Category: Weekly Reflections

Cyberbullying

With the increase in the use of digital platforms, people feel they can say and post whatever they feel like. They are not bothered about the harmful effects their post might have on some other person. People find it so easy to troll and make memes on others… Trolling...
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My reading habits and the scenario of fake news…

When I was in India, my average day use to begin with, a cup of coffee in one hand and a newspaper in the other. I like to read print media more in comparison to digitally available texts. I got this habit of reading newspapers from my parents. Since...
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The new era of LITERACY…

  When I was in school, the term literacy had a different meaning. It only referred to the skill of being able to listen, speak, read and write properly. According to UNESCO, literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written materials...
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Digital Citizenship in Schools

In the present environment, everyone is inclined towards using technological tools or applications. We have started using apps for things which in the past we use to do on our own… Additionally, teachers are also using technology to make classes interactive and engaging. Kids are using apps to connect...
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Virtual is (still) reality

Since childhood, we are engaged in identity formation… But this era demands digital identity. Today we live in an interconnected world which comprises technology. These technological tools keep everyone connected in one or the other way. This connectivity demands every individual’s identity and it is in our hands to...
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The connection between elements of Digital Citizenship and Talkwall

For my major project, I have been jumping from one app to another…. and this time I will be writing about Talkwall. It is a social media application that is specifically designed for classrooms. In other words, it is an interactive educational application. It provides powerful student engaging content...
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Future Demands Skills

Students are the future of our country and we as educators are constantly working to prepare them for the real world. We no longer reside in the era of learning through books and giving traditional examinations. This modern era demands change in our education system. The more the education...
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A little sneak peek into my life

Welcome to my first academic blog site! I have been writing blogs since my high school days but those were based on my day-to-day life. Whenever I travelled to new places or had new food or had read a new book I would just write my thoughts on my...
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