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The Erasmus + projects of the IES Tegueste are reactivated, although it is true that they have not been stopped! The KA229. Education &  Entrepreneurship will already have its first mobility at the end of September, The KA229 Jobs4Future project will go to Romania with students to meet their partners in October. The third meeting of the KA229 FUSION in Greece is scheduled for September.

In addition, the KA103 projects of the Higher Cycle have had student´s mobilities in Barcellona, ​​Italy and the teaching staff in Porto, Portugal.

The KA102 Middle Cycle Projects, Consortium Coordinators (Tegueste - Politécnico de Las Palmas - Garoé) have had student´s mobilities in Wroclaw, Poland, in Catania, Italy, and in Barcellona, ​​Italy. And its teachers have attended work sessions in Porto, Portugal. The eTwinning meetings continue and the work of each project is consolidating and affecting more students and teachers.

 We have an eTwinning project with students called FUSION as well. This platform allows us to share our project’s results,partners’ views and cultures. We as teachers set up a discussion’ Films about education our reviews’ on forum.After that,On 16th June,2021,We organised a live event for all the members of the TwinSpace and booked a virtual room and made a video-conference about education related movies with 20 participants.For many people,movies are one of life’s greatest pleasures.

I wanted to talk about comparison to two onscreen figures of teachers, that is John Keating (Dead Poets Society) and Terence Fletcher (Whiplash),of course mainly teachers’ attitude towards students.Attitude is very important when you are teachers.It affects students in many ways and can shape their learning experience.The teachers’ attitude towards the subject and student is significant in creating desire to learn in the students. It's about an inspirational, unconventional English teacher and his students at "the best prep school in America" and how he challenges them to question conventional views by such techniques as standing on their desks.His attitude and fresh perspective have deep impact on his students’ lives This movie is my all time favourite. Whiplash" is cinematic adrenalin. It tells us the conflict between a music student and his teacher.How far are you willing to push yourself to succeed? How far are you willing to push someone else to force them on the path to success?

We can discuss this music teachers’ teaching style and teacher attitude towards students. If you haven’t watched Whiplash,you should. these two teachers’ beliefs, their methods, and their impact on students As a cinematic image of teachers as heroes who inspire and support their students. Another feature common for many onscreen teachers, including Keating and Fletcher, is their being based on real-life figures. How can we describe Keating’s and Fletcher’s beliefs influencing their work? Keating believes his role is to build students’ confidence, make them feel they can change the world, and convince them they should seize the opportunities life provides them with. Fletcher is in favor of the view that students should not be praised, but pushed to their limits for the sake of results. What are the differences in Keating’s and Fletcher’s methodologies? Keating aims at replacing a traditional approach to education with demonstration and involving students in practical activities. For Fletcher, maintaining a sense of threat in his students is the key to motivating them. What is Keating’s and Fletcher’s impact on their students? Keating’s teaching makes his students pursue new interests or manage their personal matters effectively. Fletcher’s influence is best reflected by his students’ anxiety, exhaustion, and – in some cases – the increased drive to practice.

We as teachers are responsible for preparing students for their world-the world of the future. Teachers need to empower students to maximize their potential,discover passions and develop as collaborative, critical thinkers.Teachers play a big role in creating the conditions for students’ engagement at school.Positive attitudes influence students’ personality. Teaching is much more than saying and explaining. We,FUSION teachers from 6 different countries exchange good practices to renew the knowledge and widen the teaching methods with the help of digital devices.We also try to understand our students’ emotions such as their interests,fears and worries.We want to be able to make a positive difference in the lives of our students.

Last June 16, teachers involved in the ERASMUS+ project FUSION have discussed the films and series about education they had seen during the year and reviewed them . Teachers from Turkey, Spain , North Macedonia , Greece , Hungary and France exchanged about how films and series present the educational system.

Spain  was the first Team to participe with the fim It All Starts Today (French: Ça commence aujourd'hui). It is a 1999 French drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It was entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention. Daniel is schoolmaster of a kindergarten in a small French town. The local economy, which depended entirely on coal production, has been mired in a depression ever since the mines were closed.

