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| From Black Board to Smart Board: A Teacher’s Journey Through Changing Times | | The classroom changed, the technology changed, but the purpose of teaching remained the same. | | Prof. (Dr.) Parshant Bakshi Head, Division of Fruit Science, SKUAST-Jammu | 9/4/2026 9:36:47 PM |
| | I still remember the classrooms where I began my journey as a teacher with a blackboard, a piece of chalk and a group of curious students sitting before me. There was no smart board, no YouTube, no digital classroom and no Artificial Intelligence. The teacher, the textbook and the blackboard were the principal tools of learning. More than two decades later, the classroom looks completely different.
Today, a lesson can travel from a university campus to a student’s home through a mobile phone. A diagram that once took several minutes to draw on a blackboard can be displayed instantly. A lecture can be recorded, revisited and shared with learners far beyond the physical classroom. Having spe | |
| | | | Chalk Dust to Artificial Intelligence: What Will Teachers’ Day Mean in 2035? | | | Dr. Reyaz Ahmad | 9/4/2026 9:36:28 PM |
| | The classrooms may become intelligent, immersive and borderless—but the future of education will still depend on something no machine can manufacture: the human influence of a good teacher.
Imagine the morning of September 5, 2035.
The school bell may no longer be the metallic sound that generations of students remember. A classroom may not even be defined by four walls, rows of desks and a blackboard. Some students may enter lessons through immersive digital environments. Artificial intelligence may prepare exercises according to individual learning levels. Former students living thousands of kilometres away may join a Teachers’ Day celebration virtually and stand, at least digitally, be | |
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