Techno-Pedagogy Workshop for CRPs - Bengaluru North - August 2024
Workshop Objectives
- To familiarize the CRPs with the TPD program for the academic year
- To support the DIET in building CRPs’ capacities for mentoring, supervising and facilitating teachers to use multilingual, inclusive and constructivist pedagogies in language teaching
- To help CRPs access and make use of available resource repositories
- To help CRPs familiarize themselves with the use of FOSS tools for facilitating their academic and administrative tasks and processes.
Agenda
Time | Session Name | Description/Topics | Resources | |
Day 1 | 10:00 to 10:45 AM | Ice breaking Activity Opening session | Welcome and sharing the objectives of the workshop (agenda, setting expectations) | |
10:45 to 11:30 AM | Familiarization with our programs | Developing a broader understanding of the program;
Brief recap of work done in KLEAP and TIEE programs |
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11:30 to 11:45 AM | TEA BREAK | |||
11:45 AM to 12:30 PM | Participant Questionnaire | Participants are to fill the google form shared | ||
12:30 to 1:00 | Introduction to inclusive and equitable classroom practices | 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 | 9:30 to 10:00 | Recap | Recap, setting agenda for the day | |
10:00 to 11:00 | Group activity | Groups continue working on creating activities for stories
Digitizing, filling online forms |
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11:00 to 11:30 | Common group discussion and peer review | Groups share activities they have created for their allocated stories on the Whatsapp group and | ||
11:30 to 12 | Working with tech | 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 Discussion on 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 |
Resources
- Significance of Listening Skills for Language Acquisition and Learning
- Transacting audio resources in the classroom