https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r My name is Ana Rodríguez García. I'm an English teacher in a Primary School in Alhama de Murcia in Spain en-us 2017-04-10 14:16:06 UTC 2026-03-03 05:17:39 UTC hello@padlet.com annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/165681024 My name is Ana and I'm a teacher in a School in Alhama de Murcia in Spain]]> 2017-04-10 14:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/165681024 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/165681632 I am a teacher in a school in Alhama de Murcia, it is a Bilingual Primary School. I teach English and Science to my students. There are interactive white boards in all the classrooms and there is a computer room, too. I try to include new technologies to my lessons by creating webquests, using storybirds, among other resources. ]]> 2017-04-10 14:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/165681632 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/168999993 7.1. Last year I was teaching in a Secondary School. I was the tutor teacher of 37 students doing the 3rd Year of Compulsory Secondary Education and their were very dissapointed about their future job. Most of them were non-believers with a low level of access and a low level os desire of employability. In Spain we are having a great problem with these type of students, they are called "NInis" (ni trabajan ni estudian), they feel very dissapointed about the few opportunities that the current labour system is offering to them. It could be a great idea to collaborate with companies in the area to show them what possibilities they are having in their future job.]]> 2017-04-29 08:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/168999993 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169000097 1.1. Hi! I'm a teacher in a Primary School in Spain. Considering the current background of my students, they need help to open their mind to the new future that is waiting for them and we, as English teachers, should provide them with the necessary knowledge and tools to achieve this goal.]]> 2017-04-29 08:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169000097 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169000415 7.3. In my region there are programs for students to practice at the end of an academic year. Once they finish their degree they can spend some months working in a company.]]> 2017-04-29 08:35:15 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169000415 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169001709 7.4. Considering students in Murcias's background, there is a very good benefit which is that they would learn a lot about real life job, not just studying in the school. Anyways, the disadvantage is that nowadyas, the internship placement in Murcia is very difficult to become a reality taking into account how the present companies work in this region.]]> 2017-04-29 09:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169001709 https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169002243 1.2. In my opinion, there is not a lack of STEM skills in my country because there are a lot of new engineers every year but less qualified workers. I think that in the last years students were only interested in a university degree as solution for finding a job and they should have noticed that there were other ways as Vocational Education. ]]> 2017-04-29 09:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169002243 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169002350 1.3. From my point of view, it is essential to show students the different options that they have for their future jobs, to help them to recognize their strengths and weaknesses as well as to take into account what they really want to do in the future in order to take a decission that will mark the rest of their lives.]]> 2017-04-29 09:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169002350 https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169002498 2.1. As the video suggests we just beginning the 4th Industrial Revolution, we can notice it in our daily lives by means of the new different ways of communicating with other people using the new technologies such as Facebook or Whatsapp. This is real life not the future, we are changing our relationships with other people by using them. Since life is changing so fast, it is very difficult to predict how it will affect our everyday life, anyway I think we should focus on being more humans and use the new technologies to have a better world.]]> 2017-04-29 09:31:11 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169002498 https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169002592 2.2. 
From my point of view, machines are essential in our lifes, because they help us to make our lives easier. We should use them for our own profit and we should always control them. Education is an essential tool to show students the necessary skills and activities that humans need to control these machines. So we need students that in the future will have the necessary qualities to create new machines to help us in our daily lives.]]> 2017-04-29 09:33:45 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169002592 https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169002673 2.3. Considering these videos, the most important thing that we can do to help our students to prepare for the future STEM jobs is to teach them many disciplines, that is to say, to generalize education. We should teach our students different areas and provide them advice for their future jobs according to their needs and interests]]> 2017-04-29 09:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169002673 https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169002798 2.4. I live in a town called Alhama de Murcia in the Autonomous Community of Murcia in Spain. Considering recent researches for the following years, the most demanded sectors will be Health and Technologies, above all, Big Data, related to engineering, cibersecurity and mobiles apps. As we can read in the article included:]]> 2017-04-29 09:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169002798 https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169003017 2.5. Since STEM career is something new for me, I am learning a lot of interesting information on this topic along this course. I agree with most of my colleagues that the main resource that I use to document myself about STEM jobs is the Internet.]]> 2017-04-29 09:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169003017 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169003290 3.1. I have found very interesting the previous video showing a didactic point of view of skills on STEM, so I think that the best definition of STEM skills is being able to manage manipulative materials to support the abstract ideas as well as experimental work dealing with STEM careers. From my point of view any non-STEM profession dealing with sending itmes ishould use STEM skills, for example, if you have a business dealing with arts and crafts, you should know how to deal with your financial accounts or if you want to sell your products via the Internet you need to know how to use the new technologies.]]> 2017-04-29 09:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169003290 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169003401 3.2. As an English and Science teacher I use everyday the ICT in my lessons. I think they are an essential tool to motivate students and to show them the connection between these areas and the real world. For teaching English, I use tools such as storybird, tagul, wordreference, etc. We also use the web to search for information. I have created some webquests for teaching Science to my students (I will include the link to my last one).
