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It was quite a change, new ways of learning, through digital resources and the fear of the students to show themselves in the zoom cameras and our phone saturated with activities.

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During covic 19 I had to learn to use various technological resources, to work 24 hours a day, sometimes even on weekends.it was very difficult to work in a pandemic.

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I think that the pandemic showed inequality at all levels and today , the challenger is to re-think our teaching practice with the resources we have.

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I think that the pandemic showed inequality at all levels and today , the challenger is to re-think our teaching practice with the resources we have.

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Ramón Elvira

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It was a huge challenge!!!
I had to learn  how to use many tools!!!
Teachers haven´t been trained to do any on line work!!!
It was really difficult for me, to work with some students. They live in rural zone. They don´t have internet to move on line.
Teaching remotely has changed my perspective. My role is not only to  instruct. I have to empower and motivate my students.-
P. Carolina Giménez.-

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Technology has made tremendous advances. It plays a key role in helping us to  create better experiences.
Last year, I have sped up the integration of technology into many activities to students like never before.
However imnovation comes with numerous challenges, as Melina says in her video. Many students have suffered in terms of education. Teachers had to adapt to new digital tools.
P. Carolina Giménez

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As many teachers said, we are facing a new challenge after the pandemic. Despite the differences, we should try to work for everyone, even though we know that is not always possible. Karina Risso

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As many teachers said, we are facing a new challenge after the pandemic. Despite the differences, we should try to work for everyone, even though we know that is not always possible. Karina Risso

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Everything since pandemic started has changed and became hard. It is true that now we gained knowledge about technology and its uses in class, that now we more or less know how to go on and plan our classes but we have to consider or take into account that there are many deficits that we can't fill in like tools for students in order to be included in this technological era, schools have never been prepared for this digital era before and after pandemic.

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The use of technology is not difficult for me. what really was hard and sometimes stressful was to use many of them at the same time, many works to check from whatsapp, messenger, mails, moodle, etc.
and Sometimes we couldn't give a proper feedback of their work.

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Regarding what Melina F. said, I really hope that this hard period we got through this pandemic helps us to improve , rethink and change our way of facing life and education. I believe that this experience will lead us to a better educational system in order to improve and give our students the best tools for life.

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I do not have problems using technologies for class, I really like it. The big problem i have to face was the reality of my school and my students, I work in a rural poublic school in a small town and many of them do not have any kind of technology o cnectivity to work, they could not ask me for doubts , or i can't explain them in virtual classes. we sent copies to school with written explanations in English and spanish and student went to school to look for them. Then they sent me their question via their tutors, whatsapp, messenger or mail if they have technology or conexion to do it

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I couldn't agree more with my colleagues. Everything has changed since 2019 when pandemic has started, thus 2020 arrive with many changes in life because of politics, health and economic conditions, and all of these affected our educational system too. At the beginning it was a complete uncertainty and challeging however we had to go on and find out the ways to carry on our classes.

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People in general had to go through different processes and move forward in order to achieve goals, since learning development have been interrupted everybody should continue, especially teachers and reinvented the way of communicating , teaching , evaluating , etc and try to get to each learner taking into account their reality in this pandemic situation.

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It was funny and difficult at the same time. I had to use several technologies in order to do the class. The phone, the computer .. find new programs and apps to create activities even learn how to use new platforms and then teach or explain students how to do the same. It was crazy but challenging.

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I agree with Melina F. I really loved how she explained this situation, I felt that way that This hard period and pandemic came to help us in someway, to improve, reorganize , value and make sense to many things we did not pay attention before, to change the way we teach, review our practices and what we are doing wrong , to include technology and think first in our students, in our treasures and why we are doing this i mean the true reason we became teachers or educators.

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At the beggining as my colleagues said it was so difficult, not only beacuse we had to learn and find out how to get to our students but also because students' reality was hard. Sometimes I feel upset since none of them were in my virtual class, however when I talked to them privately I could understand their reasons. Sometimes i drive myself crazy since i had no idea of how to continue but when i get used to with technology and moodle it become easier.

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I totally agree with the text and my partners . 2020 was a complete disaster, a time of uncertainty, nobody how to go on in all aspects of life and education has also been affected  for pandemic, there was not instructions, tools,  or a guide to help us at that moment, we had to reinvent ourselves in order to achieve goals and get through this horrible year , help students and try to teach as better as we can . Maybe it was not a disaster at all , now i can see that it was a way of changing for better and learn more in order to improve , analyse and review our ways of teaching incuding technology and its uses on education.

