the curriculum document does not recommend any assessment activity for the story writing and describing an image activities. Any specific reason to have these assessments here?

Activity 2: Let us play a story game Hello Teacher! This is the first of 4 different activities designed with the objective of getting students familiar with the keyboard and typing. Not only typing but these activities also help students to improve their communication skills. They learn different kinds of writing, viz., descriptive,

Have you learnt typing when you were in school or college? You were probably taught to type the same letters (e.g. asdfg ;lkjh) repeatedly till you mastered the skill. Well, that may not be the most interesting way to learn typing! Here we shall provide students with interesting contexts to help them become familiar with the keyboard. In the first activity, students will learn to type as they build a story together with their classmates. As students may type at different speeds, you may want to ask them to take turns to post each sentence, so that the story develops in a coherent manner.

Activity 1: Introducing ourselves Time required – 90 minutes Hello Teacher! This is the very first activity in the i2c course. The objective of this activity is to help your students become familiar with the i2c course platform Your students will use the unique user id to introduce themselves to their classmates. The unique id is a combination of a colour and an animal. This has been created for them. We hope that students will have fun posting their comments and replying to others’. This will be a fun way of connecting with their classmates. They may ask each other questions and post comments too. Discussion Point: You may ask your students (or they may ask you!) why do we need to use an assumed id and not our own names? Here, you could introduce the concept of internet safety. While the internet could open a whole new world of learning and communication, it is always necessary to be cautious while on the internet by not sharing any of our personal details such as address, telephone numbers etc. Vocabulary: Platform; Login; Key board; Cursor; Mouse click; Browser, Operating System (OS) Platform is the space on which the i2c course content runs. The platform can be likened to a classroom. Like a classroom where there are textbooks and other resources, the platform contains the course materials for students and has tabs such as:

• Raw Materials, which contains materials that can be used by students
• Notebook, where students can write their notes and reflections
• Gallery, where the content created by students gets uploaded
• Discourse/ Forum is a space especially for you to connect with teachers like yourself! You can share your thoughts, ideas and reflections here and stay connected with them beyond the workshop Login: This is like a key to your classroom. You must login to the platform using your user id and password. Important: Remember to make a note of your login and passwords in your diary/ somewhere you can look up. Instruct your students to do the same as well. Keyboard: The keyboard allows you to interact with the computer using the different keys, the alphabet and numbers and editing keys such as backspace, delete etc. This should be quite easy for students to master as they are now all familiar with mobile phones and smart phones that follow the same layout. Cursor: The pointer you see on the computer screen when you move the mouse. Mouse click: There are different functions to be performed using different mouse clicks such as double click, right click and left click. Browser: This allows you to retrieve information from the Web or Internet. A source is usually identified by typing the URL on the browser. Your computer may have browsers like Firefox or Chrome. Operating System: The software that runs the computer. Some examples are Windows, Linux, OS X.

Hello Teacher! This page has some key information about the Connected Learning Initiative (Clix) programme which you are now a part of. You can find more about the programme on the Clix website by clicking here The Invitation to Clix (i2c) course is the very first course that all teachers and students in the Clix programme will undergo. The i2c course prepares learners for digital learning, conceptual and investigative engagements in Science, Math and English communication which will be offered in the forthcoming clix modules.

Hello Teacher! This page on the i2c platform is designed especially for you. This page is to support you in your journey through the i2c course as a learner and as a teacher when you transact section which we will call “Hello Teacher” will appear as a separate instance on the i2c course website. This page is available to all teachers and teacher educators who visit the website and potentially to students as well. All annotations will be addressed to teachers directly and will contain the following:

• The key objective(s) of each module (if necessary, activity)
• Estimated time for each activity in the module
• Instructions to be followed in transacting the activity with students
• Key points for discussion
• Explanation of the vocabulary
• Ideas and suggestions for alternative activities that can be done
• Content and suggestions for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and Communities of Practice (CoP) You can also give us your feedback about the course on this page!

Hi, I have begun posting my annotations to generate the TPD material which will be seen as a separate instance by teachers and teacher educators on the i2c platform. All these annotations will directly address teachers and will tell them about one or all of the following: The main objective of the activity Some instructions on how to transact the activity with students Some alternatives on how the activity can be tweaked Some ideas for PD I'm tentatively naming this, 'Hello Teacher!'

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