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Music Education ............
Kindle the Light ..............
ASSET Photo Contest ......
Media Based Education ..
ASSET Quiz .....................
Thoughtful Story ............
Teacher’s Bite .................
Competition for Teachers.
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Why Music Education is Important?
Music participation provides a unique Music is for Life In music, a mistake is a mistake; whether opportunity for literacy preparation. the instrument is in tune or not, whether Most people can’t play soccer, or football Whether the children are singing, playing, the notes are well played or not, whether at 70 or 80 years of age but they can sing. or listening, teachers direct them to listen the entrance is made or not. It is only by And they can play the piano or some and hear in new ways, which exercises hard work that a successful performance other instrument. Music is a gift you can their aural discrimination. Playing is possible. Through the study of music, give your child that will last their entire instruments and adding movement to the students learn the value of sustained lives.lessons teaches children about efforts to achieve excellence and the sequential learning which is essential concrete rewards of hard work.in reading comprehension. Music study enhances teamwork Plato once said that music “is a skills and discipline. In order for an more potent instrument than any orchestra to sound good, all players other for education”. You will find must work together harmoniously many teachers of young children towards a s ing le goa l , the who would agree with him. Recent performance, and must commit to research has found that music uses learning music, attending rehearsals, both sides of the brain, a fact that and practising.makes it valuable in all areas of Music provides children with a development. Music affects the means of self-expression. Now that g r o w t h o f a c h i l d ’ s b r a i n there is relative security in the basics academically, emotionally, physically of existence, the challenge is to make and spiritually. life meaningful and to reach for a Music is Physical higher stage of development. There is also a causal link between music
Everyone needs to be in touch at some and spatial intelligence (the ability to Music can be described as a sport. time in his/her life with his/her core, with perceive the world accurately and to Learning to sing and keep rhythm, what he/she is and what he feels. Self-form mental pictures of things). This kind develops coordination. The air and wind esteem is a by-product of this self-of intelligence, by which one can visualize power necessary to blow a flute, trumpet expression.various elements that should go together, or saxophone promotes a healthy body.
is critical to the sort of thinking necessary Music is Emotional
for everything from solving advanced Music is an art form. We are emotional Mathematics problems to being able to beings and every child requires an artistic pack a -bag with everything that will be outlet. Music may be child’s vehicle of needed for the day.expression.
T h e m o n t h l y n e w s l e t t e r
Issue 82 | March 2012 | www.ei-india.com
SCOPE
If you know the correct answer of the question Send us a mail at [email protected] with the correct answer along with your name, your school’s name, city
and contact number. The subjectline of the mail should be “SMSL Quiz Round 6 Answer”. Last date to send the entries is 15th April, 2012.
Answer this question and get a chance to win SMSL goodies from the ASSET Team.
We are sure you would be as eager to know the answers of last month’s quiz question and the winner’s Name. Last month’s answer for the quiz question is B and the winner is Tarun Agrawal, New Era Sn. Sec. School, Vadodara
Congratulations!This month’s question is from Science subject.
When a scientist makes observations he reports things that can only be clearly seen or measured. He can then make conclusions based on these observations.
The animal shown alongside is a moose. Which of these is a scientific observation made based on an inspection of the image?
A. It is adapted only for cold climates.B. It might use its horns to defend itself.C. It lives only in mountainous regions.D. It has hair covering its body.
QUESTION OF THE MONTH
COLUMN: Round 6
Nandi Academy, a school where everyone believes that weighed almost 150 Kgs. education is thinking beyond the box, followed by action. Mr. We learnt a lot about Sreedhar Reddy (the Managing Director of Nandi Groups), a bridges by practically man full of innovative ideas, spends his leisure time at school, doing it. We enjoy taking a challenging us with his new-fangled ideas. One morning, we walk across it everyday. were building a model of a suspension bridge in our “Learning Our Art teacher, Mr. Chitti Babu has been a great support in with Fun” class with the Knex Bridge set. During the class, he accomplishing such goals. Moreover, we were also helped by apprehended that we were not learning much with that. the school’s carpenter, Mr. Maula Ali. Hence, he challenged us with the project of constructing a
Mrs. Arvind Rani, the backbone of Nandi Academy, along with “Suspension Bridge” of 16 feet in 48 hourrs.
