Session 2

Hi everyone!!

How are you? We are Míriam Porras and Àngels Tugores. We are going talk about the session 2 with Yolanda Scott-Tennent Basallote in relation to PDCA, SAMR Model, Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy and the creation of one animal’s activity using different resources like Padlet and Popplet.

First of all, she introduced herself and the subject, because it was our first session with her. Yolanda detailed the contents, the program, the competences and how we will be assessed. Then, she introduced us an iterative and cyclic four-step management method with the aim to improve the processes and the product. It is called PDCA (plan + do + check + act) and Dr. W. Edwards Deming made it based on the idea to establish real objectives to implement the new processes, then compare the obtained results against the expected results and analyze the differences to start the process all over again.

Secondly, we learnt the different classification categories for ICT resources/activities. The first one is called the SAMR model (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification and Redefinition) that allows us to assess and to evaluate the technology we use in our class and how the tech act is.

The second one is the Bloom’s Taxonomy applied to the Digital World. However, in this session, we only learnt the 1- Remembering and 2-Understanding Bloom's Taxonomy and what kind of activities or resources we can use to increase the visibility of these competencies in our class during the daily life in school.

Then, following the list she presented us in the introduction, we reflected about: “When is ICT appropriate? The role of the teacher is very important because we have evolved from a figure of the instructor to a teacher to guide on the side like a facilitator. We need to take into account the flipped classroom and key factors like POTS because, we strongly believe that ICT is new nowadays and there are a lot of things we can do with it, but it’s necessary, essential and priority that we plan the activities taking into account the purpose (objective), the target audience (age or skills), selection (search and adapt some material already exist or create new ones). And with all these tips… Do you remember what does POTS means?

YES!!! You are right! POTS it’s an essential concept we need to take into account when we are using ICT in class.

• P: Possibility (timing, resources)
• O: Objective – Purpose (skills, attitudes)
• T: Target audience (level, knowledge)
• S: Select (search, create, adapt).

Finally, Yolanda explained few topics based on ideas and possibilities that we could use in our classrooms. For instance, how to using topics like animals and food, we could use a Mindomo, a Padlet or make a flashcard to review the vocabulary or to know the new vocabulary.

At the end, we had to create an activity. To do that, we made 4 groups and each one had to choose one possibility that they wanted to use if we work with animals.

The possibilities were:

1. Brainstorming (Míriam, Anna and Àngels)
2. Flashcards (Tania, Pepelu and Laia)
3. Maps and graphs (Ferran, Marta and Amaranta)
4. Visual dictionaries and word art/clouds (Elena and Laura)

The slogan for next session was to have prepared our presentation, the programs we chose and the activities we made. The main aim was to know more about these programs and to be able to assess whether these programs/apps are useful or not to implement them in our classes.

Míriam Porras and Àngels Tugores