Tackling the

Generation in the Classrooms

Dr. Dheeraj Mehrotra, MS, MPhil, Ph.D (Ed. Mgmt)

Introduction:
Walls and Friend Requests have come across more popular than HELLO or Hi in the schools toda . !n"using #E$H%OLO&' into the curriculum is the s(ing toda ) #he need "or toda to(ards the teaching segment has d(elled (ith intelligence and !# "riendl re*uisites + all. ,ualit Education is re"lected + the involvement o" the ,ualit !n"rastructure at the learning arena (hich other(ise is not o" an use and $hildren -riendl . #he parents are re*uested to ma.e their choices toda "or admission in majorit o" the mushrooming shops around the countr more li.e an other service industr (ith the option to have a round around the School, the classes and even the are told to leave their (ards in the class as a trial run "or them to decide o" taste. $omputers, so"t(are, $Ds and Smart #o s ought to +e considered as a supplement to the other, more concrete learning activities li.e completing pu//les, +uilding (ith Lego and +loc.s, reading +oo.s, creating art projects and pla ing on the pla ground01, is o+vious + our o+servations and research, out o" the present da scenario. On ver grounds o" improvement planning and the paradigm shi"t (ith education +eing characteri/ed + technolog ena+led instructions, colla+orative learning, multidisciplinar pro+lem2solving and promoting critical thin.ing s.ills, e-learning, a

household name "or the students toda o""ers a (ide variet o" !$# ena+led classroom solutions "or learning the Smart 3a ) !t allo(s a user2"riendl option "or the learner to +e integrated in (hat is desired and ac*uired to his or her re*uirements class and level (ise.

%o (onder ou tell a child to (rite an essa as home(or., he4she is +ound to do(nload the content to present +e"ore ou the ne5t da , ma.ing ou +a""le to the interest o" the man others l ing in the *ueue. #he parents o"ten thin. this as a menace out o" the challenging (or. (isdom the possess in order to earn their dail living. #heir "rames are not et over (ith more demands "or the $D26urner and Scanner "or more computing and smart2stud as the call it. #he onl option availa+le to the poor parents o" the !# age is to ponder over "or solace and to accept novel (a s to convince their "uture generations in regards to motivations and guided involvement.

The Requirement
#he march "rom 3e+ 7.8 to 9.8 and no( to :.8 o""ers re*uisite o" each and ever student o" toda to +e !# ena+led + chal. and the cheese. #he #E;$HE<S need to harness the re*uirements to the +est o" their a+ilities and interest "urther. #he need to +e dependent on some SM;<# teaching options availa+le to them in the classroom to ma.e the learning scenario interesting to the .ids. E2learning vi/. DES#!%;#!O% S=$$ESS is one such solution "or the #eachers. #his o""ers a visionar methodolog to educate each and ever child o" the countr (ith speciali/ation in the art o" scala+ilit involving people, processes and technolog . #he "ocus applicates to(ards +uilding the innovative capa+ilities and per"ormance at the institutional level periodicall . #he scenario toda e5amines the re*uirement o" a classroom e*uipped (ith L$D projector and "acilit have> a. ; projection or displa device (hich can project a su""icientl large image to +e vie(ed + ever student in the classroom (ithout causing e estrain. +. ;n electronic interactive (hite +oard s stem c. $omputer (ith =PS S stem d. Education content li+rar mapped to $6SE curriculum4 State 6oard $urriculum covering all major su+jects across all grades. "or computer mediated instructions o" the t pe (ill aid the teacher in developing a *ualit teaching learning environment. Speci"icall such classroom must

e. Electronic <esponse s stem "or each student to ena+le real time assessment. ". <esource person to help teachers on a da classroom s stems. to da +asis to use the digital