From my point of view, these tools and many others are essential to develop digital skills in the classroom, for example, doing projects using PPT or word.]]> 2017-04-29 09:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169003401 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169003655 7.2.Parents usually come to our school to talk about their differents jobs.
Anyway it could be interested to invite professionals from two different and important companies in out town: Elpozo Alimentación and PC Componentes]]> 2017-04-29 10:00:16 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169003655 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169003703 2017-04-29 10:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169003703 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169003716 2017-04-29 10:02:08 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169003716 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169003736 2017-04-29 10:02:33 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169003736 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169003748 2017-04-29 10:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169003748 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169003759 2017-04-29 10:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169003759 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169003772 2017-04-29 10:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169003772 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169004204 3.3. From my point of view the most important soft skills are: collaborative working to learn students to work in groups and help them each others, presentation skills to allow them to learn how to communicate properly before an audience and time management to help them to organize their different projects or activities. I would use them in the classroom by working through different projects in groups and presenting them to other classmates, so that in this way they would be working their presentation skills, time management as well as collaborative working.]]> 2017-04-29 10:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169004204 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169005336 3.5. All these tools are very interesting for Secondary students. At this moment, I am teaching in a Primary school and I think that these tools are not very useful for them. However, I have been teaching for 8 years at different Secondary schools and I know that at these ages most students do not know what they want to do in their future life, these tools could be very interesting for helping them, but in my country, Spain, we do not have these type of tools. The Dream Job Game could be the most suitable tool considering the type of students that I have known in Secondary Education in my Region.]]> 2017-04-29 10:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169005336 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169005491 4.1. I am a teacher in a primary school, my students are very young, therefore I think the most suitable strategies to help them to start thinking about their future job are helping students to see scientists as real people and connecting the dots. I would prepare a visit from parents to explain their jobs, for example, when I'm explaining the human body in Science or the vocabulary related to illnesses in English, it could be interesting to organize a visit of a father/mother working as a scientist, doctor or nurse in order to connect career information with this learning and to show them that they have normal lives.]]> 2017-04-29 10:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169005491 https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169005591 4.3. Since my students are very young the practice that I use are integrate experiential activities in the classroom (role-playing or designing research posters), incorporate authentic research (by using science projects making predictions and establishing conclusions) and invite guest speakers. It could be interesting to expose students to worksites and outside opportunities, share personal experiences adn support inclusion of science careers in school career fairs.]]> 2017-04-29 10:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169005591 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169007587 5.1. In Spain, most girls are not interested in STEM careers. I have been teaching in Secondary Education for 8 years, and most girls decide to study degrees dealing with eduaction or social services. I really agree with Debbie Sterling, I find the previous video really motivating, because our society teaches boys and girls some stereotypes which are not really true. We as teachers should promote that gender must not be decisive for choosing a degree in the future]]> 2017-04-29 12:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169007587 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169007645 5.2. The tips mentioned in the info sheet are very interesting. In fact I use some of them with my students. For example,when we do pair work, I always try to mix by gender because they have different opinions and it is very interesting. I use instructional material which show different roles, super heroes (girls and boys), activities changing gender roles and in one of our last lessons for the 6th grade my students have learnt about Elizabeth Blackwell the first woman on the UK Medical Resgister]]> 2017-04-29 12:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169007645 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169007702 5.3. As I mention before, my favourite female scientist of all time is Elizabeth Blackwell because she was  the first woman to receive a medical degree in the USA. She promoted the education of women in medicine.]]> 2017-04-29 12:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169007702 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169007762 5.4. LIBRA is a project that brings together 10 resear institutes in life sciences in 10 European contries, which aims to build and promote excellence in life sciences as well as gender equality.]]> 2017-04-29 12:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169007762 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169007855 6.1. The role that I use actively is "Within-subject" by making connections between Science and real life. For example, when I explain the differences among solid, liquid and gas I use real materials so that students can see what they must learn. 
