Here are the tables of our last project "Convivencia y ayuda entre iguales":
And the prezi:
The four magic teachers
lunes, 5 de mayo de 2014
Tables and prezi
Sorry for uploading most of the posts together and late, I had problems with time, and Internet (sometimes gets really crazy and too diffcult; I made some drafts without wanting it...).
Here are the tables of our last project "Convivencia y ayuda entre iguales":
Here are the tables of our last project "Convivencia y ayuda entre iguales":
“Cromosoma 5”
The film was focused on the rare syndrome ‘Cri
du chat’ (cat cry in French), named like that because crying looks like a meow
of a cat. An early kid, Andrea, had problems since she was born (not to talk much,
weird crying, can´t express herself splendidly, not to sit down properly) she
had slanted features.
The syndrome was provoked because of missing a
part of chromosome 5. It was a really hard situation for parents; they feel unready
to deal with it. By the way, they did their best to make her to learn and live
well.
Three days per week Andrea went to a
special school. She had friends who accept her despite her syndrome and who
have a method to communicate with her by cryptograms, treating her in a normal
way. Andrea’s sister took to understand her, but finally they played together
without any problem.
Nobody is prepared or not to these
situations, but the attitude is the important clue. Parents have to assent this
and struggle to give the greatest to the kid. Some parents get scared of how
other children will treat their child in a normal school, because it influences
in surroundings. But it wasn’t the case of Andrea, she was well-treated. Other
children did suffer bullying. One of the most important responsibilities of a
teacher is to promote respect among students, avoid discrimination or violence,
teaching equality.
It’s vital to make inclusive schools
where children with disabilities can interact and work with more children. There
must be teachers who can help this kind of student, and deal with these
situations. All children have to be/feel part of school community. We have to
work in integration.
We are going to enrich our lives by breathing
new things and watching differences, in variety is the good. Accepting each
other and respecting them we are going to change the world, and make it better.
My ideal school
The first day presented the project three
groups. In our turn we showed our video, what, for me, it was really good. It
was crazy to do it because we spent plenty of time working on it (around 40
hours) and we made an incredible effort, putting our brains and our technology
into the limit; but I think we learnt a lot. For example I would highlight how
we acted as a team; I think that was one of the best learnings of making this
video. Be critical, listen to others, want to do our best are some examples of
our learning and our attitude in this project.
By the way, we also learnt which classes’
disposition it’s better, how to apply or work with the RESPECT as the main learning, how to adapt schools to people
with disabilities… At least we get our own idea of an ideal school, what I
think it’s very important. It makes us to think how to change education.
HERE IS OUR VIDEO (with voice and without it
too for Yolanda, in Youtube or Drobox just in case. There’s a file with other
format to upload it faster.):
“Encendiendo Bombillas” showed their video too.
It was longer than the supposed limit, but it wasn’t bored, it was dynamic. They
did some interviews in different schools. They started with one in Azuqueca,
where answers of teachers and head teacher demonstrate that they try to have a
system in which children help other children, but only “the more needed of
help”, and not to everyone. That’s not good enough, every kid needs a bit of
help.
Relating to technology they used it but not in
good way, that is to say, they read books there, so is the same as not using
it. And in cooperative learning they only did some activities in pairs or
three-group, so they didn’t practice it.
The second school was a private one placed in Alcalá;
this group used the same methodology. This school was better but it did wrong
things too. In the individual education, teachers followed kids who needed more
help, so it was in the same case as the previous school. In that school they
linked the subjects’ content with daily life examples; and they focus a lot on
languages and cooperative learning.
But it also existed other teachers that didn’t
use technology and they used the individual disposition of classes or had
different relationships among pupils. This video was finished with an
explanation about how their ideal school was, but it was by showing personal
thinking and with interviews to education workers.
The ideal school was based on many rooms for
the different necessities of subjects, use a lot of technologies but in the
good way and, of course, by respecting and accepting everyone, and making
children learn by cooperative working.
“Minions” presented a great video, funny and
original. Performing real “Gru” film they create an inclusive school changing
the internal organization of today schools and talking about all the theory. In
fact, it was too much theory to follow at the same time the guide and the
video, but it was entertaining.
Main ideas were integration and inclusion for
everyone, communication between teachers and students and also among teachers,
and work with cooperative learning. In this project the school was provided of
proper installations to each activity.
At the first time the proposal wasn’t accepted
but as children are the main characters in schools, it changes into a
satisfying organization and structure referred to kid’s necessities.
Second day of this project presented two last
groups. “KIA” performed a TV show but changing the main topic, the result:
“This school is a ruin”. They start with several things schools should change, like
disposition of classes in order to work in groups, installations like wider
corridors or elevators for people with incapacities, or activities with other courses.
After that they established their ideal school.
It was made with “Playmobil” dolls in a very original way, so hardwork was well
reflected. And with pictures we could realized how the school would be. Referred
to external structure they proposed that each subject had a specific room; a complete
gym and swimming pool, library, computers…
This project was attractive and with good
ideas, the only downside the slowly music, which make less dynamic to follow
it.
The last group, LASH, made the project by images
and meetings with some teachers. They did a drawing representing plenty of
rooms they would like to have in their ideal school (for music, library,
computers, laboratory…). They showed us some teachers’ views in which they
talked about being like society out of school, with technology; and acting in
community.
It was a good project, better than the previous
one, so they learn, and it was entertaining.
Cooperative learning: Project reflection
This project was a really interesting one. We
realized the importance of cooperative learning, working in group, and know how
to influence in that sense. We learn how a group is inside. We have different
roles and responsibilities. We have to plan our project in order to improve
timelessness and our new projects, we have to have aims. One important thing is
that we used different techniques, so we learn how to act as teachers and how
to distribute tables.
