AHLCON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL EUMIND – HOW DIGITAL AM I

ARTICLE- School UseGroup- Deadly Decoders

Rachit’s Interview

• Respondent- Charvi Mittal (Sister)• DATE- 19.10.13• TIME- 10:00 pm• PLACE- Home

• QUESTIONS • MAIN QUESTION • For what do you use computers/internet at school?• Respond-We use computers for an interactive learning at

school, to promote digital education and also to teach people how to use computers. Powerpoint presentations are the most common thing for which we use computers at school. Actually this not only promotes digital education but also enables students to enjoy their education

• SUB QUESTIONS• How often do you use computers and with what result?• Respond-We don’t use computers too often in our schools; we use

it only in our computer class or to make different projects. Again PPT’s are the most common way of illustrating our project

• Does the use of computers always improve the standard of lesson?• Respond-Yes, it not only makes the learning interesting but also

interactive at the same time. Students tend to get more involved in digital education than book education which enables the teacher to conduct a healthy and interactive session.

• Do you do your homework, projects, compile a portfolio, do a research for school digitally? What do you feel about that?

• Respond-This depends upon the kind of projects that we get. Research work is usually done with the help of internet and projects are sometimes made on the PPT. This helps a student a lot as he is capable of doing a work digitally than working on paper.

• Does your school use smart board? What are the pros and cons of their use?

• Respond-No our school does not use smart boards. But for what I have seen its pros and cons are:-Pros –The interactive electronic white board is great for demonstrationsAll students respond favourably to board useIt is a kid magnetConsSetup is costly Students and teachers are exposed to rays harmful to eyes

• Are you allowed mobile phones at school? If yes, then what are the rules about their use and how do you use them?

• Respond-No, they are not allowed in our schools

• What are your views about using mobile phones at school?• Respond-I think the use of mobile phones should be restricted to

children mainly because of 2 reasons-Students will always engage themselves to their phones and not listen to teacherThere will be discrimination amongst children based on mobile phones they have.

Tanishq’s Manuja

• Respondent- Kshitij Nath (Friend)• DATE- 29/10.13• TIME- 7 pm• PLACE- Society• QUESTIONS • MAIN QUESTION • For what do you use computers/internet at school?• Respond-In schools computers I use computer for learning to use

different software’s. Computers are also a way of improving the understanding of a chapter or lesson. Also computers are now attached to some peripherals or hardware like touch boards which makes learning interactive and fun. Internet is also used as a reference tool and is very helpful; also cloud storage feature helps us to submit our project to the teacher without carrying usb drives. Internet is also essential for smart boards to update with their server.

• SUB QUESTIONS• How often do you use computers and with what result?• Respond - I use computers very frequently and most of

the time it helps me and I have an answer to my question.

• Does the use of computers always improve the standard of lesson?

• Respond- Yes, I think using computers always improve the standards of the lesson.

• Does your school use smart board? What are the pros and cons of their use?

• Respond- Yes, My school uses smart boards. It’s biggest advantage is that it make the whole thing very easy to understand .Disadvantage is that is takes a lot of time and technical error are frequent ,also a big drawback.

• Are you allowed mobile phones at school? If yes, then what are the rules about their use and how do you use them?

• Respond- No, we are not allowed to use phones at schools.

• What are your views about using mobile phones at school?

• Respond- I think it should not be allowed as it causes a lot of disturbance and distracts us from the main reason of going to school that is to study. Also social networking sites are the reason too.

Gaurav’s Interview

• NAME- Krishna M. Kukrety (Relative)• DATE- 29-10-2013• TIME- 7:30 pm• PLACE- Delhi, East INDIA• QUESTIONS • MAIN QUESTION • How should the computer or internet be utilized at school?• Respond-Children should have anytime access provided

the computer resources are utilized for educative purposes i.e. anytime during recess free period etc.

• SUB QUESTIONS• What etiquettes should followed while using computers at school? • Respond-Children should properly use there given devices and they

should not damage the hardware while using or working upon it. Devices should be used carefully and the equipment should not be man-handled.

• Does the use of computers always improve the standard of lesson?• Respond-Obviously, when you have internet access then you can gather

a lot of information upon the topic or chapter you are reading or studying. The internet can also provide facts and references for the topic thus enhancing the standard of the lesson.

• Should homework, projects, compiling portfolios, research, and etc. be done for school digitally? What do you feel about that?

• Respond-Both seem equally appealing to me. Doing projects digitally for e.g. a collage, saves a lot of time and a lot of paper but if we see on the other, side doing or making such projects or collages manually can enhance all round information and effort can be put in like you gather a couple of books and you select specific information and use it in your project; digitally only a few buttons are pressed. Manual work helps in fine-motor development.

• Should mobile phones be allowed at school? If yes, then how should they be used?

• Respond-Children should be allowed phones at school but the phones should only register incoming calls and outgoing calls can be forbidden by giving them an empty sim card (0 balance) and the use of internet should be prohibited on such cell phones. Children should have access to the lobby phones for any urgent calls. They should be monitored while doing so.