our Principal Mrs. Meena Kant, joined us in the inauguration of At once, we pulled up our sleeves and set on to work! We the bridge and appreciated our efforts, as always. This keeps us constructed the bridge, over the school’s small pond using going!!!nylon ropes, wooden planks, logs, sticks and binding wire. It
Kindle the Light Within
By Tamanna Elizabeth, ASSET Ambassador, The High Range School, Munnar
“Integrity as a value means being a person who does what inauguration of the club by the Principal Mr. Santhosh he/she says and says what he/she does.”This was one of the Kannavalli. It was followed by the issuing of badges by the Vice numerous values highlighted and showcased as a part of the Principal Mr. K. Sreenivasan. The cultural programme inauguration of the Integrity club of HRS. The programme was witnessed the highlighting of various values such as Honesty, held on 7th February 2012.The various programmes aimed at Patriotism, Integrity, Peace etc. The students were also shown propagating human values in the society to strengthen value a presentation about the club. Apart from this, various based culture in the country. The show was organized by the programmes such as dance, music, skit, stories, poems etc students of class IX .Various students from classes VI to VIII also were also put up. The delivering of the vote of thanks signalled participated. The teachers in charge were Mrs. Annamma the end of the programme.Mathew and Mrs. AmrithaValli.The programme began with the
Inauguration of Integrity Club
By Sreekanth Reddy, Grade 7, Nandi Academy, Nandyal
ASSET Photo Contest 2011 – Results
In November, we announced the ASSET Photo Contest on the theme ‘Celebration’ in which we encouraged students of classes 5 to 10 to go out with their cameras and share their celebrations through their eyes. The more obvious photos which we received were of the World Cup celebration of the Indian team, birthday celebrations, Christmas Celebrations etc.
150+ SUBMISSIONS
We received almost everything one could think of. The response was overwhelming and truly smashing: o v e r a l l , w e r e c e i v e d o v e r 150+photos, although some didn’t pass our automated processing or didn’t fit our guidelines.
With so many emails from so many students across the world, sorting the submissions manually was a daunting task. But that’s what we had to do. It was a great experience reviewing and grouping the photos. Once we got these photos, we shortlisted the best 10 entries. As this contest was among the students, we thought that students should only select the best three entries.
The best 10 entries were then selected for public voting by students. The 10 top entries were uploaded on India’s first social networking site for school students:
for voting.www.assetambassador.com
And finally we got our top three entries from this exercise.And the winners are:
1st PrizeNaitik JainVidya VikasAcademy, Goa
2nd PrizeK Al-Mariam-ul-AasiaSivakasi NadarsMtr. H. S. School,Madurai
We also hopewe have achieved
the goal of the contest:to provide our
young minds to capturethe moment through
their eyes.
Life without celebrations can become so dull. Celebrations keep you cheerful; they bring people together, give you positive energy, and also give you break from your routine. Photographs keep those celebrations alive, you can get back to those cheerful moments looking at them. They also help others see how people celebrate festivals and events across the world.
This initiative by ASSET, is a wonderful way of showing not only the photography skills, but also how celebrations are done at various places. These photographs are a pool of knowledge and information. These photographs are not just to be seen, but to be read carefully.
The winning photographs are judged on their composition, content, quality and public voting.
Happy Clicking!
Ms. Nikita Dutt,PGC Photography Design,National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
”
3rd PrizeAasthaThe Gurukul,Panchkula
What the judge had to
say about the contest.
“
If you know the correct answer of the question Send us a mail at [email protected] with the correct answer along with your name, your school’s name, city
and contact number. The subjectline of the mail should be “SMSL Quiz Round 6 Answer”. Last date to send the entries is 15th April, 2012.
Answer this question and get a chance to win SMSL goodies from the ASSET Team.
We are sure you would be as eager to know the answers of last month’s quiz question and the winner’s Name. Last month’s answer for the quiz question is B and the winner is Tarun Agrawal, New Era Sn. Sec. School, Vadodara
Congratulations!This month’s question is from Science subject.
When a scientist makes observations he reports things that can only be clearly seen or measured. He can then make conclusions based on these observations.
The animal shown alongside is a moose. Which of these is a scientific observation made based on an inspection of the image?
A. It is adapted only for cold climates.B. It might use its horns to defend itself.C. It lives only in mountainous regions.D. It has hair covering its body.
QUESTION OF THE MONTH
COLUMN: Round 6
Nandi Academy, a school where everyone believes that weighed almost 150 Kgs. education is thinking beyond the box, followed by action. Mr. We learnt a lot about Sreedhar Reddy (the Managing Director of Nandi Groups), a bridges by practically man full of innovative ideas, spends his leisure time at school, doing it. We enjoy taking a challenging us with his new-fangled ideas. One morning, we walk across it everyday. were building a model of a suspension bridge in our “Learning Our Art teacher, Mr. Chitti Babu has been a great support in with Fun” class with the Knex Bridge set. During the class, he accomplishing such goals. Moreover, we were also helped by apprehended that we were not learning much with that. the school’s carpenter, Mr. Maula Ali. Hence, he challenged us with the project of constructing a
Mrs. Arvind Rani, the backbone of Nandi Academy, along with “Suspension Bridge” of 16 feet in 48 hourrs.
