Reflection about K.I.A group (Mónica)

First of all I found very brave to volunteer themselves to be the first group to talk, because the class was very nervous and scared minutes before starting, because some people told us that in the other group, Yolanda had sat 2 out of 2 groups.

They started talking about the problem they had with Sara, the Irish girl, despite this they did a pretty good job and managed to control the situation.

I also believe that they all knew what their partners were talking about, I mean, generally they only talked in their turn but when Yolanda asked them something she didn’t understand properly, they all knew how to explain.

They presented us an Art and Science class, in my opinion they have used different types of resources which is very good and the sessions were fun and enriching, they also explained some objectives that children will have to achieve, I think this help them to create the activities, because they were not only interested in them to learn about the topic, the were also looking for something else, like responsibility or collaboration.

They used two types of methods, the Jigsaw or Puzzle method, as we did, and the TGT. The first technique was used when they have to do a project about the planets. And they integrated TGT technique by playing a game, STOP, if I have to point out something I didn't really like it would be this because this technique promotes competition and is the opposite of cooperative learning, but I have to say that the activity promoted competition at a very low level, which I think it's just a kind of motivation, but still I would tell them to point each child, not just the winners.

In the self-evaluation they did a table in where they had to tic if they did it Bad (L), good (:/) or really good (J). Instead of this punctuation, I would have put More or less good, Good, Really good, because as Yolanda explained, if they have worked in class, it’s impossible to do it badly.

To sum up, I think they did a great job, I really like their presentation and the ideas they propose using different resources, it also seems that they have worked a lot and took this project very seriously. We even changed some details of our presentation after watching theirs.

Good job guys! I really like it, keep on working like this because it would teach us loads of new ideas, besides it would enrich us as teachers. Thank you.

Mónica Santos-Olmo Sánchez