Secondly our French partner introduced 2 French films and two recent French series with school and education as background. All highlight the difficulties of teachers in "prioritary zones " and praise the great commitment and work of the educational staff.

The Turkish team talked about  two onscreen figures of teachers, that is John Keating (Dead Poets Society) and Terence Fletcher (Whiplash),of course mainly teachers’ attitude towards students. We will tell about this part in a complete post shortly.

Preparing a new FUSION work meeting.

For our next meeting we have prepared an exhibition about films that cover all spectra about adolescent education. Here we have the selected films and the preparatory comments:

• The Class = entre les murs by Corinne . 2008 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Festival

  The Class is a semi-autobiographical account of a French language and literature teacher 's experience in a middle school in Paris, particularly illuminating his struggles with "problem children"
  First I did not want to see it because it deals with "difficult" schools and I had spent 12 years in this kind of schools . But finally , this movie was not a horror movie at all .
  It relates everyday experiences of most teachers , but with compassion for both teachers and students.
  I recommend it to all teachers who are in difficulty so they understand they are not alone , or those who do not understand how difficult it can be to teach in some areas , and judge their colleagues.
  Parents should watch it , to have an insight from what is happening in some schools .
  It show also the failures of the French educational system.

• La Vie scolaire Corinne France

  This movie was directed and written by a famous French slam singer Grand Corps Malade .
  It shows everyday life in a suburbia school near Paris . A young CPE discovers the problems of these areas , poverty , complicated family situations , drug dealing,  school drop out , and the different ways the adults try to fix the situation and fight against them. Without always finding a solution...

  La Vie scolaire The trailer

  This trailer highlights the atmosphere you will find in the movie , funny situations , which are going to make you laugh , but also lots of tenderness and emotion. This movie shows real life situations in a ZEP ( Zone d'éducation prioritaire"), no caricature , no judgement , just a great thank you to all these people who struggle everyday to save these youngsters and provide them a future.

  (1_m 1) Merlí (1st season) and Sapere Aude (2nd season)

  (By Malu) This is the Spanish original of Le faute a Rousseau. It is very successful here not only among youngsters but also, adults and teachers like I am. The relationships between the students and the innovative and vital way the Philosophy teacher has to approach the students is a "must". I think it is a very good example of a "well connected series to reality"because the audience not only see the problems around young people and schools but all the different relationships we are now living within family, couples and in the working environment. It deserves to be given an opportunity.

  Freedom Writers

  (By Malu) This is an old film (2007) based on true events in a school in California. Erin Gruwell had the idea of writing diaries within the Language sessions in a very mutlracial environment in which racial tension is increasing because of the rival gangs in the area. The teacher invites the students to write their own diaries with their own experiences just to connect with each of them as a way to develop the personal interaction she misses and also the development of the written linguistic competence. This experience is included in a project called City at Peace. Using the events among the students works the Holocaust in her class in a real way: visiting the Museum of Tolerance and inviting real survivors. The teaching technique we see there is the PROJECT WORK. Writing, expressing emotions, being respected and listened in the diaries is how they learn.

  La faute à Rousseau (series)

  This French series is a remake from a Spanish series entitled Philo .
  It deals with the relationship of a philosophy teacher and his class( and his son who is his student) . Each episode highlights another philosophical topic such as duty , love , honour, etc.. that's why
  I highly recommend this series to terminales students in order to prepare their philosophy exam.
  I liked it also because it is fresh, funny and even if it not always realistic, its insight in the role of a teacher in the building of their students' personalities is quite interesting and motivating. The teacher has a very original pedagogy , and it must admit , that even if his ideas seem a bit crazy sometimes, ( such as sending them to the café to get answers) , some of them are original and innovative.
  Corinne

