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I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

Editor’s Desk 1

National Test-

ing Agency

1

Hindustan

Group

1

Teaching be-

yond Class

rooms

2

FDP at Anna

Adarsh

3

Breaking News 3

Book Review 4

Computer Science

Faculty D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 7

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S

O F I N T E R -

E S T :

Golden

Jubilee of

Hindustan

Group

Article: The

Teaching

beyond

Class

rooms

Book Re-

view

In this Newsletter

assignment, I learn

something from everyone who

passes through my life. Some les-

sons are painful, and some are

painless.. but, all are priceless...with

new learning experiences month

after month, it has become a com-

mitment to make sure that first week

of every month I have to publish this

newsletter. This issue’s article I

believe it will be a thought process

for our teachers to use the

WhatsApp for their teaching learn-

ing process and take their teaching

beyond their class rooms. I would

like to thank all those who spare

their time to contribute to this issue

in terms not only their college

events but also for their purposeful

contents. I request all our faculty

friends to “Never change your origi-

nality for the sake of others. Be-

cause no one can play your role

better than you. So be yourself. You

are the best” and here is a platform

for showcase you ideas, I invite

each one of you to use this space

for your creations.

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Cabinet approved the setting up of National Testing

Agency (NTA). The agency would be responsible for

conducting entrance examinations in the country thus

relieving educational bodies like CBSE, AICTE etc. The

National Testing Agency aims to conduct these entrance

exams twice a year as compared to the current scenario

where UGC NET is conducted just once a year. It will

relieve the mounting pressure on our candidates to either

clear the exams or wait for another year to get their next

chance.

V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 5

UGC Net exams will be shifted from

CBSE to NTA

Book Bank @ Anna Adarsh

P A G E 2

“Problems can

become

opportunities

when the right

people come

together”

With technology, we as educators and our students are living in a constantly evolving digital world. The digital

age has changed the way people communicate, network, access information and learn.

Technology driven Teaching-learning process

There was quite a lot of technology that evolves every day, we have already moved far away from traditional

talk & chalk board class rooms to smart rooms. But the question is about feasibility and accessibility for

these technologies among all categories of institutions. The institutions may differ based on their eco-

nomical background, but students are students..as teachers we have the responsibility to give them the

best of what is feasible. In our teaching learning processes, today ICT have an inevitable role by: Ex-

panding access, Promoting efficiency, Improving the quality of learning, Enhancing the quality of teaching

Students driven by social media Technology has transformed young India. The gadgets

considered as luxuries earlier have swiftly become

necessities making an impact on both their student

and personal lives. But these technology has created

an issue, where our students are getting addicted to

these medias..

Problems as an Opportunity

There are always two types of teachers faced with the same

challenge — one will approached it as a problem to over-

come, and the other, will look for a possibility of reinvention.

“Problems can become opportunities when the right people

come together”

Need for a change in Mindset

“Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback,

or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on

your perspective”. Talk to any successful professional with a

positive attitude, and you'll find one key trait in common: all of them have a unique mentality that allows them

to handle challenges differently. Rather than seeing problems as burdensome forces of opposition, they see

problems as opportunities--opportunities to learn, grow, improve, or adjust in a way that leaves them better

off than before the problem existed.

Art of converting the Problems into Opportunity

WhatsApp is an app that has become inevitable among student, that has creating problems, which we teachers

can convert into a affordable and available tool for our teaching learning process. Most successful teachers

have not achieved their distinction by having new talent or opportunity presented to them. They have devel-

oped the opportunity that was at hand. The underlying purpose of WhatsApp is to facilitate communication,

and at its most basic level, education is nothing but communication. WhatsApp can provide a channel through

which teachers can achieve faster and more seamless communication with their students. It can also increase

the level of communication between students and create another venue for learning

Students are also moving away from or-

ganised learning environment, towards

the online learning space indicating the

popularity that do-it-yourself (DIY) and

collaborative learning is gaining, video

chat and educational tutorials was the

popular among students.

Conclusion

High infiltration of Smartphones has initi-

ated growing use of WhatsApp for

groups of teachers and their students to

support the learning process by allowing direct access to lots of online resources.

