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“Before my marriage, I was working as a Math teacher
in a primary school. Now I have a six month old daughter
and so I am unable to go for a job. If you suggest a way
to earn money working from home, I will be grateful to
you,” said Ramya.
“Have you thought about your interests, and
opportunities around you?” I asked her. “Yes. I think I
am good at teaching Math to kids,” she said.
“If you teach Math to kids in the evenings, you may
be able to earn a few hundred rupees a month. However,
if you use a computer, you will be able to earn many
thousands a month,” I told Ramya and her beautiful eyes
became brighter. “I have a computer at home. Please tell
me what I should do,” she said.
“A teacher is a human being and has emotions,
attitudes and opinions. If she is in good mood and has
right attitude at the time of teaching, students will
benefit from that session. If on a particular day she is
not in good mood and teaches an important lesson badly,
the kids will not learn it properly even if she is
generally an excellent teacher,” I said, Ramya replied,
“I agree with you. It is impossible for any teacher to
always maintain the best form and have the right
attitude. Whenever she is down, her students also
perform badly.”
“Computer is an impersonal organization and it does
not have wavering moods and attitudes. If you configure
it properly, it would always work at the peak of its
efficiency. So, if you happily allow computer to replace
you in teaching, students will shine like the Sun. In
the process you can earn well!” I said. “How can a
non-thinking computer replace a thinking teacher?” Ramya
asked me.
I explained, “I was talking about the process of
teaching that can be easily automated. However the
teacher must feed the lessons into the computer. Only
then the computer can teach the students. Let us say
that you want to teach English grammar to Vth standard
children. You have a copy of the text book and the
syllabus. You know how to teach the students well so
that they can understand the concepts easily. Prepare
the lessons step-by-step using any good presentation
software program such as Microsoft PowerPoint. Add text
slides, image slides, audio and exercises. You can
consult the best books on English grammar and make sure
that your virtual class room session is error free and
excellent. Then use a training video making program such
as Camtasia Studio from http://techsmith.com/ to convert
your PowerPoint presentation into a self-running Math
class video. Now you can run the video on a computer, a
DVD player or a CD player. Your students can play it as
many times as they need, and can interact with you only
when they have any questions.” |
