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Infographics.

This is the final task we had to do. I designed my own infography. I decided to make it about cyberbullying. I did it with my classmate Infiesta.

An Infography about Cyberbullying.

The aim of this activity is to raise awareness about cyberbullying by explaining through the infography how and where cyberbullying may take place. It also fosters students to stand for themselves and their peers against online harassament. The first section of the infography states general information about the topic, while the last section provides different things that students can do in order to stop bullying. This infography can be applied either at primary or secondary level. The main idea is to raise awareness of cyberbullying while generating a class discussion on the issue. As an activity, after the discussion, students could create their own infography focusing on just one aspect of cyberbullying. 

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Facebook and Games: how do we use them for educational purposes?

I made a podcast interview with my classmate Infiesta about the topic.

Here’s the link to listen to the audio:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RoZCqvK2OlwM0rU_bRq1vcn0QSdYNuyt/view

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My pecha-kucha.

I made my own pecha-kucha. It's about what makes me who I am today. I recorded a brief explanation about the selection of pictures and I added one of my favourites songs: 'Photograph' by Ed Sheeran.

Here’s the link to watch the video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nj4Y79MXNSwSMK8BzeLUzaG98S3T5rD-/view?usp=sharing

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Developing Critical Literacy & Critically Developing Creativity in the Class.

On this ocassion, we had to work in groups to make 2 activities. 1) Developing critial literacy: using new tools (safe search google - google for kids). 2) Critically developing creativity in the class (website to do a mindmap).

I worked with my classmates Asís, Galluzzo & Infiesta. We made a power point presentation. Here’s the link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AzaLtzuVESy7F4GBbbEr8nBXN_70tQKoRN_nWnfi-2Y/edit?usp=sharing

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Critical Technological Literacy.

WHAT IS IT? Here a brief explanation made by me.

Some years ago, someone was literate when he/she knows how to read and write. However, that has changed, and now, a person is considered literate when he/she knows how to read, write, has basic computer skills and use english for communication. Critical technological literacy means being able to use technology effectively and appropiately, as well as investigating on the net and communicating through it.

As teachers, we should raise awareness of the importance of being responsible on the internet. We should teach our students how and where look up information, which sites are trustworthy and how to manipulate the information we receive. Moreover, we should help them to develop their computer skills using useful apps or programs such as PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Online Dictionaries, Kahoot, and even more.

The big problem here is not every school and every student has access to technology and internet. Our challenge is to see how we can overcome this social gap and teach equally.

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Hemingway App.

On our weekly zoom meeting, we discussed about this app that helps to improve writing. It is a spellcheck. It is only recommendable for academic writing, though.

http://www.hemingwayapp.com/

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CEFR- My level.

I took some time to reflect upon my CEFR level. This was my reflection:

In 2019, at the beginning of the year, I received my First Certificate in English, so my level was B2. However, in my opinion, from 2019 to now, my level of English has been improved. I expect to acquire a C1 level by the end of the year, or by the beginning of 2021 at least.

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Image-based class with digital tools.

After reading about using imaged-based activities, I did the following tasks:

-TASK ON PAGE 6 (audio): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nx9jVCO7TxwWjsQMPFbSdAbAN34R4v82/view

-PERSONALIZED TASK (audio): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R9Sz0RMUenAWDlQC6JxdLm7u8T8oO22L/view

-VOCABULARY TASK (app: AnswerGarden): https://answergarden.ch/1349974 I'm also attaching it as a image in case the link does not work.

-DIALOGUE TASK:

The girl: I'll be babysitting two kids in Australia. I'm leaving tomorrow.

Bian: WHAT?!? Why didn't you tell me?

The girl: I'm sorry but I can't text now. I'll call you when I arrive home.

-GRAMMAR TASK: The focus on grammar here is to highlight the differences between the simple and continuous form. (present perfect simple and present perfect continuous). Continuous form is used because the action started in the past and is still happening know. Simple form is used because the action happened in the recent past but we don't know the specific time.

-FINAL TASK (audio): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cphmLd2YL6vo0ZY1CmKHj3vZp5tU_66u/view

Just in case, this is the folder where I uploaded all the audios: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-1ZI8xUGujaU7s_IjSWTnnrQVb9DGeeD

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My own comic.

I created my own comic! It is this: https://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/?comix_id=86789421C2944140

Age of the group: 7 or 8 years old. It could be for a 2nd or 3rd year in primary school. It depends on the level of English of the school.

Number of years learning English: About 3 years.

Objective of the comic: I'll use the comic to review the topic 'food'. Students will have been working with this topic for a while, so it'll be a revision. I will use it to open the class and 'warm up' before working. As you can see, the comic has a riddle, so it will be great to play this kind of game with the group.

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Educaplay: an interactive class.

I made my own activity on educaplay.com. It was about something I love... Travelling! Even though it's impossible for us to travel due to covid-19 and the lockdown, students can learn some basic vocabulary related to travelling. This activity is intended for a fifth year at the primary school. The majority of the students have 11 or 12 years old.

Here’s the link: https://es.educaplay.com/recursos-educativos/6182301-where_to_next.html

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My own memes!

I also did my own memes. This was totally funny and I couldn’t stop sharing the memes with my classmates.

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Netiquette.

On our weekly zoom meeting, we discussed a little bit about netiquette and the importance of it.

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Thumbelina by M.Serres.

This is my reflection after reading ‘Thumbelina’ by M. Serres.