  Ça commence aujourd'hui / It all starts Today. Bertrand Tavernier

  This film is social cinema, shot with documentary technique, with some professional actors and others taken directly from the educational environment. To accentuate the documentary effect of the film, which creates great verisimilitude, Tavernier frequently uses sequence shots and shoulder-to-shoulder shooting.
  Movie of the year 1999 but current.
  It is a criticism of the indifference and bureaucratization of the social assistance system, of the authorities who look elsewhere, of the citizens who ask for help and bless left-wing policies, but when they lose their benefits, they leave crying to a far-right party, of a passive system, unconcerned with reality and more interested in reports and technicalities than in daily problems.
  On the other hand, it is an optimistic film, which calls for the responsibility of all members of the community, which shows the possibility of improving the system from within. Link

  Dead Poets Society

  It's about an inspirational, unconventional English teacher and his students at "the best prep school in America" and how he challenges them to question conventional views by such techniques as standing on their desks.
  This movie is my all time favourite.
  Hacer Yayla

  La Ola

  (By Malu) (2008) This is a very hard film my colleagues who teach Philosophy used in their sessions as a compulsory film to see in class, to debate about dictatorships and its consequences. The film is about a teacher who experiments in his class to demonstrate to his students what life is under this sort of government policies but, the action ends up out of control with a very tough ending. It is very interesting to analyze the importance of reflecting and think deeply about the strategies we use to implement the contents and values we want to transmit to our students. It is quite radical but it works as a good starting point to reflect on these issues. We think that our ideas to implement contents are good but we must think about the details: who, what, when, how, why…we do that to be really successful.

  Le remplaçant ( The substitute) 2 pilot episodes

  A new French series staring Joey Starr , our national bad boy , as a substitute teacher in a French lycée. As in most series the teacher is atypical , with a different relationship with his students . But he is also the proof that a former bad boy can become a committed teacher. I loved these two first episodes and I hope they will go on with the series even if the teachers and students are a bit caricatural . Here again , relationships are more important than teaching . But it is interesting to see how this teacher tries to motivate his students to read and appreciate literature.
  Corinne

  L'école de la vie ( the school of life) , a new French series ( 2021)

  is more about life than school .
  A teacher ,whose wife died by giving birth , discovers in each episode another aspect of his students' personal lives and problems such as addictions , beaten children , etc .. He is really committed in his job and
  despite his private problem does not hesitate to help his students .
  Again , his teaching methods are sometimes criticized by his colleagues because a bit too innovative . He organises debates , role plays , makes his students think . As a History teacher and tries to make history alive.I like this series because it shows that we do not only have an educational role to play , but we should do something when our students are in trouble , even if it is only talk to the youngster to make them express their feelings.
  Corinne

  Whiplash

  Whiplash" is cinematic adrenalin. It tells us the conflict between a music student and his teacher.How far are you willing to push yourself to succeed? How far are you willing to push someone else to force them on the path to success? We can discuss this music teacher ‘s teaching style and teacher attitude towards students.
  If you haven’t watched Whiplash,you should.
  Hacer

  The Ron Clark Story

  The Ron Clark Story (also known as The Triumph) is a 2006 television film starring Matthew Perry. The film is based on the real-life educator Ron Clark. It follows the tale of an idealistic teacher who leaves his small hometown to teach in a New York City public school, where he faces trouble with the students.
  It teaches great lessons about giving it your all and being okay with failure. The lessons Ron Clark has taught in this movie alone are things I hope to take to my future classroom.
  Maria

  Bad Education

  Bad Education is not your typical high school movie where all of a sudden the perfect teacher appears and drastically changes the lives of all students.
  
  This a movie where a motivated and curious students' mind discovers the single largest public school embezzlement scandal in American history.
  Long Island school superintendent and his assistant are credited with bringing the district unprecedented prestige. Frank is a master of positive messaging, whether before an audience of community leaders or in an office with a concerned student or parent. That changes when a student reporter uncovers an embezzlement scheme of epic proportions, prompting Frank to devise an elaborate cover-up.

