Use of technology in the classroom was increased to create a blended classroom where students interact with technology in the same way they would in the real world, says Karun Deep, Managing Director, Delhi Public School, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh in an Interview with Nidhi Shail Kujur of Elets News Network (ENN). Edited excerpts:
Tell us about your achievements in terms of ‘Innovation in Education’ during the year 2022.
We had many achievements in this academic year of 2022-23. One way lessons are very traditional and sometimes exhausting for both teachers and students. So we created an environment where students feel encouraged to speak up and express their ideas.
Our students join in-class activities in many ways, not just by raising their hands or being called out to answer.
Introducing more technology in the classroom to create a blended classroom where students experience technology as they would in the real world. We have achieved the below-given innovations that have been implemented extensively in the school.
Project-Based Learning (PBL) – Help students identify a real-world problem and develop a solution for it.
Blended Learning – Blending learning combines online learning with traditional classroom learning. Students must become comfortable with online tools and using the internet to contribute to their learning.
EdTech – Innovative classroom technologies often mirror the innovations outside of education. So, the more students engage with technologies in the classroom, the better prepared they will be to engage with and through technology in the workplace.
NAO – NAO is the most advanced humanoid robot used in education. NAO is a robot with a knack for knowledge – both learning and sharing it. A programmable personal teaching assistant, NAO helps teachers bring lessons to life, making learning more fun and more concrete for students. Every lesson gets better when NAO is there to lend a hand. We use NAO to make the children aware of the hardware and software extensively by which they could have hands-on experience.
How will futuristic technologies transform education in the year 2023?
It is high time, education institutions start focusing on changing trends and start adapting to new technologies to make education interesting, relevant and practical. Education institution can improve their brand image with quick adoption of the latest trends in technology. Adaption of innovative trends will not only help educational institutions to improve the quality of education but also help the students to grasp better, recall quickly and retain the knowledge for a longer duration.
Step by step approach to adopting those technologies can help a long way in improving education integration with the industry-relevant knowledge base. These trends in education technology will disrupt higher education in a positive way by improving it and making it much better than it already is. Education can help prepare students for a bright future which in turn will brighten the future of society.
What are the innovations that accelerated the transformation of growth in the education landscape in the year 2022?
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence applications can undertake simple but time-consuming tasks in education to ease the workload of educators or school staff. They can also be used to deliver students an improved and custom learning experience. The applications include:
Improving student performance
- Voice-to-text technologies transforming classes to notes are helpful to students with hearing impairment
Smart classes
- Digital technologies have also improved face-to-face learning. Smart classes equipped with interactive panels unlock the ways of delivering learning resources to students that were impossible with a blackboard and chalk.