Star - Week 2 -

Hello everyone!

     We are Paula and Cristina and this week we have been the stars of our group.

    As we were nine groups we had to explain our exposition nine times, once to each group, including ours. The first time it was to our group so it was the best show.

    Both stars were very nervous in the exposition and our group partners could noticed it so when we finished it they gave us some advices in order to do better the next time, like that we had to speak louder and slower.  After five minutes the telephone alarm of Linda sounds and the groups rotated to the next presentation and when Linda said it, we started our presentations again.

     Little by Little the nervous started to leave and we could be relaxed and even enjoy it. Each group, after the presentation had to told us some things about it, like the thing that they most like and the less. After three more expositions, it was the time to present it to Linda and the group that went with her. We presented it like to the other groups with nervous but trying to do our best.  

     When Paula was talking about the TCK, Linda started the feedback with her about the differences of the different knowledge. Once her questions were answered, Paula continued with the presentation. Finally, when it was ended, Linda asked in which knowledge we could put some subjects.

    After some more minutes, the groups rotated again and we started and made our presentation four more times.

      In the last one we were a bit tired but we hadn´t got nervous at all.

      Finally, class ended and we were ready to leave!

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Curator-farmer - Week 2 -

Hi everyone, I am Andrea and this week I have performed the curator-farmer role in our group with the help of my partner Pepe. For this work we have used the following academic references:

•       Koehler, m. (2012). TPACK.ORG. TPACK.ORG. Retrieved 24 September 2012, from http://www.matt-koehler.com/tpack/tpack-explained

•  Fundación UNAM. (2013). Fundacionunam.org.mx. Retrieved 10 June 2013, from http://www.fundacionunam.org.mx/education/que-es-tpack-y-por-que-es-importante

•       Merhbi, A. (2017). TPACK: �Qu necesitan saber los/as docentes para integrar efectivamente las TIC?. Escuela20.com. Retrieved 17 February 2017, from http://www.escuela20.com/tpack-tic-tpack/articulos-y-actualidad/tpack-que-necesitan-saber-losas-docentes-para-integrar-efectivamente-las-tic_2806_42_4299_0_1_in.html 

• Castañeda, L. (2014). TPACK Tecnological Pedagogical Content Knowledge. YouTube. Retrieved 31 December 2014, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVT0pB_f2Zk&t=347s

Translator - Week 2 -

Hello I am Ana and this week I am in charge of the translator role. The five concepts most important that we have learn in this task are:

• TPACK: (technological, pedagogical and content knowledge) it is a methodology in which the teachers combine the technological, pedagogical and content knowledge for teaching.

• PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE (PCK): Is a combination of pedagogical knowledge and content knowledge. PCK refers to the form of how to teach a subject.

• TECHNOLOGICAL CONTENT KNOLEDGE (TCK): Is a combination of technological and content knowledge. It refers that the teachers a part from know the content of the subject, have to know how use the technologies for teaching in the best way the subject.

• TECHNOLOGICAL PEDADOGICAL KNOWLEDGE (TPK): Is a combination of technological and pedagogical knowledge. TPK refers to the new form of teaching, using the new technologies, which make the learning more attractive.

• INFORMATION MAPPING: Is a method based on investigation for organise the information in a clear way, in order to the public understand the information in the best way. Information mapping interrelates ideas categorizing by order of importance, presents graphically the information... We have use the type of Marshall and Locker. 

Analyst - Week 2 -

Hi everyone, I'm Monica and in the work of this week my role has been the analyst.

To begin, I would like to say that I consider that we are a good group, we share many ideas and we come to an agreement easily, without the need to argue or get pissed off.

From my point of view, the best part of the activity of this week has been the manual work, because the majority of the group like crafts and for us it has been a plus, but on the other hand, think about things that we were going to put or find the information correct and necessary to make yea has been more complicated. for this reason has taken us more time. The best part of the activity has been the organization, as I have already said, we harmonize very well and we have improved in the distribution of tasks and others and on the initiative and motivation of the group. Conversely, the worst part of the activity has been the time, we should have been before and to make individual things at home to save time in the class or in our group moments.

About the weeks and the meetup, we have had good and bad moments. One of the best moments was the day when we were to perform manual work, we were all the moment laughing, we work very good together and complete the task. and also, to see the good results of everything. On the other hand, one of the bad moments was when we couldn't find information, the uncertainty of not knowing if what we were looking for was correct or not, the novelty of these works, etc.

In short, as a group, we have learned to work together very fast despite haven’t been together in any previous group of other subjects. And in terms of the knowledge, we've learned different concepts that we had never heard before.

The content treated this week is about the different knowledges that a teacher should know in order to develop effectively his/her job, particularly how to implement technologies effectively inside the classroom. It is strongly related with the subject area of ICT and also with planification of the educational action, because they both focus in how to become an effective teacher. In terms of technology, we can speak of new resources, digital whiteboards, computers... as well as textbooks.

