Amity Institute of Education, Amity University; Noida, organized ‘AlumniMeet 2021’, to honor and hold discussions amongst Alumni’s under differentpanels. Alumni from batches as old as 2007 to as new as 2020 participated inthe event and shared their emotions, experiences and their journey withthe event. The event provided a platform to reflect, relive and rejuvenatetheir moments of the past and delve into the sense of nostalgia along withfostering of academic discussion.The Guests of Honour was Honourable Professor Dr. Indu Kumar,former head of the department of the ICT and Training CentralInstitute for Educational technology, NCERT and Honourable Mrs.M. Lata Gautam, Director in the National Institute of CareerServices and a huge contributor in the field of generatingopportunities and conducting various workshops for the variedstakeholders. She is also involved in the skill development ofofficers of the Employment Directorate at both State and Centrallevels.

The innovative inter-university, global online competition, ‘Tech-Pathshala: Plug Intothe New Classroom’, was organised for pre-service teachers from different pedagogiesto showcase their inventive Lesson-plans for technology-based effective teaching. TheLesson-Plans showcased were engaging and interactive. It highlighted a richcomingling of techniques and measures which would help in achieving the learningoutcomes as well as enhance the learning experience. The finalists from differentpedagogies created an engaging learning experience where the unlimited scope oftechnology when used effectively was brought forth. ‘Tech-Pathshala: Plug Into theNew Classroom’ was a creative effort to engage with students, for students, bystudents. It gave students the opportunity to gain and showcase skills, buildconfidence, analyse and evaluate outcomes and uncover personal aptitude.

With the aim to promote ICT led innovation and itsendeavour to amalgamate modernity with tradition,Amity University; Noida, Uttar Pradesh, organisedAmity Youth Festival:2021 (Online) on 11th and 12thMarch, in proud association with ‘Guru q’. The Festivalorganised and realised by Amity Institute of Education;Amity University, Noida and Lucknow, Uttar Pradeshjust not showcased talent but provided platform toengage nurture and stimulate the minds of youngstudents.

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Innovative inter-universityglobal competitionTech based lesson plansFocus on new-ageclassroomsBy students, for students

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Alumni Meet 2021: Nurturing the bond

Amity Youth Fest 2020 Alumni Meet 2021 Understanding CitizenshipEducation21st Century Skills & HumanTeacherConnecting Through CreativityWorkshopHighlights of the Quarter Rendezvous with Dr. GN. TiwariArt Hive

When a child takesbirth, it is like aseed, no one knowswhat its characterswould be

Highlights of the Quarter Workshop on 'What is Plagiarism & how to avoidit?', 29th Jan 2021Chauri Chari Centenary, 4th Feb 2021Guest Lecture on 'Process of curriculumdevelopment and operationalization of curriculuminto learning situations', 10th Feb 2021Guest Lecture on 'Resource Management: EffectiveClass-room Management' by Dr. Mandeep Kaur,Associate Professor, Khalsa College of EducationRanjit Avenue Amritsar, 22nd Feb 2021 Guest lecture on 'Institutional Management: waysof ensuring effective discipline' by Dr. SurinderKaur, Professor, Khalsa College of Education RanjitAvenue Amritsar, 23rd Feb 2021 Guest Lecture on Gender and diversity in AcademicCommunication By Prof. D. Oarthasarathy, Dept. ofHumanities & Social Sciences, IIT,Bombay, 25th Feb2021Understanding Psychotherapies: Psychodynamic,Behavioral and Cognitive Behavioral therapy”, 3rdMar 2021Guest lecture on "Women's rights and Genderequality", 9th Mar 2021Revisiting the skills for teachers in today's scenarioby Dr. Manisha Sharma, Principal, VenkateshwarInternational School, Dwarka, New Delhi, 10th Mar2021Workshop on winning job interview tips by Dr.Ruchi Tandon, Assistant Professor -III, AICC, AmityUniversity, UP, 10th Apr 2021Workshop on 'Self Healing: An EmpoweringStrategy in the recent Challenging Times' by Dr.Dheeraj Huria, Director, Soul Healing India, 16thApr 2021

She talked about the differencebetween teaching concepts orteaching student. According toher if the teacher is preparing toteach the students, then he/sheshould prepare the concept insuch a way that it isunderstandable and reliable tostudents. Talking about theindividual differences among thelearner the teacher should fosterinclusivity in classroomenvironment and developsensitivity towards differentneeds of learners.

