Our Ideal School

The second project was about how our ideal school would be. To fulfil it, we made videos with the theory to explain our point of view and the characteristics of our ideal school. The teacher asked us to answer the following questions: what are the main ideas? What did you like best? Is it creative?

Now I'm going to answer these questions, related to each group:

Futupasta:

         The main ideas of their video were that the school should be a place where you can express yourself, learning with the cooperative learning. Trust each other was also very important. The school should take into account the diversity and be equal for everybody, being as inclusive place while understanding each other points of views and learning by multiple ways, letting them choose. We have to open our minds to the new methods, for example, learning by playing. All the kids must have the right to learn and this learning should be focus on their necessities and it is also important learning by experience. 

         The teacher should be scaffolding for the students, a guider; and they keep on learning. One more important thing is the good communication between students and teachers.

         The building was divided in different floors, one for Kindergarten (with special places) and the others for Primary Education. The playground is in the centre and there are green spaces, sport facilities, as a swimming pool o a gym, an assembly hall, an IT room, a kitchen, a lab, a library, places for study, a special place of teachers to share their experiences.

         It was creative because they decided to create their video with a chapter of “Futurama” and the result was pretty good. What I like the best is the way they mix the theory with the chapter making a fun and entertaining video.

Rigatoni's angels:

          The main ideas of their video were that it is very important a good communication between the school and the parents, the use books should be less used, a change of the quantity of homework is very necessary because they should have less, and one very important thing, the political parties should agree in the laws of education. The classes should be experimental, not focus only on the content. The methodology needs a change, and we should introduce and use more the IT. 

          The teachers have to be training to understand and know the new methodology and more personal resources are required. The teachers also are the guiders.

          The classes also should have less students and educational resources. The cooperative learning should be taking into account and also the diversity in the classroom, with an equal environment where the differences and the participation are stimulated. Children should work in groups because it develops their personal skills and they learn to respect each other. They can have fun while they learn. It is also important do trips or assemblies to put things in common. 

           There are three buildings where they divided the classes and the spaces for students or teachers, with special resources for people with disabilities, and a library, labs, swimming pool, football, basketball, assembly hall, nursing, cafeteria, the kitchen, the offices of the teachers, playground and green zones. 

 La banda del patio:

         The main ideas are the free food as in Finland; teachers have to believe in their students. Trust is essential between teachers, students and parents. The school should be an inclusive place, adapting the curriculum as each school wants. Students should learn by cooperative learning and the critical thinking, thanks to the instructional triangle. The teachers should take into account the process not only the final note. There has to be a teacher’s community. 

          The school should have sports facilities, a swimming pool, a gym and a vegetable patch. The principal building is divided for the students and teachers. There is also a kitchen, a library, facilities for people with disabilities, green spaces, a lift. 

The differents:

         They create a funny video with a part from “The Simpsons” and they talk about the problems in class, as for the bad behaviour of the teachers, that don’t pay enough attention to the students. And also that they work individually. They also show their school with facilities for the children. They do a practical video with a song and I think that this a very good method to teach the children, because they learn by having fun.

The Rolkids:

        

       Main ideas: Firs of all, one phrase that appeared in the paper they gave us was “Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I learn”. That means that there has to be a good communication between students and teachers, who should be train and learning constantly. They talk about the inclusive school that offers different types of learning and takes into account the different characteristics of the children. Another interesting idea was that the children should be the creators of their own learning and that the IT should have a huge presence. 

         The school should have facilities for people with disabilities, labs, meeting rooms, exhibit spaces. What I like the most was that we should give the opportunity to the children to put in practice what they have learn in their homes, this makes stronger learning, because they mix it with the experience. They also talk about the educational triangle, that is very important to take into account because teachers, students and the content are equal, if one is missing, the others cannot work properly.

        What I like most was the school the made with “The Sims” and the video of the deft kid, that talks about the barriers that exists and that, if we want to, we can break this barriers and create an inclusive environment, focus on the diversity and the differences, telling the kids that they are special and equal despite their differences.