Dus ka Dum

Because we grow a little, everyday

Why GGIS started with it

• As teachers we ended up discussing only about our classes

• Professional Development days were few and again aimed at getting better at classroom

• But our teachers had to grow as individuals to be better teachers

• We had to be better at dinner conversations

• And so we started with Dus ka Dum

What is Dus ka Dum (DkD)

• It is 10 minutes of our time everyday that we spend on learning something new or just exploring a different avenue

• Yup! Just that. 10 minutes of newness

• A few things we have tried….

Origami: Making windmills

• This was our first DkD. • We had no idea why we were all

getting together• But the time limit of 10 minutes put

us to a frantic learning pace• More than the windmill, we learnt

how to read origami instructions• And surprisingly, the so called art

and craft teachers took much longer than others!

Playing football

• It was the football world cup time• And we ladies didn’t know a word

about it!• But after those 10 minutes we could

go home and brag to our hubbies about a few world cup facts

Learning to code

• Coding! Oh not happening. It is for the geeks

• But we tried it and it was nothing but just thinking.

• We loved it and 10 minutes were a tad too less

• Eeeehawwww was the sound that reverberated all through the room everytime we crossed a level

And many more things we tried…

• Heard Parvati Baol’s music• Understood what Kickstarter is• Found out that people are making a

3D make-up printers!• Shared jokes and riddles• Spoke of one conflict we face in our

life

But …only one person?

• So far it was mostly Minal heading DkD

• But there is only a little one person can do

• So we started involving others to share their skills

• And so we had…..

Quick and easy hair-dos by Roopali Ma’am

• Roopali Ma’am is a jack of many trades.

• And her past experience of working as a make-up artist is something we wanted to benefit from

• She gladly shared some easy-peasy techniques of hair-dos that don’t require a lot to do

Learning Spanish from YelizaOla!

• Yeliza is a Colombian who is trying hard to learn Hindi

• And when she volunteered to share some of her Spanish lessons, we went eeehawwwww

• What fun we had speaking in a new language….. Silly but highly exciting

The road ahead...• We know not!• But we have taken a road less traveled

and how proud we are• It may last a month or a term or

forever, it does not matter• We shared our learning. We enjoyed

what did

One key lesson learnt

• Nothing, just nothing beats the high adrenaline we get out of learning a new thing.

Thank You If you would like to know more about us, you can visit us at,

GEMS Genesis International School Near Vaishodevi Circle SP Ring Road Ahmedabad- 382421

0r call us at 09274022333/444 www.theggis.com