My Creativity club recently held the Creative Writing competition. I was quite impressed by the enthusiasm and work of the students.... I want to share some of their work which had won the competition....
Students only submitted the illustration along with the short story.
This is how we gave recognition to their work. By adding quotes. It was quite surprising that 1st and 2nd prize was won by two sisters... Congratulations!
This illustration won the 1st Prize... the quote done by the organizer student.
You are listening to my second PODCAST on nasrinz.blogspot.com.
I am Nasrin, a student of The Presidency University, Dhaka in ever so green Bangladesh!
This is the second episode of the podcast on The Role of Men. Our today’s topic is Men’s role in empowering women.
Men and women have different roles to play in modern society. We have seen in my last podcast the development of the 'new father' role model. Men's involvement in fatherhood is the key to empowering women, women's empowerment is the key to improving the relationships.
First, Men are taking a direct role in the physical care of their young babies and children. In most schools in Bangladesh what used to be known as ‘Mother’s Day’ to discuss the academic development of a child is now had to be renamed as ‘Parents Day’ as more and more fathers are attending these meetings. Next, if you go around any amusement parks, Shopping centre, and Fast food shops like Pizza Hut, KFC, so on, it is not uncommon to see the father accompanying their child, sometimes the absence of the mother is no longer surprising and indeed no longer expected. This gives the women a chance to excel in her profession or her daily chores.
Next, the progressive man has now adjusted and is thrilled that
• his "housewife" now looks beyond the next door neighbors’ affairs and is interested in world affairs,
• has creative pursuits, attends classes ranging from pottery to dance,
• She looks good through exercise, and personal grooming,
• She is fashionable and has friends to make her happy and keep her lively.
• She's someone he can talk to, spend some time with, depend on and if she's got a job, eases the financial burden from his over-laden shoulders.
Today women proudly hold on to traditions but not the subordinate status in society anymore.
How do you think it is possible? I would say it is because of the change of mindset from the stereotype ideology.
What do you think listeners? Do send us your response in nasrinz.blogspot.com
Tune in next time for another episode. Until then take care and good bye.
I have used this podcast to teach Listening and writing skill in my English Language class for the students of Grade 9,(all three sections)
Lesson Plan:
Grade-9
Age group 16-17,
Class strength-30 students.
Focused skill: Listening skill
Sub skill: Critical thinking and writing to inform,explain.
First,the Multimedia was set in the Multipurpose room previous day for the video to be shown during the Homeroom time for 20 mins.
Students were instructed that they would need to listen carefully as they would be asked to answer three questions and also to write a letter expressing their thoughts and feelings based on the message given by the speaker in their English Language class later on. They were further informed that the video will only be played once so they should take notes to help them to write the letter later in their English Language class.
Then the video was played for 18 minutes.
It was found out that 10 students had taken part in a Basketball Game organized by the speaker's Organization,Big Bang Ballers, but they did not know anything about it.
Later in the English Language class (which is 40 mins.)
After 10mins. discussion on the video, students were given 20 mins.to write their letter.
Topic for the letter was:
Write a letter to your friend telling him/her about the video,
"A Bangladeshi Story by Pierre Johannessen"
Finally,students were given 8mins.to answer the following questions briefly:
1.What is it that causes people to not to care about people around them?
2.Do you want to stand back allow these kind of things to happen?
3.Do you want to be responsible for more than just setting good things or be a part of it?
(2 mins.)Teacher will collect the copies for feedback.
That's what I hear most of the time while working, when out in an invitation or even when I'm in the grocery store!
Hello everyone, you are listening to my first PODCAST on nasrinz.blogspot.com.
I am Nasrin, a student of The Presidency University, Dhaka in beautiful, sunny Bangladesh. This podcast is on: Roles of Modern Men.
After hearing a number of sweeping statements made on men, I have decided on this topic Role of Men in Bangladesh for my CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) podcast. I believe men now days are being downtrodden by the empowerment of women.
In the past, men and women generally had their own roles to fulfill. The "traditional family" structure -- in which women were the caregivers and in charge of the households, men-- the breadwinners of the family.These traditional gender roles were the norm back then, -- which now has become, to a large extent, a myth as the gender roles have changed.
Globally, a new ideal of fatherhood is emerging.
The "new" father:
Is present at the birth of his child;
Has close relationships with his children;
Cooperates with his partner; and
Shares in household tasks.