Combination of medium like videos, pic-

tures and voice notes along with constant

availability of facilitator and learning any-

time anywhere, has made WhatsApp a

new and convenient tool for teaching

learning activity. Though there is no sig-

nificant difference between gain of knowl-

edge from WhatsApp or instructive lectures, advantages (technical, educational or instructional) out pars the

disadvantages. A few disadvantages, like message flooding and eyestrain can be overruled by making small

groups and using mobiles with bigger screen. Enabling a Wi-Fi in the college campus can make its use cost

effective.

“Every crucial

experience can

be regarded

either as a

setback, or the

start of a

wonderful new

adventure, it

depends on

your

perspective”

C O M P U T E R S C I E N C E

Simple Educational Strategies using WhatsApp 1. Use the Group Chats feature to create learning and

study groups 2. Create audio lessons that can be sent directly to

students 3. Stay in contact with students outside the classroom 4. Send out problems or assignments to students even

when they are not in class 5. Stay in contact with parents 6. Send videos to students 7. Send graphics such as pictures or charts directly to

students 8. Send report cards directly to the parents’ phones 9. Facilitate real-time communication between

(teachers and parents) & (students and teachers) 10. Teachers can also maintain communication with

students.

V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 5

CCLASSROOMSLASSROOMS

Teaching beyond Dr. C.V. Suresh Babu Prof. S.Ranjana

Anna Adarash college for Women

A one day faculty orientation pro-

gramme was organized by the De-

partment of Computer Science, Anna

Adarsh College for Women on the

topic “Changing role of a Teacher”

on 25.11.2017. The resource person

was Dr. C.V. Suresh Babu, His pas-

sion in sharing his knowledge and ex-

perience among the teaching frater-

nity made this faculty orientation pro-

gramme informative and productive. More than 40 faculty members participated in the programme.

The changing role of a teacher from Guru,

Teacher, Trainer, Coach, Mentor in this modern

scenario was explained clearly with real life ex-

amples. Dr. C. V. Suresh Babu spoke on how a

creative teacher plays a major role in building

the character and skill set of the student. The

faculty members were simulated as elevators

since they are responsible in lifting the students

from zero level till their capacity level. Then they

come down to elevate the next batch, making it

a continuous process. They were made to recall

their gurus who mentored and shaped their personality as a student. He discussed the

importance of communication and information process for effective teachers involving

the opinion of the participant to create learning interest among the students. Dr. C.V.

Suresh Babu motivated the faculty to indulge in knowledge building through continuous

learning process and engage in research projects involving students. The programme

concluded with a thought provoking and motivating question “What would you want to

be in a period of five years?”

The feedback from the participants was overwhelming. They felt privileged of being in

the teaching profession and identified their role as a responsible teacher. All felt that a

faculty development programme for 2 days should be arranged in the future.

Mrs. Hannah Vijaykumar, Head, Dept. of Computer Science.

P A G E 3

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I. You can do it yourself” series: 1. Writing Journal Papers 2. Doing Project 3. Self Learning II FDP’s 1. Teacher—Do’s and Don’ts 2. Personalized Teaching 3. Teaching Beyond Syllabus 4. Project Based Teaching 5. Teaching with Technology 6. My Teacher—student’s perspective 7. Challenge the Challenge—A Road Map UGC NET 8. Once upon a time long long ago-Teaching through stories 9. From Guru to Teacher, Trainer, Coach, Mentor —

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Dr. E.S.Shameem Sulthana, M.C.A, M.Phil,MISTE, Ph.D.

Bhaktavatsalam Memorial college for women

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January Issue Editor

Prof. G. Ulaganathan M.Sc, M.Phil, NET, SET

Head– Department of Comp. Science Alpha Arts and Science college,

Chennai

Prof. T. Anubala, M.Sc., MCA, M.Phil. MBA, PGDVE@S.,

Prof. Dhanapalan college of Arts and Sc.

I like this book the most. Professors

interested in software testing will

find this book extremely helpful.

The brief and understandable defi-

nitions are informative and consid-

erate to people who are not familiar

to the testing. Also, it was very use-

ful for examination because this

book has one important content

“JUST BEFORE EXAM”. Students

like this book since it is user

friendly. This book was very well

written. It has pictorial representa-

tion along with descriptions of soft-

ware testing. This book was con-

structed with previous year univer-

sity question papers. So I hope stu-

dents are well benefited. Book Bank @ New Prince