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What is digital storytelling?

Digital storytelling, the use of something digital while telling a story. Stories that make use of photographs, videos, animation, sound, music and text. Storytelling is the art of producing an existing story, or rather to master the art of creating. Creating stories, creating moments, creating feelings.

Storytelling teaches students the skills they are learning in language, art & design and computing, providing endless opportunities.

It gets students moving, exploring and interacting in the real world, both to create stories and deliver them. Digital storytelling offers huge opportunities as well as being something children find great fun and extremely engaging. So no reason not to give it a try, right?

Besides getting your kids more engaged and interested in learning, I’ll give you two more opportunities digital storytelling has to offer. Then, we’ll go through some of (in my modest opinion) the most user-friendly tools to create stories.

Imagine what you can accomplish as a teacher, when changing your learning material into stories with the following apps. Students will be drawn in by your words.

Advantages of digital storytelling for students

1. Confidence

Digital storytelling for students is a great way to build a child’s confidence. Imagine yourself as a child, haunted by the idea you have to perform in public. Well, recording your performance on a mobile phone, playing it back with animation and effects for classmates and teachers can be a much less daunting starting point. Creating something on your own or in a group is equally a wonderful way to support self-esteem development as students discover they really can come up with, as they deliver their own stories.

2. Creativity

Being creative helps to build invaluable life skills, from problem solving to self-expression. It gives students the chance to explore their own personality. Story creation in any form is creative. It empowers the imagination, and digital storytelling opens up a range of additional creative avenues.

“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” - Albert Einstein

7 Examples of storytelling tools

Storytelling apps are aplenty. The landscape of educational tools is already vast, but I’ll show you that there are storytelling apps aplenty as well: storytelling for teachers, storytelling for students, you name it. Every app has it’s own functionalities an can be used in both directions.

1. Steller

This is a free storytelling application developed by Mombo Labs, which lets you create photo and video stories with an emphasis on design. - the next web.

Steller focuses on telling a story through pictures and text. The simple, yet structured layout options allow even a beginner to produce a professional standard of work.

By creating a story on Steller, the reader gets more engaged into what the message truly is. People have the opportunity to create an experience that will stick in people’s minds. It gives the chance to produce memories. Go out! Experience Steller and start telling your stories!

2. Adobe Express Page

Adobe Express Page is a free online web page builder. No coding or design skills needed. Create your own beautiful web story using videos, pictures and text. The templates and layout options available are very modern, and are designed to present your work in an elegant and engaging way, focusing on visual content.

The combination of its ease of use, ingenious functionality, and truly professional results give it the potential to aid far more people than Photoshop ever will (really!). On top of having the maturity of a decade-old product, Adobe Express is completely free.

3. WeVideo

This company started in 2011, and has the goal of bringing its educational creative toolbox to a broader global audience of students and educators.

WeVideo wants to make video editing available for everyone. They make it possible for friends, families, teachers, students and businesses small and large to create incredible videos that inspire and above all motivate. “WeVideo has deep roots in education and believes that creativity is driven by what is inside the hearts and minds of people, not by complicated technology”.

4. Popplet

Popplet, an iPad and web app, is a tool to capture and organize your ideas. Students can for example use Popplet for learning. Used as a mind-map, it helps students think and learn visually. Students can capture facts, thoughts, and images to structure their stories.

5. Sock Puppets

This is an application that gives you the opportunity to create your own lip-synced cartoons, and share them on social, mail or just save them replay whenever you want. It’s a fun way to work with young children to tell a story. You can even ask the children to make a little story themselves, and show it back to them after a while. The app will motivate them to think more creatively.

6. Storybird

Storybird not only gives you the simple tools to create books in minutes, the application lets you discover an endless library of free books, picture books and poetry as well. Storybird lets anyone make visual stories in seconds. The site mentions that they are a storytelling community, rather than an application. For them, it’s more about creating a creative world where anyone can tell their stories, as crazy as they get.

7. Bookcreator

Book Creator is an open ended book creation app that unleashes creativity. Create your own teaching resources, or have your students take the reins. Combine text, images, audio and video to create: Interactive stories, digital portfolios, research journals, poetry books, science reports, instruction manuals, ‘About me’ book, comic adventures, …

This will be the start of your story to tell

I hope you guys loved reading more about digital storytelling and its tools. For more resources on storytelling, make sure to check out “Twinkl’s The Power of Storytelling in KS2” post and resources. I hope this motivates you to start telling your digital story from now on, and start using it in the classroom. Inspire others, and explore your own creativity while doing it!

