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Friday, 26 May 2017
Thursday, 25 May 2017
Second super learning mission!
Hello Imagination Engineers!
Firstly, I have thought carefully how to transform it into a learning mission. Super learning missions are learner-centred. The teacher must act as a facilitator while the learners are occupied in meaningful tasks. Besides, I need to create opportunities for meaningful learning. So, the idea that comes to my mind is that the students will be historical researchers who are in charge of the creation of a comic book. They will have to research on the Internet about one equestrian statue in pairs. After, the investigation they will create a comic strip which illustrates the story behind the creation of the equestrian statue. Putting together all the comic strips the students will make a comic book. In this super learning mission the students will use the following tools: Google Goggles, Google Documents, Comic Strip It! and Emaze.
Now, I am going to explain, step by step, the instructions that the students have to follow to complete the super learning mission:
Historical Researchers de Elena Bermúdez
Then, the objectives that the students will achieve with this learning mission are:
- To understand the complex process behind the creation of an equestrian statue.
- To create a comic strip.
- To produce quality output in both language and content, as a result of an active and cooperative learning process.
- To increase their proficiency in the use of some applications and tools.
Here, you can also read the competences that will work:
- Digital Skills
- Learning to learn
- Communication Skills
- Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship.
- Cultural awareness and expression.
Now, let me show you the example for my students:
Let me finish my post by reflecting on the knowledge and the experience that I have acquired as well as the process of learning.
I must say that I am really satisfied with the final result of this learning mission. It took me a lot of time to think how to turn the simple and dull activity into a motivating and meaningful learning experience which encourages learner autonomy. But, the effort is worthwhile.
Regarding to the use of digital tools, it was necessary to find the most appropriate tool for each part of the mission because I want to use free applications that were compliant with Android. During my internship periods in different schools, I noticed that schools have some tablets. They explained to me that it is cheaper than buying new computers. We need to be practical and realistic when we create learning missions because we need to have the necessary devices.
Finally, let me say that the benefits of collaborating with other teachers or collaborative movements are clear. We can take advantage of the possibilities that new technologies offer us and ,in this way, learn from others' work. Sharing your work online is a big step to improve education. We can create a bank of resources together. I totally recommend you to join to any collaborative movement.
In
this post I am going to turn another flat activity into a super learning mission. On this occasion, the activity chosen to be turned into a super learning mission is the following: "After teacher's explanation, write a summary that explains the story behind the creation of the equestrian statue". It is clear that this activity is not meaningful or active. Furthermore, the activity is not interesting, enjoyable or motivating. In addition, the focus is not the student, it is the teacher who is talking all the time, consequently, communication does not take place. For all these reasons, it is necessary to modify the activity.
Firstly, I have thought carefully how to transform it into a learning mission. Super learning missions are learner-centred. The teacher must act as a facilitator while the learners are occupied in meaningful tasks. Besides, I need to create opportunities for meaningful learning. So, the idea that comes to my mind is that the students will be historical researchers who are in charge of the creation of a comic book. They will have to research on the Internet about one equestrian statue in pairs. After, the investigation they will create a comic strip which illustrates the story behind the creation of the equestrian statue. Putting together all the comic strips the students will make a comic book. In this super learning mission the students will use the following tools: Google Goggles, Google Documents, Comic Strip It! and Emaze.
Now, I am going to explain, step by step, the instructions that the students have to follow to complete the super learning mission:
Historical Researchers de Elena Bermúdez
Then, the objectives that the students will achieve with this learning mission are:
- To understand the complex process behind the creation of an equestrian statue.
- To create a comic strip.
- To produce quality output in both language and content, as a result of an active and cooperative learning process.
- To increase their proficiency in the use of some applications and tools.
Here, you can also read the competences that will work:
- Digital Skills
- Learning to learn
- Communication Skills
- Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship.
- Cultural awareness and expression.
Now, let me show you the example for my students:
Author's own
On this occasion I have decided to collaborate with The ESL Times because like them we share the same goals as promoting collaborative work, team work and autonomous work, using ICT in the teaching-learning process, working language skills such as reading, speaking and writing. Besides, we want to encourage reading in English. In this case with the creation of a comic book children are going to read in English at the same time that they learn about History and Art.Let me finish my post by reflecting on the knowledge and the experience that I have acquired as well as the process of learning.
I must say that I am really satisfied with the final result of this learning mission. It took me a lot of time to think how to turn the simple and dull activity into a motivating and meaningful learning experience which encourages learner autonomy. But, the effort is worthwhile.
Regarding to the use of digital tools, it was necessary to find the most appropriate tool for each part of the mission because I want to use free applications that were compliant with Android. During my internship periods in different schools, I noticed that schools have some tablets. They explained to me that it is cheaper than buying new computers. We need to be practical and realistic when we create learning missions because we need to have the necessary devices.
