(07) Another Turning

Today Akshay Pratishthan received the video equipments for the project. Vijaya from iEarn India was present to handover the equipments to the school teachers. Teachers were happy to get the video camera as now they can get ready for real action. She discussed the status of the project and provided valuable suggestions. She motivated teachers by telling them that they are not only the 'masters' but 'double masters' since they (all ladies) are teachers who manages students and school tasks & housewives managing home, husband & kids. So, for them, AYV project is just like cooking food for guests on a very short notice.

During the conversation, It was suggested that two teachers (Lipika & Anuradha) and the media mentor assigned to the school who were selected to manage this project by EVC should only coordinate the project and no other teachers or resource person get involved in the project.

But this discussion make me relate to the methodology used in implementing the AIF DE program wherein we talk a lot about the team work & collaborative learning, involving ideas from maximum number of individuals (whether teachers, administrators, parents or students).

So, I finally decided not to get involved with the main documentary film to be prepared for AYV project presentation at iEARN conference, Pune. Rather I will work with another set of students separately supported by Rajita & Usha to see how effective the training methodology is and the manual provided by EVC for the similar work around the globe. I will try to involve as many people on board as possible and finally would like to make the students own up the responsibility of the idea, execution and presentation even if it’s a complete mess…