ICT RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS

Here is a list of ICT web resources that are especially useful for teachers, including those in Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs), to enhance teaching-learning, digital content creation, classroom management, and professional development:

🔹ARVIND GUPTA TOYS

https://www.arvindguptatoys.com/

Government & Official Educational Portals

DIKSHA (https://diksha.gov.in)
- National platform for school education
- E-books, lesson plans, quizzes, teaching videos in multiple languages
NISHTHA (https://nishtha.ncert.gov.in/)
- Online teacher training modules developed by NCERT
- Mandatory for KV teachers’ professional development
ePathshala (https://epathshala.nic.in)
- Digital textbooks (NCERT), audio, video, and other learning resources
NCERT Official Website (https://ncert.nic.in)
- Syllabus, textbooks, exemplar problems, teacher guidelines
SWAYAM (https://swayam.gov.in)
- MOOCs platform for school and higher education teachers
- Courses offered by NCERT, IGNOU, NIOS, and other institutions
PM eVidya (via https://diksha.gov.in/pm-vidya)
- One Nation One Digital Platform – useful during hybrid learning

🔹 KV-Specific & Central Government Initiatives

KVS RO/ZO Websites
- Often have region-specific resources, circulars, best teaching practices
CBSE Academic (https://cbseacademic.nic.in)
- Sample papers, teaching resources, curriculum framework
VidyaDaan (https://vdn.diksha.gov.in)
- Platform to contribute and access curated digital content for various grades

🔹 Content Creation & Interactive Tools

Canva for Education (https://www.canva.com/education/)
- Create posters, presentations, worksheets, certificates
Padlet (https://padlet.com)
- Collaborative boards, online noticeboards for classroom activities
Kahoot! (https://kahoot.com)
- Game-based learning quizzes – engaging for revision and assessment
Google Workspace for Education (https://edu.google.com/)
- Docs, Slides, Forms, Google Classroom – essential for digital teaching
Microsoft Educator Center (https://education.microsoft.com/)
- Free teacher training, digital tools integration, certifications

🔹 Other Quality Resources for Teachers

TESS-India (https://www.tessindia.edu.in/)
- Open Educational Resources (OER) for teacher professional development
National Repository of Open Educational Resources (NROER)
- http://nroer.gov.in
- Repository of videos, audio, images, documents for all subjects
British Council India – Teaching English (https://www.britishcouncil.in/english)
- Resources and courses for English teachers

Oher Tools for Effective Teaching

Quizziz (https://quizizz.com) – fun quizzes and homework
Nearpod (https://nearpod.com) – interactive slides, polls, activities
Prezi (https://prezi.com) – engaging presentations
Edpuzzle (https://edpuzzle.com) – add questions to videos

HOW TO CRACK JEE?

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DEAR STUDENTS............

Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics need different approaches to create good concepts. So, I will deal with them separately. I will also write down the names of the books which, to the best of my knowledge, are among the all time classics of Science preparation as well the books which deal with the need to build up a proficiency beyond the basic concepts.

Physics:

Books:
1. Concepts of Physics by H.C. Verma
2. Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick and Walker
3. Problems in General Physics by I.E. Irodov
4. Feynman Lectures in Physics by Richard P. Feynman

Approach of Study:

Perhaps no other subject requires more thinking than Physics. It is highly possible that to understand one simple concept one has to sit down the entire day without having proceeded more than one page of a good book. There is nothing disheartening in that. Of course, one has to be absolutely honest with oneself.

The first step towards learning Physics is to make an all-out effort to forget (yes I am serious) everything that one has learnt till Class X (this includes both state board and CBSE syllabus).
Next step, is to start studying from H.C. Verma's book. Each sentence in that book is a gem. At the end of each chapter there are lots of questions graded in difficulty level. A person who is serious about learning Physics and certainly anybody who is dreaming to get into IIT should attempt to solve each and every problem. I am not saying that if a person cannot solve all the problems he/she should give up hope of getting into IIT but there must be an honest attempt to solve each of them - they are not that hard. Simultaneously, Halliday, Resnick and Walker's book must be started. It is an international classic and, at places, is easier than Verma's book! There is no need to waste time in solving all those questions at the end of each chapter from this book (it is not humanly possible too to do all this! But some problems are very good!). The speciality of this book is that within each chapter there are some conceptual questions - one must make an all-out effort to answer each of them (most of them are really easy but each of them highlights a very important concept). Here I will make a strong statement - a person who is thinking of getting into IIT should be able to understand these small questions and answer them without any teacher's help. As I said they are easy.

Next step, is to start building up a proficiency in solving problems. Trust me, if one has honestly done the problems from Verma's book, he/she will have automatically gained huge amount of confidence. But the real test is I.E. Irodov's book. It is one of the toughest books in Physics (all over the world!). The problems in Mechanics and Electromagnetism are especially useful for IIT JEE (atleast that used to be the case in our time).