Finally, let me say that the benefits of collaborating with other teachers or collaborative movements are clear. We can take advantage of the possibilities that new technologies offer us and ,in this way, learn from others' work. Sharing your work online is a big step to improve education. We can create a bank of resources together. I totally recommend you to join to any collaborative movement.
First super learning mission!
Hello Imagination Engineers!
In
this post I am going to turn a flat activity into a super learning mission. On this occasion, the activity chosen to be turned into a learning mission is the following: "Choose one of the equestrian sculptures of this unit. Read the information that appears in the unit and copy the important data about the statue." It is clear that this activity is not meaningful or active. Furthermore, the activity is not interesting, enjoyable or motivating. Moreover, the activity is not appropriately in terms of cognition because it is only focus on Low Other Thinking Skills (LOTS). In addition, there is not originality or creativity display. For all these reasons, it is necessary to modify the activity.
Author's own
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First of all, I have thought carefully how to transform it into a learning mission. Super learning missions have positive elements such as communication, HOTS, culture, scaffolding. Moreover, they are learner-centred, the teachers are available but unobtrusive when monitoring the students. Besides, I need to create opportunities for meaningful learning. So, the idea that comes to my mind is that the students will be artists who are in charge of the creation of a replica. But, as professional artists, first, they will have to search, on the Internet the main information about the equestrian statue in groups. After, the investigation they will create an infographic with the information. Once they are experts in the statue, they will reproduce it incorporating some variations. Because, it is necessary to include your personal mark in each work of art.
In these super learning mission the students will use the following tools: Google Documents, Google Goggles , Bloggler and Piktochart.
Now, I am going to explain step by step the instructions that the students have to follow to complete the super learning mission:
Imagination Artists de Elena Bermúdez
Then, the objectives that the students will achieve with this learning mission:
- To create an inphographic
- To increase their proficiency in the use of some applications and tools.
- To apply specific vocabulary to interpret and describe the different parts and features of equestrian sculptures.
- To value equestrian sculptures as a significant element for historic-artistic heritage.
- To produce quality output in both language and content, as a result of an active and cooperative learning process.
Here, you can also read the competences that will work:
- Digital Skills
- Learning to learn
- Communication Skills
- Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship.
- Cultural awareness and expression.
Finally, let me show you the example for my students:
On this occasion I have decided to collaborate with InfoEDUgrafías because like them I strongly believe in the potential of a good infhographic. I consider that infographics are extremely useful to understand complex information that would be hard to comprehend in a text. The powerful visual language of the infographic combined with its clearness make this artifact beneficial for our students. In this case with the creation of an infographic about an equestrian sculpture, children will learn about History and Art. In addition, as we share our work online other classmates and other people can learn many things about different statues in a few minutes.
Let me finish my post by reflecting on the knowledge that I have acquired as well as the process of learning.
I must say that I am really satisfied with the final result of this learning mission. I have never thought that I was capable of creating learning missions. It is true that I have done hard work in which I needed to plan everything carefully, fortunately, I can say that I am proud of the final result.
Regarding to the use of digital tools, I decided to use tools that can be useful for them in the future. I want to provide them with resources that give them autonomy such as Google Goggles. I am impressed of how just by scanning a picture or taking a picture you can find information about it online. This allows you to learn on your own. Also, I try to make them conscious of the different tools that they can use for free and they are really useful such as Google Documents and Piktochart. Based on my experience in this subject, I know that it is not necessary to spend a lot of time creating a good infographic, poster, diagram or mind map...
Finally, let me say that our students deserve more than activities which are base on reading and copying. I do not believe in learning by heart, I believe in learning by doing because it is the correct way to achieve core learning. We need to work together and share our materials because we can inspire others to follow our model at the same time as we learn from others who decided to do it before.
In these super learning mission the students will use the following tools: Google Documents, Google Goggles , Bloggler and Piktochart.
Now, I am going to explain step by step the instructions that the students have to follow to complete the super learning mission:
Imagination Artists de Elena Bermúdez
Then, the objectives that the students will achieve with this learning mission:
- To create an inphographic
- To increase their proficiency in the use of some applications and tools.
- To apply specific vocabulary to interpret and describe the different parts and features of equestrian sculptures.
- To value equestrian sculptures as a significant element for historic-artistic heritage.
- To produce quality output in both language and content, as a result of an active and cooperative learning process.
Here, you can also read the competences that will work:
- Digital Skills
- Learning to learn
- Communication Skills
- Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship.
- Cultural awareness and expression.
Finally, let me show you the example for my students:
Author's own
Made with Piktochart
On this occasion I have decided to collaborate with InfoEDUgrafías because like them I strongly believe in the potential of a good infhographic. I consider that infographics are extremely useful to understand complex information that would be hard to comprehend in a text. The powerful visual language of the infographic combined with its clearness make this artifact beneficial for our students. In this case with the creation of an infographic about an equestrian sculpture, children will learn about History and Art. In addition, as we share our work online other classmates and other people can learn many things about different statues in a few minutes.
