Studying Abroad....

My classmate Camilo Opazo, talked about Studying Abroad....

Camilo started his presentation giving us information about advantages and disvantages that are involve when you are Studying Abroad. Camilo asked some classmates that were studying abroad last year, Romina Bozan and Paula Villaseca, My classmates talked about their experience living in New York far their homes and far their family, my classmates gave us some topics to live abroad, my experience was similar, since I lived outside, away from my falmily for 1 semester, for that reason I understand the experience of my classmates.

Camilo explained us about standard test that measure English quality ( TOEFL, IELTS). My classmate Camilo use part of the listening that is used to measure the Listening part of the TOEFL.

In general, the Camilo`s presentation was good, camilo use in a good way the classroom`s space , the technological resources were well used, we participated a lot in his presentation because Camilo asked us many times during his presentation.

Classroom Management Strategies

My classmate Romina Bozan, talked about Classroom Management Strategies, she started her presentation asking us some questions related to her topic, Romina talked about 3 common missbehaves; talkative students; Students request our help; Students that argue.

Romina gaves us some strategies to use with the group of talkative students, for Students that request Teacher`s attention, for Students that spend the class arguin with the Teacher; Romina made us 3 questions for us to answer them , was about strategies that we would apply with our Students.

In my opinion the Romina`s presentation was good, she started her topic introducing us to the subject that she would talk about, her tone of voice was good, she moves around the classroom, Romina used in a good way the space of the classroom, Romina made us participate several times, her presentation was interactive, the technological resources were well used, I think that was in general a good presentation.

How does TV affect teenagers??

My classmate Maria Luz talked about the effect of TV on teenagers; she used good and funny pictures and videos in a good way trying to demonstrate the real effects that provoke TV.

Maria Luz asked us some questions related to her topic, for example; what are the negative effects on teenagers?

Obesity, Alcohol, Risk behavior: Sex, Smoking, Stereotype.

We as a teacher how can help our students to watch TV in a healthier way?

In my opinion I think that Maria Luz used in a good way the space in her presentation, she moved around the classroom and she made us participate a lot.

Billy Elliot

Billy Elliot is a shy boy, living with his proud miner father and older brother Tony during the political and social unrest of the 1984 miner's strike. Times are hard the men of the house spend their days on the picket lines clashing with the police, while Billy navigates the minefield of adolescence and takes care of his increasingly senile grandmother.

His life change when he met Mrs. Wilkinson, whose teach dance in a Box Gym, where Billy try to learn boxing….Billy changes the boxing gloves by the ballet slippers, but the social and familiar surroundings will force to him to do it secretly.

Touching comedy obtained 3 nominations' Oscar and to become the international success of the British cinema in the year 2000.

The movie show us, in a good way a young boy that change his “lifestyle” created by his father by another one, the dance, the movie show us the perseverance that Billy uses to be happy, despite of his father´s opinion.

Recycling

First of all Daniela use background music to present her microlesson…..

I think that was a good way to motivate and introduce the spectators (classmates) into her theme. She uses a lot of resources to demonstrate that we are working in a bad way, I mean, for example, when we are cooking, generally we throw the rest of vegetables, plastics, cans, and more things to the same bag, it is too bad for us, because and according to the Daniela´s presentation, for example, a plastic bag, is delayed 500 years in degrading itself.

Daniela Showed us some videos related to the pollution, that was amazing, we can see a lot of damages that the human provoke into the environment, she gave us tips to recycle, reduce and reuse.

In my opinion Daniela´s Presentation was amazing, was clear, the audiovisual material that she used was good, her effort was demonstrated in her microlesson.

Technology / Telecommunication and Teaching

Cristobal Presented this important topic taking account our futures plans ....how to be good teachers.

First of all Cristobal gave us a definition of technology and telecommunication, he showed us a timeline about the evolution of the technology, finding the telegraph, phone, computer, beeper, cell phone, cd player, and more......

In my opinion, I think that using technological recourses to teach is a good way to engage our students, for example if we want to teach culture we can use the computer and go to the Google earth and show to our students what is the origin of the word "wood" for mention something.

According to Cristobal´s Presentation I can say that was a good presentation, despite of Cristobal presented technical problems, his presentation was very clear, very easy to understand, very enjoyable, easy to follow. At the end of his presentation, Cristobal showed us a video related to the use of technology into classroom.

Have we lost the respect inside the classroom??

Evelyn presented her topic in a good way, because she started asking us about the punishment, showed us a pictures about the year 1969 and 2009, she made a contrast between both situations, in the case of the picture of year 1969, the student were punished by their parents about their marks, in those years the students were bad, because they no studied for their test, quizzes, etc. By the other side, nowadays the teachers are the main problem into the scholar system, because teacher give bad marks, not the students won them.

Evelyn showed us some videos related to the educational environment into classroom, were students were attack to the teachers and vice versa , were the behavior of the students were not good, some of them punished their teacher, throwing paper balls to him, chairs of the classroom, throwing backpacks, copybooks, in my opinion about to the lost of the respect on the part of the students towards the professor, I believe that it goes in the education that the students bring of their homes, that provoke this behavior into the classroom.

According to the Evelyn´s presentation, I think that was marvelous, is an important topic that we have to know as future teachers, we have to maintain the autocontrol in those situations…… her presentation was good, she used a lot of materials to presented a good theme, Evelyn gave us some tips related to her presentation, I think that is a good way to teach and to be a good teacher in the future.