We get deeper in each presentation, so by
repeating and talking about them in class we learn a lot. We established our
base concepts of teaching, as well as realized what is not good to teach,
definitely, most of our education methods when we were younger. One of the best
learnings we have gotten is the evaluation, in which each kid has to have at
least a “good” mark because of effort, and not a “bad” one. Another one is the
feelings we make them to feel at the time of playing one versus other. That’s
why because we give prizes only to the “winner” and not different prizes in
order to make every kid feel happy or successful.
Cooperative learning: Fifth day (Presentations of 25/02/2014)
Fifth day of expositions. It was the turn of
Gizem, as she arrived late; she did it by her own. She did a great job, but it
was more difficult. It was the perfect example of “It’s better to share ideas
with someone”, so this project made sense, and we experimented and realized the
importance of cooperative learning.
The structure of the presentation was: Index –
“team plan” (individual, with her aims but without microtasks, neither the time
spent) – Didactic unit – bibliography.
The didactic unit consisted on History subject.
It was directed to 5th of Primary. There were three sessions. First
session consisted on a theoretical class ended with a video to get clearer the
ideas and the content. Using a video is a great resource, and children use to
like this kind of activities, we only have to focus on the amenity of it but,
in a beginning, it’s better than a teacher’s explanation; at least, in a
theoretical lesson.
Second session was in base teams which each kid
had a topic of the content to explain after that, in experts’ teams, to the
rest of the group. It was, as many of us used, by Jigsaw technique so children
learn by working in groups.
The second part of this session was an
excursion to a museum, where children would analyze and observe to artworks for
a next activity. I think it’s better to draw them because of museum’s
permission. They would have to be in groups or teams, but in a museum it’s
better to be a couple or a three-people group, so that they participate and
they would really be part of the activity.
The final session consisted on, by base teams,
talk about their museum experience and do a mural with their pictures or
drawings.
The final prizes were different in order to
give one to every group. They were “most cooperative group”, “most original”…
That was perfect, but, I would change the prizes by agreeing with pupils what
they consider a prize or not.
To conclude the exposition Gizem showed us the
self-evaluation, which was good, because “bad” result wasn’t contemplated. That
is because if children make an effort, the project will be minimum good.
It was a really good presentation; it could be
better by being a group, but being only one, it was quite good. She had to work
a lot to do it.
Cooperative learning: Fourth day (Presentations of 20/02/2014)
Fourth day of presentations. The group that
exposed today was LASH. The theme of the project was the food and the different
types of alimentation that exist. The structure of the work was: index - team
plan time with all the groupal aims – didactic unit.
The main objective was to talk better in public
in English. That’s not my case, but I can understand it. The aim in which I
have to focus, I think is to organize myself in order to do everything with
more calm.
The didactic unit was directed to first course
of Primary. It consisted on 5 sessions. In the first one, by using jigsaw
technique, the divided the class in base teams in order to deal the content of
the diets. The second session of the sequence was an interesting one, because
they would go to computer classroom to search for more data. With this activity
children would learn how to search information, best websites to use, and they
would practice critical thinking. As technology is increasing its use in our
daily life, we have to use it in the school, so the children will learn how to
act in our society.
The third session was another interesting
activity: create a mural of knowledge acquired. With this activity they
socialize because of the groupal working time and they train creativity. The
fourth lesson consisted on children becoming teachers by base teams, explaining
all the content they have learned.
To conclude the sequence they propose a game by
Team Games Tournaments technique, what is great, because children learn by
playing. The problem was that they did it in the wrong way, so that the prizes
were for kids that answer, and that means a competition and of course, winners
and losers. To solve this problem, we, as teachers, have to establish different
prizes, so that everyone wins something. Prizes can be to the most participative
team, to the most original, to the most cooperative, respectful…
They planned self-assessment and co-assessment
with good intentions but by doing difficult questions for children which could
be improved by expressing theirselves in an easier form. By the way, the
assessment was good in the sense of qualifications, because a work is not considered
to be “bad” so that motivates every kid.
In conclusion, it was good work, really
improved respecting to the first tried. They didn’t use too much technology,
but it was interesting and they worked the most important thing, cooperative
learning.
lunes, 31 de marzo de 2014
Reflection of Cromosoma 5
The Crosoma 5
is a documentary about a premature child, Andrea, who is special. After a lot of time researching about what
happen with Andrea, the doctor finally said that she has a Lejeune syndrome or
also called cri du chat. This mean that the cromosoma 5 is not totally
complete.
How Andrea’s
mother said, is difficult to understand how a minuscule absence of part of
cromosoma 5 can affect in this way. How can change person skills so
drastically preventing communicate as
other children, or do normal things or even express by herself.
I admire the
strong with the family fight against this, they fight for Andrea’s happiness,
she can train and have a good future. Other thing who I loved was the
relationship between Andrea and her little sister, is incredible how can
beneficiate children to other children because without she, although their
parents fight so much how they do, Andrea’s situation probably would be worst. Her sister do the situation
more normal as possible and allow to Andrea live little details of normal life.
This is the charming of the children I suppose. They act in a so natural way
that always transmit good energy. For example when some children are
interviewee they way in which talk about Andrea is so innocent and loving. I understand
that having a special child must be so hard and maybe you live the worst
moments of your life, but also every little step is seen as a big victory, and
gift you the best moments that someone imagine.
A deep part of
me wish live a situation as this, obviously no with my future children, because
in this type of situation is hard for the parents not only for all sacrifices
what they have to do, also the worried
about your children’s future, if they will can marry with someone, have a
family... But I would like live the
fights and happiness that this bring with it
because I think that you will live a lot of types of happiness and
sadness along of your life but something
like that is totally different to all of them. I know that maybe this not have
sense but it’s true, in part I would like know how is live that.
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