Voice of the DT Teacher...

• "A very useful workshop conducted by Dr. Vasanthi Vasudev. It opened my eyes and mind to a whole new concept that every child in a class is different …. I have implemented some of these techniques (though not all!), introduced by Dr. Vasanthi, in the classroom and met with reasonable success".
- N. Rajan, Computer Science, The Lawrence School, Lovedale

• "The 4MAT lesson plan had helped me to address the need of every student in my class by understanding their learning abilities / disabilities. These lesson plans had built in me a confidence that I will be able to cater the need of every individual learner".
- G. Daniel, Physics, The Lawrence School, Lovedale

• ""… Differentiated Teaching is a new concept in teaching, nevertheless a bold new approach in our Indian context, where teaching smacks of dull and boring lessons minus creativity and innovation. With Differentiated Teaching my teaching has gained a new momentum, my students enjoy a better understanding of every lesson I teach and in turn get to know the psychological insights of my learners in a new way."
- Sheila Kanavalli, Humanities, The Lawrence School, Lovedale

Students Speak about Career Counseling – Pallikudam, Kottyam, Kerala

“Career counseling has helped me become more focused on what to do in the future. It has been extremely helpful to me. I was very happy with the career choices as most of then were connected to subjects I enjoy.”
Pooja Joseph
Std X

“I thought it was good. I felt comfortable with the counselors. They were able to identify exactly what fields I was interested in. So that left me with the fact that the decision I took was right.”
Mamta Mathews
Std XI

“ I liked the counseling very much. I think that the options to choose have been narrowed down for me. At fisrt I was confused as to what to take for my 11th and 12th. Now I know what to aim for! Thank you Vasanthi & Saraswathi Aunties!
Susan Verghese
Std IX

I liked this counseling very much because before the counseling I had no clue of what I would take as my profession The counselors gave me all the details of what my profession would be and what kind of professional I can become.
Micheal Tomy Kallivayalil
Standard 8





Smruthi Rajagopalan
Std 11 Rosary Matriculation Higher School- Chennai

Hi
I just wanted to let you know that the counseling was very very useful and helpful to me and I have made up my mind according to this and I am very very happy now. My father who lives in Australia feels that most part of the report were very relevant to my personality..most of my friends seem to be very convinced that you helped me a great deal and they want to approach you for counseling.


Ms.Pratheeba Prakash India International School Bangalore
Workshop-Brain Based Learning

Excellent workshop conducted at the right time so that we can implement it in our lesson plan. The presentation will help me to make use of all the 9 intelligences.

Miss.Gadkari Archana – Golden Jubilee School Jalna
Workshop- Teaching Management

Keep going on with same spirit for this program “Knowledge for Service” by enlightening the teachers.

Ms.Bandida Mitchell – Golden Jubilee School Jalna
Workshop-Teaching Management

The Program dealt with all aspects of teaching required for a teacher in curriculum planning, classroom management, PTA and how to handle kids having different ability patterns. The integrity and passion provided by the resource teachers in encouraging teachers achieve the goals and objectives.
P. Suresh
Principal
Golden Jubilee School  - Jalna – Maharashtra
Thank you for the training programme for teachers held in May – June 2004.

The programme was very essential for us to give the teachers a better understanding the basics of teaching. The teachers have been able to understand and apply the training under the teacher development program conducted by you and Saraswathi.

We look forward to another workshop to develop an understanding of some of the finer points of education…….
May 2004

Mayo...moves towards Global Classrooms

A workshop for the teaching staff on Technology aided Learning and Collaborative Learning using the Internet was conducted between 9th and 14th December.

The 4 day programme was conducted by Dr Vasanthi Vasudev - Director Osmosys ™ and Ms Sarawathi Srinivasan. Osmosys ™ Learning Systems and Services , based in Chennai works with teacher groups to develop state of the art skills in pedagogy and technology.

The workshop was attended by 45 teachers. The programme developed skills in planning lessons using technology inputs like soft ware and more importantly, resources from the web like files, digital objects and interactive data-bases. The programme also exposed teachers to designing collaborative projects for students.

Teachers participated in the programme with much enthusiasm and even took an open-book examination in which Mr.Arvind Kumar, Ms.Shakti Buddhiraja, Mrs.Geti Johnson, Mr.R.Mazumdar, Mr.R. K.Dahiya and Mr.Appu Dey stood first, as a group.

The Workshop also provided ample scope for hands on work by the participants and the highlight of the workshop was the session on Lesson Plan Presentation by the teachers. The event was conducted as a competition and 18 teachers made multimedia presentations of their lesson plans. The plans were indeed a feast to the eyes with vibrant color and innumerable links to different web sites. The Principal-Mr.Pramod Sharma, Vice Principal-Mr.Samar Bhaduri, the Bursar-Mr.Dinesh Bhatnagar and Dr Vasanthi Vasudev were the judges and the winners were Mr.Paresh Mahawar-Ist Prize, Mr.Yash Saxena-2nd Prize and Mr.Jagpreet Singh and Mr.Desmond Lee-3rd Prize. The 4th prize was bagged by Mr.Appu Dey and Mr.Anurag P.Vinayak.

The school has big plans to soon make the collaborative learning platform a reality and invitations to various schools are soon to be sent to get the ball rolling. The school is also planning on a refresher course for teachers to upgrade their basic skills in technology and this is slated for February 2005.

Congratulations to all the winners and Hurrah to all the participants for taking such definite steps in the direction of creating global classrooms in Mayo College!

Mayo College Boys Ajmer : 2004 www.mayocollege.com