A panel of IB teachers respond to the second surge in South Asia

In this episode we talk to a panel of past guests of the podcast, all of whom teach in India or Bangladesh. They discussed how they and their communities are coming together in this very challenging time as the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting much of South Asia. You’ll hear that, even in these difficult times, hope for the future is strong and they are finding ways to support their learners and celebrate the teachers, students and communities working together to help each other.

Our guests, in order of appearance, were: Monika Kala, Vandana Parashar, Rezuan Chowdry, Humera Riyaz, Bhavna Mathew and Manisha Rana.

Links:

• Resources 
• (4) Till We Meet Again, A children's book about death and grieving - YouTube  (‘How to deal with grief’)-Manisha Rana
• 25 Children's Books That Explain Death And Grief To Kids | HuffPost Life -Manisha Rana
• https://www.acseusa.org/journal/index.php/aijbms/article/view/248/245 - (Research paper: Impact of COVID on Online Teaching Platform: Study on IB Curriculum in Bangladesh)
• https://www.acseusa.org/journal/index.php/aijelr/article/view/292 - (Research Paper: Impact of E -Learning in education sector: Challenges and Prospects of collaboration in remote learning)
• https://wke.lt/w/s/xBWdPM - Bhavna Mathew (Online resources- Mindfulness Chants , Brain Break ideas, Interesting Online tools for virtual lessons , Virtual tours)
• https://wke.lt/w/s/2K0BJ3 - Blogs for teachers 
• https://wke.lt/w/s/_wskyy - A book recommendation for teachers 
• https://wke.lt/w/s/yk-ukP - Kindness Project 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlUxXexjhYI : Invisible strings- connecting with people you love even if they are not around: Vandana Parasher (Vandana - I love this story )

Contact information for our guests:

Monika Kala 
IB PYP Coordinator, Genesis Global school

• Twitter: @MonikaKala7
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monika-kala-45b32b51/
• Email: coordinator.pyp@genesisgs.edu.in, monikakala@gmail.com
• Latest workshop on Tools and strategies to make learning visible will be available on IB Educators chat  site.

Rezuan Chowdhury: IB PYP Educator 

• Twitter: @Rez31447712
• Email: rez.akmis2020@gmail.com
• Linkedin: Rez Chowdhury (http://linkedin.com/in/rez-chowdhury-0147871ab)

Manisha Rana 
Grade Level Coordinator and home room teacher

• Twitter: @manisharana244
• LinkedIn:

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