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I totally agree that the pandemic has accentuated the existing inequalities in the educational systems worldwide due to schools lockdown. By no means, students’ process of learning should be conditioned by their access to technological devices or the lack of it. Such a virtual approach has also lead to a great number of abcenses and therefore the impossibility to have a pedagogical continuity.

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In my viewpoint, the most important ideas are about the impact of the pandemic on students and teachers. The former and the latter have been able to adapt to this new reality. On the one hand, teachers are lifelong learners and have moved from “I can’t” to “I can” in relation to technology. On the other hand, students are distracted online and some of them don’t like studying virtually. Learning and development has been interrupted and disrupted by the pandemic. Last but not least, one of the main challenges is to bring the gap between this pedagogical situation and this new learning reality.

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Even though there have been many difficulties in this process, we were able to succeed in changing our teaching practice from face to face to online learning.

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As regards the use of technology, at first I was glad to be a good friend of it. However, as days passed by, I realized that teaching online required a lot more than being able to use Google doc, classroom and Zoom. Students needed different activities to feel engaged AND continue learning. It was also a process of learning for me too.

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2020 and specially 2021 have been extremely difficult years. I had to "move" my books to digital material, the school classroom changed into zoom clases, mostly with black backgrounds and white names (no expressions) AND the regular activities also needed revision because they were no longer engaging.
These changes made our teaching practice very difficult. Every week a new "methodology" was implemented so classes needed to be revised and changed.

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Before pandemic, I thought I was good at using it. After 2020 I realized that I wasn't. I had to learn new skills, search for new tool. Working with my partners was really useful.

Karina Risso

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I had to change my mind and the way to interact with students. I had to learn new skills and it was really tiring, to spend hours in fron of the computer. After a whiile, I became more confident

Karina Risso

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I agree with all the comments below. Since 2020, it's been challenging for students and teachers to connect. Having students engaged it's been the most difficult. In spite of the difficulty, we have all done our best.

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As some of my partners have already pointed out, when the pandemic started I thought it would last just for a couple of days. The first thing we did at the schools I work was to create Google Sheets and upload activities for those days. When we got to know it would take longer, we realized it would not be enough so we, as teachers, created Google classrooms and soon zoom classes started. The need to go back to see each other was huge. As time went through sts started to lose interest in these new ways of learning so as a teacher I had to start using new material, games, songs, videos and more in order to engage them. It wasn't an easy task. It was quite hard for sts but they do not know that iT was also extremely hard for us.

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The podcast talks about: On the one hand, the huge progress that teachers had to do to adapt to this reality and move from face to face classes to online. On the other hand, many students haven't been learning or attending virtual classes due to the lack of access to technological devices and Internet, so they have suffered for being excluded. Mar Fugante

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The podcast talks about: On the one hand, the huge progress that teachers had to do to adapt to this reality and move from face to face classes to online. On the other hand, many students haven't been learning or attending virtual classes due to the lack of access to technological devices and Internet, so they have suffered for being excluded. Mar Fugante

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I didn´t find so difficult to use new technologies, as my brother helped me a lot with it. I'm so grateful with him. It's difficult to work with those students who don´t have access to work with them, so they aren't digital literate. Mar Fugante

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I didn´t find so difficult to use new technologies, as my brother helped me a lot with it. I'm so grateful with him. It's difficult to work with those students who don´t have access to work with them, so they aren't digital literate. Mar Fugante

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During this pandemic, new technologies made teaching and learning processes even more challenging. If I was not familiar with some technological devices, apps and platforms, for instance, I tried to ask for help. Also, I surfed the Internet to watch videos, tutorials and read a lot. There was plenty of work to do but not enough time!! I agree with those who consider that there was no support for us teachers. However, it was an enriching experience.

I agree on the fact that there was no support provided to us teachers.

