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?

Let's define some words!

Hi everyone! I'm Anthea, the translator! As you already know, my role consists on looking for five words related to the weekly activity and defining them. Thus week it has been a bit more difficult, because we have continued working on the last project, which is about the Basics of the Spanish Educational System, and some important words had been defined before. Fortunately, at the end I have been able to find some other words, which are:

Manager

The manager is the person who trains, guides, controls, someone for something: a sport, a contest... but, in this case, this person is in charge of training participants of a game that have to memorize a series of questions, and, then, being able to answer them correctly and in a short time after they had been asked.

The information has been retrieved from: 
- http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/manager
- http://www.thefreedictionary.com/manager 


Strategy
A strategy is a plan which people use to achieve something, mainly for winning a game, defeating a team (sports)..., by following a series of steps and by establishing some goals. It consists on thinking about a way to reach the objectives that have been proposed.

The information has been retrieved from:
- http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strategy
- http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/strategy


Leader
The leader is a someone who directs a person, or a group of people, by being the most important part He/She decides what has to be done, how it is going to be, how the rest of the group is going to work, and what are going to be their goals, objectives, purposes. 

The information has been retrieved from:
- http://www.thefreedictionary.com/leader


Training
The training is a really important part of a project, an exposition, or sport. It is a period of time used for get prepared for a competition or improving the own skills because of they are going to be shown after this.

The information has been retrieved from:
- http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/training


Supporter
The supporter is someone who encourages others to do something as well as they can, mainly when there are two or more teams or groups competing for the same thing. They do it by cheering them up, tellying them that they can do it or they will achieve whatever they want. In short, they are people who tell others phrases for encouraging them to continue.

The information has been retrieved from:
- http://www.thefreedictionary.com/supporter

Did you miss me? I am the BOSS!

Hi bloggers! I am Silvia García and I am here a week more, this time since the role of the facilitator.

This week has been a bit weird because we have not had an activity in group as the others weeks. This time we have organized and selected the questions for the game about the LOMCE, specifically about the topics 1 and 4 (we had to choose ten questions for each topic between all the questions that the groups have done) and we have decided the strategy that we are going to use this week in order to learn these questions, above all in the case of the stars.

For these activities the roles have been:

FACILITATOR: Silvia García martínez

JOURNALIST: Rebeca cascales ribera

ANALYST: maría garcía zamora

TRANSLATOR: anthea clemente sharp

CURATOR-FARMER: alba García subiela

STAR: marina crevillén Fernández

On Thursday 16^th we did the selection of the questions. Our group was divided in two and one part had to work with the group of Keep Kalm and Keep Organized in the Topic 1 and the other part with the group of Busy Bees in the Topic 4. For this activity I tried that each one of us worked with the topic that we had worked more. After, each part of the group organized the questions’ selection in a different way, depending on the other group too.

On Monday 20^th we organized the strategy that we are going to follow this week. In this case I have not divided the work because the star of this week (Marina Crevillén) has been the coach of our next stars and, although we have helped them and given our opinion, she has decided the steps to follow.

I must say that one of the aspects that I have enjoyed more this week has been working with the other groups because we have learnt about how they work and if we can change something in order to improve. In addition, to work with other people has been an interesting experience too, because, although I love my group, it is always good to realise that you can work with other people too in a good way if it is necessary. For instance, when we worked with the Busy Bees in the selection of the questions about the Topic 4, I felt very glad when we could organize the work in a fast and efficient way, although we never had worked together before.

HELLO, THE STAR IS HERE!!!!!!! :D

Hello everybody, this week I have been the Star, but no the normal star if not an special star, since during this week I have been and am, the personal trainer of the two stars of the next week, Alba y Anthea.

My function this week has been and is to prepare the stars and the other members of my group for the game which will be the next week. To do this I have designed a plan to train them.

My plan have been and is the following, to ask each member of my group randomly three questions per person every day of the week. Each day of this week I have asked and ask one topic, which one I told to my partners the day before. The objective of my plan is that all the members of my group know about the questions, and coat the stars, since only they are going to play. I have decided to do this to provide maximum convenience to the stars, since if they study during the week, they only will have to review the questions at the weekend.

I have to say that this week I have enjoyed so much being a personal trainer since I have been like a teacher asking to the students the lesson every day.

