopening of colleges may be in October was heard.  This week, Giby mam cover portions on learning- characteristics, factors affecting,types, learning curve learning plateau, transfer of learning.  Maya mam  classes are participatory and we can express our opinions . This week, wearily deal with merits and demerits of British🇬🇧 rule in India; then about Intellectual property rights and inclusive education.  Joju sir presentation on seminar started. English department taken the seminar topic on 'Current practices in Assessment and Evaluation '.  Optional class continued with presentation of reading and reflection. Mam taught about emails and blogs. Ancy mam class continued with kothari commission report,NEP and its discussion .Also a  test was conducted. 

Erdös Number

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We all hear about different types of numbers in Mathematics- even ,odd,prime,real,complex numbers etc. Recently I hear about a different category of numbers called erdös numbers. I came to know about this during the presentation of reading and reflection session by sruthi on the book-'The Man Who Loved Only Numbers' by Paul Hoffman. The Erdös number describes the collaborative distance between mathematician Paul Erdos and another person,as measured by authorship of mathematical papers.Erdös was an Hungarian mathematician who in latter part of his life spent a great deal of his life spent a great deal of time writing papers with a large number of colleagues,working on the solutions to outstanding mathematical problems.He published more papers during his lifetime than any other mathematician. The idea of Erdös number was originally created by his mathematician friends as a tribute to his enormous output.Later it gained prominence as a tool to study how mathematicians coop

A busyyy week👀🤯

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 Yet another week passed.  Lots of work to complete. Writing lesson plans,  seminars, note preparations etc.. This week,  Maya mam taught about Buddhism- method of teaching, difference in vedic and Buddhism and education in medieval period in India,Macaulay minutes and woods despatch where discussed. Giby mam discussed about ' forgetting'. Then the types of forgetting. Natural forgetting  Abnormal forgetting  Also,factors affecting forgetting,  theories of forgetting were discussed.  Trace-decay theory Interference theory Repression theory Retrieval failure theory Ebbinghus forgetting curve and an introduction to  'learning'  was given.   Joju sir paper on assessment deals with Blooms taxonomy- Cognitive ,affective and psychomotor domains. Sir discussed in detail about each domains and its objectives.  Ancy mam class deals with  our presentations on various Educational Commissions in India.  Our class got Mudhaliar Commission and I take the introductory part presentatio

Firsr week after Onam🏵 vacation

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Online classes starts after onam vacation on 31st August.  All teachers inquire about how well we spend the vacations in midst of Covid-19.  Ancy man took only one class and refreshed yhe portions taught before and ask to get ready for the presentation of discussion report in coming week.                    Rest of mam's class was handled by Giby mam. Mam covered psychology portions of Memory-  steps,process types ,the ways to enhance Memory. Also mam gave opportunity to share our own memory tips and it was an excellent section of brainstorming . We all share the tips ans tricks in our WhatsApp group  ..                George sir taught Sooryanamakara this week using a video depicting the same and tell to practice it everyday for physical as well as for mental well-being.      Deepthi mam divided and gave optional works to be completed by next week ...started unit 1 of paper 10. Joju sir also directed about the works to be done by next week and taught about Blooma taxonomy and its