Teacher Trails

These days, when globalization reigns and boundaries between countries are dissipating, a virus is calling us to do our best and share what we can. In our case, we feel that going back to social networks is fundamental to be with others and add our little grain of sand. In these circumstances, we are encouraged to contribute our experience and share what it was like to move into the virtual world on a previous opportunity ( influenza A (H1N1) in a K-12 school in Buenos Aires (June 2009). Once again this has become a necessity in order to shorten distances and continue with our work. With this in mind, we want to share what we learned and "harvested" from the mistakes and successes during that time. It is not our intention to "determine" how or what to do but, to open an invitation to think together what it means to teach in times of physical isolation.  We will try to present some ideas, even the most obvious ones; sharing our doubts, mistakes, concern...

At the end of the year, teachers have tons of dates and assignments we need to comply with, that is the case here and in almost every educational setting I can think of.  Last weekend I wanted to send a reminder of the dates we needed to take into account in the following weeks but I wanted something that could make it memorable, I didn´t want to send an ordinary reminder.  Something different...  a   card ? a short video?  a  presentation?  Bearing in mind one of my main objectives is to show teachers different tools and how they can be used for educational purposes I wanted something new...  that´s  when I remembered QR codes. Just what I was looking for, and I could show how they could be used!  What are QR codes?  Mashable  explains:  QR Code (abbreviated from Quick Response Code) is the trademark for a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code) first designed for the automotive industry. More recently, the sys...

Everybody likes listening to a good story.  Have you ever wondered why?  What do you think about this statement? Do you agree?  A story can put your whole brain to work.   This article may give you a few ideas on the power of storytelling.    The Science of Storytelling .   Which are, in your opinion, the main concepts? What do you think about the suggestions for telling stories? Do you have any of your own? There are a million ways in which we can tell a story. An interesting game to develop a number of skills is the following: "This quasi-experimental web site is designed to foster visual thinking and build stories. It  draws upon collections of photos specified by a tag in  Flickr . You are dealt five random photos for each draw, and your task is to select one each time to add to a selection of images, that taken together as a final set of 5 images- tell a story in pictures." F ive Card Stor...