Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Useful e-resources and tools for teaching – learning process


Useful e-resources and tools for teaching – learning process
The following e-resources and tools I have found very useful in teaching – learning process. Most of these tools are handy for the evaluation purposes. You may also find these e-resources / tools useful for your program / project / institution etc. in view of the COVID-19.

Sr. No
Link : e-resources
Usability
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http://127.0.0.1/moodle or
http://localhost/moodle
Moodle is generally used for delivering course content, course plan, grading, creating activities, collecting feedback and communicating with course participants. In all, Moodle is a Learning Management System useful to:
1.           Create and edit content
2.           Give access to students
3.           Grade their submissions
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Udemy: https://www.udemy.com  
Skillshare : https://www.skillshare.com/
Teachable : https://teachable.com/
Podia: https://www.podia.com/  
Platforms to Create Online Courses (Add on, Value Aided etc.)
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Google Classroom saves time and paper, and allows you to create classes, post assignments, and communicate with your students with ease. It also allows you to see which students have completed their assignments and you can provide direct, real-time feedback and grades
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Socrative – useful assessment tools for teachers according to hundreds of online reviews by educators and professional reviewers alike. Crates quizzes and questions with real-time grading with immediate feedback.

4
Google Forms: Create & grade quizzes with ease.
5
Mentimeter – offers pre-built education templates. Mentimeter Quiz Competitions test students’ knowledge in new and interesting ways.
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Kahoot – is a game-based assessment tool and also delivers engaging learning.
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Poll Everywhere provides live activities for students and also captures powerful feedback instantly during virtual meetings, classes, events, and more.
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EasyTestMaker is an online test generator to help you create and manage your tests!
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ClassMarker's secure, professional web-based Quiz maker is an easy-to-use, customizable online testing solution educational assessment with Tests & Quizzes graded instantly saving you hours of paperwork
10
Online resource for English Language Learners/Users for assessing their language level.
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Create advanced online quizzes for teachers/ students within minutes. You can create questions with single or multiple choices as answers, assign points, customize the results page, add images, and more.
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provides step-by-step advice on how to evaluate a project
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https://unlocktheteacher.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/100-positive-comments-to-utilize-when-speaking-on-students-behaviorr/
Handy with the apt comments so as  to assess/evaluate Project/Group Work
  
Hope to listen form you regarding the usage of these e-resources and tools!

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Towards Women Empowerment ... ... ... ...



Towards Women Empowerment
Women Empowerment, dignity and protecting women from violence and discrimination is the need of the hour. Hence, we have initiated this blog for sensitizing several issues regarding women empowerment.  The aim behind the said blog is to accomplish the Women Education, Women Empowerment, Gender Equality and Justice.

Objectives:
“Empowered women for her dignity and protecting her from violence and discrimination”

The group will work with the aim to accomplish:
1.      Women Education
2.      Women Empowerment
3.      Gender Equality and
4.      Justice

Characteristics:
1.      Maximum Participation of Women: Activities by the women, for the women and of the women.
2.      Women’s equal participation in the
·         decision-making process,
·         policy-making,
·         planning and
·         administration.
etc. will be emphasized.

3.      Giving Control to Women: Using the participation of women in the decision-making process to achieve balance of control between men and women over the factors of production, without dominance.

4.      Conscious Rising: Understanding of the difference between sex roles and gender roles and the belief that gender relations and the gender division of labor should be fair and agreeable to both sides, and not based on the domination.

5.      Thorough Access:
Women’s access to
·         Production
·         labour,
·         credit,
·         training,
·         marketing facilities, and
·         publicly available services and benefits

etc. will be emphasized through the consortium.

6.      Women Welfare comes first: Whatever will be the action taken will result in the welfare of the Women.

7.      Protecting the women's rights: Right to vote; to work; to fair wages or equal pay; to enter into legal contracts; to have equal rights in family; to have reproductive rights etc. will be emphasized through the consortium.

Services: 
Following programmes will be undertaken (Operating Mode: Face to face and Virtual) and the same will be made available through Consortium:
1.      Awareness Programmes regarding women safety and empowerment:
·         BPA 110/112/117/135 : THE BOMBAY POLICE ACT, 1951:
(http://mahasecurity.gov.in/pdf/regulations/bombay_police_act_1951.pdf)
·         IPC 354/ 509: THE INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
(https://indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/4219/1/THE-INDIAN-PENAL-CODE-1860.pdf)

2.      Training Programme regarding
·         Insecurity/ Under Confidence in Women
·         Awareness about Women Rights against Crime
·         Self Defense Training

3.      Orientation:
·         Understanding Patriarchy (a system of society or Government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it)
·         Lodging Complaints Online and Face to Face
·         Self Esteem/Respect
·         MOLESTATION
·         SEXUAL ASSAULT
·         VOYEURISM
·         EVE TEASING
·         ACID ATTACK
·         STALKING
·         CRUELTY BY HUSBAND
·         CYBER CRIME
·         DOWRY DEMAND/ DEATH

4.      Implementing Activities:
Exhibition, artistic presentation, wall papers/hangings, articles, and Competition on Women Empowerment too will be undertaken with a view to reach the masses. These programmes will be held Virtual/ Online and face to face.

We will appreciate your comments, suggestions etc.