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http://v.gd/SsHm8n

here is my first try using the class designer. I used an example of a class i give in my school, but added the use of tablets as required

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4.5 Flipping the classroom using tablets

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4.5 Flipping the classroom using tablets

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Challenges, many, the access to the technology needed, for me and my students, as i told in a point before, the parents aren't so involved in the education of their sons, many of them doesn't even read, so that would be hard aswell. The students also aren't so interested in their own learning, they study more for the grades. But when they see new technology they get interested, so i would have to see how to get them innvolved in this process.

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I havent tried this model (and dont think anyone in my school have tried it); i find it really interesing, but still, hard to implement in my school as not all my students have internet or other ways to connect. Still, i think it would be a good way to work in the classroom. At firsth, i could do the videos with their help, using even their questions in the video, the one i could use with other classes, other courses. we could learn to edit them and to put them on a platform and that way we begin the flipping of the classroom together.

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I think, tablets are a good way to personalize the learning process, as the student can choose a way to abord a subject, trought games, reading, investigation, collaboration or others. The real limit would be the student imagination or capabilities, and for the last one, there we are, to help them to know that the tablet is for more that just social networks and games.

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Sadly, here we have a problem with the way the students have to learn. We have many students in our classrooms and there are no way to individualize them.

Our role, is more of babysitters, we have the boys while the parents are working; many (not all) of the parents, aren't involved in their chidren education, and keep the teacher responsible of their mistakes.

For that reason, i just try to be versatile, to variate and see the way the students learn more easily and to kkep the classes oriented that way.

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Im not an etwinner, and here we don't have this kind of proyects. For what i've learned, there are various factors that are important for a school to school collaboration proyect:

Firsth, there must be a coordinator, responsible of not letting them loose track.

Second, they must find a common interest, that way the team work is more easy and enjoyable.

Third, they have to mantain a constant communication, to keep a track of their work.

Fourth, as allways, they must have a interested team, willing to work for a common goal, to face challennges, to mantain an organised schedule and to recive advice and corrections.

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A coordinator

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The most important to keep them focused, is to give them some subjects and let them choice by interest. Explain the rules and also, "negotiate" some agreements.

They do part of the work in class while i'm guiding and monitoring their advances.

The grades are gived acording to their work in the class and also o a final exposition to the whole class.

My experience is hard to explain. i've had groups who are good working like this, not only seeing their grades, but the way they explain to the others; also i've had groups that just don't work well and only a part of them do as planed.

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To be real, i'm not a fan of group work for many problems we face with them. I try to let them form groups according to their interest, i keep the groups small (2,3, max 4 students), give them a date to show their work. Before, i allowed them to form freely their work groups, but at the end not everyone in the group worked and the grades (wich are given to them individually 'till this moment) didn't make them happy.

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Here i'm showing a little example i could recieve from some of muy students, as they don't have tablets, i gave one of them my personal tablet, not so good nos i see. It's the work she could do in a class hour.learning to use the tablet and the apps.

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As a biology teacher i ser myself working out of the classroom using the tablets to keep a récord of progresive field work. They can use the internet to find info of the themes we are working. Using the various tools we muy find and new apps, they can show their results in innovative ways.

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I can't give any advice and even would like to recieve all the hits and tips my learning mates have.

The most obvious challenge, is to get the tablets, i know we will get a donation, and whit it, we will have all the technical help they can. After that, the next challenge is to change, as a teacher i'm used to work in a way, with my board, markers, laptop, presentations and even the enviroment; the use of tablets its gonna be a challenge, not being "afraid" of use them.

Next to those challenges is the correct use of them, the use of the wi-fi, but as i know, those donated tablets, have special apps to be used to control what the students can or can't do with them.

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At this moment in the world, our students, your childrens, are facing many challenges, they have to be prepared and educated to face them. Using the tablets, we will improve their creativity and colaborative spirit. As allways in my class, they will be responsible of their time but now, they can use their time freely, learning and enjoying and implement, a tool they usually would only see as a way to waste time and play

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As i told in my first post, i'm a Biology teacher, for sixth and seventh grade (i have students between 11 to 16 years old) on a state school; i have almost 35 students each class, many of them are of low resources, walk to school and have the minimun we ask in school.

In school we have laptops they can use, and we hope to get a donation soon of tablets for some of the students (yes, sadly just some).

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My name is Luis Gabriel Niño, i'm a Biology teacher in Colombia, in a small town called Santandercito, a well known place for its flowers. I've been a teacher for a little more than 3 years. In my school i'm the one who works in digital boards and other proyects (atm i'm on a photography proyect).