our Principal Mrs. Meena Kant, joined us in the inauguration of At once, we pulled up our sleeves and set on to work! We the bridge and appreciated our efforts, as always. This keeps us constructed the bridge, over the school’s small pond using going!!!nylon ropes, wooden planks, logs, sticks and binding wire. It
Kindle the Light Within
By Tamanna Elizabeth, ASSET Ambassador, The High Range School, Munnar
“Integrity as a value means being a person who does what inauguration of the club by the Principal Mr. Santhosh he/she says and says what he/she does.”This was one of the Kannavalli. It was followed by the issuing of badges by the Vice numerous values highlighted and showcased as a part of the Principal Mr. K. Sreenivasan. The cultural programme inauguration of the Integrity club of HRS. The programme was witnessed the highlighting of various values such as Honesty, held on 7th February 2012.The various programmes aimed at Patriotism, Integrity, Peace etc. The students were also shown propagating human values in the society to strengthen value a presentation about the club. Apart from this, various based culture in the country. The show was organized by the programmes such as dance, music, skit, stories, poems etc students of class IX .Various students from classes VI to VIII also were also put up. The delivering of the vote of thanks signalled participated. The teachers in charge were Mrs. Annamma the end of the programme.Mathew and Mrs. AmrithaValli.The programme began with the
Inauguration of Integrity Club
By Sreekanth Reddy, Grade 7, Nandi Academy, Nandyal
ASSET Photo Contest 2011 – Results
In November, we announced the ASSET Photo Contest on the theme ‘Celebration’ in which we encouraged students of classes 5 to 10 to go out with their cameras and share their celebrations through their eyes. The more obvious photos which we received were of the World Cup celebration of the Indian team, birthday celebrations, Christmas Celebrations etc.
150+ SUBMISSIONS
We received almost everything one could think of. The response was overwhelming and truly smashing: o v e r a l l , w e r e c e i v e d o v e r 150+photos, although some didn’t pass our automated processing or didn’t fit our guidelines.
With so many emails from so many students across the world, sorting the submissions manually was a daunting task. But that’s what we had to do. It was a great experience reviewing and grouping the photos. Once we got these photos, we shortlisted the best 10 entries. As this contest was among the students, we thought that students should only select the best three entries.
The best 10 entries were then selected for public voting by students. The 10 top entries were uploaded on India’s first social networking site for school students:
for voting.www.assetambassador.com
And finally we got our top three entries from this exercise.And the winners are:
1st PrizeNaitik JainVidya VikasAcademy, Goa
2nd PrizeK Al-Mariam-ul-AasiaSivakasi NadarsMtr. H. S. School,Madurai
We also hopewe have achieved
the goal of the contest:to provide our
young minds to capturethe moment through
their eyes.
Life without celebrations can become so dull. Celebrations keep you cheerful; they bring people together, give you positive energy, and also give you break from your routine. Photographs keep those celebrations alive, you can get back to those cheerful moments looking at them. They also help others see how people celebrate festivals and events across the world.
This initiative by ASSET, is a wonderful way of showing not only the photography skills, but also how celebrations are done at various places. These photographs are a pool of knowledge and information. These photographs are not just to be seen, but to be read carefully.
The winning photographs are judged on their composition, content, quality and public voting.
Happy Clicking!
Ms. Nikita Dutt,PGC Photography Design,National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
”
3rd PrizeAasthaThe Gurukul,Panchkula
What the judge had to
say about the contest.
“
ASSET Quiz in ‘The Hindu Young World’
History was made interesting in the classroom of class 8 with a it has become significant because of Brand Anna who is a Brand change in approach. To understand the history of our National Extension of Mahatma Gandhi. They are similar in the Movement in a better way a movie based on “Brand Mahatma following: their physical similarity (white cap, white dress, Gandhi” was shown directed by ‘Richard Attenborough’ looks), their ideology- a better system based on value systems, winning 8 academy awards in 1982. Students were shown real their approach like indefinite fasting, practice of non violence, human history come to life on the screen. superior value system etc
It was an excellent summary of historically significant events of Brand Anna reminds us of the stories of the freedom struggle 55 years from 1893 to 1948. A correlation between national that Mahatma Gandhi lead. It is very heartening to see young movement & Lokpal movement was drawn in the class. We India being exposed to Gandhian principles through this Lokpal also talked about the Lokpal bill which has gained significance movement. Related to this movement an Inter Class Quiz was after “Brand Anna” has been attached to it. The Lokpal bill is held between class 7 and 8. And the response was not new for our Parliament, it was introduced 45 years ago but overwhelming.