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I agree with Melina F. This pandemics came to set up new ways of teaching and learning and revalue the role of the teacher. However, it has contributed to enlarge social, economic and educational inequalities since many students have been excluded from public education... Mar Fugante

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I agree with Melina F. This pandemics came to set up new ways of teaching and learning and revalue the role of the teacher. However, it has contributed to enlarge social, economic and educational inequalities since many students have been excluded from public education... Mar Fugante

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I couldn't agree more with Melina Turman. Her words have given me food for thought!!! Since Covid19 outbreak, we had no choice but to change and adapt to a new lifestyle, an unusual way of relating to other people such as relatives, friends, workmates and students. Our lives, indeed, also changed unexpectedly and education as well as people's roles in it were not the exception. Innovation and challenges were the norm. Hundreds of tools, apps and technological devices which had been somehow ignored by many people became key elements in society.

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At the beginning, it was so uncertain, stressful and challenging... I have to spend many hours working in front of the computer and answer WhatsApp messages from my students.  It was really hard to deal with this situation. However, I could learn a lot, such as becoming familiar with technology such as Zoom and Google Meet to give virtual classes as well as strengthening  ties with my students. Mar Fugante

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At the beginning, it was so uncertain, stressful and challenging... I have to spend many hours working in front of the computer and answer WhatsApp messages from my students.  It was really hard to deal with this situation. However, I could learn a lot, such as becoming familiar with technology such as Zoom and Google Meet to give virtual classes as well as strengthening  ties with my students. Mar Fugante

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It was really hard to give lessons during these uncertain, stressful and frustrating times. We, as teachers, also had to adapt to this new way of living, working, learning and teaching which involved using a wide range of apps, social networks and platforms, to name just a few. Socio-economical factors also played a crucial role in our students' education since they hindered the traditional face-to-face communication at school. Needless to say, very few students had access to connectivity or technological devices such as a computer or even a cell phone. Taking into account everyone's reality and needs at school, we made use of different resources such as Google classroom, Whatsapp, emails, meet, zoom and so on.  

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It was really hard to give lessons during these uncertain, stressful and frustrating times. We, as teachers, also had to adapt to this new way of living, working, learning and teaching which involved using a wide range of apps, social networks and platforms, to name just a few. Socio-economical factors also played a crucial role in our students' education since they hindered the traditional face-to-face communication at school. Needless to say, very few students had access to connectivity or technological devices such as a computer or even a cell phone. Taking into account everyone's reality and needs at school, we made use of different resources such as Google classroom, Whatsapp, emails, meet, zoom and so on.  

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During the pandemics, most teachers have to face many difficulties with virtual classes. For instance, On the one hand, There are “Offline” students, who don´t have the main technological resources to allow them continue ... On the other hand, There are “Online” students but they are really offline since they don´t participate, do homework, they are not active and compromised with school... So,It is really hard to keep a continuity from face to face to virtual classes. (Marina Fugante)

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During the pandemics, most teachers have to face many difficulties with virtual classes. For instance, On the one hand, There are “Offline” students, who don´t have the main technological resources to allow them continue ... On the other hand, There are “Online” students but they are really offline since they don´t participate, do homework, they are not active and compromised with school... So,It is really hard to keep a continuity from face to face to virtual classes. (Marina Fugante)

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The important ideas to me
- The progress aurond the world
-  the teachers learn to use technology (can`t to can)
- the social inequality, are evident in the pandemic.
the efects to pandemic, are the interrupted educations, to face to face.

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Hello all!!
In my experience, I used the techonollogy, but not very often, so I have to expand my mind and recourses.
I used, whats up, videos, recording audios, phone called, and msj.
the ac ompaniment the students family was very important, and valuable.
I wait, continue using technology and put it to good use

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In my opinion, and personal experience, I used the techonollogy whit my students, but not very often, and the last year is so necessary to expand them.
Students and teacher, we adapt very slow.
because the inequallity, is very clear, whit rural students.

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I agree whit the teachers opinion.
it was very diffucult teaching, whith a word pandemic!
the changes are so difficul for the students and teacher, and the inequelity recourses was the pedagogy continuity was so hard.
We have to select content for this year, but i hope this year, will better

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In relation to the ideas reflected on this talk, I agree with the analysis about the personal organization. We have learnt to organize and structure the way we study as well as the way we teach and mix our work with our personal issues. It was the hard way, but we finally got to the point.

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It was challenging but not too difficult. It also was enriching and useful. We now can apply those tools to enlarge our teaching techniques as well as use them to improve our teaching.

