Shining as a real Star

Hi everybody!!

I am María and this week my role is the "Star". I have already been star but it was quite different due to I only had to present our video in class. This time, I have been involved in a debate.
It was a good experience but I missed the round of discussion but it was a very interesting session.
Our leader to defend to was the Authoritarian one and we used three profiles of all of the our colleges, here you have the links to those one that we used to prepare our final profile for the debate:

http://www.classtools.net/FB/1136-NYkPTm (powerpuff teachers)
http://www.classtools.net/FB/1625-rnH6WM (SevenUp)
http://www.classtools.net/FB/1000-bbRk3e (power teachers)

In my opinion, the best profile of all, for the leadership of a school, is the participative. Although we had the authoritarian profile to defend in the debate; and it is a bit difficult because is quite difficult that people vote for a person how is going whatever he/she thinks.
The participative is the best option for me personally due to this profile is aware of everyone at school, opnions or advice even comments are take in account and all of the staff participate when a decision has to be taken.

The links of our own group's leadership profiles are:

Transactional

http://www.classtools.net/FB/1231-BnBruk#

Authoritarian

http://www.classtools.net/FB/1136-NYkPTm

Participative

http://www.classtools.net/FB/1386-Cg2K9x


Transformational


The links of the rest of the authoritarian leaderships profile of our class' colleges:

Seven up:  http://www.classtools.net/FB/1625-rnH6WM

Power teachers:  http://www.classtools.net/FB/1000-bbRk3e

Power puff teachers:  http://www.classtools.net/FB/1136-NYkPTm        

Meerkats:  http://www.classtools.net/FB/1355-aaU9uD

Umpalumpas:  http://www.classtools.net/FB/1518-3yNFak

Its school:  http://www.classtools.net/FB/1555-JCW4sD

Keep calm:  http://www.classtools.net/FB/1770-ukWHgL

Platypus:  http://www.classtools.net/FB/1972-dSmuNE

Thanks for reading, I hope you like it. :)

Lucia as a Star.

Hi guys!
This time I become again the star of our group. This week we us have to deal a conflictive issue in a center proposed by one group of our class. The issue was the sexual abuse of girls by a physical education teacher. As Star I had to appear in the video as a journalist. We have explained the subject recording different views of the tutor, the headtress, the neighboring and some mothers, all represented by my colleagues. To establish the solution or the measures figuring out to solve the problem we had to look for a coexistent plan of a school, also we found the solution in the current law, because in the coexistent plan only it found the measures to be taken when sexual abuse is made from student to student, while the law is in every possible way.

On Monday when we arrived to class we saw videos of all our partners and we have to value them, highlighting the three things we most liked and one thing we've been missing.

As a star I found this activity very funny, as we have learned about the coexistent plan an entertaining and fun way to make a video documentary.

Here you have the video so you can see our work:

https://youtu.be/xu5dC8IkpXA

Thank you one more time for your attention and see you son guys.

Lucía.

Star post 2

Hello Bloggers,

I am Ana and  this week I had a VERY, VERY important role, I had to be the star in the game Snake and ladders.

We had one entire week to prepare the game and so did Inma (who was the star in that moment). Me and Maria were been prepared what was really demanding because we had lots of works as we are on the end of the semester. When everything was almost ready we had really bad luck when Maria told us that she was not able to come on Monday due to medical problems. Julia was selected to be the star, so she had lot of work for the weekend.

We have to thanks our sponsorship (the rest of the group) all the costumes (they were dressed up as the PowerPuffGirls) and the encouragement, because on the game day we were really nervous.
We had to start the game (in my opinon this was the worst part) we were so nervous that Julia and me got completly in blank that means loose our time.

Everybody knows that in these type of games apart of knowing the correct answer you also have to be lucky, and personally I think we were not lucky at all, because when we started to answering the questions correct we loose our turn (we fall in a snake).

This is the summary of these important weeks, maybe we have not win but we have learned a lot and we had the opportunity to play a new game that could be used with our students.

Last but not least I would like to congratulate (in special) to Power Teachers and Keep Calm & Keep Organised because they performed really good and without nervous. Enjoy your price!!!

Star Post

This week have been different than the others. We didn't have to make an exposition or a slideshow or whatever.

This week we played snakes and ladders. You may think: What is that?
Snakes and ladders is game were several players are on a board, and they have to answer correctly all the questions they are asked, but it is not only that, on the board there are some ladders that help you go up if you get the exactly number, but also there are some snakes that make you go down ans lose your turn. This is how the board looks like:

You can say: why are you doing that in class?
But it is not that simple, what we use as questions were the ones we have done before withe the mindmaps, so we had to study all of them.

As an estrategy, if you can call it that, we chose the stars as soon as posible so they have all the time they need. We made them the mindmas by hand and highlighted were they can find the questions, so it is easier for them. And also our coach Inma, help them to study.

