Link to the survey

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=1A0CAYpJofkLTZpzWVvjGV1IzlbHWdFMIYilmuDn5T852Jg5Dcsi-7xfeQ9xu&hl=en_US

An Open Mind

After reading The New York Times' article related to education and technology, I stated thinking about the influence that technology and mass media has in  nowadays' society and education.

Now if we are interested we can be part of any class of this talented teachers, everything can be using the internet connection to download or upload information, If I wanted, I could upload my classes or my personal blog to the web. Nevertheless, it is annoying having to much people with their own webpages, facebook profiles and twitter accounts that do not present nothing new and are egocentry and complacent with themselves. On the other hand we have this teachers, philosophizer and entertainers that upload their material for free to the internet. They won`t get rich for that, but there is a social labor in all that; Sharing is caring and they do it in the best way possible.

We don't have countries that are little, just with a low bandwidth connection and I do know that. Even with this blog I can create a cheap and usefull platform to share information. However, nothing will change the relation that a teacher can create inside the classroom, with a face to face dialog e. it is priceless.

Rubric

The Sims: Picture Description Student Name: ________________________________________

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Content - Accuracy	At least 7 accurate descriptions are displayed below the picture.	5-6 accurate descriptions are displayed below the picture.	3-4 accurate descriptions are displayed below the picture.	Less than 3 accurate descriptions are displayed below the picture.
Mechanics	Capitalization and punctuation are correct.	There is 1 error in capitalization or punctuation.	There are 2 errors in capitalization or punctuation.	There are more than 2 errors in capitalization or punctuation.
Grammar	There are no grammatical mistakes.	There is 1 grammatical mistake.	There are 2 grammatical mistakes.	There are more than 2 grammatical mistakes.
Use of Class Time	Used time well during each class period. Focused on getting the project done. Never distracted others.	Used time well during each class period. Usually focused on getting the project done and never distracted others.	Used some of the time well during each class period. There was some focus on getting the project done but occasionally distracted others.	Did not use class time to focus on the project OR often distracted others.

class obsevation

English class research 2

Vanesa’s group:

The Class starts with a general salutation from the teachers to the students, after that Daniela gives the “today menu” giving space to informal comments among students, after that the started giving a set of personal example of the activity, Tania asked something and Daniela not just gives a answer, but also a positive feedback. After that Vanesa narrates the story of a rabbit, she gives space for laughs and informal comments among students, some teachers are very strict and lose control when the laughs are present in the classroom, but the group of teachers can deal with it.

I personally believe that it is good to interact and give time to students questions and comments. There were any dead space or silence in the class, so I think that is was a good activity with good use of interactions.   

English class research 6

Initiation – response – evaluation lesson sequences

Nicole’s group:

The video starts with the teacher saying a phrase without ending it, trying to make students to participate ending her phrase; in this case the correct answers are limited to what the teacher wants. As she follows the class the teacher looks to the coral response, therefore the gives a phrase without ending and the whole class finish it.

I know that when a teacher is dealing with groups of pre-kinder, first or second elementary children must be very slow when he or she talks, because they don’t understand instructions or commands, some times the same voice pitch or volume can be annoying for an adult but I personally believe that this activity is well made and fits with he pace and interaction that a prekinder teacher has. 

Online Turkish

I have decided to make a review on the educational website http://www.onlineturkish.com/ as the webmaster presents in the introduction of this website "OnlineTurkish.com is prepared for self-study, for adults and for those who are studying in school and wish to speak Turkish fluently.The courses include basic grammatical rules, commonly used words and phrases in daily life for both speaking and writing Turkish."


Checking this website has been a very akward experience because this website is not as dynamic and interactive as I thought it would be. just learning vocabulary translating ideas is not the best way of learning a foreign language. for example following this link we can find how colors are taught, unfortunately it does not show any colors at all; the webpage just presents words without showing how to connect the word with an idea or how to pronounce it.


Overall it is a quiet boring, maybe focused on adults than children. in which the presentation of each word with its translation is the quintessential fact that shows us that it follows the questionable grammar translation method.

tech and education