Drawing parallels between the child and the seed, he stated thatthe care, the support system that is provided nurtures the childto evolve into a citizen who is not just an individual but a socialbeing. He stressed that critical perspective, where a learnercould learn to think for themselves required to be enhanced andcollaborative spaces required to be encourage. He concluded bystating that this webinar could be seen as initiation or steppingstones towards identifying the democratic values andinculcation.

Dr. Alok Gardia, Associate Professor, Coordinator, Placement Cell, Faculty of Education, Banaras HinduUniversity Kamachha, Varanasi; spoke on the topic,‘Understanding Citizenship Education: Implication for Schools’, on a webinar conducted by Amity Instituteof Education. He spoke about how the Democratic principles ofthe country is limited not just to the form of the governance butencapsulated the concept of nurturing of life. Democratic wayof life has been nurtured and sustained in our country in alldomain

Workshop organised by Amity Institute ofEducation on "Connecting throughcreativity". where esteemed guest Ms. GayatriNatarajan, Co-Founder and Head ofCurriculum at Learning Curve Foundation,Hyderabad. explained in nuance theresponsibility of the teacher to developreadiness in the students for learning. Itbuilds their intrinsic motivation and theteaching learning process becomes effortless.

Understanding implication for schools

Amity Institute of Education organized a webinar on“21st Century Skills & Human Teacher”. The event wasgraced by Mr. Ved Kumar Mishra, Principal, DPS,Bareilly, as speaker. He talked about the shift in theteaching-learning process from instructional toexperiential learning, project based and hands-onlearning. Elaborating upon 21st century skills, heexplained the three branches namely Learning Skills,Life Skills & Literacy Skills.

Focus on developing 21st century skill in teachers

CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 21st Century Skills for Teachers

He stressed upon the KASH Approach (Knowledge, Attitudes,Skills and Habits),which every teachermust develop foreffectiveness. He concluded byemphasising the needto become a human

like social, political andcultural. He opined thataccording to Sri Aurobindo -

Creative ways to connect with learners CONNECTING THROUGH CREATIVITY

Teachers spend more time with students than their parents,hence teachers must be extra careful towards what they say anddo around students as these things have great impact on thelearners. Ms. Gayatri conducted many activities to demonstratedifferent types of creative activities which could be implementedin classroom.

teacher rather than mechanical . A human teacher withher brain and her heart is more effective than anycomputer teaching students. Values such ascompassion, understanding , empathy, commitment,dedication, love, and sympathy sets her apart fromothers. He believes that every teacher should aspire tobe an enabler rather than limiting herself to being aninvolver or explainer.

They will inculcate skills instudents such as criticalthinking, creativity, attentionobservation, focus, etc.

Students of M.Ed. semester 2,Amity Institute of Education,Amity University went for 15days internship at CentralInstitute of EducationalTechnology (CIET), NationalCouncil of Educational Researchand Training (NCERT), NewDelhi.

They had the internship in theblended mode and were exposedto several ICT/ET initiatives atthe national level, Scriptwritingand Storyboarding, Audio-Videoproduction facilities. Audio-Video Editing software’s,licensing, AR/VR contentcreation and stop motionanimation creation of e-contentsfor school education were taughtto them on the basis of whichinnovative and informationalprojects were developed by thestudents.

