Being flexible, being eager to share and being open minded: Three rules for success

Last 25th September I was part of a great Sala in Artigas. It was hard to get started at the beginning as some of the supervisors hadn't arrived but the positive side of things is that we were capable of rearranging everything and sharing with colleagues from Idioma Español what we had to share.

There were some milestones in the presentation. One of them was the moment in which the high school students were teaching them how to use the xos. The teachers forgot about their daily worries, their anxieties and the fact that they are digital immigrants or dinosaurs!!!

The second highlighted moment was when I worked with a power point presentation and the Spanish teachers paired with an English teacher so that they could understand. It was a real example of peer work, peer assessment and all the collocations we can make with the word peer.

In the afternoon we worked with teachers of English only, it is a pitty that there are teachers that missed the opportunity to keep on learning but those who were wise enough to attend enjoyed the fun, the creativity and above all the things shared.

As usual, Beatriz and all the teachers that work as a team there created not only a good atmosphere but also a worth attending sala.

Prof. Aldo Rodríguez

P.A.D. Salto-Paysandú

SALA IN ARTIGAS: FIRST WORKSHOP

                Teachers "cargo B" and first grade students (LICEO # 4) were in charge of our Sala's first workshop. It was a GREAT experience,  in which "digital natives" were the "bridge" between "digital immigrants" and the xos.

              If you look at  the teachers' faces, you'll see how engaged they were in the activity.

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SALA DEPARTAMENTAL IN ARTIGAS: PREVIOUS MOMENTS

  We usually say "Plans should be  FLEXIBLE".  On planning our Sala, we never imagined we would be asked to include teachers of other subjects in the workshops we had planned. Well, we WERE. At the very beginning we had History, Geography and Spanish teachers with us. Apparently some people that were expected to come didn't show up, so we had to do our share to collaborate with the organization of the different salas that were supposed to take place at the very same time.

    Some minutes later, however, dispositions changed and only teachers of Spanish stayed with us. We adapted some things in the Agenda and included some others, and luckily everything went smoothly.

    The above pictures show the Sala's  previous moments. More pictures will be published soon.

YUMMY, YUMMY, YUMMY!!!

  A  GREAT hostess plans carefully every little detail. The pictures show Ximena's coffee-break table.

Mrs. Renate Tideman, an EXCELLENT chef  (and better mother-in-law) made us feel IN HEAVEN when tasting her MARVELOUS brownies and "magdalenas".

    Don't they look HEAVENLY?

SALA IN FLORES: MORE PICS

With Ms Ana Sosa, Liceo Departamental's Headmistress, who received us warmly, making us feel at home.

 

PADS Andrea Sorondo (Soriano), Aldo Rodríguez (Salto-Paysandú) and our hostess, PAD Ximena Tisnés (Flores).

Tribunal #2

Showing our blog to  teachers from Flores and Durazno.

"Wherever  there's an Aldo Rodríguez,  there is food."  : )

SALA IN FLORES: YOUNG COOKS FROM ISMAEL CORTINAS

    A group of young cooks from Ismael Cortinas shared the delicious chocolate rolls they prepared in class with the teachers who attended the Sala. They wore cute handmade aprons they had painted with their teachers as part of the activities included in the unit "Health and food" and brought joy and "a fresh spring breeze" to the event.

          Their cheerfulness was contagious. The chocolate rolls ... YUMMY!

      On Tuesday, 22nd September,  the "SALA REGIONAL" organized by Ximena Tisnés (P.A.D. Flores) took place  at Liceo # 1 (Flores). 

        Teachers from Durazno, Artigas and Flores participated in an extraordiarily well-organized and worth-attending event in which many interesting workshops/talks took place: Andrea Sorondo's talk on Assessment, Aldo Rodiguez's workshop on Learning Strategies, a very nice demonstration by two teachers from Cardona who work with a moodle platform, and a  brief demonstration on the different aspects of this blog of ours, by P.A.D. Beatriz Sendic.

             More information on this event will be published tomorrow, but have a look at some of the pics that were taken there. It was a wonderful experience and you can't imagine how delicious the brownies were!