Chiang Rai News
Thai Teachers Allowing Students to Learn by Doing
Kanjana Aksorndit, who teaches at Thoengwittayakhom School in Chiang Rai, said she encouraged her students to choose a subject that interested them and conduct a study on it. She said the response from students was terrific
CHIANG RAI – Since the Samsung Smart Learning Centre has come to some schools some teachers have been changing the way they teach through their participation in project-based learning and its advanced versions.
Just like Sanya, Renumas came to share her experience with fellow teachers at a recent forum. The event took place as part of the Samsung Smart Learning Centre initiative.
Their secondary schools participate in the initiative, which offers IT facilities, training and financial support for better educational opportunities for children.
Renumas, who has taught computer and independent study, said that when IT devices were available for students their confidence grew.
She said most students at Ban Khek Noi School were from the Hmong hill tribe, and because their Thai pronunciation was not perfect they were rather shy and lacked confidence when communicating with others.
But since the Samsung Smart Learning Centre initiative had come to the school, she has seen changes for the better in the |children.
“Their confidence has grown. It’s because they have recognised their value and their potential. The new learning process has engaged them and let them know that they can be in charge,” she said.
Coached by teachers, students are encouraged to look around their community, identify problems, and propose solutions.
“In the process, I have transformed myself too. I stopped trying to dictate to my students. I have been supervising their work without disrupting or upsetting their learning,” she said.
“I’ve let them think and act. I have learnt to give my students opportunities to learn by doing. If they don’t do their work right, let it be so, so they can learn from their mistakes.”
Renumas said some teachers might get worried about letting Mathayom 1 students develop a project to solve a community problem on their own.
“But the bottom line is that we have to admit that learning the process to gain knowledge is more important than getting a ready answer from teachers,” she explained.
Kanjana Aksorndit, who teaches at Thoengwittayakhom School in Chiang Rai, said she encouraged her students to choose a subject that interested them and conduct a study on it. She said the response from students was terrific.
“I don’t have to force them to seek knowledge. It’s they who came to me and suggested that they want to find out about this and that issue,” she said.
It was a process that resulted in the students learning multiple skills, she said, adding that when students ran into obstacles they brainstormed and tried to solve the problems together.
“At my school, we have encouraged the older students who have already gone past this stage to serve as mentors and coaches too,” Kanjana discloses.
Wichien Kleebjong, a teacher at Prommanusorn School in Phetchaburi said that using the project-based learning approach allowed her to prepare a real-life learning environment for her students.
“Such an approach makes it fun for children to learn and teachers are so happy with their job,” she said.
“I have turned classrooms into spaces where my students and I live together. I’ve come to the class to learn with them,” said Sanya Makarin, who works at the Ban Non Chai Municipal School in Khon Kaen.
He believes this fresh approach has added dynamic to his students’ and his learning. Together, they have developed ties and learnt about various things from academic subjects to social issues.
For example, his students have tackled the garbage problem in their hometown and their collective voice was powerful enough to prompt the authorities to step in.
“And with the students’ initiative, a public forum was even held to explore possible solutions,” the teacher said proudly.
Renumas Pakdeeto, a teacher at Ban Khek Noi School in Phetchabun, was also proud to talk about how she has stopped being the only one who talked in class and tried to spoon-feed knowledge and her viewpoint to students.
By Chularat Saengpassa
Police in Wiang Kaen District of Chiang Rai Province have arrested a 50 year old man after the threatened to rape a 20 year-old woman and the proceeded to murder her 2 and half month old baby.
Police with doctors from Wiang Kaen Hospital and the Chao Luang Wiang Kaen Welfare Association were summoned to the scene of the incident to a 2-story cement house, Village No. 2, Tha Kham Subdistrict, Wiang Kaen District of Chiang Rai
On arrival they found Ms. Chanikarn, age 20, in a state of distress crying uncontrollably beside her 2 and a half month baby girl (Linlada) that was dead on the floor.
After calming Ms. Chanikarn, the child’s mother, said that at approximately 2:30 p.m she was out to collect diapers that had been dried in front of the house, while her 2 and a half month old daughter was sleep on the ground floor of the house.
She said she was suddenly approached by a Mr. Lee, about 40 years old, who lived on the opposite side of the road. He came towards her and grabbed her arm and threatened her saying if she didn’t sleeping with him he will go and kill his daughter.
Miss Chanikan refused and ran away, then Mr. Lee then walked into the house and grabbed Ms. Linlada’s leg, smashing the child’s head against the cement floor of the house. The infant died immediately.
Mr. Lee then just walked away and returned to his own home, leaving Miss Chanikan and her dead baby.
