ActiveApp as training resource for teachers
The Pearson has taken the initiative to upskill teachers in online teaching techniques. The company conducted pan-India online training sessions for over 500 teachers across 30 schools, empowering them to use online learning platforms and teach students digitally during this critical time. Important topics like Lesson Planning, Strategies to improve Reading and Writing skills in English, Interactive strategies to teach Science and Social Science, Strategies to make Mathematics learning (Fun)tastics, Phonics, How to plan and execute an online class in an engaging and interactive manner etc. were covered during these sessions.
The company has also announced free access to ActiveApp — a unique interactive digital experience mobile app — to support teachers with training resources. The app offers interactive learning to students through e-books, videos, activities, games and animations, empowering them to learn easily, in fun and engaging way.
The benefits also include anytime anywhere access, user friendly interface, self-paced learning and quick recapitulation.’
Free online courses
The NSDC partner and Imarticus Learning have launched a set of free courses covering data analytics, finance and technology. The course that went live from the March 30, 2020 saw quite a good response.
This success has pushed the firm to launch yet another free certification course in advanced excel, started on April 13. The online course covers all that one needs to learn for the effective usage of Microsoft Excel. The course caters not just to students, but also to working professionals.
Nikhil Barshikar, co-founder, Imarticus Learning said: “Taking into consideration the positive response towards the previous courses that we launched, we've decided to introduce one in Advanced Excel. This one will deal with Microsoft Excel and its functioning. Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office tools often seem like the simplest ones. But when we look into the extensive functions of each one, it may surprise us as to how little we actually have knowledge of it. In the current scenario, knowing to work around effectively with such tools is counted need of the hour.”
LSAT-India test Postponed to June 7
The LSAT-India test adopted as an admission criterion by multiple law colleges across India, has been rescheduled due to lockdown announced by the Government. Instead of the earlier announced date of May 17, 2020, the test will now be held on June 7, 2020.
The Law School Admission Counci announced the date change and noted that the rescheduled test date will ensure that those seeking a career in law can take the exam at a safer time.
The registration date is also extended to May 22, 2020, to allow more time to register by visiting discoverlaw.in/register-for-the-test.
Applicants can prepare for the test from the material that is free to download from: discoverlaw.in/prepare-for-the-test.