#he ought to ta.e a +alanced approach to policies and practices "or children?s use o" the !nternet. One must at the same time initiate conversations (ith teachers, administrators, and parents, rather than set and implement rules that ma +e perceived as too rigid. One must ta.e note that all sta.eholders have a chance to contri+ute to the decision2ma.ing process. #here is no dou+t in the "act that a computer and a great so"t(are can +e "un and e5citing learning tools, and can even provide practice o" pre2 academic and academic s.ills. %o (onder, (e have D!&!#;LL' O<!E%#ED $L;SS<OOMS no( in ever school +ut does that solve the purpose@ ! dou+t to m e5perience. !t is the mindset o" the teachers, the educators (hich needs to +e "unctioned (ell. #he #eacher ought to +e a #<;!%E<4 LE;<%E<4 ;LL <O=%DE<, (ith his4 her presence in the $'6E< SP;$E mandator . %o longer having an EM;!L !D and an e5pertise o" MS O--!$E +ut more and more0 vi/0.having a 3E6S!#E, 6LO&, 3iAi, and more, apart "rom +eing SO$!;LL' %E#3O<AED 9B5C. 6ut at the same time it is indispensa+l true to .eep in mind, ho(ever, that computer so"t(are cannot teach a child the concepts that he4she is not developmentall read "or. $omputers should al(a s +e considered as a supplement to other, more concrete learning activities li.e completing pu//les, +uilding (ith Lego and +loc.s, reading +oo.s, creating art projects and pla ing on the pla ground. !t is universall true .eeping the data+ase anal sis in vie( out o" the da .

The Scenario Today

#oda the child is a SM;<# vi/. S stematic, Meticulous, ;ctive, <ealistic and #act"ul to

involve himsel" in the learning process (ithin the classroom onl

(hen (ith the

condition that he is give something to .no( (hat he did not .no( earlier. !t is at majorit o" the time that he is told the same things (hat has +een alread shared (ith him + their parents4 "riends or at the online tutorial option through the various search engines, primaril , the &OO&LE. 3e encapsulate the ver nature o" learning +ut (ith a little intelligence other(ise the come up to us (pro+a+l i" not, (ill (ith the march o" time and tide), ! *uote, DSir4 Madam, !t is alread in the +oo.. Please tell us something ne(1. Do (e have a repl to them@ Earious researchers and scholars have de"ined the need o" ,ualit Education +ut no one has ever desired the need o" D3e1 the teachers toda to +e interesting and D!n"ormed1 (ith the march o" time or else (e (ould +e the onl D=n2interested1 thing (!dentit ) in the class, i" (e are not enriching and o" an interest to the children to ma.e them "orget their -ace+oo. 3allsF and the SMS (hich other(ise ma.e their mind "ertile o" interest. Let us +e so true to the teachersF point o" vie( (ith an immediate re*uirement "or +eing a %E#!GE%, the $iti/en o" the %E# (ith more o" just having an Email !D and .no(ing ho( to access the !nternet other(ise. #he "ollo(ing are the add on re*uirements "or all the teachers to +e DO" Demand as Per the <e*uirements o" the 97 st $entur students other(ise1, vi/. a. Have a 3e+site. +. Have at least 988 lin.s on the !nternet D;+out the #eacher1. c. Share (e+sites (ith the children. d. E5plore learning through 9B4C availa+ilit . e. 6e a -acilitator + (al. not onl + the tal.. ". ;ctivate sel" and open to LE;<%!%& rather than #E;$H!%&. g. <espect the Ano(ledge o" Students (hatever the .no( alread . h. $ritici/e in P<!E;#E and P<;!SE in P=6L!$. i. E5plore the +est the "irst time Ever time.

;+ove all, the re*uirement is the %et(or.ed #eacher has to +e> Sociall %et(or.ed Must have 6logs Must possess a (e+site Must have pu+lished documents Must possess &OO&LE Lin.s Must share outu+e videos He must share the sites as notes online. 3e the educators must applicate learning as a module rather than a classroom +ased theor or standards.