When police went to Mr. Lee’s home he immediately confessed killing the infant and was taken to Wiang Kaen Police Station for further questioning. Under caution he told police that he was sexually attracted to Miss Chanikan‘s and when her husband leave for work he took the opportunity to approach her.
He said when he saw her husband leave he crossed that road and found Miss Chanikan in the yard alone, he then threatened her to sleep with him, saying he would kill her child if she didn’t have sex with him. However when she refused he flew into a fit of rage walked into her home and murdered he baby. He said he was out of control with rage.
After killing the infant he walk across the street to his home and waited for the police to arrive. The police have charged him with premeditated murder and attempted rape. He is being held without bail at the local remand center.
Meanwhile, Miss Chanikan and her family were preparing a religious burial ceremony for the child.
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CHIANG RAI: Prime Minister Settha Thavisin has authorized the establishment of an emergency cyber center operated by the Royal Thai Police to combat transnational crimes committed by call center gangs along the Thai border in Chiang Rai province.
On July 19, Prime Minister Settha Thavisin directed the Center to combat information technology crimes. The Royal Thai Police (Royal Thai Police) will crack down on call center gangs in Myanmar, Laos, and along the border.
His directive comes as call center gangs ratchet up their scams to defraud people of their money, causing concern among Thais and jeopardizing the country’s economic and social stability.
Pol. Gen. Kittirat Panphet, Deputy Commander and Director of the Police Crime Suppression Division, Assigned Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai Pitanilabut, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Police/Deputy Director of the Police Crime Suppression Division, has launched the operation ‘Bombing the Thieves’ Bridge’ in collaboration with the CAT Office, G., mobile phone network operators AIS DTAC TRUE NT, and local security agencies to cut the mobile phone signal and WiFi internet that criminals illegally use to deceive Thai citizens.
Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai stated that they will begin pressing the first action of the ‘Explosion of Thieves’ Bridge’ in Chiang Rai Province toward the thieves’ base of operations in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone.
The territory surrounding King Roman in Laos. King Roman is now a full-service entertainment destination with an airport that welcomes travelers from Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar, he explained.
According to Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai, this operation will have no influence on honest people along the Thai border, and it will only target cyber criminals.
They will also increase the arrest and prosecution of unlawful service towers, such as SIM booths, which allow gangs register SIM cards to swindle the people. Dealing with criminal organizations of foreigners and Thais who band together to deceive and damage Thais.
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) suspended more than three million SIM cards on July 16 because the holders had not verified their identities with their mobile phone operators by the deadline, in accordance with the NBTC’s measures to combat alleged fraudsters’ mule accounts.
The names of the holders of 80 million mobile phone numbers used for mobile banking transactions did not match the names associated with the mobile banking accounts.
The NBTC would require mobile phone companies to authenticate SIM card holders and the names of their mobile banking accounts. The verification procedure is expected to be completed by the end of September this year.
In addition, the NBTC and Royal Thai Police have collaborated to combat illegal telecom towers throughout the country’s borders, disconnecting signals at 465 places, altering antenna direction at 470 towers, and dismantling antennas at 179 locations.
They are certain that the move will disrupt contact center gangs and other types of technology-based crime.
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Machete Wielding Man Shot an Killed by Police in Chiang Rai
https://www.chiangraitimes.com/chiangrai-news/machete-wielding-man-shot-an-killed-by-police-in-chiang-rai/
Police in Mae Chan, Chiang Rai, shot and killed a 28-year-old man who allegedly attacked a police officer with a machete. The officer was slashed in the right leg with the machete.
According to police, the culprit, known only as Mr. Toon, had been harassing local villagers in Mae Chan district, Chiang Rai, threatening them with a knife and using violet insults.
The village headman arrived on the scene to try to calm Mr. Toon, but he was shouting hysterically and taking swipes at him with the machete, so he contacted the police.
When the responding officer arrived at the site about 9 p.m., he attempted to calm the man, but he instead assaulted the officer, slashing his right leg with the machete. In self-defense, the cop had to fire his gun at Mr. Toon, striking him in the chest.
Mr. Toon and the policeman were taken to Mae Chan Hospital, where Mr. Toon died of a gunshot wound. Pol Sgt. Sutthikiat Phanomphraisakul was released from the hospital after receiving numerous stitches for his injuries.
Local police received a tip around 9.30 p.m. yesterday that a guy was causing mayhem in the village. When authorities arrived, they discovered 28-year-old Toon strolling along a public road, holding a large knife and threatening people. Mae Chan district officials attempted to contain the incident.
During a search of Mr. Toon’s home, authorities discovered methamphetamine consumption equipment. Locals told authorities that the man was addicted to Yaba (Methamphetamine) and an alcoholic.
The authorities are conducting an inquiry to determine Toon’s motivations and whether any underlying issues contributed to his violent outburst.
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