DIGITAL RESOURCES

Hi bloggers!

I'll focus on explaning different resources which are important to take into account to teach English or other subjects. 

In this blog: http://recursospdi.wordpress.com/ingles/, there are many contents to teach for children.

Like, animals, body, clothes.

Other digital resource is Socrative: lets teachers engage and assess their students with educational activities on tablets, laptops and smartphones. Through the use of real time questioning, instant result aggregation and visualization, teachers can gauge the whole class’ current level of understanding. Socrative saves teachers time so the class can further collaborate, discuss, extend and grow as a community of learners.

Jclic: It's a set of free software applications licensed under the GNU GPL that are used for carrying out different types of educational activities: puzzles, associations, text exercises, crosswords, scrambled letters, etc. It's developed in the Java platform and works in Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris systems.

These digital resources are very useful fot children to learn through another method since they are motivated to learn in another way, These resources are very creative, imaginative and interactive.

TEACHER'S DAY

Good morning bloggers!

Today, I'm going to talk about teacher's day. This day is celebrated  annually on October 5th since 1994, commemorates teachers’ organizations worldwide. In many countries, Teacher's Days (or Teachers Day) are intended to be special days for the appreciation of teachers, and may include celebrations to honour them for their special contributions in a particular field area, or the community in general. The date on which Teachers' day is celebrated varies from country to country.

I found an article about the importance of teacher: 

THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD TEACHER

It is vital that students get to see the teacher’s personality. They should feel that the teacher, too, is a “real” and “approachable” person, with a friendly attitude. In the same way a teacher wants to develop a connection with their class, students, too, want to be able to connect with the teacher and get a sense of who they are. Never adopt a pre-rehearsed or robotic style in your lessons. Allow your own personality and enthusiasm for what you do to come through in what you say, how you teach and the topics you chose. Students will value this.

Moreover, I add a video related to teachers day. This video is based on Pancake Manor. 

Therefore, students get to know that teachers are people. For this reason, I add this video about teachers are people not only teachers.

Study in Finland

FINLAND'S SCHOOL

Primary education - School begins at the age of seven 

Children begin their primary education when they reach seven years of age.

Pre-school education is intended for six-year olds, who will start their compulsory education in the following year. At the moment over 90 % of the age group participate in the voluntary pre-school education.

Comprehensive school provides a nine-year educational programme (with a voluntary 10th year) for all school-age children, beginning at the age of seven. The school network covers the whole country.

Comprehensive schools are primarily run by local authorities, with the exception of a few private schools. The broad national objectives and the allocation of teaching time to instruction in different subjects, subject groups and pupil counseling are regulated by the government.

The National Board of Education decides on the objectives and core content by confirming the core curriculum. Based on these, each provider of education prepares the local basic education curriculum.

Who was my favourite teacher?

There are my best teachers who, in my mind, have significantly helped me through many dificulties my entire life school. I finished my degree this year and I realised that  how much I learnt from my teachers.

I felt very confident in his classes. I learnt a lot. He was always in his classroom, ready to talk to me every time I needed help. He guided me through by showing me different techniques that I could use to do best in an exam.

There are so many good and effective teachers, yet only one has given the opportunity to see myself improving everyday by his continuous support and guidance. As Mr. Antonio. He was my teacher in some subjects in primary school, like maths, science, spanish, geography between other. I could feel very well while he was teaching us. By giving us, so much practice on different skills of interacting Spanish, as well as helped advice on how to improve ourselves. My teacher made the class feel very safe and confident. Those reliable feelings were massive courage and were such strengths that helped us through many exams and tests.

Being a teacher is hard, being a good teacher is even harder, yet for a person to be a passionate and dedicated teacher is the most difficult. Everyday he got up early and he fulfill the specific timetable, because he was in the mornings and the afternoons at school.

To students, Mr. Antonio, who, with his exceptional dedication always tried to achieve the best preparation for them before every oral exam, or work that would be examined externally. He wanted to help us to obtain the best we could by explaining and briefing in detail about each particular process.

In the end, I have truly considered his as a person who walked into my life and brought with his almost miracles to help me grow into a better person.