Kolkata: When the teacher walks to the class of November 16, they will bring laptops, earphones, and other smart gadgets to facilitate new age teaching.
The teacher is trained for hybrid classrooms where a group of students will be physically present while other sets will attend online classes.
The teacher will not be able to sit or stand wherever they want in class during lessons since moving from a certain place will mean students who attend the class will hardly be able to see it.
The teacher must always face a laptop camera in the right corner.
On the other hand, sharing videos or teaching with the help of audio visual tools is now routine in online classes.
But the teacher must modify the lessons so that it includes students who are actually in the classroom.
The screen is now arranged in classrooms for projections and cameras are being installed at different angles so that the interaction between the classes in the class and those at home can occur as a “break-out” session to give lectures.
This will be a way for teachers to see how many classes are followed.
“This will be a new experience in teaching and it will not be easy.
A teacher must attract the attention of both candidates online and offline simultaneously.
Professional assistance we have rented will train the teacher about sound modulation and throw so that their voices do not continue.
They will also Taught about synchronizing teaching materials for both types of students in front of them, about the right angle to sit or stand for maximum visibility, and learn to talk to a microphone from a certain distance, “said John Bagul, Head of the South City International School School.
Teacher training will start from early November when they have to start back to school every day.
Many schools have begun asking teachers to attend a webinar on how to teach in hybrid classrooms carried out by learning platform management experts.
“Hybrid class teaching requires mastery of certain techniques and transitions from online classes for this will be a challenge for teachers.
Therefore, we made them attend webinars before they returned to campus in 1.
November.
After that, direct training will be given, “said Father Rodney Borneo, St.
Augustine’s headmaster, Shyamnagar.
Some schools have activated their IT in-house team to help train the teachers in the corner and ranges that cameras and microphones can capture.
“There is a default white board and a screen sharing facilities on the online meeting platform, but the teacher must know how to get information transmitted to students who are physically in class.
The teacher cannot write lessons twice for two different student categories.
Our computer maintenance team and The computer will help teachers with this, “said John Stephen, acting Principal La Martiniere for boys.