Let me finish my post by reflecting on the knowledge that I have acquired as well as the process of learning.
I must say that I am really satisfied with the final result of this learning mission. I have never thought that I was capable of creating learning missions. It is true that I have done hard work in which I needed to plan everything carefully, fortunately, I can say that I am proud of the final result.
Regarding to the use of digital tools, I decided to use tools that can be useful for them in the future. I want to provide them with resources that give them autonomy such as Google Goggles. I am impressed of how just by scanning a picture or taking a picture you can find information about it online. This allows you to learn on your own. Also, I try to make them conscious of the different tools that they can use for free and they are really useful such as Google Documents and Piktochart. Based on my experience in this subject, I know that it is not necessary to spend a lot of time creating a good infographic, poster, diagram or mind map...
Finally, let me say that our students deserve more than activities which are base on reading and copying. I do not believe in learning by heart, I believe in learning by doing because it is the correct way to achieve core learning. We need to work together and share our materials because we can inspire others to follow our model at the same time as we learn from others who decided to do it before.
Moodle Mooc 10
Hello Imagination Engineers!
In this post, I am going to talk about MM10: Educational Digital Projects for CLIL a conference in which I participated with my Master's Degree classmates. I will share with you all the details and my personal reflection about the experience and the process that we followed to be ready for the big day.
First of all, it is necessary to have clear what it is Moodle Mooc 10 (MM10) is. It is a series of online conferences about different education issues that are taking place from May 1 to June 4 2017 on Moodle. The goal of the MOOC is to connect people from the education profession from different countries. These teachers share and exchange experiences, knowledge and practices and resources. Fortunately, I was able to participate on the conference that took place on Thursday 4th of May at four o'clock at WizIQ. Its title was Open Educational Digital Projects for CLIL Primary Education.
Source: https://docs.google.com/documen/d/1zMHab0y3cBItvZe89ahtY54XS6xwWuBUOV18ileAMlM/edit
Now, I will summarise all the process that we followed until the day of the conference. Firstly, I individually made a scheme or a draft in which I settled the main points of our speech for the conference day. The speech had to include a brief summary of the challenges accomplished, a reflection about our experience in the Master's module, mentioning our Open Educational Project and our learning diaries.
Once I had clear what I needed to include in our 5 minutes speech, I designed a support slide for the online live class. In my slide, I proportionated my name, my twitter account, the URL of my blog and the title of my Open Educational Project. To do it, we used Google Drive, later my teacher uploaded it to Slideshare. Here you can see it:
Open educational digital projects for clil primary education from Jefe de Área de Formación en Red y Redes Sociales. INTEF
I was ready to rehearse our speech. My classmate and I were at home, but we were connected thanks to Moodle4teachers. One by one, we checked if everybody could hear and see us without problems. I have learnt that for giving a good speech on streaming, I need to have some headphones and a microphone. After the rehearsal, we were waiting eagerly for the 4th of May.
Hereafter, I let you the online conference. It is uploaded to Youtube and you can see it here:
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtSBDWzqPWw
As you can appreciate in the video when we were not giving our speech, we acted as community managers sharing the URLs of the presenter learning diary or the link to the entry that he/she was mentioning. Definitely, we were a team. We gave support to the other not only when we facilitated information to the rest of the audience, we were also writing tweets about what they were saying. Besides, we invited our followers to join us! All the tweets included two hastags #moodlemooc10 and #ictclil_urjc. You can have a look on Twitter.
Before finishing, I want to reflect about the experience and what I have learnt during the whole process.
To tell you the truth, I was nervous during the whole conference. It does not usually happen to me, I made several speeches during the Degree and the Master's Degree, but I could not manage the situation, as I wanted. During the interventions of my classmates I started to be worried, I tried to calm down and be helpful. I proportionated some URLs and I was active on Twitter. As I was watching the incredible interventions of my classmates, I felt more confident. However, in my speech, I was completely nervous again. It is so hard to speak in front of the camera when you know that everybody is paying attention to you and the only thing that you can see is yourself on the screen. The more I watched the screen, the more nervous I felt. I think that the problem was that I could not see the friendly face of my classmates or someone in the audience what makes me feel fine. I was there alone and I can see my frightened face. Although, it was not my best speech, I am proud of me because I tried to do my best. Now, I value the experience in a positive way because I have been part of an incredible conference that showed all the effort and the time that we spent working on our Open Digital Educational Projects and our personal evolution. Furthermore, we shared our work with other people who are interested in improving and changing education. If I had the opportunity to be part of other conference, I would be more relaxed. Even thought, I remember the experience as a positive one, I would have liked to enjoy it at that moment.
