Friday 9 May 2014

8. LEADERSHIP

8. LEADERSHIP

(From 6/May to 13/May)

What do you think is the best type of leadership?

Roles:
Facilitator: Irene Martínez Bermúdez
Journalist: Mª José Herrero Atiénzar
Analyst: Javier Marín Garcerán and Mariano Castillo Escudero
Translator: Natalia Martínez Alcázar
Curator/Farmer: Ana de Lara Torrente
Star: Alicia del Carmen Lova Ortiz

TRANSLATOR OF THE WEEK: Changes in the Spanish Educational System Overview: "The Game"


Those are the 5 terms we used and learned this week:


Directive Board: serving or intended to guide, govern, or influence at schools.

Resources: A resource is a source or supply from which benefit is produced. Typically resources are materials, services, staff, or other assets that are transformed to produce benefit and in the process may be consumed or made unavailable. Benefits of resource utilization may include increased wealth, meeting needs or wants, proper functioning of a system, or enhanced well being. At schools we will find educational, human and material resources.

Educational Administration: it is a branch of university or college employees responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the institution and separate from the faculty or academics, although some personnel may have joint responsibilities. Some type of separate administrative structure exists at almost all academic institutions, as fewer and fewer schools are governed by employees who are also involved in academic or scholarly work. Many senior administrators are academics who have advanced degrees and no longer teach or conduct research actively.

Evaluation: it is a systematic determination of a subject's merit, worth and significance, using criteria governed by a set of standards. It can assist an organization, program, project or any other intervention or initiative to assess any aim, realisable concept/proposal, or any alternative, to help in decision-making; or to ascertain the degree of achievement or value in regard to the aim and objectives and results of any such action that has been completed. The primary purpose of evaluation, in addition to gaining insight into prior or existing initiatives, is to enable reflection and assist in the identification of future change.

School success: the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals. So probably at school a success for the students is to pass with good grades all the course.

The translator of the week: Ana de Lara Torrente

Tuesday 6 May 2014

STARS' WORK: Changes in The Spanish Educational System. THE GAME!

Hi everyone! We are Mariano and Irene and we have been the stars in this practice.

 This week we have had a hard activity to do which included much responsibility on it. We have done a quiz that was based on the game Ladders and Snakes and all the groups have competed for an important prize to get the maximum reward.

 The objective of the game was to learn, understand and have an idea of our Spanish Educational System, so before starting to play the game, we have had our holidays to read and learn the main differences between LOE and LOMCE.

 The day of the game we were so nervous, we didn’t know the rules, and we couldn’t communicate with the other classmates of our group so we worked under pressure. But, finally the game was as we expected.

 Although we didn’t win the game, we have learnt all the information that included LOE and LOMCE; but the most important thing is that we have spent a wonderful time all together preparing the game step by step with conceptual maps, unifying our maps with the others of different groups who had the same topic, building and reviewing the questions for the game…

To conclude, we would like to say that this group experience has been very satisfying for us because though we didn't win the main prize, we won points for being the best group who had built the questions for the game thanks to the votes of our classmates.


Here you can see some of the photos that we took before starting the game! #selfiegiveme7

 
 
 



STARS: Mariano Castillo & Irene Martínez
 

Monday 5 May 2014

ANALYST IN "THE GAME".

This week I am the analyst so I have to evaluate the teamwork and answer the following questions related with the practice: “Changes in The Spanish Educational  System Overview: The game.”.

· What was the best part of the activity?

The best part of the activity was the moment of the game, no doubt. Our star had prepared very well the content; therefore, we wanted to see them in action. When it was our turn, my team and I were very nervous and excited. In that way, we always  celebrated our victory! We trusted them, in fact, the stars did not fail any question, but the luck did not accompany us. Therefore, from my point of view, the game was really fun and entertaining. In addition, I think that everyone had a good time!


· What was the worse?

The worst is still the organization of the group because we are many members in the team and we have to divide and coordinate us in the best possible way and this is sometimes a bit tricky.  This time, the problem was to choose the stars. Obviously, no one wanted  this role.. So, we spend too much time making the choice, and in that way, it was a difficult task. So, after speaking it in common, we come to a conclusion:  we will follow the order.  In addition, we believe that this was the most logical and sensible proposal. Therefore, we do it!


