LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 15:10 October 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

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Teachers’ Dilemma on Using ‘Chalk and Board’ or
‘Projector and Screen’: Which is Effective?

Dr. Mahesh B. Shinde
Dr. Sunanda G. Patil (Shinde)

Abstract

Present article comments on the dilemma in the mind of a teacher on using ‘chalk and talk’ and ICT enabled methods for teaching. It focuses on usage and misusage of both boards and projectors in the class. Under the name of ICT advancements, most of the teachers avoid using boards and tend to use PPTs in wrong ways. The article includes some of the live blogs posted by students/teachers globally and summarises their views on use/misuse of PPTs in the class and expectations of the students. Finally, the article ends with a proposal on judicious use of boards and projectors in the classroom.

Keywords: Teaching methods, use of ICT, multimedia, chalk and board

Use of Technology in Place of Chalk and Board

“I can teach without using board in the class.” “I rarely use chalk in my class.” “My lectures with the help of PowerPoint are always impressive.” “Do you teach language/literature or Maths/… to use so many chalks?” Such and many other statements are made by teachers during recent times. Some may be right in saying so; but in case of many others it’s quite doubtful. Because, we are not using ‘chalk and talk’ method as it is now considered outdated one and because there are so many other teaching aids, use of power point being on top. However, if one goes in deep within oneself and asks a true reason behind using PPTs, one will realize the open secret about it; how it makes a teacher’s task easiest on part of making/carrying notes, memorizing, writing on the board in legible way, etc.

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Dr. Mahesh B. Shinde, M.A., Ph.D. ELT
Assistant Professor and Head, Department of English and Communication Skills
KIT’s College of Engineering
Kolhapur - 416234
Maharashtra
India
maheshshinde111@gmail.com


Dr. Sunanda G. Patil (Shinde), M.A., M.Phil., PGCTE, Ph.D. ELT
Assistant Professor in English and Communication Skills
Gharda Institute of Technology
Lavel - 415708
Maharashtra
India
sunandagpatil@gmail.com

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