It is never too early to educate a child about safety and security. Parents are afraid of their child`s safety at schools, roads and even at home; irrespective of age, a child should be aware of their surroundings, and self security should be their first priority. Teaching a child about talking to strangers depends on their age. Preschoolers are unaware of the term “stranger” and fail to determine who is safe or unsafe. Thus, at schools and toddlers must be taught about basic safety and how to deal with unfavorable situations. The 5- to 8-year-old must be given special attention and lessons about safety and how to deal with strangers, when they are alone and unsupervised in public or at home. A 4 year old knows who a stranger is and must be taught safety rules. Whereas, School-age kids have an idea that some strangers might be dangerous and some can be totally harmless. They have the ability to differentiate between the two with their judgment and impulse. Ways to teach kids to handle strangers: Informing Parents: A parent should be aware of their child`s whereabouts, no matter where they are going. A child must be given strict instructions to inform to their parents about their outings. Even if it is a minor chore or an errand, a parent should be informed; this way they can protect their child from other people. A child should feel free to inform their parents about someone`s inappropriate behavior, be it a stranger or a known person. Parents must listen to their kids by supporting them and address the person trying to hurt them. No Stringent Rules: To a child, virtually everyone they meet is a stranger, at least at first, like, day-care providers and teachers, babysitters, doctors and nurses and dentists, the mail carrier, even police officers. While there are some strangers with ill-intentions, most of the others are safe and probably friendly and kindly disposed towards children. Thus, a child should not be taught to “never” interact with a stranger, rather they should be taught to be more alert and aware and avoid any physical contacts. Childproofing: At an early age a child should be taught to spell and write their full name and at least know the names of one parent. They must know their address and telephone numbers of their parents and emergency numbers like 9-1-1 or 1-0-0. Basic body safety: Teachers and parents should educate 2- and 3-year-old with general body safety. Preschoolers are not too young to learn the correct terms for their genitals and they must be taught that no one is supposed to touch their private parts and they must avoid any kind of physical contact with strangers or sit on their laps. Using Public Bathrooms and Trial Rooms: By age 6, most children are ready to use a public restroom and trail rooms on their own. A parent should be vigilant and should stay close to their child. They must immediately refuse help from unknown people, if offered any. Ability to say NO: A child should be taught to recognize suspicious behavior. Instead of telling them to be scared of an unknown person and run away from them, a child must be taught to detect danger and uncanny situations. Instances like, a stranger offering candies, asking for directions, asking for personal information, showing inappropriate behavior; kids should be aware of such circumstances and never succumb to the given scenario. They should be taught to stay away from such strangers and never offer or accept any help from such people. Final Thought about Parents, Kids & Strangers: It is not possible to protect kids from strangers at all times. But it is possible to teach them about appropriate behaviors and what to do if somebody crosses the line. There is no point crushing a child`s friendly and outgoing nature and terrorizing a child by making them scared of everyone by dwelling on such unpleasant possibilities as kidnapping, rape, and murder; rather they must be taught to distinguish among different people and always be alert and attentive. Keeping these tips in mind can help kids stay safe while they’re out and about.
Educational Games, they are the games having the main agenda Learning With Fun. They are developed to learn something in an educational environment, and here learning refers to the study of any subject, understanding of any historical event or some scientific concept or problem-solving and much more by some innovative games. It is an interactive way of teaching where the teacher interacts more with the student. History and Present Day Educational Games:- Educational games are of many types including cards, boards and video games. Not only in present time but in earlier time also they were in trend for example, in earlier times, chess was played by the kings and warriors to study the war strategies and after that, the trend continued and then majorly followed in the 1900s and now in 2000s also this trend is everlasting. Let’s discuss a few games to understand scenario of history and present-day educational games to make us understand more about this trend- (1) Monopoly:- Monopoly is a board game first introduced in 1935 and now on its 70th anniversary, the latest version of it was introduced, Here And Now Electronic Banking Edition, this game is based on luck and strategies, the aim of the player is that to capture as many personal properties as he can and the game ends when one or more players go bankrupt. (2) Trump Cards:- Trump cards are a very funny method of learning history or any other subject, previously played by people to show their royalty or just for passing the time but now a day’s used as educational games also for making learning fun for kids. (3) Oregon Trail:- It was a game introduced in the Year 1974 and became very popular and was mainly found in computer labs in the 1970s and the 1980s. The game was that students lead an oxen-pulled wagon from Missouri to Oregon in pioneer days of the 1800s. It conveyed an American history lesson with an amazing gaming experience. (4) Snakes and Ladders:- Snakes and ladders were produced in England in the 1800s and are still in trend among small kids helping in learning counting and addition and a game similar to this CHUTES AND LADDERS was introduced in 1900s which teaches morals based on, children rewarded for good deeds and were punished for bad deeds. (5) Dr. Brain:- Dr. Brain is a series of educational games, having puzzles to level up in the game. It was introduced in 1990s; it improved children’s thinking abilities by being a brain devoting application. So, these were some games introduced in past and in present, there are many games which were introduced in past but are still being recommended for the kids education, hence now as you can see there has been a relation of us with the educational gaming industry since past and it’ll surely continue till the future also as gaming is a great effort of making a human learn something fast with enjoyment as it was well said by Friedrich Schiller in one of his play that ‘Humans Are Fully Humans When They Play’ and gave the origin to a classical study of human learning with gaming.