Media Based Education
By Ms. Seema Goyal, ASSET Coordinator, g d salwan public school, New Delhi
The first round of the ASSET Quiz in ‘The Hindu Young World’ was published on 7th February, 2012. The quiz carries one thought provoking question each from Maths and Science. The quiz column is open for the students upto the age to 15. It is a monthly quiz column. The Monthly quiz winner gets one month free subscription of Mindspark.
News Bite
For the first time in the country, class 10 students in troubleshooting, computer networking, graphic Kerala would be taught cartography using the design, database management and ICT enabled detailed geographical information system (GIS) and learning, among others.will also be able to create their own animation films.
The new text is a continuation of the ICT-enabled The new text book has been prepared by the state's learning begun in class 8 in 2010 and in class 9 in IT@School Project and would be applicable for 2011. It has been prepared by a committee under K. Class 10 students opting for the state-run Secondary Anvar Sadath, executive director of the IT@School School Leaving Certificate examination. Project.
The textbook, which has been prepared on free software Apart from the Malayalam version, the text book will also be platform includes nine chapters on website creation, hardware available in English, Tamil and Kannada.
New class 10 ICT textbook with animation and GIS
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will not be limited to those of toppers. Any student has decided to soon upload on its website quality who have answered the question really well, but answer scripts from previous years. This initiative may not fall in the topper's list will also be made has been taken by the CBSE, so that students can accessible online. The overall quality of the answer gain an insight into examiners' mind and find out sheets will be assessed by the CBSE.answers that have fetched the maximum marks.
The answer scripts of major subjects in Class 12 will Similar initiative was taken by the CBSE in the year be uploaded in a couple of days, which will serve as 2008, when they have uploaded the answer scripts good examples of presentation, writing, creativity of some students who had obtained full marks in various and reasoning. The answer sheets however may not belong to subjects. But, this time the move by the CBSE will be a step candidates who scored full marks, but will surely help students ahead where the answer sheets to be displayed on the website gauge what makes an ideal answer script.
CBSE website to display quality answer scripts
Source: www.indiaedunews.net
Source: www.indiaedunews.net
The Need of The Hour
Ever since man discovered the utility of money, corruption has made its way into the world. The young mind is aware that the vice of corruption is doing irreparable harm to all vital institutions of the society. It travels from one end of the country to another in the company of the corrupt.
In a country like ours where demand is far greater than the supply, it is easy for corruption to creep into the system. Let us assume a situation where one is required to travel urgently on some personal work to another city. The government legalized last minute sale of tickets calling it the Tatkal Scheme (which means immediate). But the Tatkal tickets get booked 2 days in advance, thus depriving a person wanting to travel in the last minute by forcing him to pay something extra for the ticket or use his influence to get an emergency quota released. In this situation the person travelling on a ticket obtained through the emergency quota and the one helping him are both corrupt. launch the Vigilance awareness programme. One of the
Central Vigilance Commissioners said about 5 years back that Corruption has taken over all walks of our life and it touches the fight against corruption is becoming increasingly complex the common man in his day-to-day activities be it applying for and painstaking requires concerted efforts by all concerned driving license, getting approval of a plan for constructing a including the common citizens who are the worst victims of house, to get a ration card, registration of immovable property, this malaise. getting community certificates, birth certificate or even a death
certificate, it all involves unaccountable monetary transactions. As a part of this program Consumer Awareness Week, Debates, Banner making, Chart making, Quizzing, Enacting How to control corruption as it percolates slowly down the skits were organized in our school for Classes of VI to X, last ladder? The Central Vigilance Commission and Chief Vigilance year.Officers of Government Organizations can at best be focal
points but it is only the citizens who can become fully aware of Students vehemently expressed the need to be liberated from their rights and fight the corrupt public servants in a the web of corruption. There was a great amount of conviction constructive and positive manner and try to reduce the scope in their promise. Visitors from the Free State Africa who were of corruption. with us on an Exchange Program appreciated our efforts in this
area. A toll free number on which corruption of any form in any place can be reported has also been provided in some departments We strongly believe that the holistic development of a child in the past. Seminars and debates highlighting the importance depends on introducing values in the curriculum. We believe of not being corrupt are being held right from schools and ‘Human excellence’ is the true aim of Education. colleges. Journals are also being brought containing articles on Transformation must come from and will come from the bad effects of corruption. younger generation who will weed out corruption from the
garden of our globe.As a teacher dealing with youth at an impressionable age, I strongly welcome the CBSE’s initiative to advise its schools to By Mrs. Saraswathy Narayanaswamy, P. S. Senior Secondary School, Chennai
ASSET Quiz in ‘The Hindu Young World’
History was made interesting in the classroom of class 8 with a it has become significant because of Brand Anna who is a Brand change in approach. To understand the history of our National Extension of Mahatma Gandhi. They are similar in the Movement in a better way a movie based on “Brand Mahatma following: their physical similarity (white cap, white dress, Gandhi” was shown directed by ‘Richard Attenborough’ looks), their ideology- a better system based on value systems, winning 8 academy awards in 1982. Students were shown real their approach like indefinite fasting, practice of non violence, human history come to life on the screen. superior value system etc
It was an excellent summary of historically significant events of Brand Anna reminds us of the stories of the freedom struggle 55 years from 1893 to 1948. A correlation between national that Mahatma Gandhi lead. It is very heartening to see young movement & Lokpal movement was drawn in the class. We India being exposed to Gandhian principles through this Lokpal also talked about the Lokpal bill which has gained significance movement. Related to this movement an Inter Class Quiz was after “Brand Anna” has been attached to it. The Lokpal bill is held between class 7 and 8. And the response was not new for our Parliament, it was introduced 45 years ago but overwhelming.
