Technology our helpmate
In an unexpected turn of events, Singapore entered a month of Heightened Alert where dining in wasn't allowed and schools turn to home based learning. During this period of time, there were news articles highlighting the plight of old hawkers whose business suffered greatly as they did not embrace technology and join the delivery platforms. Likewise, technology has become an essential part of education and we have to learn to use it well to make learning meaningful. My first HBL Having missed HBL last year, I was quite curious to experience HBL after hearing much about it. Nevertheless at the start I felt a little lost as I've not even hosted a zoom meeting before 😅Am thankful for colleagues who gave me a crash course and shared helpful tips. I mainly made use of tools like SLS, Zoom and Loom (a video recording app) for my lessons. While zoom allowed real time interaction with the students and they could ask questions on the spot, some students seem too shy to speak up or wer...