3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv

Issue #002

Hi! This is a weekly newsletter on education. Once a week, curated by me from amongst the  articles, videos and long form articles that I read. Most of you would have been too busy to track trends in education, ponder on most relevant thoughts or deliberate on career choice, parenting or pedagogy. Find it all here.

For whom? Students, educators and parents

When? Every Tuesday

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I have been a research scientist, a journalist and an educator over 3 decades. I read and I write.  With this weekly newsletter, I intend to share what I read, learn and experience while I engage with students, parents and teams of teachers across K-12 schools, higher education institutions and ed-tech organisations.

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv  is a newsletter for you to subscribe and enjoy your learning journey with me. This week, it consists of:  3 images, 2 thoughts and 1 video.

Three Images For The Week

22 Remote Learning Tips For Parents Helping At Home

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Two Thoughts For The Week

“If you compare yourself to others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.”― Max Ehrmann

“If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.”― Stephen R. Covey

One Video For The Week

I use pencil, a lot. Every day. Even while I do most of my work on my laptop and phone. What about you? I find it satisfying in many ways – the scratchy sound it makes while writing, the way it goes blunt with use and the act of sharpening it, the overwriting, erasing and doodling with it getting lighter and darker strokes by varying the pressure applied…

Here’s a story of this perfect writing instrument that we all begin our writing journey with and continue using over the years.

 

Showcase For The week

Product review : Code with Korbo

https://www.kkiddin.com/

 

Last weekend, I finally decided to open this storage box that has been waiting for my attention for a  couple of weeks. It contained a set of gears, cylinders, connectors, cross connectors and some platforms. As I usually do with any product or book that comes to me for review, I see, touch and even smell it before engaging with it.

• The materials were plastic but not plastic-y. The edges were smooth to handle and the sound they made while fitting and moving around had a nice satisfying ‘click’ to them.
• The colors were a mix of bright and pastels and looked quite attractive when put together.
• They did not emanate any smell which one gets from cheap moulded plastic play materials.
• They were large and edged enough to not invite any kind of swallow.

As I got around to reading the handbook, it was clear that this was more than a building set. It is to develop skills like logical thinking, creativity, collaboration… while working on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) for preschoolers. The foundational thinking process of Coding!

There are chapters in the handbook like coding and decoding, algorithms and sequences, data analysis and logical thinking. There are instructions for the teacher, worksheets, exercises with pictures of the assembled materials, that are quite simple to understand and execute by any adult who is assisting the child with the learning. I quite liked the chapter on Functions that includes a fairy tale and the student solves tasks, riddles and puzzles leading to the discovery of algorithms.

I think the set is quite an interesting way of learning to code without computers and is something that the child can continue to play and explore even after the actual lesson is finished. Which is attractive for me as an educator. Open ended materials, that serve the primary objective and continue to engage beyond the formal lesson.

If you have created any material, virtual or physical that you think can be reviewed and/or featured in this news letter, please feel free to write to me at : niveditamukerjee10@gmail.com

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