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The classroom projects with the OLPC laptops
February 2 2010
The students has received the laptops in order to start the news classroom projects.
January 16 2010
A new year with new ideas. The school and the Foundation developed specials sections where the teachers and the team`s foundation has proposed innovations in the classroom projects
December 3 2009
The Foundation is considering to change the present dynamic for the classroom projects and wants for the 2010 to increase the number and the quality of the visits for each team and to offer the teacher's groups new tools to develop this initiative.
November 3 2009
The classroom projects are finished. With several evaluations made in the classrooms, students and teachers said the classroom projects were an important tool to study this year. They are now willing to continue with this special dynamic.
October 30 2009
Finishing october, the teachers are preparing the general evaluations to the classroom projects in the 2009 year. The 3o and 4o grades are finishing the animations with the Scratch program:the first one is making a volcano and the second one is saving a girl to dead in the high way
The wifi signal
In a common effort with local authorities and specialized personnel, all the necessary antennas were finally managed to be installed so that the Internet signal could reach each home for every Marina Orth School student. Now every student has Internet access.
October 15 2009
The students are preparing the state evaluations, and this is the reason the classroom projects are suspended for a few days til the student return to the ordinary activities.
October 6 2009
Now, we are preparing to replay this important project in other place of Antioquia. The boys are in a free time week and the teachers, the principal and the Foundation team are preparing the final part of the year of this experience of knowledge.
September 20 2009
After the first creativity and knowledge week, we have reinitiated the classroom projects. Now each group is already making advances in order to take advantage of the Scratch program. The three first grades have been painting objects in the paint program.
August 27 2009
The last week of august the Marina Orth School has been preparing the first creativity and knowledge week. The Foundation, teachers and students show the educative procces in so many creativity ways
August 10 2009
There were boys and girls walking by the mountain. The hot sun walk whit us all the 3 hours while students, teachers and the foundation walk together like an other form to say "We are going together in differents classroom projects"
August 4 2009
The primary teachers team has prepared a special inauguration with all the students the next 10 of september. A big garbage rain will invade all the school in order to sensitize all the students to the importance of being careful with the environment.
July 15, 2009
The Marina Orth Team is preparing the laptops for all the levels of primary school in order to start the second semester.
July 8, 2009
The primary school teachers met each other in order to prepare the new classrooms projects for the second semester of the year. Some of them are going to work different topics as My wonderful body, and... What about my environment? and The fruits, while others will continuing working with the second part of the same topics of the last project.
June 25, 2009
During the vacations of the students, the Marina Orth team was working so hard to complete the new product: a multimedia with the evaluation of the first year of the Taking Flight Project. The teachers were presenting their evaluations of the first year working with the laptops in the classroom
May 29, 2009
We are in the last week of the semester before vacation. Fifth grade held a party in the new "Casa CREAS" to celebrate the completion of its project, "Cars and the Ecosystem." During this project, they have made several field trips into Medellin to observe firsthand how cars, buses, and metros work, and most important, their effect on the environment.
May 25, 2009
Students in each grade of the primary school are wrapping up their first semester projects. All around the school, children are creating fascinating things on their laptops. Many of them are using the "Scratch" program to make video animations of all kinds of things: from traffic patterns, to plants blossoming, to planets orbiting the sun.
May 18, 2009
The students of 5th grade delighted a group of proud parents and friends with a display of activities they had created using Scratch, a creative program that the children have been working with on their laptops.
May 5, 2009
After a year of constant innovation, the educational plan continues to be developed and implemented. The classroom projects of the first year are coming to a close, and each grade is preparing a final product for the culmination of its project. These projects involve a lot of extra work on the part of the teachers, and we are grateful for their commitment and enthusiasm.
For its final product, the preschool will give a presentation with Scratch in which a slide show displays numbers that constantly change color. The first and second grades continue to improve their classroom projects. First grade is choosing a classroom game to play with their parents with which they will demonstrate lessons of behavior and interaction they have learned throughout the year. Second grade is using Scratch to create a short movie that shows a seed germinating. Next, they will be painting celebrities with the “Paint” program on their laptops.
The third and fourth grades are creating projects that tell stories related to outer space. These projects culminate a term in which they have studied the solar system and galaxy. The students will compete to present the best projects, and the winners will be displayed in the science lab of the school.