  Dangerous minds

  Plot:Louanne Johnson is an ex-marine, hired as a teacher in a high-school in a poor area of the city. She has recently separated from her husband. Her friend, also teacher in the school, got the temporary job for her. After a terrible reception from the students, she tries unconventional methods of teaching (using karate, Bob Dylan lyrics etc) to gain the trust of the students.
  Sometimes by using different approaches, you can reach your final goal which is the to educate children. A movie from the past that everyone have to see it.
  Maria

  Film review: Les sous-doués

  Éretlenek ( Les sous-doués)
  A really good French film about the graduation. This film has to be on everybody’s bucket list, because it is a very exciting, humorous and funny movie from the 80’s. All of the XIV. Louie secondary school from Versailles students failed in their graduation. The directorate find out new techniques to make the results better, but the students are very lazy. The story’s essence is that the students make a bad student prank and they have to go to the prison if they don’t graduate . So they have to graduate but they can’t do it by themselves.I really recommend this film because it shows how many different funny ways to graduate and everybody has to grow up.

   

   

Do we really need a special day to celebrate the importance of books and reading? The answer seems to be yes. That is why on 23rd of April every year we are more conscious about the necessity of books, authors, bookshops, libraries and readers in this world we have to cope with now. But we, readers, know that reading is part of our lives (we don’t need anyone to remind us that fact) and these pandemic times have brought an unexpected and amazing gift, the number of members within our “specie” has increased around the world! This last Friday some of my students during my last session of the day (from 14.00 to 15.00) decided to work on these posters to remind us using some quotes, big fonts and bright colours that reading gives us many positive things. FUSION is our project to make visible how the use of apps, devices, social networks can help us to improve our teaching and our learning…at the end, our lives. Here we have a new opportunity to celebrate all these possibilities. Thanks to these guys who did such a good job at the end of the week despite being tired and stressed with all the exams they have before leaving school, definitely, in just a couple of weeks.

DÍA MUNDIAL DEL LIBRO: 23 de abril

 ¿Necesitamos realmente un día especial para celebrar la importancia de los libros y la lectura? La respuesta parece ser positiva. Es por ello que cada año el 23 de abril somos más conscientes de la necesidad de tener libros, autores, librerías, bibliotecas y lectores en este mundo en el que tenemos que sobrevivir. Pero nosotros, los lectores, sabemos que la lectura es parte de nuestras vidas (no necesitamos que nadie nos recuerde lo evidente) y estos tiempos de pandemia nos han traído un regalo increíble e inesperado: el número de miembros de nuestra “especie” ha aumentado en todo el mundo. El viernes pasado algunos de mis alumnos/as durante la última sesión del día (de 14.00 a 15.00) decidieron trabajar en estos posters que nos recuerdan, usando algunas citas, grandes letras y brillantes colores, que la lectura nos da muchas cosas positivas. FUSION es nuestro proyecto para visibilizar como el uso de aplicaciones, dispositivos técnicos, redes sociales puede ayudarnos a mejorar nuestra enseñanza y nuestro aprendizaje...al final, nuestras vidas. Aquí tienen una nueva oportunidad para celebrar todas estas posibilidades. Gracias a los chicos y chicas que hicieron posible este trabajo al final de la semana a pesar de estar cansados y estresados con todos los exámenes que tienen antes de dejar definitivamente el instituto en un par de semanas.

In March, we have been working the unit about environment within the curriculum in 2nd bachillerato. It has been a unique opportunity to develop our linguistic and digital competences creating posters with messages which reinforce the urgent need to protect our planet for us and for future generations. We have selected some of the final products designed by our students. We suggested this product thinking in FUSION which always promotes the use of different apps to enrich learning in all fields. The posters will be also uploaded to the PIDAS Project, a regional initiative which includes the Sustainability Link we develop in our schools. Have a look at the posters and, if it is possible, do your bit following these tips!