But we had some problems with one of the stars, she had a very important medical date, so she couldn't cancel it, so we chose another star (me: Julia). It was very difficult because it was wednesday, and there was no time so I had to study all the mindmaps as fast as I could. I didn't want that all the pressure off for Ana, so I did as I could.

Monday came, and the game started. We were the first and we were very nervous (at least me), and we answered wrong. The other groups were very well-prepared, and got a lot of answers good, but correct answers is not only what you need, you need luck, and we didn't have any. At the end of the three hours of endless game, we were the last ones, on the 7. But we had a bit of light because, we were going to continue the game on thursday, so we had time to study it again.

On thursday, we were less nervous, and we acepted that we were not going to win, but we wanted to do our best though. When it was our turn, we did it very well, we were around 20, when I threw th dice ande went to 23, where is a snake that take you to 6. Not only we were the last ones again, we were in a worse position. I think it was very awful, but it was funny as well.

Though they were very close, and everybody thought that the winners were going to be Keep Calm & Keep Organized, the winners were Power Teachers.

I am very happy for them. Congratulations Power Teachers!

My best regards, Julia.

(Sorry I didn't put photos, I couldn't find them)

SHINE BRIGHT AGAIN LIKE A STAR

 

Hello everybody! I am the star again this week because is our´s turn to repeat the same roles as we did before. Well, we have to try to do them better and to improve our mistakes.

Comparing the twice I have been star, they have been really different so I have experimented two different experiences. The first one was a bit stressful because it was the first time we faced this new subject and I had to do a long speech doing it for nine times so it was really exhausting. However, this week has been more relaxing to me because I have been the trainer of the next stars which means that I have to prepare them the best I can in order to do their best in the play which will take place the next week.

For training them, we have written all the mind maps by hand because all the questions are based on them underlining the most important aspects in order to be clear about them. Moreover, we write the questions that are not clear enough or they have a very specific situation apart in order to comment them and to try to understand them in another way.

We are proud of our stars and the effort they are making for the game! We hope we have good luck for next Monday! See you next week!

 By Inma Álvarez.

STAR POST

Hey guys, Lucia is here again. I know you've missed me, after the holidays we have returned to work, this time I've been the star of our group.

The task was to make the various topics that it was divided the LOE and LOMCE law and changes between them, once we had made the mindmap different groups each of them, we had to make four questions of each of the six subjects.

Monday in class our teacher divided the three hours on two tasks, the first, was to get together with other groups, dividing our on two, so that half of us work with Platypush I group and ItSchool group. We had to evaluate questions of all our colleagues from the topics 3 and 6.

We have to put notes from 1 to 10, responding to a number of criteria (clarity, content ...). Working alongside other group is very advantageous because you have the views of people outside your group, you can also learn things without them there could learn, such as having to put you according to the assessment and having to make a decision common.

The second task, we also split and we joinedwith other groups (PowerTeachers and) to move to a list of questions organizing them depending on what you ask. Which is responsible for publishing this list is the resident star of each group.

The experience of working with other groups, as in the previous task, itis also positive, as it is easier to divide up the work when more people and learn from everyone.

Overall, my job as a star has been easier than it has sometimes been to my friends.

I hope you liked it, and once again, thank you for your attention.

Lucia

Star post

Hello I'm the star of this week, Julia Egea.

This week we have done some conceptual maps abot the educational laws.

These are our Cmaps:

 

Then on monday we wer divided. I was with It'school and half of Platypus. And my group was with the star of It'school and the other half of Platypus.

Linda told us to evaluate the works that we have done. We did it question by question, answering it and marking each work. We did it very well and finished early

After a little break, we had to mix the works. 

This is the one I made with It'school:

And this is the one that my group made:

I hope you enjoy our blog!

Julia.

 

Shine as a Star

Hi everybody!!

I am María and this week my role is the "star" of my group.

First of all, as a star, I am the principal character of the group, you will be the principal voice of the group in the activity and has the representation of it.

 I think that it is important to take in account that it was the first time I talk in front of almost sixty people, so I felt not a bit but very nervous unless my speech lasted thirty seconds. It consisted on explain the reason due to my group has to be the winner of the contest. I was a bit upset as all my colleges said to me: Maria that is a nonsense, come on! only thirty seconds... But I thought my goodness...

Once I was in class, my stress increased directly proportionate to the time of the exposition. Nevertheless, when our teacher, Linda said: " stars come on! Time is up! Now is your turn..."; and it was my moment I  forgot all I prepared the day before and I presented our work the better I could. After the presentation I felt so good and proud of me and of our group's work.

I really like the way Linda prepared the expositions, I mean, once more, as every week she prepared our expositions in a different way. For that reason, her classes, at least for me, are very interesting and funny.

