Bhavnagar teacher gets Microsoft leadership award

Rajkot: Narendra Makwana, 29, Village alms Moorti Lokshala Ambla, Bhavnagar district, a science teacher in an aided school, Innovative Teachers Leadership Award, has won national awards launched by Microsoft.
Makwana effective use of audiovisual materials to the school and social science to explain difficult topics in science was recognized.

Microsoft applications from across the country and 1.25 million teachers were invited to apply it. Is Makawana 'our constitutional rights "10 Most Innovative Teachers Award for the project managed to join the ranks.

Teachers to identify their teaching techniques to use IT goals, Microsoft in India in 2004 'Innovative Teachers Leadership Award was launched.

Each year, significantly increases the number of entries for awards, recognition is a sign of acceptance. As an annual feature, the national winner of the competition for various opportunities to participate in international forums to share their best practices and learn from the world like-minded teachers are given.

Makwana and other winners recently in the last week of October, an international new teachers in South Africa in Cape Town participated in the conference.

"" Swaraj Videoshala 'part of the project implemented as' Hind Swaraj Mandal (HSM), a registered voluntary organizations in 80 schools, by, I' our constitutional right "was part of video production to use it to teach, Makwana said that social science student in my school., community members and teachers were involved in the process of filming the show after the movie, I realized that the students easily through that, otherwise, they hard can learn to get through.. "

"Education in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) access to a significant increase standards of education as seen through the technology encourages a better understanding among children." Vasudev Vohra, HSM's secretary said.

"Videoshala, as the name suggests, through videos 'shalas' (schools) is an intervention program geared towards the overall development of quality child needs to work on education was launched in response to the Education party., Vora was the child's reality and seeking community involvement in the educational process. to realize development through education, diversity, democracy, equality and citizenship values to be integrated into educational materials is our goal eight square and 9 student.. "

Films on various topics has been prepared by about 10 HSM. "Educational materials concerning the classroom to teach in difficult and hard to be understood by children has been built on the script writing and video shoot was reviewed by experts in order to create quality content." Vora said.

"Our aim for the classroom teaching and learning methods as a tool to improve the quality of output video of the community an innovative, replicable and sustainable model to develop. We also develop community involvement with a sustainable ICT model aims to, "Vohra added.