Teaching names of fruits and vegetables using technology

 Teaching names of fruits and vegetables using technology 

 

This time I am going to share about my lesson. The lesson was on vegetables and fruits for class I. We being in the border area it were much easier for me to teach the particular topic. Many of the fruits and vegetables are already seen and tasted by my students. My students know a lot of names of fruits and vegetables. They have already learnt through the surroundings they are living. Although it was easier for me to talk about the topic but not all of them are privileged to receive such opportunities. 

Teaching names of all the fruits and vegetables are not possible because of their adaptive characteristics and habitats. Some fruits and vegetables grow in cold places while others in hot places. So, in such situation use of ICT plays an important role to teach the concept of the topic.

Thinking of the under privilege children and keeping them in mind then I thought of integrating ICT in my lesson. I down loaded the moves and pictures from the net and showed them. After that I could teach them many new names with real pictures. Some of the fruits and vegetables are hardly seen by the children. So they got opportunity to explore many fruits and vegetables.

I showed it on my laptop during my lesson. I found out even the low achiever could catch up very well. I was fully satisfied with my lesson that day. Now I fully believed that by integrating ICT do make the lesson very effective and successful one. Thank you so much for the great idea.

Use of ICT in my Lesson

Use of ICT in my Lesson

I prepared my lesson objectives on power point slide consecutively to teach the lesson using projector. My lesson objectives were prepared in three slides. Preparation of teaching learning materials made using ICT, I downloaded the moves and pictures from the net of domestic animals.

The lesson was on domestic animals taught in class I English. Though it was impossible to bring the real object to the class and show it to them. Even the animals are not available in the area we lived in. For instance since we are in southern parts of Bhutan, we will not be able to see yaks, horses, etc. So I thought that and then integrated the lesson. I could teach them with names and real pictures. For some children they could name it with their local language and for some other they couldn’t.

After going through the pictures and names of domestic animals, children could tell their names and match with the pictures. Without the use of ICT I thought I could have limited the knowledge for the children. Children love when we have integrated lesson.

Children show very interest to learn through such teaching method using ICT.  Technology encourages a more active participation in the learning process which can be hard to achieve through a traditional lecture environment. When the lessons are taught through PowerPoint presentation, teachers and students get ample time to prepare the lesson and activities for the children which enhances in learning.

Cow

Dog

Goat

Hen

Horse

Pig

Yak

Cat