The development of the so-called 'new father' role model, who spends a large proportion of his time caring for his children, isn't as new as pop culture experts would have us believe. We all think that men are becoming such great fathers who are prepared to look after their children but some races have been doing it for centuries.
So, listeners, I’ll leave you with that thought to ponder upon and you can share your views and comments on my blog that is nasrinz.blogspot.com.
Tune in to the same site for the next episode on Men’s role in empowering women.
Sounds interesting? It will be!
Thank you and Bye!
Class: 9 Date: 17th February, 2012
Class strength: 29 Students Subject: English Language
Age : 15-16Time limit: 40 minutes
DAILY LESSON PLAN
Objectives: Students will be able to listen to a podcast and in groups will write a summary of the audio speech.
Skill to Be Developed: Listening skill, speaking, and presentation and summarizing skill.
Attitudes: Expressing and sharing ideas.
Students Assignment:
1. Listen to a podcast.
2. Summarize the audio speech
3. Present their point of view to the class.
Time Management (number of minutes to be used for each part of outline)
Outline of content to focus upon in order to achieve objectives: Content should be arranged so as to begin with Introductory activities then move to Developmental Activities. End with Culminating Activities, which can include summary, review and evaluation.
Teaching methods Techniques (and needed materials). Student involvement is prime consideration for choice of method.
3 mins.
5 mins.
5 mins.
15 mins.
10 mins
2 mins
Assessment:
Reminders:
Students settle and sit in groups.
Review of podcast and instructions given that podcast will be played once only.
Podcast will be played. Students will take down notes.
In groups students will discuss and write down their own view.
Presentation of their view on the podcast. Only the group leader will read out the answer.
Teacher will sum up by giving feedback.
Students will be assessed on rating scaling of 4
Students will be asked to do the following homework.
Homework. Write a letter to your friend expressing your thoughts and feelings about the podcast and your view.
My reason for creating the blog was quite obvious as it was my course Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) requirement.
In this 21st century, in order to teach the new digital generation, I believe it will enable me to teach confidently and also communicate with my students efficiently by removing the monotony and the confinement of four walls of the classroom teaching.
As I have mentioned earlier, by learning how to create a blog and use it not only to teach students but also to inform parents about their child’s progress, thus making them an integral part of their child’s life. Also as blogs have comprehensive videos, manuals, help forums, and even live support sessions and webinars which are great for group projects, ePortfolios, school newspapers, reflection journals, class websites, and much more, it will enable me to implement the MYP (Middle Years Program) of the IB (International Baccalaureate) the curriculum, which the Aga Khan School, Dhaka , follows successfully.
Podcast:
The word podcast is a combination of the two words iPod and broadcast. Podcasting has been compared to radio broadcasting because it usually has a single producer (or group of people producing it) and the audio transmission is sent to lots of listeners. What’s different about podcasting is that, unlike radio, the person listening doesn’t have to listen to it at the time of broadcasting. Instead of a radio transmitter, a podcast is stored on the web as a digital sound file and this sound file can then be transferred to any computer or digital device, such as an iPod or MP3 player. The listeners can then choose when they listen.
Podcasting can be used to help students develop their listening and speaking skills both inside and outside the classroom.
My Topic on Podcast:
The topic of my podcast is Role of men in modern world. The reason why I chose this topic as I believe that the empowerment of women in this 21st century has downtrodden the roles played by men.
Through this, I would like to teach my students to develop their listening skill and critical thinking skill. Also as they will be engaged in writing, it will enhance their writing skill.
As this an argumentative topic, I think my students will gain self-respect and alter their behavior and attitude for years to come.
Days 1 and 2 according to the WSDC schedule. The journey to Cape Town via Doha and Johannesburg, arriving just in time for the Opening Ceremony, held at the University of Cape Town.
Bangladesh and Swaziland. Swaziland, in their very first WSDC, blew everyone's minds with their amazing performance. New to the gift giving culture they were quite unprepared for our bamboo houses, badges and narikeler naru! Very generously, at the end of the tournament, each member of the Swaziland team gave us their own badges.
Facing Swaziland and Greece in Sans Souci Girls High School, a walk to the V&A Waterfront, and then debates against The Netherlands and Kuwait in the South African College School, the oldest school in the southern hemisphere.
Bangladesh v/s Netherlands, in the library of the oldest school in the southern hemisphere.
The finals were held at St George's Cathedral, and was between Scotland and Wales. Scotland won on a 8-1 split.
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