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Teachers Training Session at Hindustani Sevadal Bagalkote

Every attempt of imparting training teachers help me to realize the need of learning. The questions, interactions and discussion keeps me hopefully that “The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.” B.B. King

Beauty of teachers coming forward to attend irrespective of age to embrace learning reminds me “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.”Wonderful time of learning and relearning with educators of Hindustani Sevadal Trust Bagalkote.

The session was conducted by Santosh Avvannavar and Dr Anil Kumar.

Thanks to Shrinivas Chabbi for the invite. Appreciate his enthusiasm in organising the training for teachers.

All glory to God!

Communication Skills Session for Teachers of NPS Jalahalli

“Communication which is often miscommunicated” session for teachers of NPS Jalahalli

Communication has one major outcome: Rewards or Punishment “Thank you for the very interactive and enjoyable presentation. Teachers had a great time.” – Academic Director feedback

Thanks to management, Academic director, Principal, Staff and Teachers of the school for making the session interactive.

Connect me for a fulfilled session to your teachers or employees. Thanks to QtPi robotics for the support

All glory to God!

Santosh Avvannavar

God on Vacation

My view on a short vacation to farm, forest and farmers is something I think will help progressive thinkers. By staying disconnected for a few days, I am able to see, feel, smell all the nature that God has created. What I learned there I learned through the sense of farm, forest and farmers. My profound observation of the owner or landlord who could be a farmer as well – they welcomed like me like a family member. An epitome of hospitality is something I sensed and realised, it was an experience itself. However, farmers who worked for the landlord were treated as family with an arm’s distance. Throughout the tour I realised that the majority of farmers were disciplined in their farm work. If I put it in my own words – “Be like a farmer to customers and Be like a landlord to employees”. There was mutual agreement on the way it worked.

When I quizzed the farmers (and landlord) on their view when crop yield is great and market is great too! They are of view, it brings joy and mother nature has gifted them. I reversed the question, when crops failed or the market failed them? I saw a broad smile and heard something that pushed to revisit my thoughts of failure. In their version – “Farmers know that yield or market would fail several times. This land is our mother and we cannot abandon it because of fear of failure. We see such failure as a gift to God who has come to earth to test our love & commitment towards our work. We are paying for God’s vacation!”

I heard silence in my head! And I continue to hear as I pen my thoughts! I have been asking myself can I ask everyone to give unconditional support to each other? 

How often are we allowing God on Vacation? 

– Santosh Avvannavar

Gangs of Gobichettipalayam 
Wonderful & thankful to have spent time with farmers 

School revenue, teachers salary, students future

All grades are unlikely to open for 2021-22 and uncertainty of reopening of schools for 2022-23 continues. Several teachers have lost job or have to take cut in salary.

Kids learning online are seen cheap and collection of school fee continue to be challenging.

Santa Santosh Avvannavar is in conversation with A N Suryavathi Principal & Gowramma K S Vice Principal at Harvest International School Bengaluru

Will it be Unforgivable Mistake if school remains closed?

If schools don’t open till 2022/23 which it is very likely and that would mean 2/3 years of education gap.

Threat of a pandemic continued to loom over our heads and uncertainty of schools opening for all grades.

Santa Santosh Avvannavar in conversation with Fr. Nicky, Principal at St. Theresa High School, Bandra Mumbai.

Are kids too young to learn coding?

Very interesting question that was widely asked and EdTech were criticised for asking kids to learn and pick up coding. I see this question is an interesting for any form of learning until a norm is formed or policy makes it optional to mandatory. I had this question is it necessary during course of engineering studies, why programming language for a non-computer science students? So far, I did a little bit of coding for education and nothing at work. Does it mean coding wasn’t required? or Coding isn’t about writing lines of code but skills one would develop. I realised the traditional approach of syllabus versus teaching that is often aimed at examination point of view missed the really essence of learning coding. I have done a bit to explore various views on coding. What do you think?

Would appreciate your thoughts on my tedx talk ‘The negative part of kids coding’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp72J0bywAI&t=11s

Communication Strategies for a Virtual Age

I love the introduction remark by Ivan Wanis Ruiz, the course instructor, “Knowledge without application is useless”. The course introduces to application through quizzes and a peer-graded assignment. I loved the assignment. Check the embedded video here!

My name is Santosh Avvannavar and I will take own life topic for a peer-graded assignment for the course Communication Strategies for a Virtual Age offered by School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto on Coursera Platform. I will be using Supportive Communication style.

I thank God for the strength, friend, Coursera, course instructor. And also extend my gratitude to QtPi Robotics for the creative ecosystem.

Hey Woman, Thoda Adjust Karlo

I had written an article on an incident – click here ; video version is here!

Communication Skills Workshop for Teachers

It was wonderful to see enthusiasm among teacher participants for 2 hour session on “Communication which is often miscommunicated” at MVJ International School

Thanks to Principal and management for the invite and collaboration.

A parent perspective of NEP 2020 on Introduction to Coding