As I said, I have learnt valuable things; I did not know about all the effort and the previous preparation behind a conference. In our case our speech was short, but it took me ages to prepared it and my effort was not reflected in my performance, it is a pity. The next time, I am going to rehearse in front of a mirror because I need to get used to seeing me and trying to hide my nervousness. Besides, I am going to buy a good pair of headphones with an integrated microphone because you spend hours listening to others and at the same time you need good quality of the sound when you are talking. I must confess that the most useful thing for me was to discover WizIQ. It is great because it allows you to create a virtual classroom. I am thinking about the rural schools for example in Castile. The weather conditions do not allow to the teacher to go to the school or to the school bus many times. I strongly believe that the teacher on these days can teach by using WizIQ. New technologies always surprise me. Let me finish by saying thank you to María Jesús García, Nellie Deutsch, my classmates and all the people that joined the conference. It was an enriching experience that I will never forget.
To tell you the truth, I was nervous during the whole conference. It does not usually happen to me, I made several speeches during the Degree and the Master's Degree, but I could not manage the situation, as I wanted. During the interventions of my classmates I started to be worried, I tried to calm down and be helpful. I proportionated some URLs and I was active on Twitter. As I was watching the incredible interventions of my classmates, I felt more confident. However, in my speech, I was completely nervous again. It is so hard to speak in front of the camera when you know that everybody is paying attention to you and the only thing that you can see is yourself on the screen. The more I watched the screen, the more nervous I felt. I think that the problem was that I could not see the friendly face of my classmates or someone in the audience what makes me feel fine. I was there alone and I can see my frightened face. Although, it was not my best speech, I am proud of me because I tried to do my best. Now, I value the experience in a positive way because I have been part of an incredible conference that showed all the effort and the time that we spent working on our Open Digital Educational Projects and our personal evolution. Furthermore, we shared our work with other people who are interested in improving and changing education. If I had the opportunity to be part of other conference, I would be more relaxed. Even thought, I remember the experience as a positive one, I would have liked to enjoy it at that moment.
As I said, I have learnt valuable things; I did not know about all the effort and the previous preparation behind a conference. In our case our speech was short, but it took me ages to prepared it and my effort was not reflected in my performance, it is a pity. The next time, I am going to rehearse in front of a mirror because I need to get used to seeing me and trying to hide my nervousness. Besides, I am going to buy a good pair of headphones with an integrated microphone because you spend hours listening to others and at the same time you need good quality of the sound when you are talking. I must confess that the most useful thing for me was to discover WizIQ. It is great because it allows you to create a virtual classroom. I am thinking about the rural schools for example in Castile. The weather conditions do not allow to the teacher to go to the school or to the school bus many times. I strongly believe that the teacher on these days can teach by using WizIQ. New technologies always surprise me. Let me finish by saying thank you to María Jesús García, Nellie Deutsch, my classmates and all the people that joined the conference. It was an enriching experience that I will never forget.
Designing an assessment rubric
Hello Imagination Engineers!
Rubric for assessment by Elena Bermúdez
Now it is time to reflect on the learning that I have acquired thanks to this challenge.
This time I am going to talk about one of the most difficult aspects of being a teacher ,which is the assessment. Besides, I will show you a rubric that I created to evaluate my students in my Open Educational Project: The Story Behind Artworks.
For this challenge, I have been reading about assessment, types of assessment and support strategies for assessment. The most useful book that I read is The TKT Course CLIL Module by Kay Bentley. I recommend you to read chapter 15, 16 and 17 because they proportionate a very precise explanation of what you need to know about assessement. Then, I decided to see many examples of rubrics. I found this list that has many different examples from reliable sources. María Jesús García created it and she has collected 21 examples of rubrics. After my research, I knew that it was the moment to think about my Open Educational Project, the super-learning missions that I created and the final outcome of my project. Finally, I started to create a rubric to assess my students. I bear in mind some important aspects during the process that I will show in the following image that I have done with Canva:
Poster by Elena Bermúdez
The creating of the rubric took me time, but you can see it here. I used Quick Rubric for making it. It is a free tool and ,more importantly, easy to use. Then, I uploaded to Issuu.
Rubric for assessment by Elena Bermúdez
Now it is time to reflect on the learning that I have acquired thanks to this challenge.
Firstly, I am aware of the challenge of carrying out the assessment. To be able to assess effectively we need to find standards that are achievable. We need to be realistic and before assessing our learners have clear why we assess them. Also, it is totally recommended that learners know what aspects are being assessed and what learning outcomes they will have to achieve.
Focusing on the tools that I have used on this occasion, I must confess that this is the first time that I have not used Microsoft Word for creating the layout of a rubric. Quick Rubric is great for creating rubrics and it allows you to download all your creations without watermark. I highly recommend it to teachers.
