User:Jomondi
I am a teacher in Kenya. My school is situated in Nairobi but within a slum area.This poses a lot of challenges to the students. I work 5 days a week.
I am now in Cambridge working on a project to improve on curriculum implementation through the use of OER4Schools, see OER4Schools/Kenya. It is a wonderful experience and a life time opportunity.I hope to make a lot of contributions in Kenyan Education. I am here for three months. (April - July 2014)
Session 1.1 The title to read.An introduction to interactive Kenyan classroom.
The intentions and objectives are quite good and can be adopted for Kenyan context.But what is a netbook? To achieve a success cretaria all the suggestions given are workable though it can generate a lot of noise and may take longer than the scheduled time for a single lesson in kenya. The information on whole class dialogue is ok.The idea of conducting a workshop is also good because it gives one an opportunity to share the best practice. Ground rules must definitely be set for the smooth running of the programs. that have been put in place.The idea of record of attendance being maintained will help to keep them in check.To be adopted. Working in groups and sharing of ideas is the best way to get more information on what you are looking at.to be adopted because a large number will be allowed to contribute. And there is respect for every participant.
The video is good because it presents a typical kenyan school but the names of the regions where the children come from and the accent is not kenyan.we could change this to a kenyan context. Everything about session 1.1 for Kenyan context is good with very little modifications. session 1.2 is equally adoptable for the kenyan context except for the photos that can be changed a bit to meet our standards.The idea about lesson plans is practical in Kenya and incooperating ICT or interactive learning will make it more real.Given that lesson run for 35min.more time needs to be scheduled to include this.With he excitement and the noise that may be generated the teacher should be able to supervise and control. Still on the cycle of plan-teach-reflect that would give the teacher a chance to assess what the learners have gained. Classroom assistants may be sourced for but how will they benefit from this if they already have the knowledge?
Most of the primary schools operate at the same time particular where learning resources eg classrooms are not limited.Time is between 8:00-3:20pm. The teachers may chose to extend with the senior classes but this is not approved of by the ministry. All the other areas are great and can be adapted
Allowing the children to freely interact with and familiarize themselves with a computer is acceptable so that the teacher can move from the known to unknown.
The notices on the ICT-agreements is excellent. Just a thought that if learners with visual impairment could also be taken care of in this interactive learning.
In areas where there are limited resources particularly buildings,we could have one resource centre in a school to be used by all the pupils but at different times. This would help maximise on time.
Reflecting on the the lessons is great because the teacher needs to know how much they are achieving with this resource. Recording of fortnightly is ideal.The wholen idea of integrating ICT in education is a government initiative in Kenya so it should have all the blessings. I have contacts of an ICT fellow at the ministry and he is willing to be contacted at to assist on any policy issue.
The idea in1.4 on ae ok for adaptation.
On GeoGebra I am not very confident with the topics but I am reliably informed that the topics are covered in the syllabus at both primary and secondary levels.
The use of mobile computing technologies is also great so that the learner can freely move and interact with both the teacher and other learners.