Please note that I have mentioned another book by R.P. Feynman. That book is even more famous. Although it is not directly useful for IIT JEE (it is not like a conventional text book) still learning Physics from any other place cannot be more fun. Feynman was a Nobel laureate, a consummate genius and a really "fine" man. It is an honour to learn Physics from his words! More than that, it is enjoyable!

Chemistry:

Books:
1. NCERT Class XI and XII books (I am talking about the official NCERT textbooks, not the tonnes of other commercial books)
2. Organic Chemistry by Morrison & Boyd accompanied by the Study Guide
3. IIT Chemistry by O.P. Lal (I studied this and it is okay)
4. Modern Approach to Chemical Calculations by R.C. Mukherjee

This is the most difficult subject for the beginner and it is also the easiest among the three once the student has got the hang of things. The biggest problem with starting to learn Chemistry is that many of the concepts are overlapping and the best books find it difficult to write anything comprehensively without referring to material from a later chapter. It is very very frustrating to the beginner - after all how do you expect to learn anything when you are already referring to material which has not yet been taught! This is most evident in Organic Chemistry.

Chemistry is divided roughly into a)General Chemistry with a huge emphasis on Physical Chemistry, b) Organic Chemistry and c) Inorganic Chemistry

The best way to start learning is to read the NCERT books. Irrespective of what many people say (including some teachers!) these are really good books. Of course, one has to start from Physical Chemistry which forms the basis of almost everything else.

Simultaneously, one has to start learning Organic Chemistry because the syllabus is really huge. The BEST, the absolute BEST book to learn Organic Chemistry is from Morrison & Boyd. (Irrespective of the subject, many of us IITians feel that this one book is perhaps one of the best written books of all times). Any prospective IIT JEE candidate shouldn't even think of going to the examination hall wihout having digested the book. The easiest way to learn from the book is to study each line of each page! As easy as that! Without even realizing what is happening, the student will learn a treasure house of concepts (which are actually useful for IIT JEE). Some difficulty might be faced and for that Study Guide is there. All in all, it is absolutely delightful to study from this book (I have seen people getting literally addicted to it!). There is a catch however. Atleast for the first 6 chapters or so, a student learning from this book may feel that his/her friends learning from some "simple" college text books are already more conversant with a huge lot of reactions, methods etc. But that is only an illusion. If one can stick to the discipline of learning from Morrison & Boyd, at the end of two years there will be simply no comparison between his/her depth of knowledge with that of others. One must not avoid the questions that are given at the end of each chapter. They are actually very easy but at first some difficulty might be faced but then the Study Guide is always there! Special attention must be given to the reaction mechanisms. They might seem like unnecessary at first but, trust me, therein, lies the real fun of Organic Chemistry and needless to say, some of the "tricks" of students successful in IIT JEE.

Inorganic Chemistry is a big puzzle even to the best students. One has to remember a lot of things here and one trick I employed was to learn a few things in the evening; then, revise the exact same things after getting up next morning. The brain is a marvel really and one has to learn how to harness its capacity. When one reads something new, the natural tendency is to forget it. The simplest guard against such memory loss is to revise them atleast once in the next 24 hours. Trust me, it helps. O.P. Lal's book is actually one of those "commercial" books but it is good in terms of content. I found it particularly useful for Inorganic part.

Some of the most beautiful questions of IIT JEE Chemistry come in Organic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry. I have already talked about Organic Chemistry. For practicing problems of Physical Chemistry, Mukherjee's book is very good. One must try to do as many problems as possible from that book.

Mathematics:

Books:
1. Calculus and Analytic Geometry by Thomas and Finney
2. Trigonometry by S.L. Loney
3. Coordinate Geometry by S.L. Loney
4. Differential and Integral Calculus by N. Piskunov
4. Problem Plus in IIT Mathematics by Asit DasGupta
5. IIT Mathematics by M.L. Khanna

This is perhaps the subject which IIT JEE uses to really challenge the students. I am not saying that Physics and Chemistry are in any way easy - far from that! But, some of the Mathematics problems of IIT JEE over the years have been unparalleled (except of course the Olympiads) in their demand of ingenuity and original thinking.

As with Physics and Chemistry, every student needs to build up a base of concepts and knowledge. But, that is far from enough. Just understanding things in Mathematics is not at all sufficient. He/she will be nowhere if the ability to solve problems on one's own is not there. Unfortunately, this is hardly ever highlighted in our schools (even the CBSE schools). There is a mad rush to somehow get the solutions of the problems from as many different sources as possible, mug up the solutions and then depend on the repetitive question pattern to come out with so called "flying colours" in the examination. Very very few students are fortunate enough to learn from teachers who emphasize the importance of problem-solving and ingenuity. And this is exactly what is required in the Mathematics paper. You can finish all the solved examples from the endless number of Mathematics books but if you do not have the ability to solve even one challenging problem on your own absolutely unaided then you should not think of IIT. I know I am being rude but that is the way it is - a fact.