Gathering all the resources

Hi bloggers! I'm Alba García and for this activity I've been the curator/farmer. As you may know by now, by job is to gather all the resources we have used to develop the activity and show them in a mindmap.

It seems that "challenge" has become one of my surnames as, one more week, developing my role is a bit tricky as we have continued working on the Basics of the Educational System. However, this week we haven't worked with the official documents, but instead we have worked with the questions which were produced by each of the groups. Because of that, I have decided to cite the group of questions done by each group for the topics we have used, as that is what we have really worked with.

These are the references of the questions, grouped by topic:

* TOPIC 1: An Overview of the Educational System

- Tudela, Y., Peña, M., Hernández, M., Peñalver, M. J., Jiménez, B., López, A., Rueda, G., López, A. (2015). Questions for Topic 1 by Busy Bees.

- Abellán, N., Acosta, P., Álvarez, F. J., Álvarez, M., Álvarez, P., Gómez, A. E., Ibarra, J. (2015). Questions for Topic 1 by Meerkats.

- Ferra, M., Balsas, M., Cruz, A., Bastida, I., Alarcón, M. T., Fernández, L., Camacho, F., Belmonte, S. (2015). Questions for Topic 1 by ItsChOOL.

- García, M., Hernández, N., Terry, H. R., Peral, P., Pérez, C., Ruíz, A. (2015). Questions for Topic 1 by Keep Calm and Keep Organized.

- Sánchez, M., Ruíz, A., Menargues, C., Miralles, Y., Palomo, B., Villalba, M. C., Navarro, M., Lorente, A. (2015). Questions for Topic 1 by Los Umpalumpas.

- Mateo, C., Martínez, E., Tortosa, F., López, C., Higgins, M., Martínez, S., Vicente, A. I., Mula, A. (2015). Questions for Topic 1 by Platypus.
- Cascales, R., Clemente, A., Crevillén, M., García, S., García, A., García, M. (2015). Questions for Topic 1 by Power Teachers.
- Giménez, A., Bas, A., Viudez, B., Cadenas, E., Galián, I., Angosto, I., Aniorte, S. (2015). Questions for Topic 1 by Seven Up!.
- Álvarez, I., Carpena, C., Egea, J., García, M., Góngora, A. C., Grau, L., Molina-Niñirola, M. C. (2015). Questions for Topic 1 by PowerPuff Teachers.

* TOPIC 4: Organisational Variations and Alternative Structures in Primary Education

- Tudela, Y., Peña, M., Hernández, M., Peñalver, M. J., Jiménez, B., López, A., Rueda, G., López, A. (2015). Questions for Topic 4 by Busy Bees.

- Abellán, N., Acosta, P., Álvarez, F. J., Álvarez, M., Álvarez, P., Gómez, A. E., Ibarra, J. (2015). Questions for Topic 4 by Meerkats.

- Ferra, M., Balsas, M., Cruz, A., Bastida, I., Alarcón, M. T., Fernández, L., Camacho, F., Belmonte, S. (2015). Questions for Topic 4 by ItsChOOL.

- García, M., Hernández, N., Terry, H. R., Peral, P., Pérez, C., Ruíz, A. (2015). Questions for Topic 4 by Keep Calm and Keep Organized.

- Sánchez, M., Ruíz, A., Menargues, C., Miralles, Y., Palomo, B., Villalba, M. C., Navarro, M., Lorente, A. (2015). Questions for Topic 4 by Los Umpalumpas.

- Mateo, C., Martínez, E., Tortosa, F., López, C., Higgins, M., Martínez, S., Vicente, A. I., Mula, A. (2015). Questions for Topic 4 by Platypus.

- Cascales, R., Clemente, A., Crevillén, M., García, S., García, A., García, M. (2015). Questions for Topic 4 by Power Teachers.

- Giménez, A., Bas, A., Viudez, B., Cadenas, E., Galián, I., Angosto, I., Aniorte, S. (2015). Questions for Topic 4 by Seven Up!.

- Álvarez, I., Carpena, C., Egea, J., García, M., Góngora, A. C., Grau, L., Molina-Niñirola, M. C. (2015). Questions for Topic 4 by PowerPuff Teachers.

