The Bhopal School of Social Sciences Factsheet for all College / Department / Committee / Club Events or

Activities

Note: It is mandatory for all teachers in-charge of events or activities to fill in this sheet and submit it to the Principal through the Autonomous Cell Academics. Please hand in your sheet in hardcopy to Judie within a week of your activity / event

State whether it is a College/ Department / Committee/ Club Event or Activity: Department of English Name the Event / Activity:Two - day National Workshop Dates of the Event / Activity: 24 &25 September, 2018 Duration: (09.00 am – 5.00 pm) Venue: Computer Lab ‘Digital Dimensions’ Organizing team: The Department of English Participants: Total 120 participants from almost 41 institutions across the country. A brief description of the activity / event: The workshop was based on a very pertinent theme of using digital methods of teaching technology. The unprecedented development of technology has certainly influenced English language education. The conventional methods of teaching are gradually losing taste and fervor. The teaching fraternity should be updated and upgraded to acclimatize to this changing scenario. The Web 2.0 has revolutionized pedagogy, roles of learners, teachers, parents and policy makers, teaching tools, learning materials, teaching and learning strategies etc. This dramatic change has thus disrupted the conventional system of teaching and learning English. However, English language teachers are not yet fully prepared to meet the challenges in preparing the Generation Z learners for their future careers that have not yet been created. The Generation Z, born between 1995-2012, is growing up in a world that is entirely different from what their parents and teachers grew up in. They are constantly on smart devices. They text instead of calling; they tweet; they Instagram; they whatsapp; and they even design their own apps. On the contrary, their teachers lecture, use only blackboards and expect learners to write elaborately in exams. Therefore, this Faculty

Development Workshop Programme attempted to bridge this wide gap by familiarizing the participating teachers with web tools. It enabled the participating teachers to: • Develop course sites with multimedia resources • Set up discussion forums for engaging learners and creating new vistas of teaching and learning through technology • Conduct formative digital assessment modes to help learners check their learning • Have a better understanding of the available ICT tools for teaching learning English • Take-home ideas for using technology in classrooms • Provide training Manuals on Web 2.0 Tools • Build network of teachers interested in educational technology The Participants were trained in the following web tools:

Kahoot Google sites Google Drive Edmodo Google Docs Google Sheets Plickers Nearpod Google slides Google forms

Aim or objective of the activity /event: Objectives at a glance: • To become familiar with the scope of ELT in the digital millennium • To improve teachers’ proficiency in the English classrooms by

promoting the use of ICT • To update and upgrade ICT skills in teachers in order to make

teaching more learner centric • To get an exposure in digital practices in ELT across the globe • To bridge the gap between learner & facilitator

Whether the objective was met, if so to what extent: The objective was fulfilled as the activity was greatly appreciated by the participants. What were the hurdles faced? None Name of the staff in charge: Convener: Dr. SupriyaMandloi Organizing Secretary: Dr. Shibani Basu Dubey Signature: Date of submission of factsheet: 21st April, 2018

UGC Sponsored Faculty Development Workshop at BSSS The Department of English, The Bhopal School of Social Sciences, Bhopal in

association with (English Language Teachers' Association of India) ELT@I

Bhopal Chapter organised a UGC sponsored Two-Day National Faculty

Development Workshop (For two separate batches) on “Digital Tools and

Technology in English Language Teaching” on 24 & 25 September 2018.

The Workshop witnessed immense success with an enthusiastic participation of

120 participants from various parts of the country for eg. Jaipur, Rajasthan. Orai

and Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Nagpur, Maharashtra, Goa and from many places of

Madhya Pradesh like Indore, Narsinghpur, Ujjain, Hoshangabad, Bankhedi,

Vidhisha, Jabalpur etc.

The workshop was based on a very pertinent theme of using digital methods of

teaching technology. The unprecedented development of technology has

certainly influenced English language education. The conventional methods of

teaching are gradually losing taste and fervour. The teaching fraternity should

be updated and upgraded to acclimatise to this changing scenario. The Web 2.0

has revolutionised pedagogy, roles of learners, teachers, parents and policy

makers, teaching tools, learning materials, teaching and learning strategies etc.

This dramatic change has thus disrupted the conventional system of teaching

and learning English. However, English language teachers are not yet fully

prepared to meet the challenges in preparing the Generation Z learners for their

future careers that have not yet been created. The Generation Z, born between

1995-2012, is growing up in a world that is entirely different from what their

parents and teachers grew up in. They are constantly on smart devices. They

text instead of calling; they tweet; they Instagram; they whatsapp; and they even

design their own apps. On the contrary, their teachers lecture, use only

blackboards and expect learners to write elaborately in exams. Therefore, this

Faculty Development Workshop Programme attempts to bridge this wide gap

by familiarizing the participating teachers with web tools. It will enable

participating teachers to:

Develop course sites with multimedia resources

Set up discussion forums for engaging learners and creating new vistas of

teaching and learning through technology

Conduct formative digital assessment modes to help learners check their

learning

Have a better understanding of the available ICT tools for teaching

learning English

Take-home ideas for using technology in classrooms

Provide training Manuals on Web 2.0 Tools

Build network of teachers interested in educational technology

Objectives at a glance:

To become familiar with the scope of ELT in the digital millennium

To improve teachers’ proficiency in the English classrooms by promoting

the use of ICT

To update and upgrade ICT skills in teachers in order to make teaching

more learner centric

To get an exposure in digital practices in ELT across the globe

To bridge the gap between learner & facilitator

The Participants were trained in the following web tools:

Kahoot

Google sites

Google Drive

Edmodo

Google Docs

Google Sheets

Plickers

Nearpod

Google slides

Google forms

The technical Sessions for the Workshop were as follows:

Technical Session I Creating interactive lessons in Nearpod

Technical Session II Gamifying learning with Kahoot

Technical Session III Developing Online Tests in Google Docs and Forms

Technical Session IV Setting up an Online class in Google Classroom

The participants' feedback proved that the technical sessions were very fruitful

and that they got an opportunity to venture into the glorious world of digital

tools that will definitely bridge the gap between the Trainer and the trainee/

teacher and the student.

The Resource Person for the Workshop, Dr. MS Xavier Prahdeep Singh from

St. Joseph's College, Trichy, Tamilnadu, in his meticulously devised

sessions, imparted training in the usage of web tools to the participants in a

highly effective manner, facilitating practical exposure to computer technology.

The Principal BSSS, Dr. Fr. John PJ welcomed the participants and encouraged

them to extract maximum benefits out of such training workshops and

implement the same in their day-to-day work process. He also congratulated the

organising team for the successful feat.

The Convenor of the Workshop, Dr.SupriyaMandloi, said that the purpose of

conducting such workshops is to constantly endeavour to revise the teaching

methods so as to make the class rooms more student friendly and interesting.

The Vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Shibani Basu Dubey who thanked the

team of organisers as well as the participants for making the event reach to a

successful culmination with the vision and mission behind the Workshop

achieved to a great extent.