Let me conclude by saying that I feel very happy because teachers are incorporating other ways of assessment apart from exams. Rubrics are useful tools for assessing communicative , cognitive, or practical skills as well as the learning process or the final outcome of a project among other things. I invite you to use them, you will not regret it.
Tuesday, 23 May 2017
Partner search
Hello Imagination Engineers!
In this post I keep on my Open Educational Digital Project. On this occasion I am searching for a partner that lets me join his/her collaborative movement. I will persuade her/him using an enterprise technique, the Elevator Pitch. Although, it is usually used in the business world, I will apply it with educational purposes to find a new partner that helps me to enrich my project. But, what are the main characteristics of a good Elevator Pitch? It must be a short description of your idea and it has to be explained, convincingly, in twenty seconds.
In this post I keep on my Open Educational Digital Project. On this occasion I am searching for a partner that lets me join his/her collaborative movement. I will persuade her/him using an enterprise technique, the Elevator Pitch. Although, it is usually used in the business world, I will apply it with educational purposes to find a new partner that helps me to enrich my project. But, what are the main characteristics of a good Elevator Pitch? It must be a short description of your idea and it has to be explained, convincingly, in twenty seconds.
Retrieved from: Pixibay
Firstly, it is very important to reflect about which collaborative movement you want to be part of. In my case, I would like to be part of infoEDUgrafías. This project is creating an infographic resource bank with the different contributions from pupils of all educative stages. In this way, everybody can learn from others works. I consider that I can enhance my project giving my student the possibility to choose between creating a comic or an infographic in the first superlearning mission because there are several learning styles in a class and we must try to personalize education. Thus, they can explain the story behind that piece of art in they way they feel more comfortable. Besides, as infoEDUgrafías, I strongly believe in the potential of a good infhographic. I consider that infographics are extremely useful to understand complex information that it would be hard to comprehend in a text. The powerful visual language of the infographic combined with its clearness make this artifact beneficial for our students.
Hereafter, I will share my elevator pitch with you. As I mentioned, the main goal of it is to engage the people who run the collaborative project.
The steps that I have followed to create the Elevator Pitch are:
1st I created a blank document in Google Drive and I wrote my draft.
2nd I rehearsed several times
3rd I recorded the video with Photo Booth.
4th I have edited with iMovie.
5th I have uploaded to YouTube .
6th I have embedded in this entry.
I decided to use Google Drive because it will be automatically save online. So, if you have Internet connection, you can work on it on in any device. Photo Booth and iMovie are integrated in my Apple laptop and they are free, intuitive and simple to use. The final result is attractive and the quality of the sound and the video is quite good. I strongly recommend you to use it instead of Movie Maker does not offer the same quality in the final result and it has limited possibilities when you want to edit a video. Focus on the previous step for doing the recording of the Elevator Pitch, I let you the draft of my short speech, below. I have modified it several times in order to make it more engaging and precise.
Before finishing the post, I would like to reflect on the learning that I have acquired thanks to this challenge. First of all, I have discovered many interesting collaborative movements that are working extremely hard to improve the quality of education. Some of them as The 30 Goals Challenge, The Twima Project or infoEDUgrafías are not only promoting the exchange of resources or the collaboration between professional of the education sector, they are also pointing out the importance of being brave and trying to innovate. Education can be improved and the drivers of the change are these people who want to contribute by doing new things. They really inspire me because I can see that there are a lot of different ways to make innovation happen. Now, I want to be part of infoEDUgrafías, this is my first contribution to enhance education. Probably, it seems insignificant, but it is a little step for a better education and what it is really important is that everybody makes an effort to contribute to doing it. Secondly, I have learnt how to search for partners on the Internet and how to create an accurate Elevator Speech. This artifact is strongly powerful because just in a few seconds you can catch the attention of the audience and explain the main idea what you want to do. It is a clear example that quality is better that quantity. Finally, I just want to remember that you can find infoEDUgráfias on Twitter, Blogger and Pinterest.
The steps that I have followed to create the Elevator Pitch are:
1st I created a blank document in Google Drive and I wrote my draft.
2nd I rehearsed several times
3rd I recorded the video with Photo Booth.
4th I have edited with iMovie.
5th I have uploaded to YouTube .
6th I have embedded in this entry.
I decided to use Google Drive because it will be automatically save online. So, if you have Internet connection, you can work on it on in any device. Photo Booth and iMovie are integrated in my Apple laptop and they are free, intuitive and simple to use. The final result is attractive and the quality of the sound and the video is quite good. I strongly recommend you to use it instead of Movie Maker does not offer the same quality in the final result and it has limited possibilities when you want to edit a video. Focus on the previous step for doing the recording of the Elevator Pitch, I let you the draft of my short speech, below. I have modified it several times in order to make it more engaging and precise.
