A Peek into the Life of a Student Teacher

 Day 14: Today we had only one class and it was physical education. Sir, demonstrated few warm up exercises and later showed us how to sit in Padmasana. Day 15: The first hour of the day was by Joju sir's. In this class we continued our seminar presentation. Today the Malayalm association began their presentations, they topics included UGC,C-Dit, Nptel, etc. Each person did presented their topics very well and never exceeded the time. Later, we had Maya ma'am's hour, during which the social studies association did their seminar.  

  The first hour was allotted for optional class. Today Josena, Pranav and Rubeena did their presentation of their online assignments. All the presentations of the optionals is done for this semester. Later ma'am gave a recap of 'Bloom's Taxonomy' to continue her portions in the next class. The last hour was Maya ma'am's. The Physical Science optional continued their presentations.

 Today the first hour was by Maya ma'am. The Physical Science association began their presentation on 'The Role of Education on Curbing Social Evils'. Later we had Giby ma'am's class and the English association did their presentation on ' Guilford's  Structure of Intellect (SI)  theory '. They did a great job in explaining and making us understand such a complex topic.  Ma'am reminded us to use our intelligence for good rather than for bad. She did this with the help of  Boney M's song 'Rasputin' 😉. 

The day began with optional classes. Today Aleena, Shilpa and me presented on the topic 'Teaching and Learning Aids'. Later, Aby did his presentation on 'PPT' and shared some tips on how to use it more effectively. Later we had Maya ma'am's class where the Malayalam association did their presentation on 'Violence against Women and Children'.

Today we had only one class. It was more of a discussion rather than a class. We discussed about the factors hindering national integration. Its the differences among us like religious, linguistic etc.  which is used as weapons to destroy unity. But differences are great and has helped the human civilization for centuries. Look at our cultures which is beautifully blended. Difference must be celebrated rather than seen as a boon.

  The first hour was allotted for Joju sir. The English optional finished their presentations and from next class the Malayalam association will continue. Today, Georgeena along with Priyanka did their presentation on 'Morphing' while Varsha and Megha did their presentation on 'Health Hazards of using Computers'.  The second hour was by Ancy ma'am where we discussed about Dr. S. Radhakrishnan and Swami Vivekananda and their contributions to the field of education.

  The day started with a prayer song by Priyanka from the English optional. The English optional began their presentation with the topic 'Guilford's Structure of Intellect'. It began with a very clear introduction by Caran , followed by a elaborate explanations by Georgeena, Anjitha and Sreelekshmi. Ma'am used a very different strategy to test our concentration skills. Ma'am made few of us to frame questions from the taught topics to question the rest of us. I think its a very effective way to ensure everybody is listening in an online class. The last class was optionals. We continued with our seminar presentations and completed all the seminars from unit 3.

 The first hour of the day was taken by Ancy ma'am. She taught about Rabindranath Tagore and  his philosophical views. Towards the end of the class ma'am made us switch on the video so that she could see us one by one. When it was my turn to switch it on, the others sang the birthday song for me 😊. Later we had physical education class after a long gap. Sir, took the class for 10 minutes and left us free 💃. Then we had Joju sir's class where Gayathri and Mahima did an excellent presentation on 'Child Abuse over the Internet'. They did covered every nook and corner of the topic.

  The first hour of the day was allotted for optionals. We began our next set of seminars from EDU 5.7. Six of us were supposed to present but due to some technical issues ,only two of them could present. Archana did her presentation on geometric skills with the help of a ppt. The ppt had a very professional touch to it. Revathy did her presentation on HOT Skills. She was able to turn a dry topic into an interesting one. The last hour was by Joju sir. We had presentations on CMI, CMC and CAI. Each one was elaborate and informative. 

 The day began with Joju sir's class.  The English optional continued their seminar with the topics web 3.0 and web 4.0. We are yet to see the wonders,  technology can do.  Later we had Ancy ma'am's class where we discussed about Gandhiji and his contributions ti the field of education.

Today our first class was by Giby ma'am. It began with a beatiful prayer song redered by Gerogia (Natural Science). We learned how to cope with frustration and also learned about the different types of conflicts. Ma'am elicited the points from each one of us  She reminded that life is a war and we should fight it till its end.  We had our optional hour after lunch. Today Aby, Sajin,Revathy and Aleena did their seminars. It was evident from their presentations that each person did their research before doing the presentations.

