Day 8 Peter Mbwago

 👥 17.02.2025    👌Participant: Peter Mbwago    📖 Toured Center https://shikhaacademy.org/

 Key Concepts & Insights

Introduction..: 

The day began with a tour to Shikha Academy where they run a school for financially constrained children from different financially constrained households of Mumbai. The center focuses on giving children from low-income families an access to top-notch education with the aim that they become global change makers. The academy provides safe space for learners with given well organized and maintained infrastructure for better career. 

 

 

Teaching methodology was about tech equipment used for online class

I was able to learn teaching process from curriculum design to interactive MAT model (Motivation, Ability and Transfer). This way of teaching brings a sense of engagement to students while attempting to solve problem. The process is comprised of units (modules) turned in to questions and that a teacher has to select a template such as project etc. And the teaching would normally begin with provocation, motivation and ends with project or skill practices.

3. Technology Integration

Shikha Academy applies the use of technology being it core value on imparting knowledge 

and skill to the students and educational technology tools or platforms the academy has introduced 

and is currently implementing are the use of ZOHO and devices such as Laptop/tablets and smartphones. 

The idea behind is that students have access to technological equipment and tools because one of the reason

 for the establishment of Shikha is that, they are working hard with the government and other private 

institutions to solve education problem in India.

Practical Applications

1. I am now planning to apply MAT in the class, I teach script writing, therefore I will be focusing more

 on the model. I will begin with motivation by throwing provocative questions, so that they can get to ability

 phase and then transfer what they have learned.

  

2. for long-term Implementation Plans; I am planning on having a flip-classes, use of TBL

 and I am planning on how to make these tech tools and pedagogy effective for the class.

Reflective Summary

My personal reflection on the day's learning experience

is, a learner should be put a first priority that a teacher is responsible on making sure that he/she should think about the ways to improve education problem and that adaptation is key on the use of effective tools and pedagogues. 

Areas for Further Exploration

Action Items

1. Activities  

2. MAT

 

After Shikha academy visit, we had lunch as usual. Dr. Briju and Ajay took us to the ferry so that we could go see an old siting but we missed a boat and the other one would have arrive an hour and a half. Therefore, we had to take few photos just for memory sake. The day's session ended with individual schedules.

 

 

IIT Bombay, another ET caps tour.