39.International Students’ Day

17 November is celebrated as International Students’ Day. It  commemorates  the Nazi storming of Czech universities in 1939,  and the subsequent killing and sending of students to concentration camps. The day is also a vehicle for student activism! Every year, they raise awareness for students’ rights and needs through various activities, always with the goal to improve higher education for students and for society on a wider scale.

For more on the day please view:

 https://www.study.eu/article/17-november-international-students-day

The College  Union of IASE, Thrissur conducted a Quiz programme for the students of the college to mark the day.

Five teams participated and  the First MEd students won the Quiz competition and the  first year BEd English Optional  students became Runners Up.

 [Report (slightly edited)  and Photos  courtesy Ms. Amrutha P. Santhosh,  The Secretary,Fine Arts, College Union]

38.Refresher course on Gender, school and society

IASE, Thrissur, organized a Refresher Course on Gender, School and Society from 12 to 16 November. The course was sponsored by the Directorate of Collegiate Education and was attended by  thirty  teacher educators of  colleges of Teacher Education affiliated to the University of Calicut.

37.Training in using ICT

A three-day Workshop on Information and Communication Technology sponsored by the Directorate of Collegiate Education, was organized by IASE for the first semester MEd students (2018-19 batch) of the college from 07 to 09 November 2018.

The Resource Persons of Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) provided hands-on training  for all the MEd students in their Computer Laboratory.

The topics covered included:

*Basics of Computer

*Concepts of software

*Ubuntu

*Network-Basic concepts

*Internet Web browser, Search Engine, Cyber Laws

*Internet-Searching videos from YouTube, Downloading videos, Websites, Social Media

*Wikipedia, School wiki, Facebook, Video Conferencing

*Word Processor-Malayalam computing; Presentation : Libre Office, Impress;

Storyboard, Slide presentation, Custom animation

*Word Processor: Libre Office Writer-Typing formatting, Inserting tables and images

*Spread Sheet: Libre Office Calc Advanced Options in Spread Sheet; Audio editing: Audacity; Image editing: Thumbnail  image editor

*Scope of ICT in curriculum

*SAMAGRA,SAMPOORNA

36.Dissertation Topic finalization

The twenty four students currently pursuing the two year MEd programme (2017-19 batch)  will shortly commence their data collection as part of the dissertation they have to  submit  at the end of this semester.

Dr.Jayasree TK., Principal i/c, Government Brennen College of Teacher Education, Thalassery was the  invited Resource Person. During the two day session (02 and 03 November 2018) all the 24 students  presented their  topics. The research design and methodology  for the chosen topic were  refined and finalized  following a meticulous analysis in which all  the  faculty of the college and the budding researchers participated.

35-Kerala @ 62

01 November 2018….Its  Kerala Day…62 years …a moment of pride…But when asked for a message on the eve…the Hon. Chief Minister of  Kerala,  reminded Keralites about the massive task of rebuilding the state ‘after surviving the unprecedented devastation caused by the deluge by upholding the principles of fraternity, unity and companionship’.

Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/rebuilding-is-no-easy-task-pinarayi-reminds-keralites/articleshow/66452367.cms

The Chief Minister’s thought found an echo in the ‘Thought For The Day’ programme during the morning Assembly. In the afternoon the  College Union,  ‘Amogha’  organized a novel  programme to mark Kerala Day.

Report 

Kerala turned 62 this year and Kerala Piravi was celebrated in IASE, Thrissur on November 1^st. The programme started with a prayer by Ms.Simi (MEd student).Ms.Soundarya, the Vice Chairperson, College Union, welcomed everyone to the programme. She addressed the gathering and said: “though it is the 62^nd birthday of Kerala, we can consider it as the first birthday of Kerala after the severe flood.”

On behalf of the students of the College Union, various programmmes like Malayala Thanima. The show  was intended to prove that internal beauty is more important than the external beauty…It also helped identify the  intelligence, Malayalam speaking skills, opinion on current affairs and their awareness  of Kerala culture.

Ms.Sindhu S1BEd Malayalam) bagged the first prize and Ms.Steny (S1 BEd Physical Science)  became the first runner up. Students also presented  group dance, group song, Vanchipattu and Malayalam recitation. A presentation on Kerala history was done by Saranya Radhakrishnan(S1 BEd Social Science).

Prize distribution of various off stage events like poster making and Malayalam versification conducted as part of Kerala Piravi, were distributed during the ceremony.

Ms.Lekshmi (S1 BEd Sanskrit) and Ms.Athiramol Sabu (S1 BEd Mathematics) got the first and second prize respectively for Malayalam versification competition.

Ms. Anju (S1 BEd Hindi) and Ms.Amrutha P.Santhosh (S1 BEd English) won the first and second prize respectively for poster making competition.

Mr.Sreesanth (University Union Councillor) delivered the vote of thanks.

[Report and photos courtesy  Ms.Amrutha, the Arts Club Secretary]