Techno-Pedagogy Workshop - Mysuru - July 2024
Program Overview
Workshop Objectives
- To help teachers experience and understand the ways in which audio stories can support language teaching-learning
- To understand how multilingual, inclusive and innovative teaching strategies can be used in language teaching
- To discuss different types of classroom activities that can be done using mobile-based audio stories
- To explore how story-pedagogy can help build listening and speaking skills in children
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Agenda
Time | Session Name | Description/Topics | Resources | |
Day 1 | 9:30 to 10:30 | Introduction and Ice-breaker | Ice-breaker activities | |
10:30 to 11:00 | Program overview | Developing a broader understanding of the program
Brief recap of work done in Resource Creation and Editing workshops |
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11:00 to 11:30 | Setting agenda and expectations | Overview of workshop objectives, agenda | ||
11:30 to 11:45 | Whatsapp Group creation | Scan QR code, ask teachers to share their name, school, grades they teach | ||
11:45 to 1:00 | Myths related to language learning | Discussion on challenges faced in language teaching and myths related to language learning
Re-thinking their pedagogy |
Video on language learning myths | |
1:00 to 2:00 | Lunch and Energiser | |||
2:00 to 2:45 | Story-based pedagogy | Storytelling as pedagogy, Discussion on possible benefits of using audio story-based resources and pedagogy | Video on storytelling as pedagogy | |
2:45 to 3:30 | AntennaPod App and interface | Demo, installation, hands-on practice | Sharing tutorials/ How-To videos | |
3:30 to 4:30 | Consolidation and wind up | Recap and prep for next day
Teachers to explore AntennaPod stories before coming the next day |
audio stories on Antennapod | |
Day 2 | 10:00 to 10:30 | Recap, agenda setting | Recap, setting agenda for the day | |
10:30 to 11:30 | Demo 1: ‘Transacting audio resources in the classroom’ | Immersive demo session including TPR, pre-listening, during and post-listening activities. | Mentimeter link (poll), slide-deck, sample audio story with session plan+ resources for demo | |
11:30 to 12:30 | Reflecting on demo and introducing structure for activities | 1. Open discussion on demo activities, observations, feedback, brainstorming other ways to use audio-stories
2. Providing structure for designing activities (pre, during, post). 3. Explain the KOER page template |
slide deck on activities done | |
12:30 to 1:00 | Presentation on RAP parameters | Sharing guidelines based on RAP framework (checklist) for activity creation | Handout | |
1:00 to 2:00 | Lunch and Energiser | |||
2:00 to 2:30 | Group activity | In groups of 5, teachers work on creating at least 1 activity of each type ( pre, during, post) keeping in mind the guidelines for a common story | Activity page template | |
2:30 to 2:45 | Group discussion | Plenary discussion on activities created
Discussing challenges faced when creating activities |
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2:45 to 3:45 | Group activity | Developing activities for different stories in smaller groups with support from facilitators | KOER page template. | |
3:45 to 4:15 | Presentation of a few developed activities and discussion keeping school context in mind | |||
Day 3 | 10:00 to 10:20 | Agenda setting | Recap, setting agenda for the day | |
10:20 to 11:30 | Group activity | Groups continue working on creating activities for stories
Digitizing, filling on forms |
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11:30 to | AntennaPod App and interface | Available classroom technology and troubleshooting tips | Help page | |
12:00 to 1 | Implementation action planning | Teachers make a plan for themselves on what they can implement in their classrooms in the next 2 months. Plan to include stories chosen, tentative schedule, frequency, relevant grade, relevant activities.
Common discussion on plans made by teachers, feasibility, challenges they anticipate and how they can be mitigated |
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Lunch and Energiser | ||||
2:00 to 3:00 | Academic support | Discussion on how participants can take these resources and methodology to more teachers and schools
Supporting implementation, cluster sharing meetings, role of RPs and CRPs Training demo, how they will work with teachers to implement What takeaways from the workshop can be shared during cluster meetings? What sessions can be taken? What would be roles of RP teachers and CRPs? Consolidate inputs from teachers |
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3:00 to 4:00 | Reflections & Feedback | Discussion on way forward, reflections and feedback on workshop activities, filling feedback form, group photo | Feedback form |