Training Teachers of Telangana

On 19 October 2022 (Wednesday), VE conducted its first in-person Pragya Teacher Training at the Devnar School in Hyderabad, Telangana. A total of 10 Science & Math subject teachers attended the one-day training. The training was facilitated by VE Coordinators Meghna Chowdury, Nibin Mathew, Rajeswari Pandurangan and Shiladitya Datta.

As this was VE’s first interaction with the teachers of Devnar School, the session started with a brief overview of Vision Empower’s aim to make StTEM education accessible for children with visual impairments. This was followed by presentations on VE interventions like Project VICT (Computational Thinking for Visually Impaired), Learning Resources, Subodha and Hexis- Antara.

The teachers were introduced to VICT games of five different categories namely, Ice breaker Games, Braille Card Games, Pebble Games, Board Games and Spatial Games with a special focus on the Key Learning Indicators (KLIs) each game ensures. In the training, the teachers were also given hands-on experience in using the Hexis, Refreshable Braille Device.

The teachers actively participated in playing the games and showcased much enthusiasm for learning various accessible STEM teaching methods using the resources provided by VE.

A few students also participated for a brief time during the game sessions and played along with their teachers.

Overall, the students and the teachers were very happy to play the Computational Thinking games and learn through other STEM activities.

As the next step, VE is planning to start the Hybrid VICT sessions for students in the primary grades at the Devnar School along with implementing other interventions parallelly.