SIXTH WEEK

NOVEMBER 2nd - MONDAY

We learned about the latest teaching method "The Natural Approach", which is related to the Zone of Proximal Development that was described by Vygotsky. The Zone of Proximal Development refers to the distance between what the child can solve alone and what he could solve with the help of a guide more trained than him.

The concept of Zone of Proximal Development is linked to the term scaffolding, which is a technique used in education that consists of providing the student with support to get the knowledge, as the child´s development improves, the teacher´s support will be less intil they disappear completely. 

In order to ensure that the child is capable of obtaining the knowledge that is proposed to him, motivation plays an essential role. Tere are two types of motivation: intrinsic (it is born from the person without the need for external stimuli) and extrinsic (can be defined as the stimuli that come from ouside the person). 

NOVEMBER 3rd - TUESDAY

We continue with the implementation of activities that my colleagues began to carry out the day before. In my case, the objective of my activity was to learn to do a countdown. For this, we had to imagine that we were rockets.

First, I started by making a count from 0 to 10 in a normal way to be able to work all the numbers making sure there eas no comprehension problem. 

After repeating the count several times, I began to rehearse the countdown by writing the numbers on the board so that they could see them well. 

To finish, the classmates had to imagine that they were rockets and had to do the countdown themselves, associating a movement woth each number to make the activity a little more fun. 

At the end of all the staging of the activities, we started unit 5 ICT in Foreign Language Teaching for Early Childhood Education pupils. In this unit we could find that in Early Childhood Education, the term ICT could include the following types of hardware and software:

• Computers (including desktop, laptop, and handheld computers)
• Digital cameras and digital video cameras
• Creativity and communication software and tools
• The Internet
• Telephones, fax machines, mobile telephones, tape recorders
• Interactive stories, simulated environments, and computer games
• Programmable toys and “control” technologies
• Videoconferencing technologies and closed-circuit television
• Data projectors, electronic whiteboards, etc. 

NOVEMBER 4th - WEDNESDAY 

Did you think that I had finished sharing more resources that teachers can use in the classroom? No!!

This day we learned to use a Google application with which we can create our own form. 

My classmate Aurora and I created one about being good teachers in COVID time: Are you the best teacher in COVID time?

If you have any questions about hoy to do yours, you can consult this useful video.

NOVEMBER 5th - THURSDAY

Remember remember the 5th of November!!!!! It was Guy Fawkes day!!!

But... who is Guy Fawkes? He is a villain who planned an attempt to kill King James I by blowing ut the British Parliament and thus reinstate a Catholic monarch. This attack failed because it was discovered by the British authorities. He was sentenced to death but just before the execution he killed himself, avoiding the torture that the authorities planned for him.

Every year, thousands of people in Britain celebrate this failed attempt by burning a Guy Fawkes puppet and the stake. 

To discover more about this important day for the English people, Maribel prepared a very funny quion Twitter. Here is the link, try to solve it if you dare!!

Guy Fawkes Quiz

In addition, we had the opportunity to continue working on this topic by creating a presentation in Genially.

I hope you like reading it as much as we liked doing it.

THE END OF THE COURSE IS NEAR!!! SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!!!