The fifth grade is creating products on Scratch that show cars driving and emitting harmful fumes. These products complement a term in which the students have been learning about pollution and the environment. The students will close this term with a trip in Medellin's metro cable to observe first hand the pollution in various parts of the city.
April, 2009
At the beginning of this month, Luis Fernando Sanchez finalized and implemented his plan for foundation support of the classroom projects. Through many meetings of the foundation team along with the primary teachers, a plan has been developed in which each grade of the primary is accompanied for two hours per week by a member of the foundation who assists in the execution of the project, the maintenance of the laptops, and the evaluation of the activities.
March, 2009
Already absorbed in their material, the students continue to progress and compile information on their subjects. Meanwhile, they are using diverse, creative, tools on their laptops to help them analyze and understand these topics. The following list of tools should give an idea of how diverse and exciting these tools are: Write, Video, Photo, Paint, Calculator, Jigsaw Puzzle, Starchart, Moon and Transit.
Henry Velez, the foundation's director of technology, has begun the Scratch project with the sixth graders. These sixth graders will learn the basics of Scratch and then conduct lessons with the primary students to instruct them in the use of the program. Scratch allows students to create their own short animated presentations. The students of primary will use Scratch to present their final classroom projects.
February, 2009
The students and their teachers are constructing and implementing their classroom projects for the year. This year, each group is looking to develop their own unique project.
The preschool inaugurated its study of water, called “What Would I Do Without You?” with a pool ceremony. The students will use the many programs of the laptops to study the different states of water, its importance in our lives, and its intelligent use in society.
Seeking to internalize and practice basic standards of personal behavior, the first grade inaugurated its project, “Vaccination against Violence,” as well as a classroom project, “Good Behavior Through Games.”
On February 27, the second grade inaugurated its project titled, “The Magnificence of Plants,” with a field trip to the Botanical Garden of Medellin.
The third and fourth grades decided to study the solar system and galaxy, and began their projects with a video projection of a documentary about outer space and the consequences of pollution on earth for our solar system.
The fifth grade inaugurated its project, “Cars and the Ecosystem,” in an urban neighborhood near the school. The project will explore the ways in which cars pollute and damage our environment, and look specifically at the degree of pollution that exists in Medellin.
January, 2009
At the start of classes, the students received their laptops for the coming school year. Last year, they lost zero laptops. This year we hope to improve our use of these devices and take advantage of all that they can do.
Mayo 18 de 2009
Los estudiantes del 5o grado de primaria soprenden a los espectadores con una muestra de productos en Scratch. Claudia, la educadora guía de este grupo expresa satisfacción por los logros alcanzados por ello en este tiempo.
Mayo 5 de 2009
Tras un año de constantes innovaciones la Ruta Pedagógica sigue vigente en las diferentes dinámicas educativas de la IERMO; ésta aporta enormemente en la construcción y puesta en marcha de los Proyectos de Aula del 2009, enriqueciendo la experiencia pedagógica de sus estudiantes.
En una constante dinámica de trabajo en los salones, estudiantes y educadoras empiezan a prepararse para construir sus productos finales; pre-escolar por ejemplo, hará una presentación en Scratch donde los números irán cambiando de color. Este trabajo supone jornadas extras donde la educadora construirá dicho producto.
Los grados 1o y 2o siguen avanzando en sus Proyectos de Aula (PdeA): primer grado está seleccionando un juego escrito por los padres de los niños con el que fortaleceran algunas normas; por eso están pidiendo la presencia de los estudiantes que ya saben Scratch para que les sigan enseñando a contar su historia a través de este programa. <por su parte los estudiantes de 2o están próximos a aprender cómo hacer germninar una semilla en sus laptops; para ello ya han comenzado a pintar sus personajes en paint.
Los grados 3o y 4o han iniciado la construcción de su producto en scratch; para ello han debido construir una corta historia relacionada con la galaxia, motivados por premios a los mejores trabajos y su exposición en la Feria de la Ciencia.
