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Is your teaching about to be disrupted?

Learning doesn’t end when class does. Every student is unique. Enabling educators to understand the learning pattern of each and every student, EdTech will miraculously improve how we teach our future generations without leaving anyone behind. Get used to the new buzz word ‘disruption’, because the word has lost its…

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A letter to teachers-to-be

Sriraghavan S M 27 July 2018 9 Comments

In the era of ubiquitous technology intervention in every single field, what is the role of a teacher? How does a teacher keep herself relevant with the times?

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The Quest for AR and AI Creativity: Bringing Digital Transformation to Education

Parimita Krishna 20 July 2018 No Comments 5C Methodology Artificial Intelligence Augmented Reality Communication Connectivity Digitalisation EdTech Education Machine Learning Virtual Reality

This is the pilot of a series of EdTech articles with the focus on AR and AI. This article covers AR and AI from a birds-eye view. We will dive deeper into the specific application areas in the upcoming articles. Welcome to 21st century learning! Gone are the days when…

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The 22nd bead

Sriraghavan S M 24 April 2018 No Comments

A quiet lounge at the Delhi airport, Terminal 2. I was strolling around waiting for GoAir to open their counters for check in. I was in a contemplative state. When the counters opened, I checked in and proceeded to the security check points. Here I had to remove my irrationality…

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The indelible mark of marks

Dr. Soumya Sreehari 25 March 2018 No Comments

Watch the video before reading further. SPOILERS AHEAD! The video features a clearance sale a week before exams, where students are selling their hobby artifacts for free because their parents feel that scoring marks is more important than pursuing their hobbies. Kind of a more permanent version of ‘no TV…

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Mathematical musings in art

Dr. Soumya Sreehari 11 March 2018 No Comments

Today during dance practice, I made a mistake. While keeping the beat for a song, I had switched from chaturashra Eka taaLa to aadi taaLa inadvertently. At the end of the song, I was surprised to find that I had not completed the taaLa at the correct position. Later I…

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Secrets to Prosperity

Team NumberNagar® 18 February 2018 No Comments

The body is what the body is fed. By the same token, the mind is what the mind is fed. Mind food, of course, doesn’t come in packages and we can’t buy it at the store. Mind food is our environment – all the countless things which influence our conscious…

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Why don’t we get high on Idli and Dosa?

Dr. Soumya Sreehari 3 February 2018 11 Comments

Two weeks ago, my 9th-grade student and I were discussing the synthesis of alcohol by the process of fermentation. After going through the synthesis reactions in detail, our discussion moved to other instances of fermentation in our everyday experience. She immediately recognised Idli and Dosa batter formation and we wound…

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Happy Parenting

Team NumberNagar® 21 January 2018 No Comments

Parenting requires tremendous commitment on our parts and our children are certainly worth it. Even with an understanding of the five messages of positive parenting, being a good parent is not easy. It doesn’t work when we treat children as if they are innocent and good one day and then…

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Of rice in salt and Pythagoras in a paddy field

Dr. Soumya Sreehari 7 January 2018 No Comments

Let me narrate two stories from the recent experience of science and maths in action. Story 1: In the last couple of months, on four different occasions, I observed something curious in restaurants. I found rice grains in the salt shakers. I hadn’t come across this earlier. Is it a…