  Another day of online classes went by. Today the first class was by Joju sir and we continued woth the presentations. The natural science association completed their presentations, each and evryone did a great job. The English optional began their presentations with Ganga. She did an elaborste presentstion on Web 1.0. Later we had Ancy ma'am's class where we continued our discussion on Plato.

 Today we had two hours of optional class, which was utilised to comolete our presentations. The first presentation was by Josena. She described how 'Aadujeevitham' by Benjamin had influenced her. Rubeena did her seminar on 'Laboratory method', Aby did his presentation on the world famous mathematician Ramanujam and Sruthi expressed her views on the book 'Oru Sangeerthanam Pole'. All the presentations were good, but the ones which stood out were of Sajin and Revathy. They managed to make an otherwise topic very interesting. Sajin and Revathy did their presentations on 'Madhava of Sangamarama' and Bhaskaracharya respectively. Later we had Benedict sir's hour where we continued our discussion on the skills of class room mangement and closure. Like Deepthi ma'am said , it was a very informative day indeed.

After a long break Ancy ma'am taught us. Since, it was an online class ma'am chose a different method to teach.  She created a Google classroom and asked us to write down the important points from the ppt so that we'll be more familiar with it and wouldn't feel left out when ma'an duscusses it in class. We learnt about Plato. Later we had our optional classes. Ma'am decided to complete all the pending presentations in this hour. Rubeena did her presentation on 'Correlation of Maths'.I completed my assignment presentation on 'Aryabhatta'. I finally completed all my presentations from EDU 4. Aleena did her Reading and Reflection presentation on the malayalam novel 'First Rank'. I've added another to book to my long reading list. 

 After a small vacation, we are back to classes. But it is online. Today we just had two classes. The first class was by Joju sir, where sir continued with the seminar presentations of Natural Science association. The presentations were on e -learning, SWAYAM and tips forbdeveloping e- content. The presentations were really good. Later we had a very short class by Giby ma'am. The class began with a prayer song by Josena. The lyrics of the song compared life to a wheel. Ma'am asked us to elaborate on whu would the poet do such a comparison. The answers were different and thought provoking. 

All the group events took place today. Everyone was not so much into the competition until they saw the score board. Now everyone is into it and is focused on getting ahead in the score board. We, the 2nd group was behind first group by just two points. Though we couldn't participate in mime, we compensated for it by getting the first place for Thiruvathira. The most competitive item was the group dance and we got the second place. Event clashes and lack of time, forced me to give my place to another student for the skit. Albin brother added a few changes to the skit and gave a social theme to it. Each performer outperformed the other. No one could tell the skit was put together just an hour before the show. We won the skit competition. Most of us waited till the end to find the scores. The winners doesn't matter but the first runners up do matter. We are the first runners up. The kalathilakam and kalapratibhas were from our team. Aby, Varsha and Aparna won these titles. Today

 Today marked the beginning of our arts fest  'അവനിജ'.  The chief guests were  renowned Malayalam poet Murugan Kattakada and cine artist Jeevan Gopal. The first day mainly had all the solo items like Bharatanatyam, light music etc. Aparna (2nd year) from our group helped us secure the first prize in all the solo dance categories. Somehow we have choreographed our songs for the group dance but we are yet to finalize on the last song to end the dance with a bang. The costumes have been picked and the tops fit us perfectly. For the skit, Sreelekshmi had given many suggestions from YouTube and we selected one and has decided the parts for each person. Instead of me, Absy from MEd joined for group song. Aby and Albin brother from our group participated in items where there were no participants. Both of them took part in mimicry and fancy dress respectively. It was very brave of them to go on stage without any preparation and take one for the team. Aby got second place for mimicry. I

 The members of the union 'Ekayana' conducted the arts fest for the academic year 2020-21. The literary event 'താമ്രപത്ര' was held on 29th April 2021. The arts fest was on 30th and 31st of April 2021. All the teams made sure that they had at least one participant from their teams. The literary fest was for one day. the events ranged from poetry writing to collage competition. I had given my name only for 'English Short Story Writing Competition'. Creative writing was never my forte but due to lack of participants, I decided to give my name.  The whole day was devoted for group dance practice. Group song and skit were the other group events that I had volunteered for. Other than the WhatsApp groups for these events there hasn't been any other progress. As far as the group dance is concerned, we are still deciding on the songs. Till now all seven of the dancers has never come together for even one practice. When one comes the other disappears, The theme for sh