Innovations 2021-22

Innovation One

Title: Blended Learning through Story Quest

Conceptualised by Sr Riya Baby, Ms Jessica DMello, Ms Sophia Samuel

About the innovative resource: On 28 Feb 2022, students Ms Jessica Dmello, Ms Sophia Samuel and Sr. Riya Baby participated in a Contest entitled ‘Innovation in Blended Teaching and Learning Practices in Science and Mathematics Education’ hosted by Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education and won the first place. They presented their innovative practice entitled ‘Blended Learning Through Story Quest’ where they showcased a blend of digital and physical learning resources, asynchronous and synchronous activities that were both individual and group in nature.  Stories created by the faculty and students were embedded into the learning. These activities were carried out in their internship school and the experiences were shared during this contest.

Innovation Two

Title: Innovative way to teach Economics topic Laws of Demand and Supply

Conceptualised by Ms Shailja Kanodia

About the innovation: In order to help students learn in a constructivist way, Ms Shailja Kanodia designed a lesson plan with tech tools like videos, quizzes using Wordwall, Padlet for discussion and enhanced learning through an E book. The plan was presented at an All India competition organised by M.C.E Society’s Junior College of Education, Pune and Ms Shailja secured the second position for her efforts.

Innovation Three

Title: Connect, Collaborate, Create

Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uSzhKeOOGxekW6hiwxbdw0XWcLaTTPtj/view?usp=sharing

Conceptualized by Faculty member Dr Agnes DCosta

About the innovation: We often come across issues with respect to our environment (either physical or work related). It is necessary to delve into means to resolve these issues. For this it is necessary to connect to the environment and identify the issue, collaborate with peers and experts to understand their views and together create a solution. The learning strategy ‘Connect, Collaborate, Create’ aims at facilitating thinking routines that will help to address an issue and find a viable solution. The idea Connect, Collaborate, Create aims at helping student-teachers to connect with issues related to their environment (physical or work related), then collaborate with peers and mentors and identify solutions to address the issue. The idea was tried out for the topic Urban Sprawl which is a topic in the course Environmental Education. The idea bagged the first position at an intercollegiate event for faculty organised by University of Mumbai’s Dept of Education and Pillai’s College of Education and Research.