“You can’t even imagine how excited my students get when they hear the name ‘WorldView’. Their parents are constantly asking me with joy, ‘What have you done to make the children explore the platform all day at home?'” shares Karine Asatryan, a history and social studies teacher at Yerevan’s Misak Metsarents Basic School No. 146.

Teacher Asatryan is deeply connected to WorldView through various “threads”: three quarterly trainings, a regional seminar, training sessions for Yerevan teachers, participation in and winning of the “Smart Displays for WorldView Schools 2024” competition with her students…

Karine Asatryan enthusiastically mentions that she will do everything to ensure continued cooperation with our team. And yes, although she teaches at a school in Yerevan, she did not miss the opportunity to participate in a regional seminar. Upon learning that the Visual Armenia team was preparing to meet with teachers in the Kotayk region, she visited her relative in the region and from there attended the colleagues’ training.

About a year ago, after living in the Russian Federation for around 10 years, Karine Asatryan relocated to Armenia and started teaching. Even there, she stayed active; her love for teaching took over. She established a patriotic club and taught Armenian language and history to the children of the Armenian community.

“I can only imagine how much the children would have loved learning history if the WorldView platform had been available then,” says the teacher, who also seizes every opportunity to share information about the platform with her colleagues working abroad.

She now enjoys the enthusiasm of her current students, thanks to which their team earned a smart display. This achievement will enable them to conduct more enriched and innovative classes in the upcoming academic year.

“When we learned about the announced competition, we thought: if we win, we would have a smart display; if not, we would gain experience and valuable knowledge that would benefit the students.”

The project team was not alone in their efforts; the other students and teachers of the school also supported them throughout the process. The result didn’t take much waiting.

“It was a very team-based effort with a collaborative atmosphere. Although I guided the students, they developed the idea that working together yields results.”

Our interlocutor points out that WorldView supports teachers in several ways: a platform filled with multifaceted materials, an inexhaustible source of didactic materials, skills for working with the tool, reliable resources, numerous new and interesting teaching methods, and opportunities for creating interdisciplinary connections…

“I hope that soon not only the teachers and students of Armenia but also those of the diaspora will have the opportunity to get trained and work with the platform,” says Karine Asatryan.