sábado, 15 de julio de 2017

Starting the course: Scientific knowledge

Let´s start the course!

Here is my plan for the first unit of the course, I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did preparing it! :D



It´s published at the Madrid´s mediateca:

miércoles, 12 de julio de 2017

Expeditions with F&C

Tool 3: Fact Monster

Third and last for today,

Fact monter, please discover it by yourself!

 

Tool 2: National Geographic for kids

Second tool, National Geographic for kids is a website full of activities and experiments that you can play at home.

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/


Tool 1: Simple English Wikipedia

Wikipedia is a tool we are use to use at our daily basis, but sometimes we find difficult to understand what is writen there. Here is the solution!

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page 
With this tool you will be able to transform complex texts into texts adapted to your level.



Digital tools general introduction

Here some findings about teenagers:



DIGITAL TOOLS TO ENGAGE WEB 2.0 TEENS from abg3

After this general introduction we will choose the most related to our topic. If you are interested, read the next post!

 

martes, 11 de julio de 2017

Aumented reality in physics

Have you ever heard about aumented reality?

Maybe you haven´t listen to the words for you know it for sure! Pokemon Go? Yes! that´s aumented reality! If you had use it, for sure you liked it, if not, I would like to introduce it to you with this activity: Elements 4D.
http://daqri-elementsweb.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/opening_bg-medium-d95821616b86567c73294e4caf6148c6.jpg
Step 1. Download and print the worksheet: in this link you can download the pdf.
Step 2. Download the App in your mobile phone or tablet: Elements 4D by DAQRI. For Android or for IOS.
Step 3. Activate the camera of  your device and focus on the worksheet, what can you see?

Let´s play!

PS: there are other options (less related to physics) that can be very fun to play, such as: anatomy 4D;
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.daqri.enchantiumdaqri&hl=en

QR code to this blog

Here is the QR that will bring you directly to this blog:




You may need an app to read it: QR code Reader

10 Essential Characteristics of a 21st century educator

Any educator nowadays has the opportunity of catching the wave as George Couros explains in his article " 10 essential characteristics of a 21st century educator".

In this entry we are going to comment on the post of George Coruos:





Pointing out some ideas:

It starts with the reflexion: "we are 16 years into the 21st century!”, yet I would argue, we have 84 years to go! ..."

If there is something everybody agrees about 21st century, is that everything is moving at tremendously fast speeds.

Let´s name the pointed characteristics:

Relationship Builder

Do our students feel valued when they come to school? Do we seek to simply engage them in content, or do we seek to empower them to create?

Learner/Adapter

We do not have to change everything, but we need to continuously evaluate our practices and the impact on students to grow and get better.

“If we create a culture where every teacher believes they need to improve, not because they are not good enough but because they can be even better, there is no limit to what we can achieve.” —Dylan Wiliam

Inclusive

Every single individual has different experiences and strengths that they bring to the classroom...

Reflective

Information is coming our way faster than ever.
How could you possibly move forward without looking back?

“We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience.” John Dewey

Networked/Collaborative

Networks consist of both “online spaces” and face to face collaboration. ... When you are networked, great ideas often find you, not the other way around.

As David Weinberger states, “The smartest person in the room is the room.” If that is true, how big is your room? How do you access this “room” to be better for your students?

Innovator

How do we look at what our students need and create opportunities for them to learn in deeper and meaningful ways? How do our students become these same innovators? They will need to become this in their world, and hopefully it is because of us, not in spite of us.

Remember…innovation is probably not in your curriculum, but neither are worksheets.

Leader

The notion that “everyone is a leader” is something that has been challenged a great deal over the years, yet what does being a “leader” mean? It is not being a boss.... If only a few people are “allowed” to lead, meaningful change will happen at a much slower pace.

Storyteller

“If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” ― Rudyard Kipling

... we have to make a connection to the heart before we make a connection to the mind. ...Your story and stories matter, and will resonate long after our time with our students. You might not feel you have anything meaningful to share, but we all have a story to tell.

“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.” ― Brandon Sanderson

Designer

“would you want to spend the whole day learning in your own classroom?”

Are your learning experiences designed to meet the needs the of the unique learners in your context? How do you ensure that you are building on the strengths and passions of all learners? How does the space and environment you create factor into the learning experiences? These are all important considerations for how we designing learning experiences today.

Artist

I have been thinking about the idea of “educator as artist” a lot more recently, and love this quote from John Steinbeck;

“I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.”



Anything new? most of teacher would say, "No"; it´s true this characteristics are timeless but sometimes it is good to remember the good habits, ;).

Science connected

In Science Connected we can find the last news about new discoveries on the science world:

http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/6783



Quizlet

With Quizlet we are going to review some of the terms we had learn in this unit. Are you ready?

Let´s start playing!!

lunes, 10 de julio de 2017

URL Shortener

A very useful tip,

URL shortener by google, and here another one.

Shorthening your URL links will make your work easier, cut-off with the very long URLs!

Kahoot as an assessment tool

Kahoot could be a very useful tool to assess students in a fast and no-stressful way.
So, what is the problem? why don´t to use it?

Easy... there are not enought computers in the classrooms.
Solution: a TIC classroom with more computers or giving the permision to students of using their own devices at class. Second option seems to be costless and easy but... have we consider how well the wifi of our IES are working? Could the wifi of our high school support that?

Teachers can improve many things but there are "things" out of our hands...

Here an example I had use to assess some students at the 2nd ESO:

Reacciones químicas en la naturaleza

how to make a kahoot? Easy busy!





Here a video to create a kahoot in a very easy way:

 
Enjoy!

Recommended websites

Here you have some websites you have to look at:

In the website of the MIT they have created a line focus on undergraduate students: In this website you can find all kind of videos and materials related to science.

IES Ramiro de Maetzu has a very nice scientific program: here you can find activities to  reinforce and extend your knowledge.

This is a blog where 10 scientific websites are listed.

We will increase this list together along the course. I need your help! 

Uses of Padlet

Hello again!

Here is the link to our padlet, we can use it for....
  • Sharing information when students work in teams so they don´t neet to meet physically all the time.
  • Posting final product of a project.
  • Brainstorming
  • To give an opinion about a topic: share a video.


Hecho con Padlet

Padlet

Padlet is a software people use to share information and work in a collaborative way.

How does it look like?


In this link you can find all the information about what is it and how to use it.

Welcome to PQ 2017-2018!

Welcome to the magic world of science!

This course we are going to follow our learning path together through this blog. Here you are going to find all the materials you need to complete this course; as you can post your questions and comments! there are more than welcome.

So, let´s start!!