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The text reflects what we are going through. Now, we have started with the complete number of students in the classroom; it is a kind of experiment. Since the beginning of the year we have prioritized the main topics in  the content of our lessons so students can acquire the necessary knowledge in case we need to draw back. I think that all the countries have been through these changes as it is mentioned in the text but every teacher's situation is and was different in itself. However, this worldwide situation is evidence of how important education is for humanity.

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Everyone really felt overloaded in the pandemic, all this afected the education. Marina A.

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Everyone really felt overloaded in the pandemic, all this afected the education. Marina A.

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It was a totally challenge! I needed to learn how to use new apps and programmes to do better the teaching learning process. Marina A.

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It was a totally challenge! I needed to learn how to use new apps and programmes to do better the teaching learning process. Marina A.

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IT's real that the pandemic made us to open our minds and know new tools for teaching. Marina A.

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IT's real that the pandemic made us to open our minds and know new tools for teaching. Marina A.

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I am definitely still doing it. It was really challenging to teach in this pandemic situation from one day to the other.  Every day was a new learning experience. not only students were learning but also we as teachers. Multitasking became part of our routine. Sharing our personal space with our lessons was not easy.  No schedule was admitted because we were also getting in our students' personal space. Apart from this, finding the tools for making them involved in the lessons and the understanding was a challenge every day. We managed to  plan the lessons in many different ways so the students could still make the effort  not to give up and continue.

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IT was a very diffucult year, where all the questions were there.. I needed to reinvent myself. Marina A

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IT was a very diffucult year, where all the questions were there.. I needed to reinvent myself. Marina A

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I am definitely still doing it. It was really challenging to teach in this pandemic situation from one day to the other.  Every day was a new learning experience. not only students were learning but also we as teachers. Multitasking became part of our routine. Sharing our personal space with our lessons was not easy.  No schedule was admitted because we were also getting in our students' personal space. Apart from this, finding the tools for making them involved in the lessons and the understanding was a challenge every day. We managed to  plan the lessons in many different ways so the students could still make the effort  not to give up and continue.

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2020 was an unforgettable and difficult year. A year to grow up, to know ourselves, to improve, to learn a lot, to look for new tools to teach. 

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2020 was an unforgettable and difficult year. A year to grow up, to know ourselves, to improve, to learn a lot, to look for new tools to teach. 

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And showed us just how far we can go..

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The ELT community is in a much better position to use technology for language learning. There was a positive shift in the teachers' attitude as regards using technology. There are some negative effects of the pandemic on learners (uneaven access to internet that gives rise to absentism, pedagogy and material gaps, differences in students learning, heavy workload on teachers and students' distraction while learning online) that could be overcome with a more pedagogically inclusive learning reality.

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For me, the most important ideas mentioned in the podcast were these:
- The educational community made huge progress in relation to the use of technology for remote teaching and learning.
- All of us were brave enough to plunge into new ways of teaching and learning.
- There are lots of "opportunity gaps" (for example, there is uneven access to technology and material).
- We have a heavy workload.
- This is emergency remote teaching and we need to work for a more pedagogical and inclusive learning reality.

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Learning to use new technologies was hard.

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I think that when we forcefully tried new ways to teach, we also allowed ourselves to make mistakes and really understand their importance in every cognitive process, especially ours. We also learnt the importance of approaching education with the theory of learner autonomy to encourage the development of critical thinking and problem solving abilities.

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For me, it was a big but exciting challenge. I knew how to use several resources but I didn't have enough experience in using them as part of my teaching practice. For example, I used Meet or Zoom but I had to master the art of sharing my screen (and remembering to share my sound every time we watched a video). I also knew how to edit photos but I had to learn how to check my students' work using different editors. At first, checking just two or three assignments took me hours. However, I think that this experience helped me a lot.

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It was really hard. I teach in a school in which there is and was no possibility of resorting to online or blended environments, so we used booklets handed in at school fornightly. In this context didactic sequence plans became essential to maintain students' engagement.

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I think that schools had to face many challenges during 2020. This pandemic has expoused and exacerbated the inequalities in our society, and the school as an institution had to be creative to try and mitigate its effects on the children. In my opinion, one of the key insights was the importance of creating collaborative learning and working environments.

