Carmela Navarro as the analyst

Hello everybody, I am Carmela Navarro, the analyst of education rush hour of this week.

We have thought that do records is an other way to explain what we have done this week very original and interactive. We hope that you have fun watching the records.

Being the analyst by Elena Rivera.

Hello everybody, I have been working as the analyst this week and it was so difficult to me because the fact that grade the work of my mates isn´t  a well job.

I have been working at home because I was so sick but I´m doing the work that I had to do. In other hand it has been a good experience for me cause I could learnt more about how grade the individual work of me team and to see what we can improve to be a better team.

To do this sumarizing video about what we have learnt has been one of the most useful works that I have done in my academic career because I have was all that I have learnt in this four-monthly.
I´m so pleased, I have learnt a lot and I want to continue learning.

• What was the best part of the activity?

         It was to creat the video about we have learnt in this subject, that is, what is TPACK, to know 

         disadvantaje to use the textbooks, to use a lot of programs on Internet like Powtoons or Pearl              tree, and more things. We have learnt to value the things that we have learnt.

•   What was the worse?

         It was to know to use Powtoons and to download the music for it in Creative Commons.

• What was  the best moment of the week (in the work of the group)?

        It was when we got to use well Powtoons and we finished the video and I got to upload the                 music to the video.

• What was the worse?

         It was when we had to create and organizated the video with all the work because we didn´t                know how sumarize it in that few time. There were a lot of works that we have done in this                curse and we wanted to included all of them in the video.

• What have you learnt?                                                                                                        I have learnt a lot of things this week, it has been a very useful work because I have see all the thing that we have learnt in weeks and  also I continue learning everyday in class. I didn´t know much things about technology but now I can control many programs and their tools. I´m glad for all I have learnt.

• What do you need to conserve -as a group- for the next weeks?

        I want to conserve our creativity because we are doing better things than the beginning of the             curse, we have improved it a lot.

• What do you need to improve -as a group- for the next weeks?

         We have to improve our organization and our coordination, but we are going to got this soon.

• How this content is related to other contents in the course and in your degree?

        First, it´s very related with our own learning because if we use this kind of works we can see all           the things that we are learning. For example, doing a sumarizing we can have all the topics and             contents that we have learnt. In the future, it will be the class in which the teacher and the                   students review the previous lesson with a dynamic work.

Miriam Riquelme, being the analyst.

What can I say of this week?
So many things have happened that I don't know how to start. I won't say that we had plenty of problems, because my groupmates have already said it. This week has been, in my opinion, a big mess.
The week started in a very weid way, because we didn't actually know how to do the practice for this week. After a lot of thinking and asking our classmates, we started to develop our idea. The first thing was to pick a topic which hadn't been picked by any other group, because we wanted to save ourselves some problems with the rest of the class. We chose "The Layers of the Earth" because we thought it was something easy, practical and useful.
Our main mistake was to work separated. Each of us started making our part of the work and we messed things up. I have to admit myself that I had trouble with the Powerpoint, because I thought I had to do something and I was wrong.
We also had some problems of bonding. We've fought a lot this week, but that doesn't mean that we don't get on well anymore. For the well being of the group, we acted like civilised people and we finally worked things out.
As the analyst, I've had a hard time because I didn't know how to grade my groupmates. It is difficult to decide in this situation because all of them are classmates, some of them even good friends, and I never thought I'd had to grade them. In general, this week all of us could have worked way better than we did, but with effort and  determination we will get better and better.
Now, I'll answer some questions about our work this week.

What was the best part of the activity?

For me, the best part of the activity this week was making it for children, not for our classmates. It was the first time we did something focused on the learning of the pupils and not on University students.

What was the worst?

In my opinion, it was when we were clueless about what we had to do. We were all a bit nervous and we were frustrated.

What was the best moment of the week? (In the work of the group)

When we realised what we had to do and started working with a lot of enthusiasm and doing our best.

What was the worst?

The worst part this week has been the lack of compenetration and the amount of disagreements between us.

What have you learnt?



What do we need to conserve -as a group- for the next weeks?

We need to conserve our enthusiasm and our effort. We really make our best every week, and if we continue, we will get very far.

What do we need to improve -as a group- for the next weeks?

I think we should improve the organization and the way of working. We need to be focused on the work and not on trivial things such as fights or disagreements.

How is this content related to the other contents in the course and in your degree?

I think this content is strongly related to everything we do in the degree because when we make a slideshow, we have to bear in mind that Creative Commons is something very important and we learn to reference our work and to give credit to others for their work.

Is there any social connection of this content (news, politics, etc.)?

Of course. Intellectual property has been a very discussed topic in the last few years because of the author's rights and everything in the musical area or in the movies.

The Analyst work of the week, by Alba Yelo

Hello! My name is Alba and I am the Analyst this week. During the week we are working on the different theories about cartographic projections. Now, I am going to answer some questions, and at the end of the week I will grade the effort of my partners.

a. What was the best part of the activity?