· What was the best moment of the week (in the work of the group)?

The funniest part of the week has been the representation of the stars, as I said. This week, they had to respond to some questions which they have prepared during the week. All team members asked ourselves how the game will be, and thus, when our star had to respond to the questions, we were very nervous and anxious to see her/him. This week has been somewhat unexpected, which we think is innovative and dynamic.
As a group, we support our stars, especially when their turn came.


· What was the worse?

The worst part were the nerves. We were really nervous because it was a very important game. When the turn came for our two stars, my group and I expected with illusion and desire a correct answer! This moment is very frustrating, especially for our representatives (stars).  The stars knew that they had a great responsibility, so they were even more unsettled.


                           
·  What do you need to conserve -as a group- for the next weeks?

All members of the group worked hard their parts to carry out a good job. We did it with great interest and looking forward the game to be done correctly and successfully. If in a group there are not hard work, desire, illusion and strength, the group will not be very good and thereby the practices will not have a great result. Each and every member of the group work in order to the practice of every week will be prepared in the best possible way. This is an aspect that should be transmitted to next weeks.
By this I mean, we have worked hard to reach this stage: "The game". In addition, our stars have taken much interest and have studied a lot to pass the game successfully.


·  What do you need to improve –as a group- for the next weeks?

We should improve the decision-making. I say this because my group and I have taken a long time to choose the star .. This task was different, so it scared us a little. It is also true that we are many members in the group. Thus, it is more difficult to make decisions. There are many different opinions .. But I think we've taken the most logical choice: We have followed the order of the roles.


·  How THIS content is related to other contents in the course and in your degree?

This practice has been very important for us. For example,  in other subjects we are constantly trying these laws: in "Diversity" or in "Action Tutorial". So, that contest is related to other matters in the course. Therefore, knowing the law helps us.
Also, as future teachers, we must know this aspect . Because when we teach our students in a future, we have to know the law to teach correctly, to make good decisions, for a better understanding of the teaching process, to know every aspect of a school..

Natalia Martinez Alcazar (ANALYST)

Curator-Farmer: Resources and organization of our activity "The Educational Sistem"


Hello readers!

In my post as curator-farmer, I have few things to say, because of this last week we were mainly focus on The Game. That's the reason why I would like you to have a look at previous post of curator-farmer related to our last activity:
"Changes in The Spanish Educational System".
http://giveme7blog.blogspot.com.es/2014/04/post-reservado-curator-farmer.html

There, you can find all of the resources we have been using for prepare this task during these last weeks.

I also attach the link of our personal pearltree: a place that let us organize all our resources, such as web pages, links, files...

giveme7 and Blogs / Practices / 7. Changes in The Spanish Educational System Overview in giveme7blog (giveme7)

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Curator: Alicia Carmen Lova Ortiz

It's My Turn as Facilitator.

This week we've been working again with the laws, we've done a very interesting game in which each group had to invent some questions about the laws we are studying and the stars had to answer them correctly in order to win the game in the end.

In our group we have worked in a very organized way because each of us had to invent an specific number of questions in order to have the total 24 questions of all the different topics we have (6 in total). Doing this like that we were faster and we could do better our work because then we all corrected all the questions and selected the ones we thought were more appropriate for the game.

Facilitator: Maria José Herrero Atiénzar.

Sunday 4 May 2014

Journalist for The Game. The Important Thing is to Learn.

Hi! 
This week we played the "Snakes and Ladders" game for testing our knolewdge about the LOMCE. Our stars, Irene and Mariano, studied deeply the question cards, and with the help of all our group clarified and review the contents and implications of the law. Through this practice, we have learnt that the approval of the LOMCE and the many changes that will bring about the LOE creates a display in which the educational sector are facing one of the biggest challenges in its history. I think that from the educational point of view is complex and can be very frightening for us as future teachers. 
Altought we did not win the game, we as a group are very proud of our stars, and as I say in the title, the important thing is to learn.


Just like our educational system...

Related to the ICT subject and the Lomce, you can read this interesting document to help you understand better the changes:
Now, onto our final exams...good luck to everyone!

Journalist: Javier Marín Garcerán.