Author: Monika Thangavelu, Bhumi Fellow Synopsis Beginning of the fellowship, I was not sure what an online classroom might look like. There are pros and cons to any new experience. At the end of the day, what matters is the efforts we put in to address the challenges that
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Author: Neelanjana Varanasi, Bhumi Fellow Synopsis – With education being the final destination, it is intriguing to see how parents go about this journey. The roadblocks, the smooth roads, and bumps along the way. What it means to contribute to their child’s education and how they go about it.
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Slowly, from singing our favorite English rhyme to using simple sentences, we started conversing in English during our classes. When we help children ‘learn and love’ the language in their ways- be it through singing, dancing for an English song, acting out a word, watching short films, or telling
Teaching 2nd graders numeracy is a tremendous responsibility. How does one make numeracy “fun” – this is the question that ran on my mind constantly. How do I make it relatable to them, so that they feel it is interesting enough to take part in the subject with me?
From WhatsApp video calls to voice notes and Zoom meetings, we’ve learnt along the way. Every day is an experience in our online classroom and no matter what happens, we always try and show up the next day. The virtual world is daunting, even for people with digital
My journey so far has been about confronting what I have been running away from. It has been about understanding how the savior complex has played out in my journey. With our cohort stepping into the second year of the fellowship, I am grateful for the year that has
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Being a teacher involves establishing a culture of trust – with your students, parents, and co-teachers. As a new teacher and a virtual stranger, I wondered if it would be possible for me to achieve this in a virtual environment. Looking back, I can visualize how nervous I was
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I hail from the port city of Chennai, it was not until July 2017 that I had to bid goodbye to my home to pursue my undergraduate degree at FLAME University in Pune. I studied Digital Marketing and Design at FLAME, and also did a couple of Public Policy
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I’ve always seen the world as beautiful, but it isn’t without its flaws and I began to see and acknowledge these inequities and inequalities once I stepped out of all the fictional stories and fairytales. I realised that a happy ever after is not handed to everyone on a
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