The school administration decided to have regular online classes for students who are at home during the current COVID-19 season with the help of the Sulaimaniya Smart School Team. The online timetable for teachers and students shared through class teachers. Therefore teachers had to learn the online teaching platforms for remote teaching. Therefore, the smart ambassadors of Sulaimaniya College gave support to those who need help with remote teaching. It is a great opportunity for all teachers to use the technology in teaching and learning process. All students have to spend two hours daily on online learning. For a week they have to spend 10 hours. Many teachers use their smartphones for teaching. Those who don't have access to a computer, come to the school lab to do their session. It was scheduled to have the online classes from 8.00 am to 10.00 am but the administration has given the flexibility to have the online class during any time of the particular day. Many parents were positive about this decision. Also, teachers create learning worksheets for students who don't have access to online learning.
Friday, July 31, 2020
A teacher training programme was organized and conducted by Mr. M.J.M Saneer and Mr. A.M Rajah was held on 7th and 8th of July at the Multimedia room of the school. The purpose of the training was to guide teachers to create contents using mobile phones. The counsellor and vice principal of the school Mr M.J.M Saneer conducted a session on how to create activities to engage students during teaching learning process. After that, a practical session was conducted by school ambassador teacher Mr. A.M Rajah on how to create Mind Map using smart phones. Teachers had actively participated in the training and created Mind Maps in their subjects.
There are many different types of Mind Map apps are available in the Playstore. In this training "miMind" app was used. It is free app. But some advanced feature are available in the premium account. It can be downloaded using following link
Training given to Iqra Primary School teachers on how to use technology in remote teaching
Ameer Mohamed Rajah
July 31, 2020
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A practical session was conducted for Iqra primary school teachers was held at Sulaimaniya Technical Laboratory on 1st of July 2020. The session was organized by primary school administration for their teachers on how to use the technology in remote teaching. All the teachers were participated in the session. Mr. A.M Rajah, smart ambassador of Sulaimaniya college conducted the session.
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Moved from Zoom to Teams
Ameer Mohamed Rajah
June 30, 2020
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At the beginning of lockdown, many teachers had started to use Zoom Application for remote teaching and learning process. Because it is very convenient for teachers and students at the beginning. Also, this was a new experience for everyone.
Because of the limitation in the Zoom free version, many teachers struggle to keep the students for a long time. Also, they had to maintain a separate file sharing app to share the documents. Since our school has MOU with Microsoft Education, all teachers and students have license to use MS Teams. MS Teams has many options when compared Zoom Application. In the MS Team, we can create channels to manage subgroups and share files. Also we can record the video and it will be automatically saved in the OneDrive. Student can watch the recorded video through MS Stream app in the mobile or desktop.
Because of the limitation in the Zoom free version, many teachers struggle to keep the students for a long time. Also, they had to maintain a separate file sharing app to share the documents. Since our school has MOU with Microsoft Education, all teachers and students have license to use MS Teams. MS Teams has many options when compared Zoom Application. In the MS Team, we can create channels to manage subgroups and share files. Also we can record the video and it will be automatically saved in the OneDrive. Student can watch the recorded video through MS Stream app in the mobile or desktop.
Training conducted for all staff to use MS Teams for Remote Learning
Ameer Mohamed Rajah
June 30, 2020
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Sulaimaniya Smart School Ambassador teachers had organized a presentation and training sessions for the whole staff on the 29th 30th of July 2020. The ambassador teacher Ameer Mohamed Rajah talked about digital skills required for the 21st-century teachers. After that, comprehensive hands-on training conducted at the technical laboratory on how to use MS teams for remote learning. M.N.F Nuska and M.S.M Ikram, the ambassador teachers gave their maximum support to make this event successful. Teachers eagerly participated in training and created channels for their classes. Many teachers created MS Teams meeting links for their classes to conduct team meeting.
