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==Teachers Communities of Learning (TCOL)==

==Teachers Communities of Learning (TCOL)==

TCOL aims to bring together the subject teachers working in a block together, through physical interactions supplemented and complemented by virtual interactions. The project aims to:

The TCOL program attempts to demonstrate how technology can support the improvement of educational outcomes at a school level through a community of learning approach.  The program attempts to build communities at multiple levels - within the school, across different subject teachers, and across the schools in the Bengaluru South 3 block.

 

This is the third phase of the program, working with government aided schools in Bengaluru South 3 block. The program attempts to expand and deepen the work done in the second phase TCOL from 2014-17 which had focused on government high schools. 

 

# Support teachers to interact with one another, for peer learning and mentoring, within a 'community of learning '

# Support teachers to interact with one another, for peer learning and mentoring, within a 'community of learning '

# Support schools and teachers to learn and adopt ICTs in a variety of ways, for both their own development as well as for their teaching-learning processes

# Support schools and teachers to learn and adopt ICTs in a variety of ways, for both their own development as well as for use in their teaching-learning processes

# Demonstrate a model of ICT integration in teaching-learning

# Demonstrate a model of ICT integration in teaching-learning

# Identify possibilities for systemic reforms and policy

# Identify possibilities for systemic reforms and policy

# School-based intensive work to demonstrate and train in ICT integration in teaching-learning and administrative processes

# School-based intensive work to demonstrate and train in ICT integration in teaching-learning and administrative processes

=== Program with Government Aided Schools (2018-21) ===

==== Program strategies  ====

After the completion of the three year program with Government High Schools from 2014-17, IT for Change has begun a similar program with the Government Aided Schools in Bengaluru South 3 Block. The aims of the program are:

# Working with identified, interested schools for demonstrating school level technology integration. This will include the following:

# To teach teachers to use subject software applications for subject teaching and for creating digital TLM

## Working with identified subjects to demonstrate techno-pedagogies

# To teach teachers to use generic text, image, audio and video software applications for teaching (both digital literacy and computer-assisted-learning), and for creating digital TLM

## Supporting technology integration for school management and administration

# To support teachers to implement digital literacy and subject based teaching with students for improving learning outcomes

## Digital literacy classes for the students in line with NCERT National ICT Curriculum, 2013

# To establish professional learning communities (PLCs) amongst teachers, by subject, across Bengaluru South 3 schools and support their need-based, continuous and peer-learning based learning

## Support the development and maintenance of ICT labs

 

# Block level workshops for head masters, subject teachers. These workshops will be subject wise only, and will be conducted on an identified day each month. Teachers from the schools where ICT is being integrated for subject teaching will also present their work to support peer learning in these workshops.

# ITfC team will work with the department and the HMs of the schools to identify schools interested in the program over the 3 year period.

# Support teachers to create digital TLM in Kannada and in English, and upload it on the Karnataka Open Educational Resources portal, for use by all teachers.  

# ITfC team will work with select interested schools (2, 4 and 6 in year 1, 2 and 3 respectively). ITfC faculty will help subject teachers in integrating ICT for subject teaching as a part of the regular syllabus transaction in that school, and also support digital literacy classes by teachers for students. This will be aligned to the NCERT National ICT Curriculum, 2013

# ITfC will design and conduct period 1 day workshops to train teachers on subject based software applications and generic applications. These workshops will be ''subject wise only'', and will be conducted on an identified day each month. ''Teachers from the schools where ICT is being integrated for subject teaching will also present their work to support peer learning in these workshops.''

# ITfC team will support all interested schools to develop and maintain ICT Labs.

# ITfC team will support teachers to create digital TLM in Kannada and in English, and upload it on the Karnataka Open Educational Resources portal, for use by all teachers.

=== Program with Government High Schools (2014-17) ===

=== Program with Government High Schools (2014-17) ===