Workshop on “Activity Based Training” in Mathematics was organized by AIS, Noida. Dr. Hukum Singh who is professor and head of Department of Education in science and mathematics, NCERT conducted the workshop. It was attended by Mansi Popli, Gigi Xavier and Suchrita Sachdeva.

    A workshop titled “Six Thinking Caps” was held at AIS, Noida by Ms. Mohina Dar. It focused on creativity in expression and writing. It was attended by Ms. Kirti Tandon.

July' 2007

     A workshop on “Basic of Computers” was conducted for all the teachers of Pushp Vihar. In the workshop teachers were told how to make effective worksheets. Teachers were also taught about the use of Internet.

    Teacher’s workshop on “Yoga & Meditation” was conducted in the school premises which focused on their physical and mental wellbeing. It was conducted by Yoga ………

    Teacher’s workshop on “Enhancing your Self Expression” was conducted by Tara Bose. The workshop focused on optimizing creativity in self expression. The teachers were introduced to simple steps which they could use to enhance creativity among students.

    1st December’ 2007 was the World Aids Day – a special day totally dedicated to the cause of rekindling hope and spreading awareness for this cause. Amity Humanity Foundation supported by Delhi States Aids Control Society organized a conference at Amity International School, Pushp Vihar.

Amity has always been a forerunner for the cause of social issues. Our Founder President Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan Sir and our Chairperson Dr. Amita Chauhan ma’am have been always aspired to forge ahead with dedication and spirit to work towards this noble cause. The Amity Humanity Foundation is an example of their sincerity and conscientiousness for such as endeavour.

    Amity International School, Pushp Vihar hosted the ‘NCERT Science Workshop’ on the 1st Dec’ 07. It was an enlightening workshop where in the needs for experimentation in Science was highlighted. The resource persons were Dr. Ruchi Verma from the department of Organic Chemistry NCERT, Prof B. K. Tripathi who introduced the vision of NCP, 2005. to the teachers of Amity. He also gave the five point programme of NCERT. Mr. Joshi spoke with stress on the validity part of knowledge with regard to content, cognitive, process, environment and history. It was scientific and practical oriented. The resource persons were impressed by the efforts of teachers of Amity.

E-Shiksha

    Amity as organization not only nurtures talent of its students but also opens up new vistas for its teachers, so that they can evolve as true facilitators. So to make the teachers tech-savvy, a two day workshop on “E-Shiksha” was organized at Amity, Pushp Vihar wherein the entire Amity family (Schools) participated.

The workshop helped the teachers to re-think and evaluate their teaching styles and techniques and go beyond the textbooks or power-point presentations. A package based on Open source operating system called ‘exe’ was introduced which can help teachers to make useful learning lessons (lesson plans) for the children in an interesting way. The following tools were introduced to make the teaching – learning process more interactive and a fun filled experience –

1. Open Source (blog, wiki)
2. Unfreeze
3. Pivot
4. Audacity
5. Mindspot

With more machine room practice and hands-on exposure, productive leaning materials can be made for the children with these tools.

The workshop was insightful and with a project given for each teacher which needs to be completed within two months, the practical aspect was also taken care of. Thus the two days gave enough food for thought for the participating teachers and was a fruitful experience for all.