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Enhancing students' interest on a Reading-writing Literary club "Between the Lines"

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Using board-games with students has helped me to encourage students' active participation during class time.

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Participation as plenary speakers at Seminario Permanente para la Construcción de Paz (February 29th of 2024). It encouraged students from my Research Seedbeed (Semillero) to speak up their voices on peace-building practices and their own research experience. Next day, we were invited to speak about the conference in a radio station.

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Back in 2018, I acknowledged Colombian biodiversity to "fight back against" American prejudices within an intercultural seminar at the MATC, Wisconsin, US.

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I have been a speaker of several academic events where teachers' reflections and experiences about pedagogical innovations/proposals are shared.

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Based on a literature class, I noticed how my students were interested in transforming their novels, short stories, and poems into short films to showcase their interpretations and creativity. So my colleagues and I decided to create a short film festival based on literary books.

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We analyzed a case of cyberbullying as an opportunity to conduct research on the emotional and social impact of such situations within the school community. Through dialogue and collaborative inquiry, we explored ways to understand, prevent, and repair the harm caused to victims, fostering empathy and collective responsibility among participants. After that, I encouraged my students to present their findings during a symposium at the Santo Tomas University.

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I engaged in reflective teaching by collaborating with some rural institutions in the municipalities of Cómbita and Oicatá through a bilingualism project that my workplace had. These experiences allowed me to share pedagogical reflections and methodological strategies to support English learning processes. Through dialogue with teachers and students, I deepened my understanding of the challenges and opportunities in rural education contexts.

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I integrated cultural experiences into the English class, and I noticed how these types of activities promoted active participation and were significant for my students, as they expressed how interested they were in sharing their culture with English speakers.

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I wanted to use a comparative approach to encourage my students to value local diversity, recognize the historical struggles of our own communities, and understand the importance of decolonial perspectives in education. So I invited my students to critically examine colonial processes not only in North America but also within our own national history. We did this by visiting El Museo del Oro exhibitions and then having a conversation in class.

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In the first class with my students, I always like to learn about their personalities, interests, and personal lives. I do this through activities that allow me to build bonds of empathy from the very beginning.

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At the International Language Institute, we take part in meaningful activities such as Open Doors, where we welcome students from different municipalities to create spaces for recognizing and engaging with the University. These students are in their final year of high school, and we encourage them to become part of and learn more about our UPTC.

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My journey in the Master’s Program in Language Teaching has allowed me to strengthen my knowledge and deepen my reflection on pedagogy. Through my research, I have discovered meaningful insights regarding the teaching and learning of English in rural areas.

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As a personal project, I run a preschool with the support of other teachers, where we develop various activities that keep children happy through games, dances, interactive activities, and performances.

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Through the Cultural Care Au Pair exchange program, I had the opportunity to interact and teach Spanish in the United States, where I also learned a great deal from American children, both linguistically and personally.

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During one of my teaching experiences, we created an adventure book that students developed over two months. Each week, they added pictures and short stories about things they considered important to share. Through their pages, I could see who they were, their context, interests, and what truly mattered to them. It was a creative and meaningful way to connect with their personal worlds while improving their English skills.

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My students and I took part in the “Día del Idioma” celebration at UPTC by organizing a Creative Writing Workshop. We designed activities focused on written expression, including poetry, comics, letters, and reading comprehension tasks based on tales they had created themselves. The event attracted many participants, and it was rewarding to see my students confidently share their work and interact with others through creativity and language.

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I have also had the opportunity to participate as a presenter in several academic events. Among them, I took part in the ASOCOPI conference in Santa Marta, a seminar at Fundación Universitaria Monserrate, and other events at UPTC. In these spaces, I shared and discussed experiences related to the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in education.

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On October 31st, we celebrated both Halloween and English Day at the school. All the secondary grades prepared creative performances, using costumes and stage decorations to bring their ideas to life by acting them out.

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In 2021 and 2022, I had the opportunity to take part in a Summer Camp where I worked at a Special Needs program. During this experience, I supported both children and adults with autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, and other conditions. It was a deeply meaningful time that helped me grow personally and professionally, teaching me patience, empathy, and the importance of inclusive education. Working with such wonderful individuals truly broadened my perspective on diversity and human connection.

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While I was doing my stage in La Guajira, Colombia, a coleague and me decided we could notclose our eyes to  Guajira people and their realities. On that account, we dediced to support them in their food suplies. At the same time, we promoted awarenes on our students  upon the social solidarity.

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During my stage in la Guajjira, my groups and I carried out a project of recreation and the learning of values through differetn activities whice included the particpation in coregraphy and dancing activities.

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During my time as English professor, I have carried out an activity whre me and my students analyzed how Saint patrick day is celebrated around the world. Through the re-creation of this celebration in the classroom.

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During my stage in La Guajjira, I had the opportunity ti teach in rurla school where there was no anything , it was just an improvisation of a ''cambuche'', and even thouhg, with no electricity, students attended this was new school and I had the opportunity to relfect upon what it is the real essence of education and how inequility is stringly prevalent in som regions of Colombia.

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During my time as teacher in La Guaira, I had the opprutinity and have pedagogical dialogues with teachers and people from other differetn regions and form the same region, which lead me to have an inner reflective process and at the same time, contributed in my contruction as teacher.