This document summarizes an educational project on butterfly conservation conducted by students in India and Italy using ICT tools. The key points are: 1) The project aimed to raise awareness of butterfly conservation issues and involved students researching butterflies, creating an online website with games/quizzes, and collaborating virtually across countries. 2) Over 1,000 schools and 48,000 teachers were impacted by the project. The students developed skills in photography, video editing, and web design tools like Photoshop and Flash. 3) The project won an "Honorable Mention" award from the ThinkQuest competition and helped motivate over 1 million students towards learning.

1. Pedagogy Ha ,Ha– to Pedagogy Aha ,Aha!
Using Technology for Innovations
in Education
ICT in Schools- Scheme for the year
2010
Harminder Kaur Suri
KVS New Delhi
Under Ministry of HRD

2. Flying Jewels
International Web designing Contest
•To acquire knowledge and skills
•To inculcate scientific attitude
•Collaborate Learning
•Foster 21st Century skills
•Promote Constructivism
•Inculcate Scientific attitude
•Overcome language barrier
•Appreciation for scientific inventions
•Training for better living

3. Rationale for choosing this project
• Butterflies ,the Biological resources need protection against
inappropriate uses and overexploitation.
• The need for awareness regarding problem of butterfly
conservation amongst the public .
• To form a professional working group and a network to study
butterflies at grass root level.
• To identify target groups like
--- students from urban , semi urban, rural , areas around the
globe
--- Geographical area where butterflies are in abundance and less
in number and stake holders in that area
--- Scientists working on wildlife related to butterflies
• To make government aware of need of conservation / butterflies
sanctuaries as they are treated as non-target group of species
• To apprise people of inter- specific relationships and ecological
processes taking place through smaller life forms like butterflies
• Butterflies serve as important plant pollinators in the local
environment, and help pollinate more than 50 economically
important plant crops

4. About the site
• Age Group : 15 and Under
• Lead Coach : Harminder Suri
• Assistant Coach : Ashok Sengupta
• Category : Science and Technology
• Audience : All ages
• Language : English
• Site Features: Online activity/games
Quiz
Videos
Photogallary / Film show
30 Species of Butterflies
67 Original web pages
Flying Jewels
• Team Diversity: India and Italy (Six Students)

5. Think together
A road map to success
Get set go--------------!
Project Based
Learning
WorkPlan excel
sheet Rubric

6. Butterflies, Beethoven, Botticelli and Ballet
The Power of Interdisciplinary Learning
Real life problems addressed
Promoting HOTS
• Check Plagiarism
• Adopt Project Based Learning
• Investigate , unlearn and relearn
• Field Visits and Photo shoots /Videographer
• Organizing briefing and debriefing sessions allover
India &Italy
• Geographical / Language Barriers
• Reaching out to Scientists
• Technology Hassles
• Budding Virtual Journalists
Farfalle, Beethoven, Botticelli e Balletto

7. The Technology Caterpillar and the Productive
Butterfly
Click here to see the presentation on
Best Teaching Tools
Soft wares-
Photoshop CS2
Dreamweaver CS3
Flash CS2 professional
Adobe Flash Video encoder
Gif movie gear
HIGHLIGHTS
Windows movie maker
Video from Italy
Video using Alligator Flash Designer

8. A mega swing
Impact of ICT in classroom
Pre Acquired Skills
25
20
15
10
5
0
NO of Students
ICT Tools
No.of Students
Digital Camera
Connect LCD
MS word
MS Power Point
Photo Shop Banner
Window movie maker
Ready Made Flash
Internet Research
POST ACQUIRED SKILLS
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
TYPES OF ICT SKILLS
NO.OF STUDENTS
Digital Camera
Connect LCD
MS word
MS Power Point
Photo Shop Banner
Window movie maker
Ready Made Flash
Internet Research
Statistically Speaking--

9. Chak De India &Italy
International Web designing contest 2009
“A pupa turns butterfly”
Honorable Mention Award
15 and under by www.thinkquest.org
• An APPLE LAPTOP each
• First’s to its credit
- India’s First web designing winner by Oracle
- First KVian to collaborate Virtually & win

10. Impact Nation wide
• Number of Schools affected 1 073
• Number of Teachers Motivated 48 596
• Number of Students motivated 10 30 654
“Your role in spearheading collaborative online involving
students
Cutting across different KVs and abroad is really commendable”
Ranglal Jamuda IAS
KVS Commissioner , New Delhi

11. Expanding Learning Horizons
Journey Beyond 2009
Impacting Nation
• National Facilitator GSWP Oracle
• Pioneer in e CTLT & CCE soft ware
• Pioneer in CCE ( Primary) at National and
Regional Level ( member of Advisory
Committee)
• Teacher admin Oracle

12. Expanding Learning Horizons
Journey Beyond 2009
Connecting Teaching
Fraternity
• National Facilitator Oracle
• Initiatives on Think quest
• Workshops on e CTLT
• Maintaining Regional office site
www.kvsrochandigarh.org
• Resource Person In service Courses
• Author stream

13. Expanding Learning Horizons
Journey Beyond 2009
My Students
• Think quest Live 2011 & 2009- A Trip to USA
• Tagore Mahotsav 2011 –Regional Winner Kabuliwala
ppt
• Inter school Stamp Designing Contest
• Chaatra vandan on teachers day 2009
• Cyber & Science Olympiads

14. Expanding Learning Horizons
Journey Beyond 2009
Beyond School
• LCD show for Mentally retarded –Mother Teresa Home/ ASHA school
• Awareness drives on Global Issues
• Educating masses
• Video Conferencing
• Compass Partners LLC –Susan Wright had feedback
• TQ Competition Judge

15. Expanding Learning Horizons
Journey Beyond 2009
Bench Mark
For School
• 5th Computer Literacy Excellence Award 2008 by Ministry of
Communication & Technology New Delhi , Government of India
• School Leadership Award by Oracle 2007
For Self
• National Winner EQFI 2010
• National Winner TCS Education World Awards 2009
• Honourable Mention Awards FLYING JEWELS 2009
• Bharat Vikas Parishad Award 2009
• SPECIAL MENTION , NIIT New Delhi 2008
• 4th Microsoft Award National & Nominated Asia Pacific Winner
Hanoi 2008
• 4h Microsoft Global Teachers Meet Hong Kong 2008

16. Expanding Learning Horizons
Journey Beyond 2009
Publication
s
• INDIA Volume V issue 2 Feb 2009
• Education World
• KVS Quarterly Journal Volume III
• The Week
• In house Journals
Online Publications
• www.kvsangathanectlt.com
• Hall of fame by Microsoft Partners in learning
• www.teachersofindia.org

17. Media Coverage

18. Path Ahead
Learner as curriculum re-designer --
Organizing Study camps
• Learner as Evaluator
• Say it with Science-Scientific attitude /Critical
thinking

19. Feed back
Suri.harminder@gmail.com
09416795315