And these are the references used by the translator:

- Manager - Definition for English-Language Learners from Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary. (n.d.). In Learner's Dictionary. Retrieved from http://goo.gl/y3Mct3

- Manager - Definition of manager by The Free Dictionary. (n.d.). In The Free Dictionary. Retrieved from http://goo.gl/w2v0us

- Strategy - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster. Retrieved from http://goo.gl/GkOnU9

- Strategy - definition of strategy in English from the Oxford dictionary. (n.d.). In Oxford Dictionaries. Retrieved from http://goo.gl/kds1pN

- Leader - Definition of leader by The Free Dictionary. (n.d.). In The Free Dictionary. Retrieved from http://goo.gl/LIwBgW

- Training - Definition for English-Language Learners from Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary. (n.d.). In Learner's Dictionary. Retrieved from http://goo.gl/05BXOo

- Supporter - Definition for English-Language Learners from Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary. (n.d.). In Learner's Dictionary. Retrieved from http://goo.gl/F2OKvD

Well, it's the turn of the analyst! Read below and enjoy with our task!

Hi bloggers! I'm María García and this week I have been the ANALYST of this activity! As you know, my work in this role is to explain you how we have worked (as a group and individually), the content that we have learned from this task and his importance to us.

 

As you have already known, we continue with the activity of Spanish Educational System. Each week, we have made different tasks with the same topic. This week, we had to organize the questions that all the groups are done for making sure that any question was repeated. Also, we reviewed all the questions, according to the survey that Linda gave us. Then, we mixed with other groups and we had to chose what questions were the best. Finally, we decided what strategy we will use for reviewing the questions to our stars.

 

The task of this week hasn't been busier than others that we have already done because we did the work of this activity in class with our partners.

 

We are working with the LOMCE, the present Spanish Educational law and I think that it is so important that we work with this because we have to know how is organized our Educational System. Maybe, you are thinking that the LOMCE has a lot of information but in the way that we are working with, it isn't difficult to know the main principles. Moreover, as future teachers it's important to know the law and how we can organize it for understanding it better.  

 

With this big activity we have worked with some tools and we have interacted with several groups from the class, that it was so good. We have worked with groups as PowerpuffTeachers, Bussy Bees or KeepCalm&KeepOrganized and I think that it was a great experience. We could see how they have worked during the past weeks and we have applied different points of view. That way to work have given us more motivation and several ideas to applying in our group. For all of us, this kind of group dynamics have taught some values as mixed all the ideas in a way what we agree, take other points of view, the importance of teamwork, etc. Because is not the same working with your own group (Powerteachers) that divide you and working with other group. It's different but in a good way. So, I think that it was the best part of this activity.

And you maybe think, there's any bad time in the task?

Well, I think that there aren't bad times because we have got on with the others groups and the task was not boring because we have worked in class and we have interacted with many people so it was very dynamic in my opinion. However, I think that it wasn't easy choosing ''the best'' questions because there are a lot of them and we only could chose 10. Besides, maybe you think that a question is great but other person doesn't think the same. So, is complex but as we have been ''a group and a half'' we have shared several points of view and we have decided ''the best'' by us. Nevertheless, if I have to say one ''bad part'' I will say that the ''boring'' part of this activity was reviewing if there were repeated questions. But we had to do because by this way we have eliminated the same questions.

 

In my opinion, we have to continue working like that because we usually have the task without problems between us and we always help each other when some of us doesn't understand something of the activity. I think that as we move in time, we are improving and now we get comfortable with the subject and with all the instruments that we are using. Although this activity may seem long, we are working a lot and the next week we will do a game that I have the feeling that it will be fun. And with this long career we are learning a lot about LOMCE and the most important thing: We are learning it step by step and I think that with the game we will remember this activity and the content.

 

One of the most important purposes that I think this activity has are knowing the law because this is not something that you study and you forget the following week. Although the law changes, now the LOMCE is the law and it is something that is in our lives right now. There are many news about the Educational System in the news and I think that when you are watching or reading something about that it is pleasant to know what are the news talking about. So, it is important to know how is our environment. Because we are going to be future teachers and what kind of teachers we will be if we are not interested about our Educational System?

Besides, this kind of activity is related with our academic life because it doesn't matter what subject you are studying, the law is applying to all the Educational System.

 

Finally, I want to say that Powerteachers have passed great times working with the other groups and that we are trying to do the best of us.

 

I hope you like our posts and that you visit our blog every week.

 

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