Despite they sound very interesting, I do not use "leadership roles" because I am working in a Primary School and my students are too young to understand about career information itself, they must be counselled about Secondary Education options. 
It could be interesting "Delivering CEL by being involved in a specific programme.]]> 2017-04-29 12:13:14 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169007855 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169042647 8.1. I'm not really involved in these events. In fact, I didn't know that there are science fairs in my region. So I have surfed the web and I have found SICARM 2017 which includes two different events one about technology and the other called NASA Space Apps in Murcia, this last one sounds great for students because they can enjoy and learn about life in space.]]> 2017-04-30 07:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169042647 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169042720 6.1. The role that I use actively is "Within-subject" by making connections between Science and real life. For example, when I explain the differences among solid, liquid and gas I use real materials so that students can see what they must learn. 
Despite they sound very interesting, I do not use "leadership roles" because I am working in a Primary School and my students are too young to understand about career information itself, they must be counselled about Secondary Education options. 
It could be interesting "Delivering CEL by being involved in a specific programme.]]> 2017-04-30 07:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169042720 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169042777 6.2 In Spain there are many scientists who are  doing interesting and important researches in the field of medicine, but unfortunately they are not famous. There is a very famous Spanish astronaut, the first Spanish person to be an astronaut, his name is Pedro Duque. This person fits, because we can find information about him and his daily life, interests, hobbies and personal background on the web to show that he is a regular person and not a "super-genius" as it can be seen in the link that I enclose below.]]> 2017-04-30 07:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169042777 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169042808 6.3. I live in Alhama de Murcia, it is a small town that has a very important international food processing industry, it is called "ElPozo Alimentación". There are scientists in this company which investigate about different types of food. So it could be interesting to organize a visit to this company when dealing with "food" in the subject of Science and to do some games and activities related to the topic, such as classifying different products that this company produces into the food group pyramid.]]> 2017-04-30 07:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169042808 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169042887 6.4. I teach in a Primary School, so when I talk to parents we do not usually talk about their future jobs. We talk about their progress in the different areas and how to improve it since their are very young. Anyway, I must say that unfortunately most parents are only interested in the final marks of their children and not in their real learning and motivation.]]> 2017-04-30 07:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169042887 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169043758 8.3. I teach in a Primary school, so my students are very young. From my point of view, the best STEM Career Event is STEM career fairs, because they could be in contact with the real world and realize that jobs are a reality, that is to say, if I talk about jobs in my classroom or we search inmoration through the internet is not the same as talking with real workers.]]> 2017-04-30 07:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169043758 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169044161 8.4.The three phases (planning, implementation and post event) are very important. Anyway I think that it is essential I perfect organization from the very beginning, therefore from my point of view planning is the most important, because if you do not organize an event considerng all the essential aspects (target audience, timeframe, stakeholders, logistical arrangements, etc.) the other two phases will not be go on as they should be.]]> 2017-04-30 08:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169044161 annargarcia https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169044607 8.5.I think that one of the most important aspects is to create an informal setting in which students can ask their questions freely to experts.  It is also interesting the fact that they learn about different jobs related to STEM careers, not just to be a doctor or a nurse, but also about fields such as archeology. 
I didn't know about any similar experience before, I think that I could be great to organize something similar for students.]]> 2017-04-30 08:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/annargarcia/hq6c1iut1j7r/wish/169044607