The first day presented the project three
groups. In our turn we showed our video, what, for me, it was really good. It
was crazy to do it because we spent plenty of time working on it (around 40
hours) and we made an incredible effort, putting our brains and our technology
into the limit; but I think we learnt a lot. For example I would highlight how
we acted as a team; I think that was one of the best learnings of making this
video. Be critical, listen to others, want to do our best are some examples of
our learning and our attitude in this project.
By the way, we also learnt which classes’
disposition it’s better, how to apply or work with the RESPECT as the main learning, how to adapt schools to people
with disabilities… At least we get our own idea of an ideal school, what I
think it’s very important. It makes us to think how to change education.
HERE IS OUR VIDEO (with voice and without it
too for Yolanda, in Youtube or Drobox just in case. There’s a file with other
format to upload it faster.):
“Encendiendo Bombillas” showed their video too.
It was longer than the supposed limit, but it wasn’t bored, it was dynamic. They
did some interviews in different schools. They started with one in Azuqueca,
where answers of teachers and head teacher demonstrate that they try to have a
system in which children help other children, but only “the more needed of
help”, and not to everyone. That’s not good enough, every kid needs a bit of
help.
Relating to technology they used it but not in
good way, that is to say, they read books there, so is the same as not using
it. And in cooperative learning they only did some activities in pairs or
three-group, so they didn’t practice it.
The second school was a private one placed in Alcalá;
this group used the same methodology. This school was better but it did wrong
things too. In the individual education, teachers followed kids who needed more
help, so it was in the same case as the previous school. In that school they
linked the subjects’ content with daily life examples; and they focus a lot on
languages and cooperative learning.
But it also existed other teachers that didn’t
use technology and they used the individual disposition of classes or had
different relationships among pupils. This video was finished with an
explanation about how their ideal school was, but it was by showing personal
thinking and with interviews to education workers.
The ideal school was based on many rooms for
the different necessities of subjects, use a lot of technologies but in the
good way and, of course, by respecting and accepting everyone, and making
children learn by cooperative working.
“Minions” presented a great video, funny and
original. Performing real “Gru” film they create an inclusive school changing
the internal organization of today schools and talking about all the theory. In
fact, it was too much theory to follow at the same time the guide and the
video, but it was entertaining.
Main ideas were integration and inclusion for
everyone, communication between teachers and students and also among teachers,
and work with cooperative learning. In this project the school was provided of
proper installations to each activity.
At the first time the proposal wasn’t accepted
but as children are the main characters in schools, it changes into a
satisfying organization and structure referred to kid’s necessities.
Second day of this project presented two last
groups. “KIA” performed a TV show but changing the main topic, the result:
“This school is a ruin”. They start with several things schools should change, like
disposition of classes in order to work in groups, installations like wider
corridors or elevators for people with incapacities, or activities with other courses.
After that they established their ideal school.
It was made with “Playmobil” dolls in a very original way, so hardwork was well
reflected. And with pictures we could realized how the school would be. Referred
to external structure they proposed that each subject had a specific room; a complete
gym and swimming pool, library, computers…
This project was attractive and with good
ideas, the only downside the slowly music, which make less dynamic to follow
it.
The last group, LASH, made the project by images
and meetings with some teachers. They did a drawing representing plenty of
rooms they would like to have in their ideal school (for music, library,
computers, laboratory…). They showed us some teachers’ views in which they
talked about being like society out of school, with technology; and acting in
community.
It was a good project, better than the previous
one, so they learn, and it was entertaining.