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T8 M XII Painting PGT 34 Govt. 45/50 WhatsApp,
Google,
YouTube,
Google
Meet

1. Online teaching practices of students submitted their work by sending
teachers photos on WhatsApp”..(T8)
The first objective was to study the online
teaching practices being followed by the A teacher also highlighted the possibility
teachers teaching primary, secondary, of record-keeping using virtual storage
and senior secondary students amid space available through WhatsApp.“Also
the COVID-19 pandemic. For this, the through WhatsApp keeping the record of
platform used for online teaching, plan whatever is taught to them is easy and
of online teaching, type of teaching also (students) they can revise it anytime”..
session, and online teaching strategies (T3)
of teachers were studied.
YouTube, a video platform with millions
of videos, provides easy search and
a) Platform used for online teaching
sharing options. It is free to access and
In schools of Delhi, WhatsApp and does not require having an account.
YouTube are the most used platforms Videos on YouTube are used by teachers
across all levels (column 9, table1). as a quick fix teaching aid. “.. interesting
The preferred use of WhatsApp is due videos (shared online) are a nice method
to its availability in most households. and better than methods used in the
It emerged as a platform of choice for classroom”..(T4)
online learning because it is easy to
access as a free mobile app and is a b) Plan of online teaching
user-friendly platform. It has features
like texting, networking, file sharing, The plan of teaching has been flexible
audio recording, audio and video calling at the primary, secondary, and senior
which makes it suitable for discussion, secondary levels (column 3,table2).
knowledge sharing, communication, “.. Every day in primary class one subject
and collaboration. is enough. In MCD schools, parents are
mostly daily wagers...so flexibility be
“Students would submit assignments on given for students to let them complete
WhatsApp and I would check and give homework at any time”..(T2)
them remarks”..(T6)
“In regular teaching, there were boundaries
of periods which is no more”..(T8)
“I searched teaching content on Google
and YouTube and sent it to my students This flexibility is partly due to the very
through WhatsApp…explained the theory nature of online teaching and partly to
to the students by audio recording and accommodate the shift from classroom
gave instructions through WhatsApp...The teaching to online teaching.

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Volume 3, Issue 2, July 2021