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Report on Computer Teacher Training for Primary Schools

Held on: 13th and 14th of December 2008

Venue: IIT Bombay

Total Participants: 30

Participants from : SSRVM schools, KV schools, Diverse backgrounds.

Participation fees : None

Conducted by :IIT Bombay Team

Supported by : TICET Project, IIT Bombay

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The participants were from different schools, boards and backgrounds. Many of them were subject teachers with little exposure to computers. There were also participants from NGOs working with children or under-privileged groups.

   There were classroom as well as lab sessions throughout the two days. The classroom sessions covered topics like: Applying the Five aspects of education to teaching, Pros and
   cons of teaching computers, Planning and presentation of computer lessons, and Awareness of Health aspects of computers.

   There were 4 lab sessions, giving the participants a hands-on experience of activities from the computer masti books. The first day was devoted to 1st and 2nd std activities, the
   next day was hands-on activities from the 3rd and 4th std books. It is important for teachers to do each activity themselves, before asking children to do it.

   A tutorial session of installation of Ubuntu (Linux) on Windows was done, so that the participants feel confident about doing installation of software on the computers. Also a 
   programming session using SCRATCH, where they were given the basic programming concepts like step-wise thinking.

   At the end of the workshop, the participants were given a letter of participation. Many of the participants said they were happy to have got rid of their fear of computers.

  Some snapshots from the workshop:

Sample feedback:
 Lesson plan sharing was very interesting.
 Learning through games was fun.
 Hands-on activity based teaching was useful and will be beneficial for children.
 We can use some of these games to teach other subjects.
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