Media Based Education
By Ms. Seema Goyal, ASSET Coordinator, g d salwan public school, New Delhi
The first round of the ASSET Quiz in ‘The Hindu Young World’ was published on 7th February, 2012. The quiz carries one thought provoking question each from Maths and Science. The quiz column is open for the students upto the age to 15. It is a monthly quiz column. The Monthly quiz winner gets one month free subscription of Mindspark.
News Bite
For the first time in the country, class 10 students in troubleshooting, computer networking, graphic Kerala would be taught cartography using the design, database management and ICT enabled detailed geographical information system (GIS) and learning, among others.will also be able to create their own animation films.
The new text is a continuation of the ICT-enabled The new text book has been prepared by the state's learning begun in class 8 in 2010 and in class 9 in IT@School Project and would be applicable for 2011. It has been prepared by a committee under K. Class 10 students opting for the state-run Secondary Anvar Sadath, executive director of the IT@School School Leaving Certificate examination. Project.
The textbook, which has been prepared on free software Apart from the Malayalam version, the text book will also be platform includes nine chapters on website creation, hardware available in English, Tamil and Kannada.
New class 10 ICT textbook with animation and GIS
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will not be limited to those of toppers. Any student has decided to soon upload on its website quality who have answered the question really well, but answer scripts from previous years. This initiative may not fall in the topper's list will also be made has been taken by the CBSE, so that students can accessible online. The overall quality of the answer gain an insight into examiners' mind and find out sheets will be assessed by the CBSE.answers that have fetched the maximum marks.
The answer scripts of major subjects in Class 12 will Similar initiative was taken by the CBSE in the year be uploaded in a couple of days, which will serve as 2008, when they have uploaded the answer scripts good examples of presentation, writing, creativity of some students who had obtained full marks in various and reasoning. The answer sheets however may not belong to subjects. But, this time the move by the CBSE will be a step candidates who scored full marks, but will surely help students ahead where the answer sheets to be displayed on the website gauge what makes an ideal answer script.
CBSE website to display quality answer scripts
Source: www.indiaedunews.net
Source: www.indiaedunews.net
The Need of The Hour
Ever since man discovered the utility of money, corruption has made its way into the world. The young mind is aware that the vice of corruption is doing irreparable harm to all vital institutions of the society. It travels from one end of the country to another in the company of the corrupt.