Before finishing the post, I would like to reflect on the learning that I have acquired thanks to this challenge. First of all, I have discovered many interesting collaborative movements that are working extremely hard to improve the quality of education. Some of them as The 30 Goals Challenge, The Twima Project or infoEDUgrafías are not only promoting the exchange of resources or the collaboration between professional of the education sector, they are also pointing out the importance of being brave and trying to innovate. Education can be improved and the drivers of the change are these people who want to contribute by doing new things. They really inspire me because I can see that there are a lot of different ways to make innovation happen. Now, I want to be part of infoEDUgrafías, this is my first contribution to enhance education. Probably, it seems insignificant, but it is a little step for a better education and what it is really important is that everybody makes an effort to contribute to doing it. Secondly, I have learnt how to search for partners on the Internet and how to create an accurate Elevator Speech. This artifact is strongly powerful because just in a few seconds you can catch the attention of the audience and explain the main idea what you want to do. It is a clear example that quality is better that quantity. Finally, I just want to remember that you can find infoEDUgráfias on Twitter, Blogger and Pinterest.
Retrieved from: infoEDUgrafías
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Turning my Open Educational Project into a collaborative one
Hello Imagination Engineers!
Today I want to share my visual metaphor of my Open Educational Digital Project with you. As you know in my last post I showed you the design of my prototype and now I created a flyer that shows how my project is going to turn into a collaborative one. Firstly, it is very important to reflect about why we should incorporate collaborative learning in our class.
I invite you to think of an activity that you really like. Would it be more fun it that activity involves other people? On the other hand, think of activity that you dislike. It will probably be more pleasant if you do it with people. Students really enjoy working together because it is motivating. Furthermore, it offers the opportunity to get to know each other and provides huge possibilities for learning. So, Why not turn my project into a collaborative one?
I started to read about different possibilities to turn my project into a collaborative one and I would like to say that my Open Educational Digital Project has suffered some changes in order to make it more collaborative.
Collaboration within the classroom
Cooperative learning will be the fundamental pillar of the project. Students will have to work in groups to carry out the different challenges. For example, the final super learning mission will consist of creating an interactive map in which they have to locate different equestrian sculptures, including a brief description of its features and a picture. Each group will have to do a different statue, in this way they will become experts on this statue. In addition, they can learn about other works of arts because the map will also include the work of the other groups.
Collaboration out of the classroom
The final super mission which has been mentioned before, will be shared with the real world due to blogger technology. Moreover, the interactive map will be connected with other classes from other schools. Each school will work on the equestrian sculptures of a continent. In this way, the final result will be enriched thanks to the contributions of other learners. Finally, it would be great if I can join a collaborative movement on the net. I have been having a look and I decided to try and collaborate with The 30 Goals Challenge for Teachers. You will know more about in my next post.
Here I leave you my visual metaphor. For creating it, I have used a digital tool called Canva. This is a simple graphic design software, but it allows us to create powerful aesthetic flyers, posters and online presentations. It offers a huge variety of templates for free.
Let me conclude this entry, saying that with this task I have learnt that the use of collaborative learning improves relationship between students, giving all your pupils a more trusting and supportive atmosphere. Collaborative learning promotes a positive attitude to your teaching. There is not doubt that it is an essential feature that has to be included in modern teaching because it has plenty of advantages as I have mentioned before.
Saturday, 6 May 2017
A CLIL Educational Digital Project: The Story Behind Artworks
Hello Imagination Engineers!
Today I want to share with you my educational digital project prototype. Firstly, it is very important to make clear that this is a first approach to the project and it can be modified.
Secondly, this educational project is related to are art and history. I consider that art helps humans to express their ideas and
feelings freely. It includes poetry, music, dance, theatre, sculpture,
architecture and painting, amongst others. All of them are functional in our lives.
The cultures of the world are inextricably linked with art. Humans would not be
what they are today without art.
The principle goal of
education in schools should be to nurture and produce men and women who are
capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have
done. We need artists, innovators and
inventors. In conclusion, people who are not afraid to take chances, break the
rules and stray from the norm.
Art changes the way we view the world, it
helps us to develop ourselves through creative thinking and visual literacy. We
have to pay attention to what we see, hear, taste and touch. We have to refine our sensory system and to
cultivate our imagination ability.
Besides, I want to remark that art is
feelings and emotions. Art makes it possible to express our feelings or ideas
without limits. Having said that, I leave you a video explaining my educational project.
A part of the video, I leave you a template of my digital prototype with futher information.
Let me conclude by saying, that with this prototype what I pretend it is to develop an engaging project that integrates tradicional arts with ICT and what is more important students can develop 21st Century Skills (critical thinking, collaboration, communication and creativy). Learning about the past, for being active, responsible citizens.
