Tag: writing

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv

Woman taking a book from a free lending library box by the sidewalk

Issue #315, 14th July 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ Book desert. Some homes have book deserts. Some schools have book deserts. Some classes have book deserts. Some schools have book deserts. And then we expect our children and students to be good readers, speakers, writers. Textbooks don’t do… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv

School common area featuring middle school, lower school play zone, and upper school lounge with students

Issue #314, 7th July 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ We are an anxious lot. Parents and educators. Scary stories are thus easier to sell to us adults who are the primary and secondary caregivers, nurturers, and teachers of children entrusted to us or born to us. Are teens… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv

Boy using tablet, handheld gaming device, smartphone, and video game console in different indoor and car settings

Issue #313, 30th June 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ Do you keep your phone next to your bed when you go to sleep? Is it the last thing you look at and the first thing you look at when you get up? What is the total screen time… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv

Classroom monitoring system with tracking technology versus small group individualized education for ages 8-12.

Issue #312, 23rd June 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ This weekend we went to visit the British Schools Museum. The last Monitorial Schoolroom in the world. Also known as the Madras System or Bell-Lancaster method was an early 19th-century educational approach designed to school hundreds of poor children… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv

Indian primary children in STEAM lab activity

Issue #309, 2nd June 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ How does my phone work? How does my hotel key card work? How does my smart ring work? How does my induction cooktop work? How do things around us, which we interact with every day, all the time, irrespective… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv”

Podcast Episode: 3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv

Pip: Nivedita Mukerjee is at a street art festival in Bristol, thinking about classrooms in Karnataka, and somewhere in between she's also recommending AI tools for exhausted teachers — which is either a very wide newsletter or a very honest map of how education… Continue Reading “Podcast Episode: 3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv

Upfest 2026 street art Biennale Bristol UK

Issue #308, 26th May 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ I am at Upfest 2026 this week. The street art Biennale in Bristol UK. We had visited this town in 2019, and while going on a walking tour themed on graffiti – writings and drawings made on the walls,… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv

Group of teachers, parents, and children standing and pointing fingers in a classroom

Issue #303, 21st April 2026 https://niveditamukerjee.com/ I am a good parent, I was having a bad day. I am a good teacher, I was having a bad day. I am a good colleague, I was having a bad day. I am a good student, I… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms. Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv

Issue #285, 16th December 2025 Recipe to kill motivation has 6 key ingredients. Do you have any or all of these in your classroom? home environment for your students/children? this is not based on hunches or anecdotal evidences but empirical data and are cross cultural,… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv”

3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv

Issue #284, 9th December 2025 When children choose what to write or how to write, creativity blooms. In classrooms where teachers talk less, listen more, students tend to write more and better. Some tips for parents and educators to support their children/students to enjoy writing:… Continue Reading “3-2-1 Tuesdays with Ms Niv”