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As Furman mentions, this pandemic has shown us that we can change the way we teach for the better. It is true that we need to help our students develop strategies to organize their time and activities, set objectives and work on their own. I work with adults and sometimes, we tend to believe that they already know how to do these things but that is not always the case. I also agree with what she says about the different contexts in which our students live and study. Sometimes, when we think about the challenges they face, we mention the lack of technological devices, internet connection or knowledge on how to use technology. However, many students have their own families to take care of, full-time jobs, other responsibilities, less opportunities to look for information or seek help. It is not easy to study in those conditions. For us, as teachers, it is necessary to be aware of this and become more understanding and flexible.

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I think that the most important ideas in this podcast coincide with views that have already been expressed on this board. First, the fact that there has been a change in teachers’ mindset: many of us have become aware of all our potential and we’ve been able to make great progress as regards the use of technology in our lessons. Then, a negative aspect of the pandemic is that it has exacerbated inequalities and has caused serious disruptions to students’ learning and development. So, our challenge is to turn this situation into ‘a more pedagogical and inclusive learning reality’ which, in my opinion, implies a lot of hard work, commitment and collaboration.

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I agree with my colleagues. This pandemic took us by surprise and we had - and we still have - lots of questions and doubts. I started working in 2019 so, when the schools closed, I didn't have enough experience in teaching in the traditional way and all of a sudden I had to teach online. Last year, I tried to keep things simple in relation to the activities I gave students. We couldn't have virtual lessons because most of my students didn't have devices or internet connection so we worked via WhatsApp. I prepared easy-to-read material and simple activities so that students could work on their own at home. This year, during the first term, each class was divided into smaller groups so I tried to make the most of the time we had at school and then I gave my students simple activities so that they could continue being in contact with the subject during the time they were at home. I also communicated with them via WhatsApp and email. At the end of May, schools closed again but, this time, we could have virtual lessons via Meet. It was a challenge but I think it worked well. Of course, we had to deal with technical problems all the time but I had the opportunity to see my students and I was able to incorporate videos and online games that sometimes we cannot use at school because of the lack of internet connection. Now, we are back at school. In general, this year, the online experience was better than that of 2020, especially because we had more "experience".

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I think it has been and it continues to be a great challenge to teach during this pandemic. It is true that this situation has accentuated social inequality. In 2020, I had a lot of students who really wanted to continue their studies but they couldn't because they didn't have a device to use or internet connection and some others had to work all day to help their families so they didn't have enough time to study. The text also mentions that this situation has shown that teachers are not trained to use technology properly and I agree with that, but, at the same time, I think that such training is not completely useful when you don't have students who can work with you online or receive, download or upload activities because of their lack of internet connection or devices. However, I do believe that teachers need training and students need it as well. I work with adults and many don't know how to send an email or upload their activities on a website. So, from now on, I think we could incorporate the use of technology into the contents we teach. Of course, first we teachers need to have such knowledge.
In relation to the contents, it is very useful to decide which ones are essential. In my school, we did that last year and this year as well and it has helped us to set clear objectives for us and for our students. At the beginning of this year, we had a lot of students who had not been connected during 2020 so we decided to start teaching the contents from the previous year and that really helped them. Even those students who had worked on the subject in 2020 benefited from this measure.
I agree with what the the text mentions in relation to preparing activities or playing games that help students become a group again. This year, every class was divided into smaller groups. We worked like this during the first term. Now, we have all the students every week and I have noticed that they don't know each other. They just share the same classroom but I think most of them don't feel that they belong to a group. So it is true that we need to devote time to develop and strengthen bonds among our students.

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Actually, it was an interesting challenge for me. As I said in another post, I was enthusiastic and started doing research and courses. What worried me most was the few chances that we had in some schools of putting all that knowledge into practice because many students had poor internet connection or no access at all.

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Yes, I agree with my partners, it has been one of the most interesting challenges as a teacher: to adapt myself to the new technologies and to acquire ways and approaches to motivate students to this new way of learning.
Gustavo

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I agree with Carolina Gimenez, the world is not the same, the way as we educate has changed, so we as educators have to change the vision we have of pedagogy.

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I really liked the way Furman puts into few words the positive aspects of this sad situation: it has led us to find new ways of teaching, it has highlighted the importance of helping students develop their metacognitive skills and, last but not least, it has provided clear evidence of the social value of schools. As some of you have said, I hope that we keep all these things in mind and work together to continue promoting innovation, learners’ autonomy and social equality.