Monday, 24 April 2017
Let's analyze an educational project!
Hello Imagination Engineers!
In this post I am going to analyze an open educational project from Proyecto EDIA (Educativo Digital Innovador Abierto). In this webpage, you can find several open educational projects for primary education, secondary education and vocational training. All of thhave been created by INTEF (Instituto Nacional de Tecnologías Educativas y de Formación del Profesorado).
I have decided to analyze "A Cookbook". It is an English project for the first year of secondary education in which the students have to create a cookbook with recipes from different countries. The project is divided in six missions in which the students have to work individually, in pairs and in small groups. The main objective of this project is to create meaningful learning in the classroom.
In order to analyze the project, I will use a checklist which was given by my ICT teacher. Let's get started!
KEY KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND SUCCESS SKILLS
The main objective of the project is to create a cookbook with traditional recipes. In each mission children are going to acquire new vocabulary and grammatical structures that are going to help them to write their own recipes.
The main objective of the project is to create a cookbook with traditional recipes. In each mission children are going to acquire new vocabulary and grammatical structures that are going to help them to write their own recipes.
On the other hand, through the different missions and the final challenge students develop English and ICT skills at the same time as the pupils have a ball. During the different missions the students are going to work in pairs and small groups, in that way they can learn from each other at the same time they learn how to work with different people. However, the final challenge is individual. It is the moment when they have to demonstrate all they have learnt during the process and put it into practice. This activity activates their critical thinking and problem solving skills.
CHALLENGING PROBLEM OR QUESTION
As I mentioned before, the project is based on a meaningful problem to solve. It will be overcome once they finish the final challenge (create a traditional recipe). Although, it seems difficult, the students can do it perfectly because the previous activities are going to give them all the necessary tools. The difficulty of the tasks are gradually increased and the previous activity makes them be ready for the next one.
As I mentioned before, the project is based on a meaningful problem to solve. It will be overcome once they finish the final challenge (create a traditional recipe). Although, it seems difficult, the students can do it perfectly because the previous activities are going to give them all the necessary tools. The difficulty of the tasks are gradually increased and the previous activity makes them be ready for the next one.
SUSTAINED INQUIRY
During the hole project the learning is active and experimental. The project is student-centred and the teacher is just a guide in the process that proportionates the basic information and the necessary tools to do the different task. Furthermore, the activities are communicate and it allow an open debate and reflection inside and outside the classroom through the learning diaries where they have to think about their learning process and what they want to learn.
During the hole project the learning is active and experimental. The project is student-centred and the teacher is just a guide in the process that proportionates the basic information and the necessary tools to do the different task. Furthermore, the activities are communicate and it allow an open debate and reflection inside and outside the classroom through the learning diaries where they have to think about their learning process and what they want to learn.
AUTHENTICITY
The learning is natural and contextualized as part of a real event. In addition, it is interesting, enjoyable and motivating. From my point of view, "A Cookbook" is an original project that can be carried out in different levels if we adapt the activities. It also requires the use of digital resources and applications such as Canva , Picktochart, WeVideo among others. In that way, it promotes innovation and creativity. They are really valuable skills in the 21st century.
The learning is natural and contextualized as part of a real event. In addition, it is interesting, enjoyable and motivating. From my point of view, "A Cookbook" is an original project that can be carried out in different levels if we adapt the activities. It also requires the use of digital resources and applications such as Canva , Picktochart, WeVideo among others. In that way, it promotes innovation and creativity. They are really valuable skills in the 21st century.
Retrieved from: http://cedec.ite.educacion.es
The lesson is learner-centred. The teachers act as a facilitator, but the learners are occupied in meaningful tasks. Teachers are available but unobtrucsive when monitoring individual, pair or group work tasks. Instructions are clear and they can learn in a relaxed and warm atmosphere where they can choose how to approach each task.
REFLECTION
At the end of each mission the pupils have to write an entry in their learning diaries. In this post, they have to reflect about their learning. I think that it is really useful because the teacher can know how their students feel and the difficulties that they have had in each mission. Furthermore, the students work metacognition. It is essential to be conscious about your own learning.
At the end of each mission the pupils have to write an entry in their learning diaries. In this post, they have to reflect about their learning. I think that it is really useful because the teacher can know how their students feel and the difficulties that they have had in each mission. Furthermore, the students work metacognition. It is essential to be conscious about your own learning.
Retrieved from: http://cedec.ite.educacion.es
CRITIQUE & REVISION
They have got the possibility to evaluate their own work and their classmates' work. They are receiving feedback constantly by their classmates and the teacher. Each mission has a rubric to help them to evaluate their work and others' work. Besides, the student has the possibility to self-evaluate his/her own final project with a rubric.