In a country like ours where demand is far greater than the supply, it is easy for corruption to creep into the system. Let us assume a situation where one is required to travel urgently on some personal work to another city. The government legalized last minute sale of tickets calling it the Tatkal Scheme (which means immediate). But the Tatkal tickets get booked 2 days in advance, thus depriving a person wanting to travel in the last minute by forcing him to pay something extra for the ticket or use his influence to get an emergency quota released. In this situation the person travelling on a ticket obtained through the emergency quota and the one helping him are both corrupt. launch the Vigilance awareness programme. One of the
Central Vigilance Commissioners said about 5 years back that Corruption has taken over all walks of our life and it touches the fight against corruption is becoming increasingly complex the common man in his day-to-day activities be it applying for and painstaking requires concerted efforts by all concerned driving license, getting approval of a plan for constructing a including the common citizens who are the worst victims of house, to get a ration card, registration of immovable property, this malaise. getting community certificates, birth certificate or even a death
certificate, it all involves unaccountable monetary transactions. As a part of this program Consumer Awareness Week, Debates, Banner making, Chart making, Quizzing, Enacting How to control corruption as it percolates slowly down the skits were organized in our school for Classes of VI to X, last ladder? The Central Vigilance Commission and Chief Vigilance year.Officers of Government Organizations can at best be focal
points but it is only the citizens who can become fully aware of Students vehemently expressed the need to be liberated from their rights and fight the corrupt public servants in a the web of corruption. There was a great amount of conviction constructive and positive manner and try to reduce the scope in their promise. Visitors from the Free State Africa who were of corruption. with us on an Exchange Program appreciated our efforts in this
area. A toll free number on which corruption of any form in any place can be reported has also been provided in some departments We strongly believe that the holistic development of a child in the past. Seminars and debates highlighting the importance depends on introducing values in the curriculum. We believe of not being corrupt are being held right from schools and ‘Human excellence’ is the true aim of Education. colleges. Journals are also being brought containing articles on Transformation must come from and will come from the bad effects of corruption. younger generation who will weed out corruption from the
garden of our globe.As a teacher dealing with youth at an impressionable age, I strongly welcome the CBSE’s initiative to advise its schools to By Mrs. Saraswathy Narayanaswamy, P. S. Senior Secondary School, Chennai
Thoughtful Story: Determination and Persistence
Book Review
‘The confidence and self-esteem that students have acquired how to manage priorities, focus on goals and be a positive through the 7 habits is phenomenal. Recently my son had influence on the world around them. These are critical skills to friends over to play, and some of the boys wanted to play learn at a young age and bring incredible results. baseball, while others wanted to jump on the trampoline. They
In 1999, the 7 Habits had made a significant entry into schools, decided to play “trampoline baseball” because that would
when Covey was approached by an elementary school make everybody happy. When he told me about it, he said, ‘we
principal Muriel Summers. Since then it has been a tremendous were thinking win-win.’ And so everybody was happy’.
story transforming the school into a magnet school in America. The testimonial above is from a parent about a school in North Their intent is not to prepare world leaders and company Carolina, the United States, where Steven R. Covey’s CEOs, but to teach them how to lead their individual lives and leadership programme ‘The Leader in Me’ is its soul and blood how to succeed in the 21st century.alike. The book authored by Covey himself is an outcome of
The book is also about sacrifices and dedications of educators the initiatives carried out by A.B. Combs Elementary School on
who do what they love and what they believe will make a 7 Habits of the Highly Effective People among a pilot group of
difference in young lives.students.
The book is a must for all inspiring educators of India The 7 Habits have changed the lives of millions of people
irrespective of any subjects, such as sports, music or core worldwide, but this book shows how children can use them as
academics. For more information one can visit they develop. The book involves today’s young people. It
www.theleaderinmebook.org. It can be purchased from any involves their future. It addresses the way to teach children
leading book shop or through online.
Teacher’s Bite
What are your views regarding the ‘Importance of Teacher Training and Development’ in educating students?
Who has most influenced you to become an educator and how did they influence you?
What is your view regarding the ASSET Test?What is your approach to classroom management and student discipline?
textbook, allowing children to challenge my opinion, never giving up on students, daily Quiet Time with them, focusing on children’s dreams has helped me a lot with classroom management and student discipline.
The greatest resource that we have is our teachers. Our management spends thousands of rupees in training them. A
My father Gopal Gurbaxani and my aunt Principal Sita well developed teacher beyond her degrees gives the best of Samtani. The passion for inculcating character building in kids results with her students. Monthly training is a must on the through prayers and reading of biographies was their main personal, educational, social, emotional and spiritual level of a focus and this could be done only through being an educator. teacher. It’s a long term investment which shows its results in They built many institutions from pre-primary to post the success of the child.graduation so I inherited their values.
It’s a wonderful way of understanding where we have reached with our students and is a must for everyone.
Thinking out of the box and going beyond the
Q:
Mrs. Rekha Jagasia,Principal,Kamala High School,Mumbai
Q:
Q:
Q:
‘The Leader in Me”
How Schools and Parents Aroundthe World Are Inspiring Greatness,One Child At a Time.
Author: Stephen R. Covey
Published by: Simon & Schuster UK
This is a real life story of Engineer, John Roebling building the enthusiasm to some of his friends, but they were too daunted Brooklyn Bridge in New York, USA back in 1870. The bridge by the task.was completed in 1883, after 13 years.
As he lay on his bed in his hospital room, with the sunlight In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired streaming through the windows, a gentle breeze blew the by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York flimsy white curtains apart and he was able to see the sky and with the Long Island. However bridge building experts the tops of the trees outside for just a moment.throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat
It seemed that there was a message for him not to give up. and told Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It
Suddenly an idea hit him. All he could do was move one finger was not practical. It had never been done before.
and he decided to make the best use of it. By moving this, he Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind of this slowly developed a code of communication with his wife.bridge. He thought about it all the time and he knew deep in his
He touched his wife’s arm with that finger, indicating to her that heart that it could be done. He just had to share the dream with
he wanted her to call the someone else. After much
engineers again. Then he used discussion and persuasion he
the same method of tapping her managed to convince his son
arm to tell the engineers what Washington, an up and coming
to do. It seemed foolish but the engineer, that the bridge in fact
project was under way again.could be built.
