JOURNALIST:
This week, we have took a
look to the blog https://goo.gl/eCt2va , which had some interesting points about media bias,
and also our friends' http://loonatics.blogspot.es/ , which we think they made a
very clear explanation and fluently presentation (although some parts of the
slides were difficult to read).
Now, I'm going to tell you
how has it gone this week with us, The Chalkies!.
We all knew that we had to
focus more in the content than in the presentation this time in order to
success. And that’s what we did.
In our previous work of
TPACK, a part of being our very first task, we focused more in the presentation
of it and that’s why we later misunderstood some concepts. However, in this
work of Treasure Hunt, we did a good presentation as well as a bigger effort in
understanding every concept.
Nontheless, every rose has
its thornes! Our main thorn, once again, was the time. Although we did a
better organization in order to get information about the topic, we were
anxious and frustrated when time was against us. We wanted to do many things,
but not everything was possible in such few time. Besides, we also wasted a lot
of time discussing about how we were going to do things, that's a something we
have to reduce in future tasks.
I mean, it is good to
discuss in order to make a decision we all like, and that's what we actually
do, but sometimes we just get pissed and too stubborn, The day we met to finish
the task, we were all very concentrated on doing everything and all of us
explained each other the information we had looked for.
There were some debates
about which was the best map option to teach to our future students (Robinson,
Merkator or Azimuthal), but we finally agree with Merkator’s one. That was
because we thought that Merkator was the clearest at the time of learning
countries and geographical concepts.
During the meeting, our
dear facilitator motivated us in the best way someone can be motivated: she
brought us candies! that was good for us for sure, we focused more on our work
(although maybe it wasn’t for our bodies!).
The stars were also doing
a big effort, organizing themselves for their oral exposition and having
everything on point.
Wednesday came, and this
time not only the Stars were nervous, the rest of us were too! We trusted our
girls, and we were definitely proud of how well they did it.
Another task completed,
keep going Chalkies! A lot to learn and improve yet!
SECOND STARS:
ISABEL:
"This week I have
been the star of the group. At first, I was scared because it was a new role to
do. However, I had the opportunity to have a helping hand: Marina García. Both
of us were finally the stars and we had to reseprent the whole group.
We finished late the work
and we had little time to study our presentation, but we decided to make it
quite different to the other ones in order to do it funnier and more
interactive. I worked really good with Marina and I felt very comfortable with
her in front of our public.
At the begining, we were some kind of nervous
but when we started to talk, everything disappeared and we were sure about what
we were doing, so we faced the work we made with our group, and everything went
quite good."
MARINA GARCÍA:
My happiness arrived when
I discovered my “no-role” for this task; I only had to help my mates as much as
possible. My surprise arrived when the teacher announced that two stars had to
performed this week. So that was my turn.
" At the beginning I felt secure; the task seemed to be easy. However, little by little, I started to get nervous, I thought that there were such little time that it couldn’t be possible to finish our work as we wanted. This brought me insecurity because I had too little time to study and prepare my oral presentation.
I hadn't had spoken English in public for long time ago, and recovering my English fluency was more difficult than I had thought. The previous night to the presentation I spent some minutes in front of the mirror talking to myself, I was practising my presentation about maps projection: I tried to use my body language, to speak louder, to point out the slides so as to perform perfectly!
There we were. We were observed by 60 people and a teacher who were evaluating us. I was secure. I had self-confidence. Everything was going as we wanted. Just a problem with the screen light interrupted. My mate and I presented the task as we wanted and we trusted each other. Although we will always have something to improve, I’m sure that next time we will do it thanks to the teacher’s feedback and our mates advices.
The responsibility was not as scared as I thought.
Looking forward to working hard and advising others stars!
See you !"
" At the beginning I felt secure; the task seemed to be easy. However, little by little, I started to get nervous, I thought that there were such little time that it couldn’t be possible to finish our work as we wanted. This brought me insecurity because I had too little time to study and prepare my oral presentation.
I hadn't had spoken English in public for long time ago, and recovering my English fluency was more difficult than I had thought. The previous night to the presentation I spent some minutes in front of the mirror talking to myself, I was practising my presentation about maps projection: I tried to use my body language, to speak louder, to point out the slides so as to perform perfectly!
There we were. We were observed by 60 people and a teacher who were evaluating us. I was secure. I had self-confidence. Everything was going as we wanted. Just a problem with the screen light interrupted. My mate and I presented the task as we wanted and we trusted each other. Although we will always have something to improve, I’m sure that next time we will do it thanks to the teacher’s feedback and our mates advices.
The responsibility was not as scared as I thought.
Looking forward to working hard and advising others stars!
See you !"
TRANSLATOR:
This week we have learnt how media distorts the reality.Our teacher showed us it with the support of three differents kind of maps which are a tool for teaching. For this reason, I would like to define these maps.
Mercator map: Cartographic projection which creates increasing distorsion of size as you move away from the Equator.As you get closer to the poles, the distorsion becomes severe. Its area distortion makes continents in the middle and high latitudes seem larger than they should be.In addition,It is useful for nautical navigation.
Robinson map: Map projection which shows the entire Earth with less distortion of area. However, this feature requires a tradeoff in terms of inaccurate map direction and distance. The distortion near the North and the South poles is quite important. The straight parallels imply also a severe angular distortion at high latitudes near the margins of the map.