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The podcast talks about:
*the best change of mindset in terms of technology.
*the bravery of teachers in action.
*social inequalities in the face of the opportunity to access education in times of pandemic in any country in the world.

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"A constant action on which every society depends and... <The roots of education are bitter but its fruits are sweet>"

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There was a tremendous progress, a huge progress. The teachers were brave and adapted to the new reality. The teachers are long learners. The whole educational community had to adapt to a new reality that it was not used to, some teachers very quickly and well. Many students adapted and continued to the education but many others suffered the effects of the Pandemic. Natalia P

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So true. As teachers we are learning to learn and teach in different contexts. We had to innovate and change the way we were teaching. To think of the important role of the school and the right of education equally accessible to all the students. Natalia P.

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Reading the contributions of my colleagues I agree with most of them. Having used technology in various face-to-face classes could bring us closer to what it would be like to teach from virtuality but the truth is that we were very far from that. Redoing plans, exposing ourselves in videos and trying to be as clear as possible to solve the given activities, sending explanatory audios regardless of the day or time, setting up classes by zoom or classroom ... everything seemed like a headache. But in fact, we made it as it was possible.

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This new way of learning and teaching became the educational modality that came here to stay forever.
I rescue the "learn to learn" worth and I am aware that this capacity to develop autonomy is not always taught.

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First of all, I had to buy a new cell phone to go on working during the Pandemic. I learnt to use technology and new apps and adapt them to the teaching. I used videos and songs from websites. I sent messages with audios explaining the activities and in some cases I had to phone the students not only to explain the activity but to motivate the students to go on working. It was difficult to work with those students who didn’t have the opportunity to access to the Internet or because they didn’t have cell phones or computers. Natalia P.

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I must confess that I had mixed feelings. On the one hand, I was enthusiastic about the thousands of resources available to teach online, so I started doing training courses and researching the best tools for my lessons. But on the other hand, I felt upset about the situation of several state schools because teachers could only take advantages of few of those resources due to connectivity issues. In fact, I work at a small state school in Godoy and, at the beginning of the pandemic, we kept in touch with students and sent them assignments through Facebook. Luckily, in the second term of 2020, we began using Moodle, which allowed us to improve our online lessons.

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After reading the text and my partners’ contributions, I think that one of the lessons that we’ve learned from this situation is the importance of being flexible, tolerant of uncertainty and creative. Also, as many have already highlighted, we’ve become more aware of the crucial role of schools, mainly in ensuring equal rights, but also in providing students with opportunities to develop their social and emotional skills. So, I fully agree with the author of the text on the need of integrating the social and academic dimensions of learning, as well as focusing on the development of skills that will promote autonomous learning, rather than just delivering contents.

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Thank you very much for the material provided.

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Thank you very much for the material provided.

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Everyone had to go through different changes, which were very difficult to cope with. to reach your goals.
These changes were more reflected in students, due to the existence of disadvantages and inequalities when learning. That is why today we are the teachers who are in charge of trying to fix, in this way, these potholes that were generated in the learning of our students, putting the best of each one and always training us.

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I believe that all the time we were surrounded by these treasures and I hope that we continue to use and keep them in mind.
and understand that since this pandemic began, educational settings have changed and we must do our best to provide good teaching to our students, understanding that times have changed.

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In my particular case, the implementation of the new technology was not very difficult, since in my career I had to use them. What I did see as a disadvantage was the use of the internet. which was scarce and it was difficult to work in virtuality.

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The changes that I had to face as a teacher were many and one more complicated than the other.
I believe that this pandemic took us all by surprise and forced us to train more. especially in technology, its uses and benefits. We also broke very important emotional ties. teaching became more complex and uneven in some cases.

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In my personal opinion as a teacher of various levels, I think it was, is and will be a great challenge for us and for each of the students. since it is very difficult to acquire new knowledge with this pandemic in between. Besides, something very important is broken, such as the affective bond between teachers and students, which is necessary.