For 13 years Washington Working together for the first
tapped out his instructions with time, the father and son
his finger on his wife’s arm, until the bridge was finally developed concepts of how it could be accomplished and how
completed. Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands in all the obstacles could be overcome. With great excitement and
its glory as a tribute to the triumph of one man’s indomitable inspiration, and the headiness of a wild challenge before them,
spirit and his determination not to be defeated by they hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge.
circumstances. It is also a tribute to the engineers and their The project started well, but when it was only a few months team work, and to their faith in a man who was considered mad underway a tragic accident on the site took the life of John by half the world. It stands too as a tangible monument to the Roebling. Washington was also injured and left with a certain love and devotion of his wife who for 13 long years patiently amount of brain damage, which resulted in him not being able decoded the messages of her husband and told the engineers to talk or walk. what to do.
“We told them so.” “Crazy men and their crazy dreams.” “It’s Perhaps this is one of the best examples of a never-say-die foolish to chase wild visions.” attitude that overcomes a terrible physical handicap and
achieves an impossible goal.Everyone had a negative comment to make and felt that the project should be scrapped since the Roeblings were the only Often when we face obstacles in our day-to-day life, our ones who knew how the bridge could be built. hurdles seem very small in comparison to what many others
have to face. The Brooklyn Bridge shows us that dreams that In spite of his handicap Washington was never discouraged and
seem impossible can be realised with determination and still had a burning desire to complete the bridge and his mind
persistence, no matter what the odds are. was still as sharp as ever. He tried to inspire and pass on his By Jitu Mishra, Educational Specialist, EI
John Roebling
Perhaps this is one of the best examples of a never-say-die attitude that overcomes a terrible physical handicap and achieves
an impossible goal.
the way to teach children how to manage priorities, focus on goals and be a positive influence on the
world around them.
Thoughtful Story: Determination and Persistence
Book Review
‘The confidence and self-esteem that students have acquired how to manage priorities, focus on goals and be a positive through the 7 habits is phenomenal. Recently my son had influence on the world around them. These are critical skills to friends over to play, and some of the boys wanted to play learn at a young age and bring incredible results. baseball, while others wanted to jump on the trampoline. They
In 1999, the 7 Habits had made a significant entry into schools, decided to play “trampoline baseball” because that would
when Covey was approached by an elementary school make everybody happy. When he told me about it, he said, ‘we
principal Muriel Summers. Since then it has been a tremendous were thinking win-win.’ And so everybody was happy’.
story transforming the school into a magnet school in America. The testimonial above is from a parent about a school in North Their intent is not to prepare world leaders and company Carolina, the United States, where Steven R. Covey’s CEOs, but to teach them how to lead their individual lives and leadership programme ‘The Leader in Me’ is its soul and blood how to succeed in the 21st century.alike. The book authored by Covey himself is an outcome of
The book is also about sacrifices and dedications of educators the initiatives carried out by A.B. Combs Elementary School on
who do what they love and what they believe will make a 7 Habits of the Highly Effective People among a pilot group of
difference in young lives.students.
The book is a must for all inspiring educators of India The 7 Habits have changed the lives of millions of people
irrespective of any subjects, such as sports, music or core worldwide, but this book shows how children can use them as
academics. For more information one can visit they develop. The book involves today’s young people. It
www.theleaderinmebook.org. It can be purchased from any involves their future. It addresses the way to teach children
leading book shop or through online.
Teacher’s Bite
What are your views regarding the ‘Importance of Teacher Training and Development’ in educating students?
Who has most influenced you to become an educator and how did they influence you?
What is your view regarding the ASSET Test?What is your approach to classroom management and student discipline?
textbook, allowing children to challenge my opinion, never giving up on students, daily Quiet Time with them, focusing on children’s dreams has helped me a lot with classroom management and student discipline.
The greatest resource that we have is our teachers. Our management spends thousands of rupees in training them. A
My father Gopal Gurbaxani and my aunt Principal Sita well developed teacher beyond her degrees gives the best of Samtani. The passion for inculcating character building in kids results with her students. Monthly training is a must on the through prayers and reading of biographies was their main personal, educational, social, emotional and spiritual level of a focus and this could be done only through being an educator. teacher. It’s a long term investment which shows its results in They built many institutions from pre-primary to post the success of the child.graduation so I inherited their values.