Sharing + doing must +e the nature o" teachers upli"ted (ith their ultimate usage o" PE% D<!EES4 #H=M6 D<!EES to(ards ma.ing the education a learning + teaching. Let them share the techni*ues. %O 3onder i" ! comment on having a ne( voca+ular as> Say for Exam le: !and"idth: !log: !logger: !luetooth: !road!and: !ro"ser: #s common$$and many more to follo"$% #his (ould certainl generate "un in learning (ith mounting interest o" children in the classroom oration and teaching sessions. #he ultimate is to ma.e them LE;<% not just sit and pass the time and depend on their machines and laptops +ac. home "or the need"ul response to their assignments. !t is indeed a proven "act that #oda Fs (orld is a "ull o" technolog . !n each and ever "ield, (e "ind ne( technolog . -or education, chal. and +oard is not enough "or the teaching s stem. 3hat is re*uired is a SM!LE, an opportunit to the students to $<E;#E, !%EOLEE and EHPLO<E through !$#, the novel (a s o" understanding the su+ject "urther.

 #eacher, the Educator should use technolog . !t (ill ma.e the teaching4 learning process eas , interesting and result oriented.

#he use o" technolog not onl ma.es the entire process o" learning interesting +ut more impact"ul as (ell. #he education sector has, un"ortunatel , al(a s held a reputation o" +eing a laggard as "ar as technolog adoption goes. #here has to +e a mindset to(ards the #hin. #an. and decision ma.ing must ta.e place. ! do recall the circular %o. IC, dt. 87.8J.9878 + the $entral 6oard o" Secondar Education, to all the heads o" institutions a""iliated to the +oard, (hich sa s that the 97 st centur $ommunication #echnolog is characteri/ed (ith the emergence o" .no(ledge +ased societ (herein !n"ormation and pla s a pivotal role. #he convergence o" $omputer, communication and content technologies, +eing .no(n as !$#, have attracted attention o" academia, +usiness, government and communities to use it "or innovating pro"ita+le propositions. !$# has permeated in ever net(or.ing. 'ear + (al. o" li"e a""ecting the "ields such as launching satellites, managing +usiness across the glo+e and also ena+ling social ear it is +ecoming simpler to use devices such as des.top palm top, iPod, iPad etc. #he truth o" the matter is that, Students are closer to the #echnolog than
(e are, especiall the Hand Held Devices or the =+i*uitous resources, their comprehension o" these resources is e5ponentiall , (hich ou (ill discover onl as ou get close to them.

Let us all e5plore the "un (ith learning and vice2versa as to develop the taste o" learning and involvement as the onl means to avoid DDistractions in the classroom1 in particular. #he 97st $entur Learner is a SM;<# learner more as a #rainer and #act"ul at art to "inish Strong. 3hat is re*uired is another $$E> $reative $umulative Evaluation o" the #eachers ) ) 3ith the utilit segments availa+le to the trio, the teachers, parents and students in the "orm o" %e5t Education products, there is a certain +elie" o" lo( cost in"ormation and communication technolog tools are empo(ering the (a o" change. ;s a result ne(

s.ills and innovative a+ilities are re*uired o" students and (or.ers in their learning, livelihood and li"e. ;s a matter o" "act, "or a meaning"ul and purpose"ul education, there is an urgent need "or the schools to "unction as a learning hu+ "or the entire communit and to +e e*uipped (ith all the "acilities as per the need o" the communit . Similarl , the communit has to e5tend their cooperation to the schools "or the holistic development o" the child. Hence, there is an urgent need to not onl cooperate +ut to colla+orate +et(een all sta.e holders o" the societ . #he school ma.es the societ and the countr there + . #he %ational Polic on !$# in School Education + MH<D &ovt. o" !ndia, states, D#he !$# polic in School Education aims at preparing outh to participate creativel in the esta+lishment, sustenance and gro(th o" a .no(ledge societ leading to all around social economic development o" the nation and glo+al competitiveness1. Here is the solution, a must "or all schools to practice ,ualit Education (ith a "lare o" interest generating learning environment in the classrooms.

Dr. Dheeraj Mehrotra (%ational ;(ardee) Eice President (;cademics) %e5t Education !ndia Ltd. (((.ne5teducation.in dheerajmKne5teducation.in