I love the idea of making innovate classes may be because is the first time I have a teacher like she. And I would like to share with you bloggers, something Linda said to us that day: "I am not her to make you happy; I am here to make you better". It impressed me and I am sure that it would a phrase that I will use it in the future, may be when I will be an old person who says to her pupils:" When I was on the first year of my degree one of my teachers said to us...".

It could be a nonsense for someone who can't feel what a person who loves this degree feels, but at least for my; it is not a nonsense.

Thanks you for reading me, I hope you like.

See you soon! : )

Star as lifestyle

Hello everyone, my name is Ana Góngora and this week has been my time to be the star. 

At the beginning this was the role I most fear of, due to the fact that I thought it was going to be as shameful as difficult but then I realised it was not. When we first started to think about ideas for the topic of “The dark side of text books” we thought that the Info graphic could be OK but then... we run out of good ideas about how to do it (maybe because we were a bit disconnect due to the fact that was the birthday of one of our partners) so I was a little bit worried about what we were going to do. In this moment of concern Maria suggested that it could be better to do a comic and then, like in a film, Lucia and I said at the same time... WE COULD BE THE CHARACTERS! And so we did, with the astonishing skill of Lucia at photography and editing we spend the whole afternoon getting our comic ready.

It is important to take into account that we had previously read all the information and this time it was not necessary to do a speech (as normally stars do) I only needed to have clear ideas. Even thought I am a really meticulous girl so I preferred to concrete a list of advantages, disadvantages and alternatives of books.

The night before Monday I was really nervous (as my colleagues when they were stars I supposed) so I started to talk with the stars of other groups and sharing information because... Oh! I forget to said this week Linda prepared us a really new activity. She only told us that we were going to be in a museum! This is the reason why I previously said that I hadn’t the obligation to prepare a speech. The rest of stars and I were anxious because we had no idea about what Linda could ask us.

Monday arrived with more nervous and a big coffee in the morning (to be as awake as possible). The class started and all the stars take our site in thought the class near to our information (in my case the comic). We couldn’t say anything if the “visitors” do not ask us. In my case I supposed the comic was quite clear due to the fact that only a few people asked me about what ThePowerPuffTeachers wanted to say with it. The bad side of this activity is that I couldn’t enjoy the work of my colleagues because I had to stay in my place.

As my final reflection I would like to say that the star is not a bad or difficult role, you have to be conscious about the importance of the role and have clear ideas about the topic but everyone can do it. Especially this week we have display that the whole class can be incredible and because of that Linda had congratulate us. 

Here you can see our comic in English and Spanish.

This is me in the "museum"

STAR POST

Hello! I’m Mari Carmen and this third week I’ve been in charge of star role.

For this week we’ve been asked to do a four-minutes exposition pretending to be teacher of a primary school class. In order to do our presentation we must use Creative Common Licence's images, which respect copyrights, and follow some basic tips about how oral expositions and presentations should be done.

At first, when we divided the roles for this week and I knew I was the star, I had felt really pressured. I had to do my best so that all the work done along the week were properly shown. I’m a quite shy person and it has been really hard for me to be enough confident of myself to display our work to the class.

I’m very grateful of the cheers and smiles of my class and group mates. They helped me a lot and were very supporting, above all when I was talking to such a big audience. I was trying to explain the energy and it sources and suddenly I glanced people on the first row with that support face that I love.

Even if I speak in a boring, low tone and I don’t move around the class that much, I have liked so much this week project, in special, the part of trying to explain a subject to a primary class. Because that what we are here for, to become teachers one day, and those four minutes will be our day-to-day life. And I really appreciate the comments to improve my expositions that my teacher and classmates suggest me. Thank you all very much.

See you next week :)

'TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR'

Hi bloggers!
I am Carmen Carpena and I am the star of the PowerPuffTeachers this week. This is my first post and I want to share you all my feelings about this experience.
First at all, I want to mention that we had already done the work when we realized that we hadn't done it well, so it was an issue for us.
During the whole week I felt a bit stressed because of the change of work at the end of the week. At the beginning of the presentation I was very nervous because we had to do a powerpoint with others two groups, we had to join all the information and distribute who said each thing. In my opinion, I could have done it better.
I started as good as I could but as the time went by I realised that we hadn't  had enough time to expose the whole work due to that fact I started to get very nervous and, although I knew all the information, I talked really slow because of my nervousness.
From my point of view, the way on which we exposed the presentations this week (three groups together) had a worse result for everybody but it was a useful way to learn how to work with pressure in a fixed period of time.
In the presentation, I talked about what is a Treasure Hunt and what was the matter of the Treasure Hunt that Linda ordered us, I talked about what was the reason Google use the Mercator Proyection and the example of the distortion of the reality which was Disney World, specially the princess.
 I have learnt a lot of things with this work, for example, I have to try to relax before an exposition and to talk faster too.
We hope you enjoy the blog! See you soon!

