18th September 2021

The ‘Making thinking visible through sketchnoting’ workshop was held on 18th September 2021 at 9:30 am for the academic year 2020-2021 and was organized by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Giselle D’souza. The workshop was hosted online on Zoom and was conducted by Ms. Kirtida Kale Swami who is also an alumini of our college. She has currently moved to Horizon Japan International school and is flying high in her teaching career.

The session commenced with a few words of welcome by our Principal Dr. Sister Tanuja Waghmare and a Welcome Address by Dr. Giselle D’souza. Then our classmate Ms. Bianca Rodrigues introduced our resource person Ms. Kirtida Kale Swami. From here on Ms. Kirtida took over and began with giving us a tour of her beautiful school in Japan. Ms Kirtida taught us that learning can be fun too.

Through apps like Padlet and Mentimeter she explained the concept of sketchnoting to us so beautifully. We then joined the breakout rooms assigned to us and discussed our views on how Sketchnoting helps to develop different skills in learners. It was indeed an enriching learning experience.

Ms. Kirtida showed us some lovely sketchnotes that were made by her students. It gave us an idea on how to create sketchnotes. She then started to design her sketchnote on the topic ‘Lessons learnt from the lockdown’ along with us. At the end all of us put up our work on the screen for a picture. Then Dr. Giselle D’souza spoke a few words in appreciation of Ms. Kirtida Kale Swami followed by which two of our classmates Ms. Sweven Rebello and Ms. Srishti Nangalia gave their views regarding the session. The session finally came to an end with a formal vote of thanks given by Ms. Pearl Rozario.

Ms. Kirtida taught us that art can speak things that cannot be said by words. Through her creativity Ms. Kirtida helps others to evoke and validate their emotions. The session conducted was so much fun and very interactive. Ma’am helped us get our imagination and ideas out in a creative way and had a very lively and motivating nature throughout the session which inspired us even more.