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Some points:
-Progress in approaches to a new education.
The necessity to train those who stay back in new technologies in order to be updated not only in tech tools but also in the new paradigm of education.
It was not easy for most of us as teachers to make this transition from old methods of teaching to implement these new ways of learning.
To adapt to this new reality of education, instead of being made smoothly, it has been provoked in a traumatic way caused by this pandemic issue. Too bad that the process has been made in this way and not in a step by step transition where all of us, teachers and students could have enjoyed a little more the marvels of these new technologies. Anyway, we are recovering little by little of this impact and take the best of it.
Gustavo Rendon

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It was wonderful to emphasize the use of new technologies in education, but without the proper training for both teachers and students, in not only how to use it but also in how to convey the content in the best way possible, it would be useless and we could take the risk to lose the advantages and resources that technology can bring us in the school. That is the challenge that still prevails in me and in some colleagues.
Gustavo Rendon

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It was really an experiment for all of us. Good or bad , we learnt a lot of it. We began to explore new ways of sharing, of communicating each other, new ways or maybe old ones, but in renewed formats to  help each other, to learn together, and to support the education with different approaches and renovate those ones that don't work any more.
Gustavo

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I agree with my colleagues. I think that this pandemic proved that we have to be teachers in permanent training, to be accessible and flexible and give emotional support to our students and parents, collaborate with colleagues, be prepared to work with technology and understand every student’s situation. Natalia Palacio

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In my case 2020 it was a difficult year. A year full of challenges as my collegues say. I had to learn how to use and apply technology to my virtual classes and deal with some kids and teenagers and their parents. This year, especially the first part of the year, I used the educational platform (MOODLE) to share the activities and feedback, and also I sent the activities by email or whatsapp to those students who couldn’t access to the platform for different reasons.  Natalia Palacio

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After reading the text, I feel identified with what it explains about the 2020  as regards teaching in a pandemic context.
The most important task for us, teachers, is to  reinvent ourselves, keep on learning, work collaboratively, take good decisions, work together with families to guarantee the learning process for all our students.

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I had to familiarize with the feeling of uncertainty, not to know exactly what to do in these difficult and new situations. Many times I had to improvise and attend different expectations from the children that for me were equally new. One good point was the need to increase my skills in technology and in emotional support.

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I think this is the new paradigm that we all as teachers are having in this century. Somehow we were not well prepared to face this sudden challenge. We had to wait for this pandemic in order to realize the importance of technology in our lives, and especially in our schools. That's why we were taken by surprised and improvise different strategies that most of them did not work properly. Anyway, we are now learning from this bad experience and we as teachers are becoming aware of the importance of implementation of adequate tools and education strategies that really work for the benefit of our dear students.
Gustavo Rendon

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Andrea Salamanca
I kept on my mind this phrase " a full transformation of the Education System" and that it was, Covid 19 came to break everything and challenged us to renew our pedagogical practice.
We,as Educators could survive and went ahead, adapting our lives, times and sometimes lack of technology to be in contact with our students and moreover with the ones who were victims suffering from this Pandemic Reality.
We still go on supporting our students learning process when we bridge their realities to reflexive activities in the classroom.

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Andrea Salamanca
Most important ideas
- Pandemic Eduactional effects
-Find and follow any changes or patterns
Tremendous progress but in not all teachers
-Transition between face to face and on line learning
-Teachers as Educators cause some of them could survive
-Huge changes of the teachers while adapting very quickly to Pandemic situation
-Learners were interrupted and disrrupted
-Students were victims of lack of technology support
-We are still being  in an emergency remote teaching
-We have to teach taking in account learning reality

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I agree with this podcast since the teachers were brave and they adapted to this new normality but also this lockdown forced families to learn to a situation that they were not used to without thinking about it! Jessica Rojas

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I agree with this podcast since the teachers were brave and they adapted to this new normality but also this lockdown forced families to learn to a situation that they were not used to without thinking about it! Jessica Rojas

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As my classmates say, at the begining it was difficult for teachers to adapt to the use of technology but then the use of Whatsapp and classroom helped students a lot, and  they become a very important tools.

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As my classmates say, at the begining it was difficult for teachers to adapt to the use of technology but then the use of Whatsapp and classroom helped students a lot, and  they become a very important tools.

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I find this video very useful because it makes me think and reflect about education in Rio Negro. I hope we can find the treasures in education in order to improve and become better teachers. Jessica Rojas

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I find this video very useful because it makes me think and reflect about education in Rio Negro. I hope we can find the treasures in education in order to improve and become better teachers. Jessica Rojas

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In my opinion the most important ideas are
All teachers learn, to use the technology.
Some students dont have acces to internet, what hindered their learning, and today this is a difficulty in the class, because they are more behind, where are the inequalities