A special education teacher had a class of students with a wide range of learning disabilities, including dyslexia, visual impairments, hearing impairments, intellectual disabilities and attention deficit disorder. Despite her best efforts, she found that many of her students were struggling to keep up with the class and were not making the progress she had […]
Rohan, an introverted student, was often misunderstood as lazy by his classmates and teacher because he was quiet and rarely participated in class discussions. He was always seen sitting alone in the back of the class, not paying attention and not participating. His classmates and teacher thought he was not interested in learning and that […]
A middle school teacher spent hours grading her students’ assignments and exams every night. She would have to grade each one individually, calculate the grades, and provide feedback. This process would take her away from her primary role of teaching and planning engaging lessons for her students. She would often rush through her lesson plans […]
Homeschoolers, in the past years, have performed equally well in the competitive exams compared to regular school goers. With the introduction of hundreds of digital tools and EdTech platforms, homeschooling has become a preferred way for many parents to educate their children. A lot of parents desire their children to learn in a less rigid […]
A recent survey shows that 67.8 per cent of teachers in India prefer hybrid teaching formats and environments. But what made hybrid schools and formats a big hit in the educational sector? Before the pandemic, only a handful of teachers and institutes were making optimum utilisation of educational tools and technologies. But when the entire […]
A History Teacher had to relocate to a new city, leaving her job at a prestigious school. She was a qualified teacher who had completed her B.Ed and had secured a Gold Medal in History at her university during her post-graduation. She could not find a vacancy at any schools after moving to a new […]
A teacher took up a new batch of students for her online coaching class. During the demo sessions, she was confident in her teaching and was affirmative to getting a good response from the students. But after the demo classes, the feedback forms startled her. Most students found her lectures too fast-paced. But due to […]
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, the online education sector has become the target of increasing cyber-attacks. Students and teachers became easy targets for such attackers. Millions of users using online learning have received phishing emails that look legitimate. These emails contain links that lead users to unprotected spam sites. Users thus unknowingly invite all […]
Why is it that every time we see a giant yellow ‘M’ or a Red play button icon certain brand names come to our mind? Brands like McDonald’s and YouTube are identifiable even from a distance. When people on highways stop for a meal, they will naturally be drawn towards a brand like McDonald’s by […]
Remote learning is possible due to the availability of various video conferencing platforms. Such platforms enable teachers and students to connect and interact in a virtual space without any barriers. Google Meet is one of the most popular platforms used by educators for conducting online or virtual classrooms. There are many features of Google Meet […]