The best part of this work has been realize that the size of the countries is not what we thought it was, and the subsuquent research and exposition. We learnt how to reach out to the children with the different media to explain any content on a class.

b. What was the worse?

The worst thing was to organize the work at the beginning, when we tried to understand exactly what we had to do and how to expose it at class.

c. What was the best moment of the week (in the work of the group)? 

The best moment of the week has been when we worked toghether trying to understand the different theories about the cartographic projections and how to explain it on Monday. It was the best moment because each member of the group was contributing with their own ideas, and it was easy to reach out the final conclusion.

d. What was the worse? 

The worse part (like the first week) was to understand the whole work. When Linda (our teacher) exposed what we had to do we panicked because we didn't know how to start the activity, but finally bit by bit we understood what she wanted and how to do it.

e. What have you learnt?

We have learnt that real size of the countries is different from that we have studied so far, and that depends on the cartographer who did the map (his ideology, his origin...)

f. What do you need to conserve -as a group- for the next weeks?

I think that we have to keep helping each other and continue providing and accepting the ideas of others members of the group. It is a good thing to work faster and clarify the ideas about the activity.

g. What do you need to improve –as a group- for the next weeks?

I think we should improve the speed of work at class because it take so long to reach a conclusion about what we have to do.

h. How THIS content is related to other contents in the course and in your degree?

In my opinion, this is related in the course with the way teachers teach. I mean, as we saw with the different theories about cartography, the Mercator's proyection is the less accurate to the reality but even so, the teachers on schools teach with his map beacuse it is easier to learn with it. That makes me think that the contents of the subjects (as Psychology or Sociology) are being adapted to young people to understand them without any problem.

i. There is any evident social connection of this content (news, politics, etc.)?

Of course, the cartographic projects are influenced by the ideologies of each person who did those theories.

MªLuz Rodríguez like an Analyst

Hi! My name is MªLuz, and I am the Analyst this week. The work of this week is about TPACK, and I will answer the next question. Then, I am going to grade each member of the group "Education Rush Hour"

a. What was the best part of the activity?

On the one hand, the best part of this activity has been what we have learnt about TPACK . It was the first time that we were working about school organization but we have been able to solve our problems. On the other hand, we have seen how each team has explained their point of view about this. The explanations are very clear and original, indeed, their "stars" were able to describe in detail TPACK concept.

b. What was the worse?

Meanly, the worse part has been the beginning because we do not know what we had to do. There was a lot of misunderstanding and the things to do were not very clear. However, we have worked very hard and we have got solve our problems.

c. What was the best moment of the week (in the work of the group)? 

The best moment of the week has been when the group was working about the mind map, because our ideas were explained and we chose the best one. Moreover, work environment was very important because each member has worked in its part. Therefore we have seen our results on Monday.

d. What was the worse? 

The worse part is difficult to say, but the beginning of the week was very stifling. The first day, when the work was explained, we had a lot of doubts. There was a sense of stress and we thought that the work was very difficult and we were not able to do it.

e. What have you learnt? 

In this work, we have learnt about TPACK. Now, we can distinguish between technological, pedagogical and content knowledge. We have learnt how the subjects are put in order according to its way of teach. Besides, we have learnt to coordinate us for do some works.

f. What do you need to conserve -as a group- for the next weeks? 

This week we have worked a lot because we did not understand the activity very well. I think that the team have to conserve the excitement of working for get our target. Moreover, we have helped each other, so that is why the work has been easier.

g. What do you need to improve –as a group- for the next weeks?

Although the team has worked very well this week, we can improve in many aspects. For example, we could be more calm, because this week we have been nervous. Besides, we have to take adventage of the classroom time and do each work in class.

h. How THIS content is related to other contents in the course and in your degree?

TPACK is related to many contents like the subjects.I can talk about the first four-month period only, so for example, we have related TPACK with Planification because this subject uses technological, pedagogical and content knowledge. Institutions and theories of education uses content knowledge on the contrary. Finally, Psychology of Development and Sociology of Education are related to pedagogical and content knowledge, because we have used draft and slides in both subjects.

i. There is any evident social connection of this content (news, politics, etc.)? 

We have not found any evident social connection of this content. Indeed, we have used only the information committed by the teacher, moreover, Internet to look for pictures.


ABOUT MY ROLE:
This week my role is the Analyst, who grades the each member's work and evaluate how we have worked this week. When I was chosen for the role of Analyst, I thought that it would be difficult, because score your own mates is not easy. Moreover, I had to pay attention to everything because everything was necessary for the evaluation. My team has worked very hard and they have obtained the provided knowledges about TPACK, so it was difficult say something wrong about this week. However, my role has been very constructive, this is all to say that I have learnt about TPACK and my partners. The Analyst must observe everything and takes note about details for supplement its work.