Azimuthal proyection:Map projection which has increasing wawy from the central point. It doesn’t represent so well the Equator Area.Its distortion of areas and shapes increases with distance from the center point.It is useful for showing airline distances from center point of projection and for seismic and radio work.
Treasure hunt:Activity to learn concepts in which the students have to answer some questions with a given information and at the end they have to answer a big question without the information.It is a creative and funny way of learning ,it is based in a game in which one or more players try to find hidden objects or places by using a series of clues
Narture Scavenger Hunt: An example of treasure hunt related to science content in Primary School. For instance, we can organize a trip to the zoo .Before the visit , a list with some clues would be given to the children and they have to follow these clues in order to find the answers of the questions.
We leave the comparison table we made, it is maybe more visual and clear to see:
FACILITATOR:
Hello everyone, I am Alicia Gomis 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.
I do
work organization depending on the role that the other members have, and roles
are:
-Journalist: Alicia de Prado
-Analyst: Elena González
-Translator: Sole Soriano
-Curator: Marina de Vicente
-Star 1: Isabel Ramírez de Arellano
-Star 2: Marina García
First of all I have to say that my role this week hasn't been easy because on Monday Linda gave us our task "Map Projections" and we felt really confused about what we had to do.
In the
first practical session we decided the roles and we started reading the task.
Once we had got it, I decided what was the work that each one had to take the
next day to the meeting, and thus began the discussions because we didn't agree
to the place to meet. It seems silly, but the work that day was a little
uncomfortable due to the discussion.
We
finally decided to meet in La Merced, and I as the facilitator, took them some
candies to make them happy and improve their work.
Fortunately,
discussions disappeared and we started doing the presentation like we know,
without wasting time.
It has
been a pleasure being the facilitator this week because it is easy to organize
and facilitate the work to someone who knows what to do in each moment.
Well
done girls!!! We can!!!
ANALYST:
Second week, second task
but the same nervous and scary faces as in the first one. The best moment of
the week came when we received the news that this week not only 1 but 2 members
of the group were going to be the stars. We guessed that it happened in order
to give us a bit more of confidence due to the fact that it is not the same to
be by your own in front of the class than being with someone else.
When we
met on Tuesday afternoon we discovered the best part of the activity: when we
chose the two countries and compared them in the different map projections
(Robinson, Mercator, and Azimuthal) we discovered how their size and
localization changed according to their author. The worst part came when we had
to make some decisions or make the power point due to the fact that we had
different opinions and some of us were very stubborn, but we finally came into
an agreement.
All of us have learnt that the topic related to map projections is related with one of the elements that compose TPACK, which is the Content Knowledge. This term explains that knowledge has a cost: if teachers do not have a base of the content, that is what they are teaching, children can misinterpret that content. For example, teachers should advice children that every map distorts reality depending on the author’s wishes and the powerful people.
Talking about us as a group, on the one hand we need to conserve the good environment that we have and the dynamic, but on the other hand we should improve our creativity and do things quicker.
This content, especially the Treasure Hunt is related to our degree since it is an activity used in schools to teach concepts. Students have to answer some questions with a given information and when they finish they have to answer a big question; so we will probably use it more than once.
We think that there are some evident social connections of this content with media, as some people say: “Nothing is as it seems”. Our stars gave a very clear example of it by showing a photograph that was published on a newspaper and comparing it with the real one. We could see that the one on the newspaper was photoshopped.
When they finished we gave them a great applause because they did it perfectly.
CURATOR:
Hello! My name is Marina de Vicente and this week I have been harvesting our information resources! Look for it in this link: OUR CROP:https://bubbl.us/mindmap?h=31eafe/63e580/32QwUHp88ZY1s
Buzzfeedblue (2015,February 2)Maps that prove you don´t really know Earth.Video posted by:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUF_Ckv8HbE
Isabel Perez Torres (1997-2014) Treasure Hunt. www.isabelperez.com/webquest/taller/treasure.htm
David Warlic,(2006,November 16) 21st Century Literacies: The Challenge, The Opportunity, The Tools. What now? Scavenger Hunts. Message posted to:literacymatters.wikispaces.com/Scavenger+Hunts
Alberto Rios,(2006,August) Mercator map of the world.Message posted to: http://www.public.asu.edu/~aarios/resourcebank/maps/page10.html
University of illinois, (2013,October),Globals currents, World Maps and Worldview: Social and Political Implications.Message posted to: publish.illinois.edu/globalcurrents/2013/10/16/world-maps-and-worldview-social-and-political-implications/
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Jan 19 - May 13, 2016), The Robinson Projection. Message posted to: www.geography.wisc.edu/maplib/robinson_projection.php
Buzzfeedblue (2015,February 2)Maps that prove you don´t really know Earth.Video posted by:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUF_Ckv8HbE
David Warlic,(2006,November 16) 21st Century Literacies: The Challenge, The Opportunity, The Tools. What now? Scavenger Hunts. Message posted to:literacymatters.wikispaces.com/Scavenger+Hunts
Alberto Rios,(2006,August) Mercator map of the world.Message posted to: http://www.public.asu.edu/~aarios/resourcebank/maps/page10.html
University of illinois, (2013,October),Globals currents, World Maps and Worldview: Social and Political Implications.Message posted to: publish.illinois.edu/globalcurrents/2013/10/16/world-maps-and-worldview-social-and-political-implications/
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Jan 19 - May 13, 2016), The Robinson Projection. Message posted to: www.geography.wisc.edu/maplib/robinson_projection.php