Thomas and Finney's book is very basic but it rescues the beginner from the puzzling scenario one is confronted with when suddenly coming face to face with CALCULUS. Very good geometrical interpretations of derivative etc. are there. But the exercises are really easy. They are of not much use even for State Board examinations. The books by Loney are all time international classics. Honest efforts should be made to solve the problems. The coordinate geometry book is really, really good. Many of the problems themselves are of IIT JEE standard. But, most are easy. Piskunov's book is basically a standard text book of calculus. The exercises themselves are very easy. Too much time should not devoted to solve these exercise problems. As I have already emphasized the importance of solving challenging problems in Mathematics, one needs to practice as much as possible from the IIT Mathematics books by DasGupta and also by M.L. Khanna. There are a huge number of problems there. One can practice to heart's content from these two books.

Overall, for the preparation of the three subjects from these books, there are a couple of things I need to address:

1. Please note that at many points in the above discussion of the subjects I have mentioned that you do not have to practice the problems so much from this and that book etc. This is only a general guideline. If, for one particular concept you feel that you are not getting confident enough, then, by all means, practice those easy confidence-boosting problems. Personally, I used to practice some problems which would have never come even for the Board examinations just to convince myself that I had understood correctly. Academic integrity is of utmost importance. Don't cheat yourself. And do whatever you need to do to get the concept right.

2. With all these advice, I am sure it will confuse and (even more dangerously perhaps) make things look impossible for a 15/16 year old kid. Well, there is no reason to panic. Thousands of similar aged kids have done it till date! But the magic phrase that I have not mentioned even once in this extremely long discussion of mine is HARD WORK. Please do not look at hard work as something that you will have to do. There is no such quota like you have to work for so many hours a day or anything. Just be aware of the things that you have to do and then keep doing them. You will automatically end up working hard! It is also necessary to be really conscious of what you are doing. Just don't get into some inertia of doing things. If you are comfortable with one concept, move on to the next concept. Repetition is good for practice but don't overdo it. A good student always chooses his/her own style of study.

Whatever you do, do not compromise with the basic concepts of the three subjects. Be patient to learn. A good JEE preparation, and above all a good understanding and proficiency in Science can only be achieved with time and honest effort. There is no other way.

for physics...........

I have seen a couple of my friends rote several books and end up failing the JEE. The main point is- Keep your concepts clear. Be very sure of every derivation and every methodology.
BEGINNING:
Try reading the NCERT carefully and practice every derivation. This gives you a good base to build upon. Go for Resnick Halliday! The language is very simple and enjoyable. It's a pleasure reading the book. Understand every topic and practice the exemplar problems at the same time.
LET'S PLAY:
Time to step up the game and Face some real-world challenge. HC Verma is a very good book to start off with. It's a great boost to anybody preparing for JEE. Make sure you've done ALL the questions!
Done? Time to face the Boss! Pick up IE Irodov and have a go. It's great fun and a fruitful way to learn lots of Physics. Try helping yourself to the solutions also because sometimes, it gets a little Bossy.
Victory! Cool! Now to show off your awesome Jedi level skills. Try Zubov-Shalnov and Wolkenstein for further practice. It should be a cake-walk now.
HITTING THE YODA LEVEL:
You can solve past year's question papers or DC Pandey for practice. In the final days I used my FIITJEE material Level-2s for Practice. I was "literally" breezing through them!
In a nutshell - Keep a calm and cool mind, don't be rigid, Don't mug up concepts, understand, analyze, be practical while solving numericals, keep calm.....

and for the rest do visit the following blog to give boost to your preparation:

blog http://amangoeliitb.blogspot.in/2014/03/to-be-winner-start-early-post-for-those.html

CPPDPT ASSIGNMENTS (NEW) JAN 2015

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Dear PRT Teachers of KVS , IGNOU has uploaded new assignments for JAN,2015 Batch of CPPDPT.

You may download the new assignments HERE

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RESOURCES FOR KV/ KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA TEACHERS

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How can teachers effectively engage with students from diverse backgrounds? It's a question many teachers face, and of course there isn't one prescribed solution.
If you're looking for answers, start first with resources here, Of all the responses, researchers agree that communication plays an integral role, but there’s also insight into preparation, connecting with students and building relationships with families.
It's just one of many great resources online that will help teachers prepare for diverse classrooms. Here's a few others that will get you started in welcoming students....

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What is digital storytelling?

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1. Confidence

2. Creativity

7 Examples of storytelling tools

1. Steller

2. Adobe Express Page

3. WeVideo

4. Popplet

5. Sock Puppets

6. Storybird

7. Bookcreator

This will be the start of your story to tell

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