SEIZE THE DAY

  So the last day of AVANIJA. It was indeed a very busy day. I participated in thiruvathira and fusion dance. The programs conducted today were skit, mimicry, nadanpaatu, vanchipaatu, mime, fusion dance, thiruvathira etc.. We got third prize in thiruvathira and second prize in fusion dance. The overall winners were group one Panchachamaram.  And our vacation starts here.... Will miss the college vibes..🦋

 AVANIJA our arts day celebration started off with a lamp lighting ceremony. Kuchipudi, bharatanatyam, fancy dress, folk dance etc were some of the programs conducted today. Fancy dress was amazing. Everyone did their job well.

Ekayana 64th Union Literary and Arts fest began on 29th march. I participated in poetry writing and story writing and I got second prize in story writing. In between we practiced for the on-stage events. Even though it was a very hectic schedule we all enjoyed the day one of Avanija.

The first hour was taken by Maya ma'am.She began the class with some "Nellikai "stories.How nellikai is an important part of our culture. The nutritious values it holds to the funny yet sensible proverbs the talk went for a while.After that remaining seminar we're conducted.Then Video arousing patriotic feeling was being played. A spontaneous "Bharathmada ki jai" from someone at back completed the scenario.Next hour Principal sir came in and continued Skill of Explaining Sir elaborated on the subskill Illustration.The modes of illustration, inductive and deductive former being elaborating the concept followed by giving examples and later being giving examples first followed by drawing conclusions.An effective Teacher is who can ease the difficulty of the learner.Sir then mentioned about student generated hypothesis which is induced thinking.Then we moved on to the next subskill of experimentation or demonstration and at last sir taught us the subskill of cha...

 The first hour was taken by Maya Ma'am. Our remaining seminar presentation was conducted. I was anxiously waiting for my turn. Maya miss was talking about women being given the status of goddesses and suddenly many expressed their views and it turned to a hot debate. Maya miss again took an hour to finish off the seminar. Finally my turn came, though nervous, I somehow manger to present it. Last hour Principal Sir along With other faculty members came for house division.I was allotted to the fourth group. A group meeting was also done. Deepa Chechi became the captain of our group. A group meeting was also arranged.

 Today is our Union Inauguration.With lots of excitement reached college. The function began at 9:30. The program started with a pooja dance. It was mesmerizing. Then we had our Drishyam Competition.Our chance was 6th. The performers got ready and practiced for the last time. They took the scene from Punjabi House. The highlight of the show was the dubsmash of Joju sir and Deepthi Ma'am. The scene which they performed was "ennod para I love you enn" from the film vandanam.A dance by all the teachers and even our Principal sir was mind blowing.After the announcement of winners the days program came to an end.

Our fresher's day finally arrived. We had a small surprise for our newly wed Aparna Chechi. In the presence of Meekha Ma'am, we gifted her a Saree and cake.Then our Fresher's Day celebration began.Chief guest RI Unni came and shared one of his personal experience in School days, Unni chetan (that's how we call him) talked about his favourite teacher who happens to be a Sister how she encouraged him to participate in programs and how her confidence in him made the R J Unni who he is today.After Joju sir and Chairman Roshini chechi's speeches followed by a funny video presentation of MTTC life and vote of thanks the official program ended.Then begun the fun element. We 100 students of this year batch was called up on stage in duo. group or single to perform tasks that seniors assign.After having the food packet that our seniors gave as part of fresher's headed to practice for union program which falls tomorrow.A flash mob as part of Union Name inaugural was conduc...

The first hour was taken by Maya Ma'am.The topic was cultural diffusion after that, the remaining seminar was taken. Principal sir came next hour and continued Micro Teaching Skills. A quick recap of last class was given to brush up our memory.Heterogeneous thinking -natural characteristics of any group of things was the first point sir gave. To convert a heterogeneous classroom into homogeneous is one of the professional task faced by teachers.Then moved onto different question types.Developmental questions competency is based on the experience of teacher Evaluation questions can by Summative Assessment on spot), Formative (time based) or Prognostic(predictive) in nature.Then moved onto Aptness which is depending on the age group. Then new two terms probing and redirection was taught. Probing meant the ability of Teachers to provide clues to the students in order to get the correct response.Redirection meant shift from one student to another to get the correct response. The next s...

It was the last day of commission, our seniors completed their commission and viva sessions. I got a graduation cap for successfully completing an activity.As an end to the 3 hectic days we all got payasam as a sweet reward. After lunch Maya maam conducted the seminars.Our optional were the first to present. 8 students presented and the rest were postponed to Monday.The Union inaugural program falls on Wednesday and that was the discussion all about the different events planned for the day were announced.A new initiative of college band was put forward. Other exciting events we're also announced.In between it started raining the selection process for band was going on with my buddies enjoyed the beauty rain offered....

Today the second day of commission, till 1’o clock our senior's took class each of them presented their skill effectively.After lunch Joju sir took the last two hours. Seminar presentations were done. Sir apart from that showed us three videos related to technology. In the first one we observed how audio visual and text are incorporated.The other two videos were related to conveying messages. First giving the idea of togetherness to overcome difficult times second being how a 50 rupee note used for a better cause by a child symbolising love care and helping the ones in need.After discussing the merits and demerits of social media classes ended.

