USED ICT IN TEACHING HOW TO DRAW 3-D SHAPES.

In my first post I have mentioned about the advantages of using ICT in our teaching and learning processes. Yes! It has good advantages specially with small kids. In one of my lesson with Pre Primary students I was teaching them how to draw 3-D shapes like cone, cylinder, sphere and rectangular prism. I was having a tough time teaching them how to draw especially the rectangular prism. Pre Primary children never understood when I taught them how to draw rectangular prism. I taught them on the board using chalk. I had a really tough time to teach them to draw 3 –D shapes.
I remembered ICT and I goggled it and found one video tutorial on how to draw 3-D shapes. I immediately downloaded the video. In my next class I showed them the tutorial video as shown below on how to draw 3-D shapes. I played the video repeatedly.

Later on I told the children to get ready with a pencil and a book to draw 3-D shapes by watching the tutorial video. After that I let children to draw 3-D shapes. To my surprise I could see children drawing the 3 –D shapes much better than before. I was impressed with their work as shown below

Advantages of using ICT

ICT encourages student’s speaking and listening skills. It helps students to grasps new vocabulary. Students clarify thoughts, ideas and feelings by using ICT related gadges. Students go deeper into the unit of studies and can integrate and retain what they are learning in all areas when they have opportunities to create relevant and explore using ICT.

It encourages confidence and can take any risk in learning. When children are encouraged to explore the internet students are able to understand .we can easily get the various information through the use of ICT. It also makes learning easier and can explore any types of information.

It also helps students learn the content better and retain information, develop different skills, Children can express their feelings of joy or excitement, of begin scared or proud. It also helps students to think critically and to be creative.

ICT foster the experience and helps to explore their environments, near and far. Through that children make sense of the world around them, expresses their thought and feelings, also foster flexible and divergent thinking, it provides opportunities for children to meet and solve problems