Aprendiendo ciencias de la computación mediante un juego

During the past three weeks, many 10th Year students were presented with a cryptography challenge game based on Khan Academy resources. The challenge is to solve a mysterious problem, introduced as a spy story, where the students play in first person. The story begins with an introduction to a historical moment and to the character's descriptions. Once the context and objectives of the game are defined, participants can access a list of clues....

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Student's reports on Scratch programming

Two pedagogical ideas put together: Number one. MIT's Scratch is known for providing a stepping stone to the fascinating world of computer programming. The scratch programming philosophy is about creating new code or remix existing coding contents, based on a very intuitive and visual block instruction set. Students develop technological fluencies, as well as creative and design skills with every project they develop. Number...

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Waves in motion since 2015

Waves moving since 2015, what does the title of this post mean? For me, but primarily for many of the students of the Goethe Schule Buenos Aires, it refers to one of the many ways in which they record their learning in the course blogs. Since then, uninterrupted every year, students combine text, images, and audio in their articles. Here a bit of history: https://makeitvisiblenow.blogspot.com/2015/04/you-sound.html A small...

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Sometimes Qs are + important than As

Today I tweeted the header image for this post and immediately after posting, it felt like the idea would stick in my head all day long. Until now that I was able to relate that morning impulse of posting to something more solid. Did you ever wonder what brings an educator to Tweet about a famous quote? I follow a couple of users that share remarkable quotes regularly, but never experienced firsthand the connection between the essence of...

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¿Cómo podemos utilizar las métricas Khan?

Hemos estado utilizando Khan Academy por los últimos cuatro meses. La selección de la plataforma no ha sido caprichosa, sino que responde a la creciente necesidad de personalizar el acceso a los recursos de aprendizaje. Cada estudiante es único, y ustedes pensarán que afirmar esto es un lugar común, sin embargo no siempre se realizan esfuerzos por personalizar la experiencia de aprendizaje. Ha sido una experiencia interesante desde varios puntos...

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Why should we learn about....

It is amazing how a simple question as "Why do we have to learn this?" has the power to trigger student's reflection. Silvia's tweet about the topic made me think about this... Take for instance what happened today at @Goetheshuleba HS Computer Science session. A number of 16 years old students are learning about cryptography as part of their CS curriculum, they are playing a game called "Cryptography challenge 101" based on Khan Academy resources....

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Sobredosis de pantallas / Infografías

Los avances tecnológicos producidos en las últimas décadas hacen necesario emplear recursos informáticos en muchos aspectos de la vida diaria. En este sentido, la educación no debería ser una excepción, por lo menos si se la entiende como preparación para la vida en sociedad y el mundo del trabajo. Sin embargo, se hace necesario considerar los posibles efectos de largas horas de exposión a las pantallas.  Para descargar las fotografías,...

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Tips on how to stay safe online, my real story

Strong password policies have come a long way. When I created my very first online account many, many years ago, my password was the word “cool” (don’t judge me, ok? I was very young at the time). That password has long since been changed, to something much more secure, but passwords still remain part of everyday life as more and more of the services we rely upon are managed online through websites or mobile applications. Users today are inundated...

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Five selected concepts

Once in a while, I find a video with loads of interesting concepts. Last week I came across this very short video starred by Michio Kaku where he shares with us some very interesting concepts. Is quantum computing the future generation of computers? What would happen if Moore´s law is expired? Silicon-based computers are reaching a natural physical limit, miniaturization can´t go beyond a certain frontier. Are computer manufacturers reaching this...

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Una fuente diseñada para ayudar a leer a disléxicos

Las fuentes tipográficas, en castellano comúnmente  llamadas "tipos de letra" o "Font" en inglés , son un conjunto de caracteres gráficos (letras del alfabeto, números y símbolos especiales, como los símbolos de puntuación) diseñados individualmente y con propiedades visuales uniformes. La palabra "tipografía" proviene del Griego, τύπος [típos], ‘golpe’ o ‘huella’, y γράφω [gráfο], ‘escribir’, se dice que es el arte y la técnica...

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Posting in your G+ community for school

Sharing content to a community is much like sharing to one of your circles or even in your public feed. While you can post to your respective community directly from the community's page, you can also post from basically anywhere on the platform. You only need to find and click on the following, to display the extended post creation tool: Users will see their own profile picture and name. Extended post creation tool. Each post may...

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Create your G+ community for school

On Google Plus, all users have the ability to manage their circles (list of contacts) to control the groups of people and brands they receive information and content from. Google Circles are a one-way road, this means that whenever you circle a contact you´ll be receiving their update, but there's no guarantee those brands or users will circle you to receive your updates. Two different users must circle each other in order to enjoy a two-way communication...

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Conversación con Silvina Duschatzky

Una de las propuestas que son habituales al inicio del año escolar es la organización de jornadas institucionales de capacitación. Son jornadas en las que los docentes se reúnen en pleno con el objetivo de intercambiar información relevante a las planificaciones escolares, y también, hay ocasiones en las que nos visitan referentes del mundo de la educación. En el día de hoy hemos compartido una charla ofrecida por Silvia Duschatzky. Han sido dos...

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G Classroom

At the beginning of the school year I always invite my fellow teachers to a number of different On-Line tools presentations. Everybody seems to be interested in learning new tools to maximize teaching and learning outcomes, but G Classroom attracted all attention. Discussion during this year´s presentations focused on two main ideas: the use of the platform (that is where to click to get things done) and some classroom methodologies associated (some intro to flipped). The following tutorial videos focus on the "where to click to get things done"...

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What are infographics?

Infographics are visual displays of any kind of data or information with the aim of presenting complex concepts in an eye-catching, quick and clear way. It can be named differently in some specific contexts: "data visualization" or "information design and architecture", are common names for the same concept. The main purpose of creating an infographic is to aid communication in such a way that student´s attention is drawn to focus on a specific topic. Visualization...

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GAFE is now GSuite

Google Apps for Education has been around for many years now. Undoubtedly it has been the best option for schools to help teachers and students share and learn collaboratively.  According to Google, GSuite is more than a rename, it is more than a makeover, it is a huge step ahead into collaboration, communication and platforms integration. https://blog.google/topics/education/introducing-g-suite-education/ Being a teacher is sometimes...

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