With the festive season well and truly upon us, it is natural to want to spread the Diwali cheer all around. Festivals bring with them a unique opportunity to teach students both in a traditional Classroom as well in a blended classroom that used Learning Management system for schools. Using technology can also be a great way to teach students about the cultures and festivals of Indian as well as imbibe in them a deeper understanding of religion and values.

Let us look at a few interesting ways to spread the festive cheer in the classroom with ensuring that the kids through the effective use of learning management system for schools.

Décor

If you have a traditional classroom, encourage the kids to sit together and create décor items together. This could include painting diyas as a classroom activity, stringing flowers for decoration or simply making colourful Rangoli at the entrance of the classroom. Teachers could upload a picture montage of the decorated classroom for other students and parents to see. In a larger school, you could also set up a poll on learning management system for schools for selecting the best-decorated classroom.

Book Reading

The festive season and the accompanying holidays brings with it a good opportunity to assign students with book reading homework, where the teacher could guide the students towards books related to the festival. If you are using a learning management system for schools in your classroom, you could encourage students to post a blog about their book on the LMS. This will not only make the assignment more interesting for students, but other learners will also be access the book review and learn from it.

Online Chats

With an aim to increase the spirit of collaborating in the classroom, you could hold online discussions around relevant topics related to the festival. Online discussion is a great way to engage students, especially the more shy students who are hesitant to speak up in class

Experiential Opportunities

Using the LMS teachers could also create a lesson plan that includes inserting documentaries, videos about the origin of the festival, songs about it, food related to it etc. This allows students to learn more about the festival in a fun way

Take and Tell

Instead of bringing something related to the festival to the classroom, students can their classmates home through pictures and videos about the festival celebrated at home. Not only will kids find the assignment interesting, but for those who do not celebrate the festival, it student who views this project uploaded on the LMS will get an opportunity to observe learn the cultural traditions followed in other houses.

Evolution has been constant throughout human history. Today, education is evolving. The way of conversing information is fast changing from pencils and chalkboards to smart boards and Learning Management Systems.  The students of today, learn not just by memorising but by experience the subject with the aid of technology.

LMS are redefining education today.

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