Grado 5o se prepara para presentar sus productos en Scratch; ya pueden verse en sus pequeñas laptops carros en movimiento, columnas de humo contaminando la ciudad, etc. La profesora Claudia sigue organizando el cierre del proyecto con una salida pedagógica en Metro-cable por diversos sectores de la ciudad de Medellín
Abril de 2009
Al iniciar este mes, Luís Fernando Sánchez, a través de múltiples reuniones de equipo continúa la reestructuración del plan operativo de cara a los PdeA. Ahora las educadoras cuentan con la presencia del equipo en su aula de clases durante dos horas semanales para asesorarlas en la ejecución de su PdeA, hacerle mantenimiento a las laptops de los estudiantes, garantizar que tengan todas las actividades necesarias y mantener la evaluación constante de sus PdeA.
Marzo de 2009
Entrados ya en materia, los diversos proyectos siguen recopilando información acerca de sus temas. Se utilizan las diversas herramientas pedagógicas que la Institución Educativa oferta y se las combina con las que posibilitan las laptops. Recursos como Wikipedia, photo, video, write, Paint, Water (juego abriendo y cerrando esclusas), Calculator, Conectando tuberías, jigzaw pozzle, StarChart, Moon y transit se comienzan a utilizar en estas iniciativas pedagógicas.
Por su parte, Henry Vélez, responsable del elemento tecnológico, inicia con la nueva y emocionante experiencia de preadolescentes que buscan volverse unos expertos en Scratch. Esta herramienta será importante a la hora de presentar productos al final de los P de A. En una iniciativa de gran creatividad escribe y pone en funcionamiento este proyecto de Scratch con el que rápidamente los aprendices construyen sus propios proyectos para más tarde generar ingeniosos productos. Esta es una estrategia muy importante pues son estos mismos niños quienes enseñarán Scrathc a sus compañeros de primaria.
En Jornadas formativas alternas, los aprendices de Scratch continuan avanzando en su conocimiento de este programa; integran sus conocimientos previos, a las enseñanzas que obtienen en la Fundación Marina Orth. Pronto empiezan a mostrar a todos imágenes en movimiento, plantas que crecen, niños que saltan en un parque de diversiones, etc.
Mientras tanto continúa el proceso de acompañamiento a las educadoras a través de jornadas pedagógicas en las que además de enseñarles el manejo de Scratch, se le siguen dando ajustes a cada uno de sus proyectos. El club de Scratch empieza a enseñar a los estudiantes de primaria lo que ha aprendido en esta experiencia.
Febrero de 2009
Las educadoras y sus estudiantes construyen e inauguran sus Proyectos de Aula (PdeA). Este año han buscado profundizar en diversos temas así:
La profesora Ligia Esther Saldarriaga inaugura con un piscinazo su Proyecto "Agüita, ¿Qué haría yo sin ti?. Por medio de las múltiples herramientas que les brindan sus laptops, los niños y niñas de pre-escolar investigan los diversos estados del agua, su uso inteligente y su importancia para la vida diaria, de la vereda y del planeta.
Buscando interiorizar y practicar las normas básicas de comportamiento social, el grado 1º guiado por Marta Lía Valencia, inauguró en la creativa Jornada de Vacunación Contra la Violencia su Proyecto de Aula titulado “La norma a través del juego”.
El 27 de febrero y con una salida pedagógica al Jardín Botánico de la ciudad de Medellín, la profesora Bernarda Gómez y sus estudiantes de segundo grado inauguran su Proyecto titulado "Lo Maravilloso de la Plantas" .
Los grados 3o y 4o decidieron conocer más acerca de "El sistema solar"; para ello, guiados por sus profesoras Marta Lily Hernández y Margarita María Gallón, inauguraron sus Proyectos con una video-proyección referida a este tema y al de las consecuencias estelares de la contaminación en la tierra.
Finalmente, acompañados de la profesora Claudia Henao, el grado 5o inaugura en el Cerro Nutibara su Proyecto de Aula titulado "Los Carros en el Ecosistema"; una gran oportunidad para mirar desde allí el grado de contaminación que sufre la ciudad de Medellín
INAUGURACIÓN DE PROYECTOS DE AULA
PROYECTO VUELA 2009
Enero de 2009
Inicio de clases
Los estudiantes de la Institución Educativa Marina Orth reciben nuevamente sus laptops para el inicio del año escolar. El año pasado se reportaron cero pérdidas de las máquinas. Este año se busca avanzar en la utilización de nuevas herramientas.