In today’s date getting better grades should not be the sole aim of any student & student should not depend on classroom study. So students should develop the habit of Self-Studying. Every student must develop the art of Self-Studying & Study Smartly rather than studying hard. Although we know that hard work leads to success only a few will agree to the fact that hard work with smartness leads to the miracle. Research on Self-Study: Researchers reveal that different parts of the brain are stimulated by different types of media. Our brain contains hippocampus, which makes a mental note of pictures that we view. As a result, learning through diagrams, images and video lectures help a lot more than mugging up text books and listening to teachers and professors. Basically, in order to retain something in our brains, we need to intake the same information in different ways. Mix and Match Study: We never complete our meals with more quantity of only one dish. We generally have at least three to four types of dishes in conventional order. Similarly, it is more effective to study multiple subjects each day than to go into the depths of only one or two subjects. This is because it is always more probable to confuse similar information if you study too much of the same subject in one day. Incessant Revision: When students do Self-Study incessant revision is must. After studying a particular topic, prepare a list of the essential points and conclusions of the topic. Next time, when you study another topic of the same subject keep at least five to ten minutes for recapitulating the previous topic via those points. This periodic revision gradually moves the information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory. Practice makes perfect: Those days are gone when practice and Self-Studying meant doing the same thing over and over again. In today’s world, like all other things, even practice requires variety. Working out a different type of problem compels your mind to think in different ways. As a result, if you can solve a particular type of problem, you can at least approach or even solve a completely different type of it based on the same concept. Regularity in Self-Studying: Studying for the shorter duration on a regular basis is more effective than sitting with books for the entire day before the examinations. Attending classes regularly helps the students understand the subjects better. Frequent tests are also a good option for self-assessment. Doubt clearing classes also increase the interactions between teachers and students which ultimately lead to better understanding. Questioning mind is the master key to a crystal clear idea of any topic. Note Making: Students who take notes by hands develop a tendency to process and reframe the information. On contrary to this online note-takers generally, take down exactly the words which are uttered by the teacher. As a result, the notes form a dictated passage and ultimately become almost similar to the paragraphs of books and articles. Hence, scientists usually recommend the method of offline note making. You can also have an audio recording of the lecture with the permission of the concerned teacher or professor. Self-Reward: Before starting a Self-Study session it is very important that you set a reward for yourself. It can be anything which you love to do in your free time. From reading an article to listening to music— this award will refresh your mind and bring the urge in you to study smartly and learn faster. Regular study breaks and daily meditations are extremely important for the growth and development of your concentration. Note for Students: Focus on the process of studying and not on the outcome. If you study smartly and wholeheartedly, good results will surely follow. Write the answers to the questions incorporating the corrections after you get to see your answer scripts for every examination. Live a healthy life with regular exercises. Always remember that being the best is less important than doing your best.