NUESTROS POSTERS "FUSION" SOBRE MEDIOAMBIENTE

 En marzo, hemos estado trabajando la unidad de medioambiente dentro del currículo de 2º bachillerato. Ha sido una oportunidad única para desarrollar las competencias lingüística y digital creando posters con mensajes que refuerzan la necesidad urgente de proteger nuestro planeta para nosotros y para generaciones futuras. Hemos seleccionado algunos de los productos finales diseñados por el alumnado. Sugerimos este producto pensando en FUSION que siempre promueve el uso de diferentes aplicaciones para enriquecer el aprendizaje en cualquier campo de conocimiento. Subiremos los posters al Proyecto PIDAS, una iniciativa regional que incluye el Eje de Sostenibilidad que trabajamos en nuestras escuelas. Échale un vistazo a los posters y, si es posible, pon tu granito de arena siguiendo estos consejos.

We want to share with you the work done by one of our students in the Physical- Chemical Test Module which is part of the curriculum worked in the first year of the Vocational Training Studies of Quality Control and Analysis Lab. Our colleague, Ana Belén Déniz, teacher in the Department of Chemistry asked her students to record all the process of the determination of the viscosity of water by Ostwald viscometer. The work done by Claudia Martín Hernández is excellent and shows us the importance of being digital competent using apps to edit the contents in a more attractive and visual approaching. This is a bilingual module and the final product done by this student deserves to be known. We consider this video stands for the aims FUSION proposed us from the very beginning of the Erasmus + project. Enjoy it!

                                                                                                 Click on the image to watch the video

USANDO APLICACIONES DIGITALES EN LOS CICLOS PROFESIONALES EN EL IES TEGUESTE

 Queremos compartir con ustedes el trabajo hecho por una de nuestras estudiantes en el Modulo de Ensayos físicos-químicos que es parte del programa desarrollado en el primer año del Ciclo Superior de Laboratorio de Análisis y Control de calidad. Nuestra compañera, Ana Belén Déniz, profesora del Departamento de Química pidió a su alumnado que grabara todo el proceso de la Práctica que consiste en determinar la viscosidad del agua con el viscósimetro de Ostwald. El trabajo final hecho por Claudia Martín Hernández es excelente y muestra la importancia de ser competente digital en el uso de aplicaciones para editar contenidos con un acercamiento más atractivo y visual. Es este un módulo bilingüe y el trabajo final de esta alumna merece ser visto. Consideramos que este video como producto final representa los objetivos propuestos por FUSION al comienzo de nuestro proyecto Erasmus+. Disfrútenlo!

As is already mentioned in some of the previous posts, staying in touch is very important to anyone, especially to teachers that continue to work on FUSION. And in the New Year, we decided to continue with our online meetings and talk about our future activities.

Our first meeting in 2021 was on the 15th January. One of the most important thing for us, is to be able to continue our work and the project. In order to do that, the project coordinator Hacer Yayla in agreement with all the other participants involved, decided to apply for a prolongation of the project for a year. Hopefully we will get the chance to meet again and finish the project successfully in August 2022, with all of the planned activities completed.

Since all of us had to move to online teaching, we as teachers had to upgrade our skills and teaching methods and techniques. We all learnt new web tools that will help us do our job more efficiently.

During the meeting, teachers decided to share some of those web tools and try to incorporate them in their everyday teaching. We mainly talked about Language Teaching Apps. So some of the tools that will be used are:

   1. Liveworks sheet – a tool that allows you to transform your traditional printable worksheets (doc, pdf, jpg...) into interactive online exercises with self-correction, which we call "interactive worksheets";

   2. Wordwall – a teaching resource that allows you to create a customized pack of interactive and printable activities;

   3. Padlet - an online virtual “bulletin” board, where students and teachers can collaborate, reflect, share links and pictures, in a secure location;

   4. Classcraft – a tool that combines time-tested pedagogy with a modern approach, harnessing the power of what kids love, games and stories to promote strong connections between students and teachers;

   5. Kahoot – a game-based learning platform that makes it easy to create, share and play learning games or trivia quizzes in minutes;

   6. Learning apps - is a versatile tool for learners, teachers and teacher trainers who want to use or create a variety of different activities to practise the full range of language systems (grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation) and language skills (reading, listening, speaking and writing).