They have got the possibility to evaluate their own work and their classmates' work. They are receiving feedback constantly by their classmates and the teacher. Each mission has a rubric to help them to evaluate their work and others' work. Besides, the student has the possibility to self-evaluate his/her own final project with a rubric.
Retrieved from: http://cedec.ite.educacion.es
PUBLIC PRODUCT
The recipe book is the public product that the students have created. The cookbook is online, in that way, they can show other people what they are able to do if they have enough and appropriate scaffolding.
SELF-REFLECTION ABOUT THE PROJECT
I want to share my personal reflections about the project. I have found positive elements such as communication, HOTS, culture, scaffolding. Also, I have noticed that the tasks create opportunities for meaningful learning. Another aspect, that I consider really important is that all the tasks are learner-centred. The teacher acts as a facilitator, in this way, the students are the centre of the teaching-learning process.
Lastly, I recommend you to visit the project, although you are not interested in the topic, you can learn how to structure a project or how to scaffolld it.
Here you can see my presentation about the anaylisis of the educational project. In this case, I decided to use Emaze. It is an online tool that allows you to create presentations.
SELF-REFLECTION ABOUT MY LEARNING
SELF-REFLECTION ABOUT THE PROJECT
I want to share my personal reflections about the project. I have found positive elements such as communication, HOTS, culture, scaffolding. Also, I have noticed that the tasks create opportunities for meaningful learning. Another aspect, that I consider really important is that all the tasks are learner-centred. The teacher acts as a facilitator, in this way, the students are the centre of the teaching-learning process.
Focus on the planning and preparation, the aims, activities and tasks are relevant and appropiate. There is a logical pogression of activities. The tasks are clear and detailed. Thanks to this, I am sure that the final outcome of the project is very successful and meainungful learning has taken place.
Lastly, I recommend you to visit the project, although you are not interested in the topic, you can learn how to structure a project or how to scaffolld it.
Here you can see my presentation about the anaylisis of the educational project. In this case, I decided to use Emaze. It is an online tool that allows you to create presentations.
SELF-REFLECTION ABOUT MY LEARNING
This challenge is a great opportunity to start learning more about open
educational projects. I have read the whole project several times and I have
paid attention to every little detail in order to be able to identify all their
features. Then, I used the checklist that I mentioned at the beginning of the
entry. It was really useful because It helped me to analyze every point that a
good project must accomplish.
As teachers, we need to have a look at others’
work. Every teacher has a unique style, but, good teachers have something in common, they clearly think that the most important thing is
the student and their education. They do not believe in selling their
materials, they believe in sharing. EDIA
project is clear example of it. A bunch of teachers that work together to
enrich the learning experience of the students. In my next challenge, I am
going to apply everything that I have learnt with the analysis, in order to
create a good educational project.
To finish, I enjoyed using Emaze again.
It is a really useful online tool that enables you to create attractive
presentations. I recommend to use it, because it is very intuitive and the
final result is visually attractive.
Sunday, 23 April 2017
Flipped introduction
Laura Garrido
Let me introduce you to Laura Garrido. She is a
pre-primary teacher who is studying a masters degree in Bilingual Education at Rey Juan Carlos
College. Do you want to know more about her? I have recorded a video interview! Here you go the video:
PROCEDURE
I have learnt a lot of things about Laura. Now, it is time to explain how I did the 3,2,1 introduction:
- First, Laura and me created an online-shared text file in Google Drive. There, we wrote at the same time some possible questions for our interviews. In this case we did a 3,2,1 introduction which structure is:
- 3 things you should know about your interviewee.
- 2 of his favorite activities in the world.
- 1 dream occupation he would have if he was not blah blah blah.
Also, you can include other details he is willing to provide, for example future plans on his educational career, dreams.
- Secondly, we recorded the video using our laptop camera and the Photo Booth App.
- Thirdly, I edited the video using the iMovie app because you can create and edit beautiful videos without being an expert in technology. Furthermore, it is included for free in Apple devices. In the case you do not have one, Windows offers you Movie Maker.
- Finally, I have to tell you that my pictures are from Pixiebay. In this webpage you can find pictures with no copyright.
REFLECTION
These kind of activities are a great opportunity to socialize and break the ice. Besides, they help you to know better you classmates at the begging of the term. In my case, I have learnt a lot of new things about Laura and at the same time, I am sure that the rest of my classmates are going to do it too. This is the magic of blog sites, everything can be shared it.
Moreover, I have used for the first time some applications that are installed by default in my laptop. I recommend to explore all the applications because it seems that we are afraid of trying new things. To my surprise, I was able to create a video without problem. iMovie is really intuitive and it has a wide variety of resources to improve the visual appearance of your videos.
Lastly, I want to recommend you to pair up your students at random as María Jesús García did it. In this case, she ordered us through the size of our shoes. It was quick and simple.
I hope you find useful my post and in the case you have any doubt you can ask me in a comment or via twitter.
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