The document outlines a teacher community of learning program focused on professional development, improving school processes, and supporting school development. The program includes workshops on topics like technology integration, digital literacy, and developing curriculum ideas for subjects like math, languages, and sciences. Suggested block programs provide an indicative schedule for workshops on using technology for teaching math and languages. The goal is to improve teaching practices and build teacher capabilities through collaborative learning opportunities.

1. Teachers’ Community of Learning
Government Aided Schools
Bengaluru South 3 block

2. Program focus areas
● Teacher professional development
● Improving school educational processes
● Supporting school development processes
● Building knowledge around effective technology
integration

3. Teacher professional development
What
● Technology for teaching
learning in class
● Technology for self learning
● Building digital capabilities
in teachers
● Supporting teachers to
become reflective
practitioners
How
➔ Block level workshops
➔ School level workshops
➔ Resource creation and
publishing
➔ (Geogebra files,
language files)
➔ Classroom support
➔ Online courses

4. Improving school processes
What
● Use of digital resources in
teaching learning
● Creation and maintenance
of a school computer lab
● Digital literacy for students
● Integrating new curricular
modules in school
curriculum
How
➔ Time-tabled classroom
participation in select schools
➔ Resource support to teacher
➔ Support teacher for digital literacy
➔ Resource modules on adolescent
education, environmental
education, digital safety
➔ Intra-school and inter-school
events

5. Improving overall school processes
What
● Improving school
communication
processes
● Supporting schools in
their branding and
communication
● Integrating community
with the school
How
➔ IVRS messages with
parents
➔ Support in the creation of
school websites and other
communication outputs
➔ Community documentation
with digital story telling
➔ Media articles

6. Indicative curriculum ideas
Mathematics
● Introductory resource modules for bridging learning gaps in identified topics
– Activities, worksheets, digital resources
● Developing lessons using Geogebra for mathematics teaching (Demo of geogebra
files)
– For teacher demo, for student self-learning
● Visual programming using Turtle blocks to build mathematical thinking
● Designing ICT based formative and summative assessments
● Project based approaches to school mathematics
● Setting up of a math lab
● Understanding the role of language in mathematics teaching
● Understanding the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge framework for
mathematics teaching

7. Indicative curriculum ideas
Languages
● Introductory resource modules for bridging learning gaps in language levels
– Activities, worksheets, digital resources
● Using technology to create a resource rich environment for building communicative
competencies
● Creating immersive experiences for second language learning
● Creating modules for building communicative competencies
● Use of digital story telling as a method of meaning making and expression
– Graphics, audio visual
● Making age and level appropriate reading materials in Kannada and English
(Demo of stories created and interactive resources on H5P)
● Use of educational tools for language learning (Demo of Indic Anagram)

8. Indicative curriculum ideas
Digital literacy (for teachers and students)
● Interacting with ICT – an understanding of computers, internet and digital
safety
● Learning to create with different digital applications
– Concept mapping, drawing tools, text documents, audio visual files,
● Storytelling by creating and combining multimedia digital resources
– Languages and social sciences
● Exploring different online and mobile based apps for learning
– Maps, dictionaries, timelines
● Interacting with subject based educational tools
● Visual programming

9. Indicative curriculum ideas
Sciences and social sciences
● Inquiry based approach to learning science – doing
science
● Using digital simulations and online labs for
experimentation
● Creating videos of lab experiments for teachers’ use
● Using digital story telling to develop multiple perspectives
● Use of different tools and mobile/ web applications for
learning social science, including the use of a tiimeline

10. Suggested block program (Mathematics)
01/08/18 02/08/18 Current requirements in math teaching learning
Introductory modules for number systems, geometry
Use of Geogebra for math teaching
Identifying ICT resources for student learning
06/09/18 07/09/18 Introductory algebra module
Using spreadsheets for math teaching
Making sketches for textbook problems in Geogebra
More Geogebra learning
04/10/18 05/10/18 Programming with Turtle blocks
Developing assessment Q papers and activities
Using ICT for assessments
Using Geogebra for assessments
Understanding TPCK framework in mathematics teaching
21/11/18 22/11/18 Project based approaches in mathematics
Role of language in mathematics learning
Reflective sharing of teacher practices
03/01/19 04/01/19 Setting up of a math lab
Conceptual explorations in select math topics
Developing assessments using ICT
Reflective sharing of teacher practices

11. Suggested block program (languages)
16/8/18 17/8/18 Understanding the nature of language; show language is thought
Going through an immersive experience in language learning and
introducing modules for communicative competencies
Identifying ICT resources for student learning – introduction to open
educational resources and methods for evaluation of resources
Creation of a community of learning – TCOL and STF
19/9/18 20/9/18 Exploring phonetic approach to language learning – sound and script
Making reading materials using different ICT tools – picture story books
Creating resource rich environments for textbook lessons
11/10/18 12/10/18 Making reading and communicative materials using different ICT tools –
audios and read aloud audio books
Introduction to educational tools and mobile/ web applications
Meaning making with different approaches and digital methods
28/11/18 29/11/18 Story telling as a method of expression - Collaborative story telling
With a given story line and Open ended
Using ICT for formative assessment
10/01/19 11/01/19 Use of DST in language learning
Building language competencies – language across subjects

12. Suggested block program (school leadership and
development)
22-08-
2018
Workshop 2 - Aims of education and vision for my school
development Edit week name
28-09-
2018
Workshop 3 - School support to Teacher Professional
Development
16-11-
2018
Workshop 4 - School and community, planning a school
development project
14-12-
2018
Workshop 5 - Presentation of School Development project
24-01-
2019
Workshop 6 - Review of the TCOL program for 2018-19
and planning for 2019-20