We all started this year with a lot of plans and many hopes. Teaching and learning go hand in hand and it’s a never ending relationship. We learnt many new things and found new ways to teach. Teachers and students together found a way to adapt and adjust to the new kind of education and we can all agree that one of our biggest hopes for this year, is to go back to school, to be in a classroom with our students, to be able to meet and see each other.

FUSION team members are looking forward to a year where meeting your friends will be possible once again.

Life was going smoothly for millions around the world until January 2020, schools were functioning well, people were moving around freely, and students were preparing for their classes and exams. In about a couple of months, the pandemic started spreading very rapidly around the globe.
Suddenly, one piece of news dropped like a bombshell – schools are closing down in view of the massive outbreak of COVID-19. Parents started panicking, teachers were confused and stressed, and children were excited about the unexpected long vacations they were going to get.Everyone had to say goodbye to the classical physical classrooms and the days of the old traditional schooling system.

Teachers face a new experience and a new challenge.They need to prepare themselves for digital classrooms, they need to ensure they are efficiently familiar with the necessary tools and need to be internet savvy. Classrooms will be converted to virtual ones. The pandemic had an enormous effect on the educational system. School classrooms were replaced with digital classrooms where teachers and students were working from home. Teachers started teaching students through online communication platforms such as Zoom, GoToMeeting, Google Hangouts, etc.We as FUSION teachers are ready to take our place in future’s education.
Our project FUSION involves future inside ,we are future-minded 21st century teachers.We are trying to find the right skills to be part of digital transformation of teachers with synergy of all partner schools and innovative teams.We have already done more than 6 online meetings and adapted digital skills into our lessons.
On the 31st December at one second past midnight the day will change from Thursday to Friday and the year 2020 will end,2021 will begin.
2020 is felt like the worst year ever by people around the world because of the deadly pandemic.But,new year means new beginnings and fresh starts.At the end of the year we not only evaluate the year and its achievements or failures but also look at the future with hope.I wish the new year will bring back our normal days and an end to the pandemic.
Wishing you all a very Happy New Year from us.

On the behalf of FUSION team
Hacer Yayla
Project coordinator

December, the last month of the year, is almost finished and Christmas is round the corner! This traditional festivity is very “different” this year. We are living unexpected ways to celebrate these dates. Maybe, many of us won’t be allowed to share dinners, chats and gifts with our loved ones because of the restrictions of the pandemic. What to say about hugs and kisses but…we trust in the coming months, in better times, in friendship and new meetings. FUSION is here and it will be there, face to face or mask to mask, to meet again. We will talk about education, technology, teaching, Erasmus + and eTwinning. We will laugh, hug and share all the good things this project has given to us from the very beginning. Meanwhile… being positive about these coming months, the IES Tegueste Team wish all the FUSION members, the best possible Christmas and New Year celebrations… sending you a huge “virtual” hug!

LLEGA LA NAVIDAD…

 Diciembre casi se acaba y la Navidad está a la vuelta de la esquina. Esta celebración tan tradicional es muy diferente este año. Nos toca vivir “inesperadas” formas de celebración para estas fechas. Quizás, muchos de nosotros no podamos compartir cenas, tertulias y regalos con nuestros seres queridos a causa de las restricciones de la pandemia. ¡Qué decir de abrazos y besos! Pero...confiemos en los meses venideros, en mejores tiempos por llegar, en la amistad y los nuevos encuentros. FUSION está aquí y estará ahí, cara a cara o mascarilla a mascarilla, para reencontrarnos. Reiremos, nos abrazaremos y compartiremos todo lo bueno que este proyecto nos ha dado desde el principio. Mientras tanto....siendo positivos y pensando en esos meses que están por llegar, ¡el Equipo del IES Tegueste les desea a todos los miembros de FUSION las mejores celebraciones posibles para Navidad y el Nuevo Año enviándoles un enorme abrazo “virtual”!