I. Thumbelina.

    Millennials have never seen a cow since land life has been decreasing along this decade. It’s important to notice that our culture has suddenly changed. During this chapter, M. Serres explains that our students, who are called ‘Thumbelina’, do not have the same relation to the world as his generation did. Thumbelina lives in a world which is packed full; her life expectancy is close to 80 years old due to the advance of medicine. She does not have the same body or behaviour; for instance, her birth was programmed and her parents can divorce. She does not have the same head; she communicates through Facebook, she writes (or texts) and speaks differently. Thumbelina does not perceive the world in the same way as her grandparents did because she lives in a world crossed by multiculturalism, where different religions, languages and customs coexist. This generation is formatted by the media and advertising. Thumbelina has access to every kind of information, which is available online anywhere at any time. However, she is not able to completely understand or integrate the information she manipulates. Consequently, teaching has changed. All the knowledge is distributed online so teachers do not have to transmit it; it is already done! This situation requires a change in teaching which will affect all the institutions. Everything has to be redone and reinvented.

NOTE: On an interview, Michel Serres explained that he decided to call his book ‘Thumbelina’ instead of ‘Tom Thumb’ to show the victory of women. Even though the society is still male chauvinist, he thinks a new world is emerging.

II. School.

    Thumbelina has a full-head which has an enormous stock of information and processes data quickly. Her mind is better made. However, it’s the computer who contains and manages our ex human faculties: memory-imagination-reasoning. Those human qualities used to be inside our mind, but we suffered an externalization where technology is the one who remembers things for us. Therefore, Thumbelina does not have to work hard to gain knowledge since it’s already in front of her on the computer. It is common to hear a chatting in lectures because students have all the knowledge which was promised by the university. Thumbelina is not interested in what the teacher has to say because the information is available on any device; it’s already explained and illustrated. The demand that teaching had is now irrelevant; it has changed. Teachers need to implement a new one which will require another kind of knowledge. Thumbelina is no longer a passive passenger; she has a body driver now. She is active; she is in alert while she is typing on her computer. She has become a professor. For this reason, it is essential to adapt our teaching by considering the future implicated in the new technology.

III. Society.

    It’s said our society is structured by work. However, employees have been replaced by machines, which are controlled easily since they do not have mouths to complain. Facing the death of work, Thumbelina searches for a job even if she has one; she could lose it as easily as she got it. According to Thumbelina, her work is boring; it’s not stimulating and she does not find fulfilment in it. She dreams of a new kind of work which would make her happy, but there is a presumption of incompetence against Thumbelina. Her voice is anesthetized by the social media. We communicate with each other online but we do not speak face-to-face. Now, Thumbelina reproaches her parents, who accused her of being selfish and individualistic. Nevertheless, Thumbelina’s parents are divorced and their political parties are weak, so it’s in the blood*. At this point, our old belongings began to disappear. They were bloody, full of suffering, hunger and wars. Our belongings built a society on the massacres of others. Serres, M. (2013) ‘It’s preferable the immanent virtual world which does not need anyone’s death.’ Pulgarcita (pg 57) Buenos Aires: Fondo de cultura Económica.  In the society we live, everyone has become an epistemologist and we do not belong to one single community. In conclusion, Thumbelina will change the society we live in; it’s her future; it’s the revolution.

*`It is in the blood’ is an idiom. If we translated it into Spanish, it will be ‘Lo que se hereda, no se roba’. That’s what I initially meant to say. After doing some research, I found it was the right ‘translation’. I hope it is right.

IV. My own reflection.

    From my point of view, parents and grandparents should read this book in order to understand my generation. I am nineteen years old and I am a Thumbelina. The way I learn and the way I see the world is different from what it used to be thirty years ago. My mind is different because it has mutated along technology. Grandparents sometimes say that our mobile phone is the extension from our body. On the contrary, I think our thumbs are the extension of our brain. We have the chance to see everything, to learn anything anywhere just by using our thumbs. Our world has been expanded through technology and we have access to it. I believe that if our previous generations try to be open about the significance of internet, we could help them to discover this new world. Instead of underestimating Thumbelina, they could try to understand her world. The age is not an excuse. Michel Serres was 83 years old when he published this book. If he could, why is it impossible for our grandparents? It does not matter how old you are, you can be capable of discovering Thumbelina’s world if you want too; but be careful, you have to be ready to open your mind.

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Timeline - David Bowie.

Along this subject, I’ve learnt to use Visme, an online tool to create timelines. I designed this one about David Bowie who is one of my favourites singers.

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Digital Language Learning & Teaching.

After reading the text ‘Digital Language Learning & Teaching’ by M. Carrier, I created my own glossary of new words.

Glossary: new vocabulary.

Leverage:  ‘power’ or ‘force’. It means advantage.

Enhancement: delight or spell. I’m not sure if this meaning is the right one but I think it means encantamiento in spanish. So, literally this word means spell but figuratively it means to be delighted.

Practitioner: professional.

Mainframe: central computer.

Strive: exert oneself.

Gizmo: useful device (informal).

Ubiquitous: omnipresent, everywhere.

Burden: load or weight. Mental pressure (figurative).

Sage: wise (adjective) but it also means seasoning in relation to food.

Enrollment: university’s registration or number of students registered.

Pitfall: unforeseen obstacle (figurative).

Dictionary: Camdridge Dictionary. Retrieved November 2020, from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/.