From learning

to
collaborative e-learning.....

…...my experiences of being an e-teacher.

Suryaveer Singh
PGT (Post Graduate Teacher) Geography
S.D.PUBLIC SCHOOL, BU BLOCK, PITAMPURA, DELHI , India- 110088
 I am a Teacher
I am a counselor and psychologist to a problem-filled child,
I am a police officer that controls a child gone wild,
I am a travel agent, who takes a child to distant unseen places,
I am a confidante that wipes a crying child’s tear,
I am a banker, who collects thoughts of a child,
I am a librarian showing adventures that a storybook brings,
I am a custodian of child’s faith,
I am a photographer seeing a child grow,
When mother and father are gone for the day, I become both,
I am a politician that must do tricks
I am a news reporter updating on our nation’s current events,
I am a detective solving small mysteries and ending all suspense,
I am a clown and comedian that make the children laugh,
I am a preacher when a child strays from values,

I am proud to be these people because…. “I’m a teacher”

Taken from Stacy Bonino

 …...with these thoughts in mind I
joined the teaching profession
It was summer of 2001
when I joined the school
as a Geography teacher.
And it was 2003 when I first
operated a computer in
the computer lab and
made a presentation.
More and presentations
followed;
In between these
presentations I used
copy-right encyclopedias
to show animations and
searched the text.
 …..soon I realized…
-That presentations are just like another
blackboard; an electronic blackboard.

-That students which were once fascinated by

presentations are now getting bored.

-Animations of CDs were not fulfilling my objectives

of lesson.

-The time has moved ahead: students wanted more

concrete learning experiences.

-That I’ve to find new methods of teaching-learning

processes that are independent and self
explanatory.
 Days and days past by like that…
but then!
- It was March, 2007 when
we came to know about
the ‘eshikshaindia’
through the first workshop
held in our school.
- I became an active
member of this teacher’s
portal.
- We were introduced a
new set of online and
offline tools through a
series of workshops held
in different school of
Delhi.

http://www.eshikshaindia.in
 ...it changed my perception of
teaching
 It has provided me a platform
to explore and experiment.
 Tools which we learnt from
eshiksha gave me ‘freedom’ to
control the delivery of learning
materials.
 My classroom became lively
and students look forward of
learning concepts and
processes through these
methods.
 With these tools classrooms
have extended beyond the four
walls and corners.

Want to know how? Click for next…….

 Online ‘Wiki’ tool:
http://exploringgeography.wikispaces.com
My class X students collaborate online.
Students post their work (lesson
summaries) online so that we and
classmates can correct, improve,
and discuss their work.
They share their personal resources such
as videos, presentations.
It has inculcated thinking skills and group
learning in the students.
Encouraged students to take
responsibility for their own learning
Supported and encouraged collaborative
learning which is otherwise difficult to
achieve.
 Acknowledgement from
wikispaces….
Wikispaces.com has
written a blog entry
about my wiki in their
official website
http://blog.wikispaces.com/2007/10/an-extended-clas
 Online ‘Blog’ tool:
http://mygeographylearning.blogspot.com
Blog is very special to me and my
students.
We explore the wonderful world together
through it.
Feelings of ‘awe’ and ‘excitement’ is
always there in us.
They get multiple information from me on
a single web page. They don’t have to
spend time searching and are now
safe from the web based abuses.
The best part is that my students find
lesson notes and resources for board
exam through it.
Students are showing interest and find me
online even at their home.
I can pass on important instructions even
when its off day for us.
 Offline tool: ‘eXe web authoring’
Landforms and their evolution
It has Motivated students to
achieve results through
interactive courses.
Provided frequent and
timely individual feedback
and assessment.
It has supported &
increased
communications between
me and students.
Those without internet at
home can now gets
benefits of viewing lesson
in multimedia form.
 E-learning has benefited me…
 In reducing the load; routine information are available online. This has released
more time for me to do other classroom activities;
 In making communication easier with individual students and groups of
students;
 In making it possible to use a wide range of resources that may otherwise are
too expensive to use;

In reducing assessment time through the use of eXe learning courses.

By making me accessible to a large and diverse student population with little
increase in teaching time;
 Students feel engaged and teaching has become more interactive.

Its an one time effort and can be used any time even in the
next academic year with new sets of students.
 My students got benefited….
-in improving results and responses. (Class result improved by 5.2%
otherwise it used to vary between +,- 2%)
-Opened involvement of high achievers as well as low achievers.
-Interactivity between students has increases.
-It brought an attitudinal change towards the subject.
-Even the students with low reading skill show greater achievements
in the tests.
-Students show higher attendance and lower disciplinary problems.
-High-quality narrations and concepts in both Hindi and English,
suits our diverse students who come from different
backgrounds.
-Students have got the freedom of viewing it again and again
according to their own pace of learning.
-Each unit has a summary component that helps in recapitulating
previous concepts before the new one is explained.
-These resources are free therefore there is no additional cost on
our part.
An examples of mind map created
by using ‘Free Mind’ software.

These are created by my students using Free Mind freeware software

 An example of web cam slide

It looked wonderful when my students first saw it on wide projector screen at

Our multimedia room.
Nyhavn, Copenhagen, Denmark Rio, Brazil Times Square, New York

Jerusalem, Israel Koh Samui, Thailand Tenby, Wales

 Students at work…

Students watching eXe course material

In my geography room.

Students collaborating in wiki in my lab.

 Sharing my e-learning experiences with teachers and
principals of other schools in Delhi region and colleagues.

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan School teachers of Delhi region

My presentation at Principal’s Meet held in Delhi on 18th October, 2007

 Some reflections from other
teachers about my work

These are online clips of other school teachers in India posted in www.eshikshaindia.in
portal for teachers regarding my ICT integration in education
…some more
 Feedbacks

“Talk to a student, any student, who are associated with

him and they’ll have a story to tell, whether it’s a quick
tale about a single tool or a sprawling epic about the
rewards of being an e-learners. You can be sure of one
thing: it won’t bore you”. – a colleague

A few students of class X came to me and asked “how

come I’m able to create and modify so much on daily
basis even when I’m not a computer software engineer.”

I only reply that “We only sharing and re-learning”.

Learn more about my school -

http://sdpublicschool.blogspot.com