ACTION PLAN Ubaid Sheikh The City School Darkhshan Campus Grade 8

To enable our students to inculcate 21 st century skills in the classroom for becoming independent worker / problem solver in future.

To enable our students to.. Analyse the given data and answer the relevant questions To integrate Information and Communication Technology with different subjects To communicate using modern technology

Instructional Strategies and Tasks  I will provide opportunities for students to answer questions that require higher order thinking.  I will provide students with time for groups discussion  I will ask questions that require students to explain how they came to an answer  I will allow students to gather in randomly assigned groups or pairs to discuss how to solve any given task  I will encourage them to come up with their own ideas  I will explain the topic and ask them to speak about the topic in front of whole class to boost their confidence.

Mode Explanation Discussion Group Work Trial and Error Method Class Presentations Oral Question Answer Session

Timeline I will focus encouragement rather than praise I will successfully adopt 21 st century teaching I will focus on questioning I will work on creating colla- Borative groups or pairs January September November March

Solutions to Anticipated Challenges CHALLENGESSOLUTIONS Group Making Using an Excel generator for dividing students into different groups Friends group could be allowed as they work more efficiently Time ManagementEqual time will be allotted to students, e.g.  Each student will be given a particular task  Students in a group will be asked to monitor each other ’ s allotted timings, in addition with the control by the teacher  When there is a need to allot one PC to individual student, duration of the period may be increased by continuing the lesson to next week Failure of electronic devices LAN disability Pre-planning before the lesson starts  Re check all the PCs available in the Lab  Coordination with the Lab Assistants (hardware engineers) Power failure Using generators  UPS

Resources  Internet.  Word processing, multimedia, and Spreadsheets application.  Teacher ’ s guide  Other teachers who teach my same grade and subject.