Blog 2

 

Hello everyone!

I am here with another blog and today I am going to blog on how to use ICT tools to intro

duce about the to ‘Fruits’  to grade 1 students. Fruit is the sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food. In this topic I am going to introduce different types of fruits like apple, banana, watermelon, grapes and etc. I am not only going to teach them about fruits but also its colour and the importance of eating fruit in everyday life. Learning about fruits not only help children identify and name the fruit, it helps them learn the importance of eating fruits and growing fruits in every day life.

My lesson today focuses on the different types of fruits and the colour of the fruits. To introduce grade 1 students about different types of fruits I have created simple but effective teaching learning materials (TLM) or you can call content based material, made in Power Point Presentation (ppt) with some animation and converted into video so that they can learn better by watching the video. Learning about fruits is very important and it is much more fun and interesting.

Lesson objectives

By the end of the lesson each child will be able to:

·         name and identify the fruits correctly after watching the video.

·         tell the colours of the each fruits correctly.

·         Tell and know the benefits after watching the video.

The instructions for creating content based materials/TLM  are as follow

·         First of all, I have chosen Power Point out of many other ICT tools to create TLM

·         Then I have made each fruit using shapes available there in my  Power Point.

·         Next I have colored the fruits to look attractive and to teach the colour of the fruits

·         I have also written the name of the fruits along with it’s colour.

·         And also I have added some animation to look more attractive to children

·         Also i have recorded the voice explaining them each slides.

·         I have around  11 slide, where 8th side is for activity to check whether students have understood the lesson or not.

·         Lastly i have converted ppt into video using camtasia studio.

When should the materials be used?                

The material can be used in lesson introduction, development and learning activity. We can introduce the lesson by introducing about fruits, defining fruits and telling them about the benefits. In lesson development we can name and describe each fruits with it’s colour with voice over. I have designed the activity to check whether each of them understood the lesson clearly or not. And the activity questions are framed based on the previous slides presented.

Activity instruction

Fill in the blanks with correct words.