dus ka dum
TRANSCRIPT
Dus ka Dum
Because we grow a little, everyday
Why GGIS started with it
• As teachers we ended up discussing only about our classes
• Professional Development days were few and again aimed at getting better at classroom
• But our teachers had to grow as individuals to be better teachers
• We had to be better at dinner conversations
• And so we started with Dus ka Dum
What is Dus ka Dum (DkD)
• It is 10 minutes of our time everyday that we spend on learning something new or just exploring a different avenue
• Yup! Just that. 10 minutes of newness
• A few things we have tried….
Origami: Making windmills
• This was our first DkD. • We had no idea why we were all
getting together• But the time limit of 10 minutes put
us to a frantic learning pace• More than the windmill, we learnt
how to read origami instructions• And surprisingly, the so called art
and craft teachers took much longer than others!
Playing football
• It was the football world cup time• And we ladies didn’t know a word
about it!• But after those 10 minutes we could
go home and brag to our hubbies about a few world cup facts
Learning to code
• Coding! Oh not happening. It is for the geeks
• But we tried it and it was nothing but just thinking.
• We loved it and 10 minutes were a tad too less
• Eeeehawwww was the sound that reverberated all through the room everytime we crossed a level
And many more things we tried…
• Heard Parvati Baol’s music• Understood what Kickstarter is• Found out that people are making a
3D make-up printers!• Shared jokes and riddles• Spoke of one conflict we face in our
life
But …only one person?
• So far it was mostly Minal heading DkD
• But there is only a little one person can do
• So we started involving others to share their skills
• And so we had…..
Quick and easy hair-dos by Roopali Ma’am
• Roopali Ma’am is a jack of many trades.
• And her past experience of working as a make-up artist is something we wanted to benefit from
• She gladly shared some easy-peasy techniques of hair-dos that don’t require a lot to do
Learning Spanish from YelizaOla!
• Yeliza is a Colombian who is trying hard to learn Hindi
• And when she volunteered to share some of her Spanish lessons, we went eeehawwwww
• What fun we had speaking in a new language….. Silly but highly exciting
The road ahead...• We know not!• But we have taken a road less traveled
and how proud we are• It may last a month or a term or
forever, it does not matter• We shared our learning. We enjoyed
what did
One key lesson learnt
• Nothing, just nothing beats the high adrenaline we get out of learning a new thing.
Thank You If you would like to know more about us, you can visit us at,
GEMS Genesis International School Near Vaishodevi Circle SP Ring Road Ahmedabad- 382421
0r call us at 09274022333/444 www.theggis.com