Information: where is it from?

Hi everyone! I'm Anthea and today  I am here as the curator farmer to let you know where the references are from. As we have been working in the same project of the previous weeks, we only have as new the translator references.

Here you have the references of the translator:

Snakes and Ladders. (2015, April 18). In Wikipedia. Retrieved April 28, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes_and_Ladders

Heathfield, S. (n.d.). What is a team? . In About. Retrieved fromhttp://humanresources.about.com/od/teambuilding/f/teams_def.htm

Team . (n.d.). In Oxford Dictionaries . Retrieved April 28, 2015, fromhttp://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/team

Consideration. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster. Retrieved April 28, 2015, fromhttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consideration

Opponent. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster . Retrieved April 28, 2015, fromhttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opponent

Opponent . (n.d.). In Collins Dictionary. Retrieved April 28, 2015, fromhttp://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/opponent

Farlex . (n.d.). Rule . In The free dictionary . Retrieved April 28, 2015, fromhttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/rule

Rule. (n.d.). In Dictionary.com. Retrieved April 28, 2015, fromhttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rules

Snakes and Ladders' STAR

Hi bloggers! I'm Alba García and, once more, I've been the star! This week my duty as a star has been shared with Anthea, as she has been the second star. We have had to study the different topics about the LOMCE so we could answer correctly some questions about those topics in the game Snakes and Ladders.

As the journalist has said, the game took part on Monday and on Thursday. We climbed some ladders, went down on some snakes (damn that snake on 82!) but finally, the most exciting move came... In our last turn, we went up in a ladder from 70 to 94, answered the question asked by our teacher correctly, rolled the dice, got a 6, and moved to 100! AND WE ANSWERED THAT LAST QUESTION CORRECTLY AND BECAME THE WINNERS OF THE GAME!!!!!!  

This task has been the one in which the stars have had the most responsibility as it was up to us winning the game and getting the prize or losing. Maybe this was just a game, but being responsible for the performance of a whole group of people could also happen to us in many other situations in life, not only in the academic and professional aspects, but also in the personal ones. On the one hand, when we become teachers and get a job at a school, which I hope will be soon, our head of department and the school head will be the ones representing the whole department and the whole school, respectively. One day, we may also become heads of department or even school heads, and this role has taught me that sometimes, it's up to our own performance that a collective of people succeed or don't. On the other hand, we are very likely to form a family in the future, and the well-functioning of a family depends on the parents most of the time. Again, in this quotidian situation, two people are the ones in charge of making sure that everything goes well.

I have to say that the star for this task has been the most exciting of all, as playing the game was really funny and interesting. Knowing the answers for the questions was important, but there was also an important component of LUCK as maybe you answered many questions correctly but if you cought a snake you would go down on the board, and, on the contrary, if you were lucky you could catch many ladders and climb up in the board. As with being responsible for a collective, the component of luck is also present in many situations in life. From knowing the questions in an exam, to going shopping and finding something that you like and suits you well, luck may become a decisive factor. Also, for when we do the exams for working as a teacher for the Estate, we may be lucky and have to compete against few people for a high number of vacancies, or we may be unlucky and compete againts many people for few vacancies.This task has showed me that sometimes it isn't 100% up to us succeeding or not; there are many other factors that can help or affect you in a negative way in your performance.

To finish with, I would like to congratulate all of the stars form every group for their great job, and to Keep Calm & Keep Organized for that SECOND PLACE! Good job guys!

I come here with the information of the week!

Hi everyone! I am Silvia and this week it is my turn of giving you the news. Yes, you have guessed it, I am the JOURNALIST!

This week we have continued working in the LOMCE and, at last, we have done the GAME. Because of that, this week has been a bit hard for our stars, but they have worked very hard and we are very proud of them.

On Monday 20^th we developed the strategy that we went to use during the week in order to learn all the questions that our colleagues had posted the week before and, for doing the work more fair for the stars too, the coach (Marina Crevillén) asked us in order that our stars were studying all the week and in the weekend they only had to revise the questions.

And, finally… the big day arrives!

On Monday 27^th we started the game using a version of the traditional game “Snakes and Ladders” in which after each movement, Linda did a question to our stars and, if they pass, continue playing and, if they fail, the turn pass to the stars of other group. Meanwhile the rest of the group was encouraging to our stars, each group in their own way, all of them very interesting and originals.

Finally, on Thursday 30^th, as we could not finish the game the previous day, we did the final part of the game and I must say that, at least in our case, we have lived the game with more stress that the previous day, I suppose that because it was the end of the game and, although we had a good position, the situation could change in any moment. But I have now said enough. Do you want to know who won? Well… the winner was (sound of drums)… POWER TEACHERS!

Yes, we were the winners! Can you believe it? We are very proud of our stars (Alba and Anthea) because they did a great job and even if they had not won, we know that they made a big effort and we must be very proud and grateful to them because of that.

Now I am going to recommend you two different blogs.