Our seniors were having commission today. Due to this pandemic they were not able to do this in school. So we were their students. It brought me back to my school days. Also this helped us to learn more things from our seniors. After lunch Maya Maam took the first hour. It was evident from our face that we all were tired and not in a mood to study. Mam thus didn't teach rather she came with a PowerPoint the heading was "Self Confidence and Self Esteem"A few weeks back we all had given a letter mentioning our strength and weakness todays session was based on it. Mam noticed a common problem mentioned in the letters which was loss of confidence and self esteem. Giby Ma'am took the last hour. She came with a fun  activity. We we're asked to write down a combination words like Romeo -Juliet or kappa -meen curry. The first 50 in front were asked to write it down in separate papers and fold them then each of us picked one from the slot. 1 got Jerry.Then the game started...

The first two hours was taken by Ancy Ma'am. A new thinker Maria Montessori was taught. In between mam asked someone to come forward to sing a song. Devika Chechi sang a beautiful song and thus refreshed us.Then Maya maam  hour, followed.Maam helped us to prepare a to-do list so that we can plan well and move ahead with our works and studies. Mam. taught about culture today.Then joju Sir came in and shared a few points on blackboard as an aid.Afternoon session was taken by Joju sir, sir taught more on visual and audio visual aids. The term. "Edutainment" education+entertainment was a new term for me. Sir also taught about multi sensory learning, "larger the sensory involved more the concrete learning" the point with which the class ended.Last two hours was Arts and Aesthetics Lekshmi teacher came in and taught basics in music. It was really interesting.

First hour Giby Maam came and asked questions to refresh our knowledge. An interesting therapy "the Umm umm therapy" was taught ya its basically the way we release our emotional state to someone be it friend mother or any human, where the listener just give umm... As response .so it's just giving out or releasing our emotions after which we feel ease.Next two hours Principal sir along with Induction program coordinators came and one student representing reach School had to present the Induction report. From my Induction school Greeshma gave the presentation.After that oath taking ceremony of union members took place.fAfter lunch special program conducted by Women cell of our college where lady officers gave a class on self defence.They taught us some basic exercises and trick's to apply at any unexpected action from strangers.It was really useful.We got laddos as a part of oath taking ceremony.Thus the day ended.

Friday morning hour was by Maya ma'am.She started off with enquiring about our two day Induction program. Fathima came forward to share her two day experience.Maam then taught us about Educational Sociology.Ancy ma'am came next since we are running out of time ma'am tried to finish off Froebal.The following hour was quite interesting. A session on Communicative English under the leadership of Maya miss and Joju sir was organised. The class begun by making us listen to an English song. First we were asked to view the video and then try to write down the lyrics. later we we're asked to just listen with our eyes closed and then write. It was a good experience.  The next activity was a video clip about how to develop a good communication skill in English by Dr.Sumitha we were asked to write down the main. points. The talk focused on one skill that is Speaking Skill.The last activity of the session was checking our spelling and grammar which was an interesting activity.After...

 The second day and the last day of our school induction program. Reached the school at 9:15 am with great enthusiasm. We went to the library, visited the computer lab, science lab, Mathematics lab, and the pre- primary kindergarten with modern facilities. Then we got a chance to observe English class. Ma'am was discussing the model question papers. So we got an idea how to discuss question paper in a classroom. After the break we continued with our collection of information and captured some pictures too. Then it was time for lunch. After enjoying lunch together we bid adieu to the induction program and left the school by 1:30 pm.  Due to the current pandemic situation only a few students were present in the school. So we didnt get the opportunity to mingle with the students. However we got a chance to observe the class, where we learnt the class management tips and all. It was a pleasant experience to be in the school as as student teacher. It was really a very proud moment....

 The aim of school induction program is to educate or introduce the view about the environment in a particular institution and connect them with the people. This is to understand the system and procedures followed by the organization and to familiarize the nature of our profession. I was so delighted when I got Government High School, Sreekariyam for my school induction program because this school is very near to my home. A total of 13 students were allotted to this school,including me. The first day of our school induction was very exciting. We all reached there by 9:15 am. Then we moved on to Headmistress' room. We met Rose Catherine Ma'am. The leader of our team handed over the letter sent by our Principal and the attendance sheet to the Headmistress. Then we started exploring the school campus. After the break the students of Natural Science went for class observation. Then we had our lunch together. After the lunch break we started gathering information from the school mag...

The day started with theDemo class.Seniors gave an exceptionally well demo class for us, lots of new and innovative teaching skills were presented. Around 12 the session ended.After having lunch a session on "Library" was taken. by Renjini (our librarian) digital library facilities and the immense resources available in collegeAfter having lunch a session on "Library" was taken. by Renjini (our librarian) digital library facilities and the immense resources available in college library were introduced to us. We were motivated to use the resource available in our college Library. "Mttc.libsoft.net" our digital library website were e resources, e- newspapers and career sites and many more like facilities are provided to us.After that Principal sir and a mam came to inform about our Induction program which will start from the coming Tuesday. We were also informed about this year's Union which will be formed in the coming Monday.Last hour went to library a...