COVID-19 has impacted the lives of students and teachers, not only in India, but all over the world. Online education and inability to move outdoors freely has taught everyone to adapt to changes in their own ways.
To convert the lockdown period into an opportunity, students of class 11 along with their teacher,attended an online session via Zoom on 23 August at 11.30 am with Japanese mentor Ms Kumiko, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. Our students enjoyed the interaction with their peers incountries all over the world. Some of the schools that participated in the session were Phu Tho Boarding High School (Vietnam), Rainbow Academics Homes Secondary School (Nepal), Kwansei Gakuin High School (Japan) and Van Lang Secondary School (Vietnam).
The session began with an ice breaker round where students were divided into teams. They introduced themselves and talked about their activities during the lockdown and shared their plans on what they would do once the pandemic ended. Some students talked about spending their time engaged in activities like dancing, cooking, watching movies and reading books.
The ice breaker attempted at discovering common interests and giving interesting names to the teams! Some of the names that emerged were, Team Friends, Team Movie and Team Dynamite. The second part of the session included a discussion on How did the pandemic change your day to day life?. After a brief discussion on Covid-19 and its positive as well as negative impacts on the personal and school lives of the students, the discussion proceeded to some general interaction. The students chatted with each other about their way of life and the advancements in their countries. They named some of the major tourist attractions intheir countries. The groups also discussed other subjects of interest, like the Three best places to visit in your country, the biggest event in your country, Favourite foods etc.This was perhaps the best part of the session. Students got to know about the wondrous world out there. The Japanese shared their love for local food and breath-taking sights while our students shared their views on cultural diversity and the amazing places to visit.
The conversations got the participants very comfortable and each one spoke to contribute to the discussion in a positive manner.
The exchange, which seemingly ended too quickly, was truly an enriching experience and interacting with students from over the world gave us a glimpse of how similar our lives are totheirs.The session helped develop listening and observational skills apart from fostering cooperation. It was a good experience where the students contributed to sharing knowledge with their peers on a virtual platform.
Finally, all sides bid adieu to each other with a promise to meet again soon to discuss some other innovative ideas and facts relating to science.
Jiya Jawa, XI B
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