LMS is the abbreviated form of Learning Management System—it’s a software program used for Educational Courses and Training Programs for the administration, documentation, tracking and reporting. It mainly focuses on online delivery but supports a range of uses. LMS is a very convenient system and helps the instructor deliver materials to the students. It involves formed and extremely vibrant way of learning and teaching with endless features. Purpose of LMS: One of the basic purposes of introduction of LMS is the compactness of the system. It makes the process of education easily accessible and equally interesting for the students. Some LMS providers include & quot;performance management systems & quot;which encompass employee appraisals, competency management, skills-gap analysis, succession planning and multiple assignments. The fact that online learning programs are time-saving, makes them more desirable, especially for working students. The Root of e-Learning: With the evolution of technologies and software development, education on Internet has come into practice among a large chunk of the world. However, LMS forms the basis of e-Learning. It organizes the contents of a particular course or subject or topic in one location rather than spreading them out over hard drives and other secondary storage devices. Through a cloud-based LMS, many other members with distinct login ID and passwords can access the documents without any fear of losing them. Repeated Study by LMS: In this world of immense digressions, it is almost impossible for any student to read something once and remember it forever. As a result, revision is a must. LMS facilitates unlimited access to any uploaded course for each and every enroller of that particular course. Performance Analyst: LMS generally provides the facility of tracking the process of a particular learner. It also provides a comparative analysis of the performance of each of the learners through graphs. These graphs are equally important for the learner as well as the instructor. Most of the LMSs feature analytic tools that enable the learners to know their weak areas and strong areas of a particular course. This helps the students to know what to study more. Variety in Education by LMS: New modules can be added as and when required– so there is always a process of constant editing. Thus, the system never becomes stagnant. Instead, it involves infinite expansion with compact and relevant modifications. LMS provides a lot of options– many courses are conducted on the same subject or topic. So, if a person fails to understand after studying from one site, he or she can go for more sites and forums. Social Media for Learning by LMS: Who says that Facebook pages are only for promoting societies and startups? Those days are gone when people used to burst into Twitter and follow different celebrities with thousands of retweets. What’sApp groups have started changing their names to discussion groups on diverse topics. LMS has made it easy to incorporate social learning into the e-Learning strategy. You can include links to Facebook and Twitter pages, LinkedIn groups and online forums which will be beneficial for your learners. Social media sites can also be used for attracting new learners and presenting e-Learning exercises which can become popular in the peer circle. So let all of us start utilizing free trials, paid or non-paid courses, documents and audio visual lectures as per our requirements. There’s nothing more precious than knowledge and only few things are as endless as learning.
The first question when Indian parents decide for the schooling of their child comes in their minds is, which board would be good for their child’s future, which would help him get recognition for further education in universities and which board would help in polishing their child’s skills and then most of them come up with two options which are CBSE and ICSE. CBSE, Central Board of Secondary Education, it is recognized by Indian Government whereas ICSE, Indian Certificate of Secondary Education has not got recognition from the Indian Government but still, that does not matter, the certification of both is valid globally. Specification of CBSE & ICSE:- Let’s discuss a few specifications of both the board’s so that it will become easier to study the key differences in both and count on their merits and go through their demerits:- CBSE Board:- (1) Its curriculum is based on NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) (2) The examinations conducted by this board are AISSE(All India Secondary School Examination) and AISSCE(All India Senior Secondary Examination). (3) Most of the schools in India are affiliated to CBSE. (4) Its syllabus is formed in a structured manner and it is easy for the teachers to cope up with the syllabus as it is divided into units and it is also specified that how many classes they have to devote for a particular unit. (5) It has a more scientific approach, and maths and science are compulsory subjects in it. (6) The medium of examination can be both Hindi as well as English, it approves both. (7) Most of the entrance exams for further admission in professional courses in India are based on CBSE pattern. ICSE Board:- (1) ICSE is not actually a board but it is an examination conducted by CISCE(Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination). (2) It is not so much recalled in all over India but there are some states which give it the highest preference, for example, in cities like Mumbai, Kolkata, and Banglore, ICSE is more prevalent. (3) In ICSE, the main focus is given on the English of the student and the standard of English is been set higher. (4) ICSE focuses on the detailed study of each subject with an edge over English. (5) The student who wants to go abroad for higher studies in future, ICSE would suit him the best as in many international entrance examinations like GRE, GMAT standard of English is high which an ICSE student can meet. (6) In this pattern, projects are important and contain marks. After completion of 10th, the board results are based on both 9th and 10th grades’ performance. Which One Is Easier? After going through the differences in both, the main question arises in mind is which one would be easier but it should not be like that because no one can determine the level of ease in both as at some points one is lengthy and tougher and on some points the other one but both equally set a standard of education, it’s on parents that in which direction they want to move their child, their decision should be based on the future preferences they must be wondering for their child. Note for Parents:- One thing which parents must keep in mind is if they are changing the school of their child for further studies like for senior secondary education they should not send him to the school offering any other board suddenly because there are many chances that it will give a negative.