Malathi Teacher Full Pdf 31
Donnell Simon
Like a missing tooth, sometimes, an absence is more noticeable than the presence. The great Thiruvathirakali artist Smt.Malathi. G Menon left us to be one of the sparkling celestials. Our own dear Malathi teacher, the tharavaattamma or matriarch of ancient folk art, by leaving her earthly abode, has become more conspicuous by her absence than by her vivid & vibrant presence.
While teaching Thiruvathirakali, she was shaping them in not only their body movements and footwork but also shaping their rhythm (Thal) of Life, & the emotions(Bhava) in their relationship with society. The students who were serious about the art were able to tune their Life Raga as per the cadences & melodies that floated from the soul of their teacher.
Dear Malathi teacher, in the brief encounters that I have had with you, a lot of hope could be inspired, and a lot of imagination could be ignited in me regarding the qualities of a teacher, be it art/science/language. You have held my hand with your hand that handled the edakka ever so rhythmically, opened my mind to an art that would not have blossomed without you, and touched my heart with your simplicity.
Thiruvathirakali the ancient folk art that was & is the most democratic dance form has reached faraway shores due to stalwarts like her, the medium being her students many of whom are exponents now in countries far & wide. I pull down the curtains of this eulogy with mixed feelings:
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As the school bell rings on a crisp Monday morning, students of Oakridge International, Sarjapur, scamper to get to their seats. A teacher walks in and promptly instructs the class to select a particular lesson on their tabs. Gone are the days of heavy textbooks; students today are more than happy to make the digital switch.
Students were elated when we gave them the tablets a year ago. The look on their face was priceless. The tabs were given in batches of 10. The rest would eagerly wait for their turn. Lessons, like vocabulary , are taught in the form of games which get the kids hooked. The device is loaded with relevant study material, said Malathi Anantha, science teacher, Oakridge International School Their schoolbags aren't so heavy as the board follows research-based learning. Children only need to carry reference books. Thanks to the tablets, student engagement has significantly increased, added the science teacher. Students of classes 6, 7 and 8 have been using the tabs on a pilot basis. Higher classes will be brought into the loop eventually , said Malathi.
For Aditree and her sixthgrade classmates, tabs meant lighter schoolbags. Earlier, my mother and I would hold on to my heavy textbooks while travelling in local buses. But now though my bag is light, the classes are all the more exciting, said Aditree Roy of Navkis School near MS Ramaiah Memorial Hall. The 11 year-old's 720g tablet is encrypted with all her eight textbooks and has multimedia elements like animations and videos.
It's the best thing that could happen in school. The teacher is able to complete the syllabus faster and we can type extra notes and highlight the key points, said Aditree's classmate Tejas Varma. While the school has tied up with a platform only for class 6, from next academic year it plans to introduce tabs from grade 5.
Edutor Technologies is one of the platforms that delivers textbooks from multiple publishers, embedded with media, quizzes and web links. It has partnered with the top 35 publishers in the country and are catering to more than 75,000 students in India, West Asia and Africa. I only knew about WiFi when I turned 25. But today both my kids know what it is. Children are extremely tech savvy and need support from stakeholders to make their bags light. It directly impacts their productivity , said Ram Gollamudi, CEO, Edutor Technologies.
While students are fast at picking up new skills, it's tough educating parents about digital textbooks. Once parent make sense of them, we begin training teachers, he pointed out. Impartus Technology, a video platform broadly used in the higher education sector, has tied up with Shiv Nadar School in Noida. The platform has facilitated more than 50 `flipped' classrooms, where videos are used to impart lessons . Lectures are recorded and students can access the videos later. Though, initially, teachers may find it uncomfortable speaking in front of a camera, they tune in to the process gradually , said Amit Mahensaria, co-founder of Impartus.
For Vidya Vardhak Sangha Gandhi Centenary School, a 60plus year-old institution, digitization began early . We have come a long way from using huge projectors called spectra vision, to digital classrooms today . The clarity and voice is pleasing to the students, said Geetavenkatesh, principal.
Students who disliked math are showing interest in the subject online because they find it interactive and fun, she added.The school has partnered with NextEducation, a platform that offers a range of products. Over 100 schools in Bengaluru are using NextEducation's product TeachNext, a multimedia-based, pedagogically appropriate content mapped to school curricula.
Children today become familiar with gadgets early on in life mostly because of the exposure they have to e-devices in their immediate surroundings. Schools are turning this to advantage and rightly so; a tech transition in the teacherstudent bond is the way forward. Making study material available on tablets will not just get kids hooked on to the medium but also ensure they don't have to lug heavy schoolbags. However, tablets are an expensive option. The government and technology providers need to join hands to ensure that students in more schools can use these devices.
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