As a conclusion, we can speak about the group challenges. We have improved in the manual work, make drawings, creativity, etc; and in the distribution of ideas for doing something, but I believe that we must do things individually at home to start having a base and not from 0, because that will facilitate more our work.

Journalist - Week 2 -

Hello, my name is Lucy and this week I have been the journalist in my group. All right, let's begin.

In the work of this week we have been in charge of everything related to TPACK. We started looking for the necessary information to answer some questions that the teacher had asked us; then we started to think about ideas to make our poster and finally came the time to do the manual work and put our ideas into practice, in this last part we divided: the stars of the group were in charge of making the speech that they were going to expose and the rest of us were taking care of making the poster. And that's how the day of the exhibitions came. Before starting, the teacher called the Curator-Farmers from each group and she told to them to run around the class. It was a funny situation to those who didn't have to run.

Then she placed each pair of Stars in an area of the class and finally the exhibitions began.

Well, we first heard the exposition of our Stars, then we gave them the latest advice and we encouraged them.

In all the visits we made to the groups they explained the same thing to us: what was the TPACK, what were its elements and if it was enough to explain the action of the teachers. Knowing this, I will write some observations that my group and I made to other groups.

The first visit we made was to the Stars of the Spiky Teachers group, who explained us that they had chosen this design for their poster because, as they talked about technology, what better way to represent it than with a design based on technology? In addition it was a creative design and with a simple glance you could understand what the job was about.

Then we went to the area where the Stars of the Star Fish group were, whose poster design we thought was beautiful; another aspect that we liked was that at the time of the explanation, we understood all they said perfectly; nevertheless we advised that they were linking the whole set of the explanation and that they were not putting the question and then responding it.

Later we visited the pair of Stars of Ladies and Gentleman, in their explanation we noticed that they had a very fluent English and that we understood them perfectly; another aspect in their favor was that they accompanied the explanation with examples; but we told them that they had to improve the design of their poster, because to be able to see it well, we had to get quite close to the poster.

  

Our next Stars to visit were those of the group The Wildcats, who explained us that they had chosen that design for their poster because it was the one that best adapted to their concept of TPACK: clear, creative, with keywords and that allowed you to understand everything with a single glance. From this group we liked their creativity and the natural way in which they had put the questions in their exposition; however we commented that they had to explain a little more separately the elements of TPACK and that when it was time to put things on the poster, they tried to not turn so much, since that made them not heard well.

The next visit was to the Stars of the Fishers in the River group. They explained us that their design was based on a Spider Diagram because they liked how important concepts were viewed and because it was simple to understand. From this group we liked the originality of their poster and how careful the small details were. But we told them that they should keep in mind that they had to spoke more face to the public.

And that's how we got to the Stars of the Spacers 2.0 group, they explained us that they had chosen Mind Scape as the design pattern for their poster because the concepts, ideas and illustrations were clearly displayed. From this group, I personally liked the detail that the astronaut represented the teacher; and we liked the creativity of the poster and how well they exposed the stars of the group, since they were very well coordinated.

The following Stars belonged to the Flower Power group, which when we arrived, gave us a flower for Valentine's Day; a curious and funny detail, don't you think?

The design of their poster was based on a Mind Map, and they chose it because they could represent many ideas in the same place and because it was simple to understand. We liked the creativity of their poster; however we told them that they should speak a little louder.

And finally, we visited the Stars of the Archi-Teachers group, they had used a design based on the Buzon Map in which the main idea was in the center and the secondary ideas were coming out of the central, like an octopus. We liked the design of the poster, as it was very original; we should also mention the good coordination that the Stars had when they were explaining the exhibition; and finally, we emphasize that they had fluent English and that it was understood very well.

Finally, I will end by commenting on the last general question (There is any important part of the Teacher's action that is not already included in TPACK model? Is TPACK enough to understand the work of a teacher?) writing how all groups have responded: In general to the first question some groups responded that the action of the teacher was collected in TPACK and other groups responded that some aspects were missing; however, to the second question, all groups agreed that TPACK is not enough to explain the action of teachers.

Facilitator - Week 2 -

Hello, I am Marta  and this week I am the facilitator of the group, so as the name indicates my work is to facilitate and organize the work of the rest of members in my group.

In the first practical session we decided the roles and we started reading the task and seeing the videos. Once we had got we met in the general library in Espinardo and booked a classroom to be able to work more quietly and without disturbing anyone. We bought cards, colors, scissors, glue and all the necessary material and got to work.

That day I decided what each one had to take the next day to complete the work. Each one contributed things from his house and finally we were able to gather all the materials and ideas and finish the final mural.

Despite not being able to be just together for the distance of many of us, this week we have worked very well and the role of facilitator has been very easy because everyone contributed many things to make everything better.