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students; and spending on digitization instead of brick and the student’s imagination and helping build interactivity,
mortar classrooms are revolutionary. connectivity and engagement.

Microsoft has the learning content from across the world. Ex periential learning - There is a feature called Virtual
Tech Avant-Garde have applied policies In Microsoft Trip – where teachers conduct virtual trip/ tour to the Taj
Teams, to enhance structured approach and interactivity. Mahal, Antartic, the Pyramids, etc. The Virtual Tours help
Class become more formal and school like. teachers and children interact with people globally.
Schools are conducting and facilitating social interactions Microsoft Mine Craft gamification learning encourage
for enhancing inter-student communication and curiosity in S.T.E.M. and S.T.E.A.M learning.
collaboration. Students are divided into smaller groups,
and Breakaway Rooms are assigned to them for doing their Under the Gen Extra Muros pedagogy, every teacher is
projects. They get 1-2 hours in these Breakaway Rooms; empowered to become a content creator, which transforms
they can collaborate to solve critical problems. The child’s the entire school.
communication and social needs are met.
Teachers who are versed in digital teaching can transform
Microsoft-TAG encourage schools to conduct extra- Government schools as their social responsibility and this
curricular activities such as Yoga, Music, Cinema, etc., will help students/teachers in remote areas.
online.
Eventually the teacher will drive the change, students can
Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality and Augmented Reality be part of the class of digitally trained teachers even if they
tools are introduced as teaching aids which are catching are not in physical class.

Arya Gurukul Kalyan, Neelam
Malik (Chairperson) spoke about
how quickly and efficiently the school
transitioned to remote learning at the
onset of the pandemic. “Universal
Outlook and Collaboration are
The events is for Endless Arya Gurukul Kalyan of prime importance and these
Empowerment of Educators, (Maharashtra) was the school of have been facilitated because we
this event is part of Knowledge the first week in September. The harnessed on our ‘teach’nological
L’avenir Conclave (KLC). Management, Principal and teachers skills at the appropriate time. Today,
The team has planned six Black (certified and professionally trained) digitization is not an option, it is the
Fridays during the 12 weeks of Arya Gurukul School (Nandivali, only way forward, Our staff members
Knowledge L’avenir Conclave Kalyan East) conducted digital experience ease of operations with the
(KLC), on selected Fridays the classroom training for thousands help of various collaborative tools and
event will be open for public; the of schoolteachers. Arya Gurukul, our parents experience the smooth
selected school in different cities Nandivali is a K-12 MASP PRO operations during admissions and
will undertake mass training of School and has teachers who are fee payments”.
people who attend this event. MIEE (Microsoft Innovative Educator
The attendees will comprise Experts). They conduct scholastic and Launch of AZVASA LMS
of principals, school teachers, co-scholastic events through remote
educators, academicians, parents, learning facilities. The teachers On the momentous occasion of
policy makers and influential explained essential tools such as the Black Friday event, AZVASA was
amongst others. Microsoft Teams, One Note, Flipgrid, unveiled the Learning Management
Padlet, Powerpoint and others that System (LMS), which helps teachers
The first Black Friday event have improved the quality of their with STUDY, REVISE & ASSESSMENT
during the ongoing Knowledge teaching and led to a holistic learning modules. It is a complete LMS Solution
L’avenir Conclave (KLC) attracted experience for students. having Teacher - Student - Parent
5,679 attendees. Connect in one platform.

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