It’s a wonderful way of understanding where we have reached with our students and is a must for everyone.
Thinking out of the box and going beyond the
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Mrs. Rekha Jagasia,Principal,Kamala High School,Mumbai
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‘The Leader in Me”
How Schools and Parents Aroundthe World Are Inspiring Greatness,One Child At a Time.
Author: Stephen R. Covey
Published by: Simon & Schuster UK
This is a real life story of Engineer, John Roebling building the enthusiasm to some of his friends, but they were too daunted Brooklyn Bridge in New York, USA back in 1870. The bridge by the task.was completed in 1883, after 13 years.
As he lay on his bed in his hospital room, with the sunlight In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired streaming through the windows, a gentle breeze blew the by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York flimsy white curtains apart and he was able to see the sky and with the Long Island. However bridge building experts the tops of the trees outside for just a moment.throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat
It seemed that there was a message for him not to give up. and told Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It
Suddenly an idea hit him. All he could do was move one finger was not practical. It had never been done before.
and he decided to make the best use of it. By moving this, he Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind of this slowly developed a code of communication with his wife.bridge. He thought about it all the time and he knew deep in his
He touched his wife’s arm with that finger, indicating to her that heart that it could be done. He just had to share the dream with
he wanted her to call the someone else. After much
engineers again. Then he used discussion and persuasion he
the same method of tapping her managed to convince his son
arm to tell the engineers what Washington, an up and coming
to do. It seemed foolish but the engineer, that the bridge in fact
project was under way again.could be built.
For 13 years Washington Working together for the first
tapped out his instructions with time, the father and son
his finger on his wife’s arm, until the bridge was finally developed concepts of how it could be accomplished and how
completed. Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands in all the obstacles could be overcome. With great excitement and
its glory as a tribute to the triumph of one man’s indomitable inspiration, and the headiness of a wild challenge before them,
spirit and his determination not to be defeated by they hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge.
circumstances. It is also a tribute to the engineers and their The project started well, but when it was only a few months team work, and to their faith in a man who was considered mad underway a tragic accident on the site took the life of John by half the world. It stands too as a tangible monument to the Roebling. Washington was also injured and left with a certain love and devotion of his wife who for 13 long years patiently amount of brain damage, which resulted in him not being able decoded the messages of her husband and told the engineers to talk or walk. what to do.
“We told them so.” “Crazy men and their crazy dreams.” “It’s Perhaps this is one of the best examples of a never-say-die foolish to chase wild visions.” attitude that overcomes a terrible physical handicap and
achieves an impossible goal.Everyone had a negative comment to make and felt that the project should be scrapped since the Roeblings were the only Often when we face obstacles in our day-to-day life, our ones who knew how the bridge could be built. hurdles seem very small in comparison to what many others
have to face. The Brooklyn Bridge shows us that dreams that In spite of his handicap Washington was never discouraged and
seem impossible can be realised with determination and still had a burning desire to complete the bridge and his mind
persistence, no matter what the odds are. was still as sharp as ever. He tried to inspire and pass on his By Jitu Mishra, Educational Specialist, EI
John Roebling
Perhaps this is one of the best examples of a never-say-die attitude that overcomes a terrible physical handicap and achieves
an impossible goal.
the way to teach children how to manage priorities, focus on goals and be a positive influence on the
world around them.
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Educational Initiatives (EI) is pleased to announce that it is So, what are you waiting for, open you mail-boxes, draft a mail opening the doors of Mindspark to all the Maths teachers consisting of a great idea and send it across to across India. EI believes that in this collaborative wiki era, ideas [email protected] in a Microsoft word file. can come from anywhere and from anyone; hence we are now
The competition starts from 20th Feb, 2012. The last date to inviting ideas to help us teach fractions effectively to kids.
send your entries is 31st March, 2012.Fractions and decimal fractions have befuddled kids since time
This is your shot at helping every kid learn with understanding; immemorial. Much of the confusion in learning these concepts
your help will go a long way in removing the fear of fractions appears to arise from the many different interpretations
and decimals from every kid’s mind.(constructs), representations (models) and notations (5/4, 1 1/4, 1.25, 125 percent). But, these concepts can’t be neglected. Bird’s Nest Game: Helping kids to understand fractions on They form an important part of the middle years’ Mathematics number linecurriculum. Fractions both underpin the development of proportional reasoning and are important for future mathematics study, including that of algebra and probability.
To create an amazing learning program for fractions and decimal fractions send us ideas in any form: games, hands-on activities, worksheets on fractions in real life situations, best practices in the classroom etc. The ideas which get used will be duly awarded. When we convert any idea into an activity, a game, an interactive, or the way Mindspark
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