On the one way we have the blog PUERTAS A LA IMAGINACIÓN, created by a teacher of art, although, even if the blog is focused on this subject, we can find a lot of tools and activity that we can apply to other subjects too. For this reason I have chosen this blog, because in it you can find manual activities, activities in which the children can use the ICT, tools 2.0, digital books about plastic arts and a lot of things more that the teachers (and even the mothers, fathers and/or babysitters in some occasions and aspects) can use in order to make the teaching and the learning more dynamic, funny and modern. Are you interested? Well, here you can find more information about it: http://puertasalaimaginacion.blogspot.com.es/

On the other hand this week I am going to recommend the blog of the group KEEP CALM AND KEEP ORGANIZED. I have chosen this blog because I think that they deserve it (and not only because they have had the second place in the LOMCE’s game, although congratulations for this) because in the posts on their blog, I can see their hard-work and I think that the way in which they explain the activities of each week is fantastic. In addition, I love the blog’s design too. I think that it has a great style and ha letter clear and easy to read, a factor that in my opinion is very important. So if you want to look around it, here is the direction: http://keepcalmandkeeporganized.blogspot.com.es/

The analyst is here! CONGRATULATIONS POWER TEACHERS!

Hello everybody! I'm Rebeca Cascales Ribera and this week I'm the ANALYST. As you can see in other posts of analysts, the person in charge of this role value every week's work, in an individual and collective way.

These weeks, we're working into the same topic, LOMCE, but in different activities. This is very important in our degree because the laws are in continuous changing and we must know how to investigate a curriculum, when we become teachers, because I'm sure that it will change and it won't be the LOMCE one.

The week's activity was doing a training for our next week's starts to study the six topics' questions and the Snake and Ladders' session.

To start with how the activity was, I have to say that it's one of the most interesting activities that we've done, it is very dynamic and funny for some components of the group, overall to the "cheerleaders". The worst of this activity was studying every questions for our stars, they have to be the responsible of answer in our name and I have to say that they have done it very well.

One of the best moment of this activity was the moment of Monday 27th when our stars started to guess the answer and they guessed 6 straight questions. It was very exciting because we were encourage them to follow and it was a good moment for every Power Teachers. And of course, the best moment of this activity was the moment on Thursday 30th when our stars got win the game and it was so stimulating for us. We had achieved what every member of the class wants. On the other side, the worst moment of the session of today (Thursday 30th) was waiting for the last question, we were so nervous and of course, our stars, who were waiting for it anxiously.

The most important of this activity has been learning in a different methodology as the usual one about the LOMCE. This topic is one of the topics that we work in some subjects. In this Organisation and Educational Resources we are seeing it in a general view and we are knowing all the branches. In other subjects such as Diversity, we are seeing it in another perspective, for example we're focusing on the support measures that LOMCE offers to the children with some difficulties.

Regarding the social connexion, this activity called Snake and Ladders is very similar to the nowadays television programmes. I think that every programmes with questions and answers are very interesting because there is very tension and that makes spectators are more inside the game, as we lived in class on Monday 27th and on Thursday 30th. It was like living one of this television programme in our own class.

Now, I'm going to reflect about the working way of this last weeks. When we started the LOMCE topic, we was working by groups such as Power Teachers, Power Puff Teachers... but then, the groups were mixed, divided and the way of work changed, at the beginning it was a bit difficult because we had got used to work with our group and suddenly it had changed. By the time, we worked better and better and this will help us in a future to do whatever with whoever always. Now, I'm going to focus in my group, I'm very proud of them because although we sometimes have some difficulties, we always achieve what we have proposed and this gives us strength to get ahead.

CONGRATULATIONS POWER TEACHERS!

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Are you sure that you understand all the words? I can help you!!

Hello bloggers! I'm María García and this week I have been the TRANSLATOR of Powerteachers!! Although this week we have posted our task a few days later, we are here!

As you know, my work in this role consists on chosing five words and define them. So, I think these words has been presented in this activity and that they are important in this task:

Snakes & Ladders: It is a board game where the players (2 or more) have to roll a die and advance through the squares to the last one with their tiles. This game includes snakes and ladders which connect several squares. With the snakes you move back through the board and with the ladders you advance.

Snakes and Ladders. (2015, April 18). In Wikipedia. Retrieved April 28, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes_and_Ladders

Team: A group of people that colaborate to work together to get a purpose. The members of a team can work individually or cooperatively, sharing their opinions to elaborate combined ideas and that they can agree with all the decisions they make.

Heathfield, S. (n.d.). What is a team? . In About. Retrieved from http://humanresources.about.com/od/teambuilding/f/teams_def.htm

Team . (n.d.). In Oxford Dictionaries . Retrieved April 28, 2015, from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/team

Consider: The act of thinking in detail something. In the game, our stars have to consider very well the answer that they had to say. So, we can define this verb in this case as reflect about the answer of a question with a partner to put in common the knowledge about the topic that they have worked before.

Consideration. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster. Retrieved April 28, 2015, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consideration

Opponent: The person or the team who you are against in a competition, a game or a contest. It is the rival with whom you have to compete for wining one of those.

Opponent. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster . Retrieved April 28, 2015, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opponent

Opponent . (n.d.). In Collins Dictionary. Retrieved April 28, 2015, from http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/opponent

Rules (in games): The regulations or the steps that the players of a game must follow to win it. The rules are compulsory and if one of the players is cheating, he/she shouldn't continue the game.

Farlex . (n.d.). Rule . In The free dictionary . Retrieved April 28, 2015, from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rule

Rule. (n.d.). In Dictionary.com. Retrieved April 28, 2015, from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rules

Finally, I want to say that I am so proud of my partners (my group and the other groups) for playing this game so well. The stars of each team are fantastic and I think all the groups have worked a lot and very well. This game (that other Powerteacher will explain you in other post) have been great and fun!

I hope you see the other posts that will be upload soon. I'm sure that you will like the activity of this week as well we have liked! And you are going to know who is the winner of the game... Will you miss it?