Immaculada's Learning Diary by Immaculada Sureda

Hello!I am Immaculate Sureda, I live in Mallorca (Balearic Islands) and I am a professor of Catalan Language and Literature at a high school in Palma.I like the "machines" and I am delighted to share this learning space with so many colleagues from all over Europe!

margamacumacu — 2015-04-13 20:50:39 UTC

I work at IES Juniper Serra. It is a great school, the largest of the Balearic Islands. There are studies of Secondary and Vocational Training.

margamacumacu — 2015-04-13 21:02:22 UTC

I leave some of the recent work we have done with the students!

margamacumacu — 2015-04-13 21:07:38 UTC

What is your main reason for using or wanting to use tablets in your classroom?

margamacumacu — 2015-04-16 17:27:28 UTC

I do not use textbooks for my classes, for six years. I am a professor of Catalan language in a neighborhood where there are many immigrant students. My students don't like study Catalan, because they never don't speak Catalan at home. I need constantly to motivate the students and if I work on projects with tablets I have this possibility of motivation.

What whole-school challenges do I already face or do I anticipate facing when using tablets?

margamacumacu — 2015-04-16 17:42:59 UTC

We are a group of teachers who are interested in the use of tablets and mobile phones in the classroom. We have a group to share on Google Plus all the new discoveries on applications. At the same time there is to institute a commission of Cooperative Work, where we share experiences. And finally, there is also a group of people interested in restorative practices. All this makes this an appropriate time to try a school project for next year revolves around an axis of project work and tablets.

What classroom challenges do I already face or do I anticipate facing when using tablets?

margamacumacu — 2015-04-16 17:58:05 UTC

My students work with tablets in the classroom, but my challenge is to get all my programming is based on projects that go the interests of students. We recently started using an app called Classcraft and helps us to improve the performance of students now have become magicians, healers and warriors. So I need to know more tools.

Using tablets for content creation - An idea for a piece of content you can produce with your class that has a purpose beyond the classroom activity.

margamacumacu — 2015-04-24 16:51:36 UTC

Yesterday was the celebration of St. George, day books and roses. Every year our school celebrate this day with special activities. This year we have two activities with tablets and mobile phones. 1. An exhibition of poetic productions with QR codes. 2. A contest on two novels with all groups of 1st ESO, 80 students playing in the auditorium at Kahoots, teams and their notebooks. A very special day! Here are videos and pictures!

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Using tablets for content creation - An actual piece of content that you can use as an example for a content creation project in your classroom.

margamacumacu — 2015-04-24 17:11:35 UTC

The next project will take a 1st ESO is the realization of a digital book where students create a novel. The subject of study is syntax. Work will be performed by teams and once we finished the primary school students to show them to their former colleagues.

margamacumacu — 2015-04-24 17:57:14 UTC

margamacumacu — 2015-04-24 17:57:23 UTC

Module 3 activity

margamacumacu — 2015-05-02 14:20:04 UTC

How do you form groups of students for group work and why do you take this approach? Based on your experience what strategies of forming groups work and which do not work? Why?

I work for two courses with cooperative groups in the classroom. The teams are composed of four students, one of whom is has leadership skills, another has learning difficulties and the other two are students who are in the middle of the classroom. I keep this option as it is the literature on the subject advises. I'm Catalan language teacher, my students speak Spanish, and I've got difficult to talk in Catalan when they work together. Now attempt to solve this problem with Classcraft to encourage the use of oral language.

2. How do you keep your students focused and on track during collaborative projects? How do you ensure all students contribute to the task?

I think there is only one way they work seriously, whether in a group or individually miraculous formula that is the subject of the work is attractive. I think that learning should seduce students.Now I have a project with my students of first level, we need study syntax. What we will do is make an ebook with a novel with multiple possibilities reading the story focusing on each element of a sentence.

3. What strategies have you used to assess group work? What are the main challenges for you when it comes to assessing group work?Each group member has a function within the group: spokesman, Secretary, responsible for material ... Students have goals for each project to work as a team and individual goals to improve within the team. At the end of each project, by assessment rubrics, students evaluate their work as a secretary, spokesperson ... and evaluate the objectives, individual or collective. Below are some examples of rubrics used. My challenge for next year is that students evaluated their projects headings.

margamacumacu — 2015-05-02 15:28:43 UTC

Module 4. My lesson plan: Our ebook.

margamacumacu — 2015-05-08 16:49:18 UTC

margamacumacu — 2015-05-08 17:28:50 UTC

What other ways can you think of how tablets can be used to personalise the learning experience of your students?

margamacumacu — 2015-05-08 17:45:19 UTC

In my high school students are very diverse, with many different learning needs. The use of notebooks allows me to tailor activities to their needs. M. is very creative, his presentations are spectacular! R. is very slow, so you can reduce the number of activities. P. has embarrassed to speak in public, now recording their speeches earlier. L. is terrified cameras, now let filmed ...

margamacumacu — 2015-05-08 18:20:03 UTC

margamacumacu — 2015-05-11 15:41:15 UTC

I am very happy! I managed to finish the course before the deadline! I've learned many things.Many thanks to professors and fellow organizers have kindly shared their work!It was a pleasure! We meet again next Mooc!

margamacumacu — 2015-05-11 15:41:37 UTC

Jo estic molt contenta! He aconseguit acabar el curs en el termini establert! I he après moltes de coses. Moltes de gràcies als professors, als organitzadors i als companys que amablement han compartit el seus treballs! Ha estat un plaer! Ens retrobem al proper MOOC!

margamacumacu — 2015-05-11 15:46:59 UTC