Thinking Hat

Dr. Mahima Gupta, Associate Professor, Amity Institute ofEducation (AIE) Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, has beeninvolved with different facets of education at different institutesof repute, for the past 34 years. She has received accolades andappreciation at different prestigious platforms and has been anactive member of academia, as a publisher of books, researchpapers for National and International Journals.She has been part of AIE family since 2014, and has given valuabletime in guiding students in varied academic and non-academicactivities.

Digital transformation in the education sector plays amajor role in creating value addition through continuousinnovations. Education in recent times have witnesseddrastic changes and fostered creation of value additionwhich not only creates learning opportunities but alsoaccentuated to growth and has brought forth a model of

4. The totality of student experiencesthat occur in the educational process.- (C,10)

6. A teaching approach to providelearners with the necessary help andguidance overcome their problems-(R,8)

8. Anything that increases theprobability that a response willoccur- (R,13)

9. The Domain which aims todevelop the mental skills - (C,9)

10. Father of Behaviorism- (J,4 W,6)

Applications like Audacity, Openshot video editor, stop motionAnimation and Easely.ly weretaught to them on the basis ofwhich innovative andinformational projects weredeveloped by the students

They later showcased their workand were appreciated by theCIET, NCERT faculties.

Students presented a token ofgratitude on behalf of AmityInstitute of Education to Prof.Amarendra Prasad Behra, JointDirector of CIET, NCERT and allthe faculties for their supportand guidance.

2. The term Language Acquisition Device(LAD) is coined by- (C,7)

3. A scaled down teaching encounter inclass size and time- (M,5 T,8)

5. A scoring guide to evaluate the qualityof students' responses- (R,6)

7. A teacher's daily guide for running aparticular lesson- (L,6 P,4)

INSIGHTS STUDENT INTERNSHIP AT CIET, NCERTFifteen Days Internship Programme of M.Ed. Students at CIET, NCERT

The building blocks of intelligentbehavior- (S,7)

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1. Schemas 2. Chomsky 3. Micro Teaching 4. Curriculum 5. Rubric 6. Remedial 7. Lesson Plan 8. Reinforcement 9. Cognitive 10. John Watson

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sustainability with the aid of technologies. In theNational Education Policy of Government of India(2020),the focus is on the NEW GEN Education whichrequires a composite comprehension and learningthrough digital tools.

In recent time Educationist, have devoted a lot of theirtime and resource in discovering and applyingappropriate methods and techniques. Universitiesacross the globe have geared up to the challenge of thenew reality where digital transformation is not just theneed of the hour but also a requisite for contemporarylearning. Every aspect of education is to beingcomprehended in a holistic fashion through a well-structured and careful deliberation of technology andtools for the 21st century learners. The world ofeducation has evolved and is striving towards providingeducation with the help of technology and digitization ina manner which helps learners become self-efficient andgood in the process of learning itself.

The teachers’ trainees of AIE-Noida are well equippedwith the use of different digital tools integrated for valueaddition. Digital media (part of digital transformation)has decisive impact on student learners, and has yieldedpositive results amongst the students, as learning itselfhas become more democratized and the learners arecenter of their learning. A continuous research anddevelopment in this field will help the teachingcommunity and the students to improve understandingthrough digital media.

The need of the hour is to comprehend the needs of ourlearners and accordingly decipher technologies toenhance their learning experience. It will not only prov-

Value addition in Higher Education

through Digital Transformation

- Dr. Mahima Gupta (Associate Professor, AIE)

The Editorial Team of AIE Spectrum is thankful to Dr. MahimaGupta for sharing her valuable insights on- 'Value addition in

Higher Education through Digital Transformation'.

ide our teacher learners with aplatform to utilize the technologiesto its optimum level but also benefitthe society and the nation as in theprocess the learning becomesnuanced and critical.

Towards the end, I wish all thesuccess to ‘AIE SPECTRUM’ andappreciate the efforts put forth bythe Editing team.