SHINE BRIGHT LIKE A STAR BY INMA ÁLVAREZ DONAIRE

Hello everyone I am the star of the PowerPuffTeachers. This is my first post and I am really glad to share with you.

At the beginning, I was quite overwhelmed because being in front of almost 70 people explaining the poster is a big responsibility since I could put the work we dedicated a long time at risk due to the nerves. And the big day arrived… I have terrible nerves whenever I speak in public but when Linda said that the stars had to explain TPACK to each group using speed-dating dynamic I felt more relieved (I know it could seem silly). The first time I did with my group I think I did a good explanation but the second time I did with another group and Linda, I was really nervous so in my opinion I could have done better. In contrast, I realized how I was improving every time I did the representation to another group so I am proud of the effort my team and I put into the activity and I am also proud of me because I was frightened by the activity and I did not feel able to do it. Moreover, I have learnt a lot with this activity and I am sure that it will be useful in my future as a teacher.

In the representation, I was explaining the process of TPACK to all my classmates for 9 times. I tried to do my speech the best I could and with my own words: First of all, I introduced myself to my classmates. The next I said was:

·         TPACK is the knowledge teachers need to integrate technology in the teaching and learning process. It is made up by three core components (Technology knowledge, Pedagogical knowledge and Content knowledge). The interaction among the three core components is really important to achieve an effective and successful teaching with technology. There is no a unique combination of these three factors, there is no a single technological solution so teachers have to be creative, to develop and to re-establish a dynamic equilibrium among all components. Every time we make a change in any component we have to compensate the other components. That´s why we have represented TPACK as a roulette because when we move it, we can see the three main components move at the same time. Moreover, if we see any elements in isolation we will not be able to achieve an effective teaching with technology.

·         Content knowledge: As Shulman said, it is really important what teachers know about the subjects. Teachers should know the deeper knowledge fundamentals of the subject because if teacher do not know about it, it can produce negative effects on the students, they receive wrong information or understand the content in the other way. The subjects we have related to content knowledge have been Oral and Writen communication in English and in Spanish for the Primary classroom and educational  theories and institutions because we have learnt the content we have to know in order to transmit it to our future students.

·         Pedagogical knowledge: It is teachers´ deep knowledge about practices and methods of teaching and learning, techniques used in classroom and strategies to evaluate students understanding. This allow to understand lesson planning, how students learn and build knowledge, general classroom management skills and how a cognitive, social and developmental theories apply to students.                                                                                                           The subjects we have related to pedagogical knowledge have been sociology of education, educational psychology, developmental psychology and educational plannig because we have learnt how to react with society and in particular with our students. It will help us to face and sort out the problems in our daily live at school.

·         Technological knowledge: Technology is always changing and developing so it is difficult to define this term. If we look back, we can see the progress humanity have done thanks to technology and how the world has change so much. So, if now we define technology we probably have to change in the future.

The subjects we have related to technological knowledge have been Research and ICT and School Organization and Educational Resources. The most important thing we are going (because we have not finish the course) to learn is how to use technology (computers or digital blackboards) correctly at the classroom and what is more, how to catch the attention of our future students with these tools. Also we will learn how to conduct researches and important resources were we have to look for information.

·         Interaction between technology and content knowledge (TCK): Teachers have to know more than the subject they teach, they have to understand how the subject can be changed by technology and the impact that technology have on education and on other fields, as diverse as, medicine, history… in other words, the impact on the whole world. We have related this interaction to the film “Trascendence” in which Jonny Deep is going to die but he achieve to computerize his brain and his consciousness is uploaded into a computer. Finally, he succeed in changing the world and having the control of the whole planet. So, we do not know what the technology will bring to us in the future.

·         Interaction between pedagogy and content knowledge (PCK): It is related to Shulman´s idea of knowledge of pedagogy applicable to the teaching of specific content. One concept is the notion of the subject matter of teaching transformation. The teacher has to transform the student´s prior knowledge by multiple ways.

·         Interaction between technology and pedagogical knowledge (TPK): Teachers have to understand how teaching and learning can change by technology. Software programs are not designed for educational purposes but are usually designed for business environment. Teachers have to reject functional fixedness and develop skills to look beyond common uses of technology for pedagogical purposes. Teachers have to be creative, open-minded and to come up with ideas to achieve student´s learning and understanding.

When I was explaining TPACK to my classmates I did little explanations about the poster and why we decided to do like this.

On the other hand, in this task we were ask to associate the TPACK model with the subjects of our degree of University. However, in the presentation we realized that we did one of them wrong. We have related educational theories and institutions to Content knowledge instead of relating to pedagogical knowledge.

We hope you enjoy our blog. See you soon!!!