Amity Academic Leadership Forum For K-12 Schools India, Amity University Gurugram Organized Panel Discussion on What Next for Education Technology in Schools on 12th November 2021. Total 145 students, teachers and parents attended the panel discussion from 6 schools are Maxfort Dwarka, Summer Fileds School, Gurugram, Scholar Rosery School, Rohtak, Rawal International School, Faridabad, Scholar Global School, Bahadurgarh, St. Xavier’s High School, Gurugram.
Mr. Sachin Juneja , Director, Market Promotions moderated the session and discuss major key points on education technology with all the panelists.
Ms. Priyanka Bhatkoti, Principal , Max fort School Dwarka.
Ms. Priyanka explicitly mentioned that Technology gives power and transparency to us, she mentioned that transparency gives trust, which creates a better connection with the parents. Technology creates great opportunities among the students for learning across geographical boundaries. She concluded her words by mentioning that they have taken various initiatives at the school level, especially experiential learning which has encouraged more participation and focus from the students.
Ms. Urmi Mala, Principal , Summer Fields School Gurgaon.
Ms. Urmimala specified that Technology is here to stay, she illustrated that during the pandemic when everything was stand still, education was moving ahead, and this turns out a small child becoming tech-savvy. She believes that necessity is the mother of invention and technology, which has not grown stronger relationships only but also saved time, created more transparency and it is going to stay.
Dr. CV Singh, Founder Principal, Rawal International School, Faridabad
Dr. C.V. Singh discussed important points on Education technology, From past 2 years in tough COVID times it is evident that without technology there would have been no education. COVID taught everyone to be adaptive and to be very fast in learning new skills to survive. All teachers, parents, students came on technology without having a proper training in no time. Even hindi, music, art teachers and other staff who were not that tech-savy are now using technology to educate. Now Education has gone global, anyone can study from anyone irrespective of their area, time etc. There are some negatives also, underaged children are now free to use Mobile, internet without any disclaimers, and technology has proven more negative than positive. Holistic development of a child is not happening. At last purpose of learning is happy, healthy, and productive life for which we all stakeholders should strive for.
Ms Poonam Saxena,Principal , Scholars Global School ,Bahadurgarh Technology has helped teachers to enhance pedagogy, they can now have personalised touch with each student with help of many features in technology. Any student can now learn from anywhere at any time. Now learning can continue under all circumstances, continuity can be there no matter what. Assessments are now very easy using many features of Google. Now a student is not restricted to any one teacher/class, they can now learn in their mother tongue also. But nothing can replace physical classrooms. Now teachers must think more on changing pedagogy and student engagement techniques eg – using digital emotions etc. Technologies like Google handout, Breakout rooms are saviours. But at last, there is no replacement to pat on the back of a student by teacher.
Ms. Preeti Gugnani , Principal, Scholar Rosary School, Rohtak
Education technology is the bone now & It's for all of us. Classroom has reached homes, initially we started with Physical classes then we went on Virtual Classes & Now on Hybrid Model We came so far by the help of Technology Only. It is important to understand it properly to give due benefits to students with appropriate exposure of experiential learning. She also mentioned the various classroom strategies like,Students must be on Video mode, For all,Classrooms must be very well structured, Plus, the point of the technology is that we can record the session & It really helps us learn & revise later. She also discussed about Technology Integration Plan.
Ms. Sheba Thapar, Educationist, Gurugram discussed various points related to education technology that helped students to enhance their creative learning. She also mentioned that virtual classroom play vital role in today’s education. In addition to this, she mentioned that teachers have spent more time in preparing class content, student must be self motivated to make online mode successful.
She has explained few competencies required in education technology in schools are following.
- Sharing
- Communication
- Self Discipline
- Time Management
- Flexibility
Session ended with vote of thanks by Mr. Sachin Juneja, Director - Market Promotions.