ART HIVEIF ONLY WE WORSHIPPED LOVE

The fragility of hope and the dance of time,transcending into one another;

Heroes of War may not be forgotten,but Heroes of Love must be worshipped;

When the cause is so giving no power can surpass,No truer Deity exists.

The distant memories of mother'stinkling laughter, father's boomingvoice, brother's constant and funnycomplaints on me, resounded in myears; as if a song heard years backwhere the lyrics aren't clear,nonetheless bringing familiarmelodies to the heart.

I turned to my side, the singleexasperating tear flowed across mynose, one eye corner into the other.I woke up from my sleep and blinked,and thought to myself maybe I've notslept at all, or reality was a nightmare.That moment when all three,actuality, dream, and consciousnessmesh together, pulled my body intolazy languidness. And maybe that'swhy the crash stunned me into theever present existential crisis.

Hilariously ironic, how even then Iwas afraid. My entire family, gone,dead. Yet here I was, in anunderground half done bunker, withprobably a million people.

"Once upon a time, there was a littlegirl who was scared of the giant solarflares burning Earth. But do you knowwhat happened then?" A woman inher early 20's asked the child sittingbeside her.

"What happened?" The innocentasked."Well, everything got betterobviously! The sun went back tonormal, the Earth never had bignuclear wars, climate change nevereven happened!" The womananswered.

Another voice from my left started,"Nonsense fairy tales will be the deathof us all. They should be praying likeus instead of wasting their time. Sinshave put us here in the first place!"Being a cynical agnostic, I knew fairytales and faith can work for theinnocents and the believers, however,not for me. I was thankful, I wouldn'tadd on to the ongoing brawls alreadytaking place in the bunker before allof us ended up being ashes anyway. Another crash! The entire bunkervibrated, screams rang, raised thehairs on my neck. This time wasdifferent, I just knew.

"Fire!", someone shouted. The bunkerwasn't holding anymore.A fleeting moment of joy sweptthrough me. Madness, you'd say.There I stood smiling, rememberingvisions of my short life. I was young,hopeful, searching for love. Andapparently dead in a few minutes.Father's unconditional safety,mother's selfless care, little brother'snever ending trust. Whom I'd failed,not being present in their time. Evenso I shall forever be grateful that Icould live a moment of life with themat all. For this is the end. End of life,for each one on this planet, Earth.

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Even though we are going throughsuch tough and challenging times,little moments like this light up ourworld. The amount of peace, joy andlove these little creatures bring to ourlives is inexplicable.

-RAJASI MUKHERJEE(Sem- II, B.Ed)

I like to create digital art that depictsthe simple joys of living, especiallybeing around nature. I wish toexpress that happiness comes fromwithin.

Drawing patterns possess healingqualities for one's heart and soul . Itrenews and reaffirms a person's beliefin 'self'.

MUSKAN BALDODIA(Sem- II, B.Ed)

My painting isan illustrationof a girldreamingabout herdesires whichare nothappening inher life, andshe nevershares themwith anyone.So, she paintswhenever shethinks about it.Paintingmakes her feelcalm.

-SYED HUMERA(Sem- II, B.Ed)

-RAJASI MUKHERJEE(Sem- II, B.Ed)

The trip to Gir Forest, Gujarat was abreathtaking experience of wildlifethrough a city dweller’s gaze.

-RAJASI MUKHERJEE(Sem- II, B.Ed)

SURABHI MATHUR(Sem- II, B.Ed)

PALLAVI SHUKLA(Sem- II, B.Ed)

Patron: Vice Chancel lor- Prof (Dr.) BALVINDER SHUKLA | Editorial Team: Chief Editor- Prof. (Dr.) ALKA MUDDGAL, Faculty - Ms.DEEPTI MADHURA | Student Editors: SAMIKHYA OJHA (B.Ed), SNEHA (B.Ed), SRISHTI JOSHI (B.Ed), SRISTHI (B.Ed), T SHRUTHI (B.Ed)