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Hello I am Alfonso and here I am going to put my comments about all my classmates presentations :)

MUSICAL CHAIRS

The ¨musical chairs¨ group was the first to expose, what means, in my opinion,  an added difficulty.

First they started with the definition of cooperative learning. Then they continued with the characteristics of learning where the teacher must know their students. The teacher is a guide, they should work in groups and know each other.

They talked about the inclusive classrooms book and then developed the techniques that the teacher asked.

Regarding the game I found it very entertaining where we have to prepare a box with the place that touched us, having to look for relevant aspects about the culture and paint this aspects, decorating the box for presentation.

Each group had to go out and expose their box and tell it to other colleagues.

About coevaluation:

You must be fair, and put the name of your team in case we want to ask something about your evaluation.

We have to  explain the points where we have to improve. 

AMIGOS DEL FÚTBOL

with respect to this group I have to emphasize that its introduction has seemed more attractive when paying attention to work.

First of all they start with an index where they tell us how is going to be their work.

Then they cite the rules that you have to follow if you want to work in teams.

After that they deal with the definition of cooperative learning, where they add something new to the previous group and talking about the advantages and disadvantages which had not been done in other work.

After this other issue that had not been done before and is the organization of the class with their respective types of equipment involved. They work with a summary in conclusion concluded so exposing the main ideas. This I found very interesting because after talking you highlight the main ideas and concepts discussed, but it is true that with regard to the presentation I had taken so much slide text and would have more photos that would have been more visual, otherwise I liked, I think it has been pretty good.

With respect to the activity that we had to do, it was quite funny because there was a ball on each group and we had to pass it to the others saying your likes and when the time finished the one who had the ball has to go to the front of the class and say it.

I think this is a good way of working with the objetive of the game which was knowing each other better.

TEAM PEARK

With respect to this group they started introducing all the points that their work will consists.

The first that they did was given us some tips to star doing a cooperative work. Then they started explained how they did the groups, which was the criteria, explaning us that depending on the level of the student (low, médium or high) it could be differentiated.

After this they started taling about the way that the class is distribuited and they did something that any team did and was taking the pictures in a real school in spite of taking then fromo a book. Then they continious explaining the thecniques that the teacher said.

At the end we finish with the activity which consists in puting all the members of the team in a circle with a ball. The objetive was passing the ball to a friend saying on rule and when the time finish the one who has the ball has to go to the blackboard and write all the rules that each team said.

CRÓNICAS VIAJERAS

This groups starts with something new, they introduce the topic of the cooperative learning with the question why is it important.

After that they started introducing us the type of groups that we can have, the exporadic, base and expert. Their presentation was focused like a travel around the world where you have different type of groups, the base one which would be the people who are in the plane and go with you during all the trip, and the exporadic group would be a small group created for a concrete activity.

I really liked the activity that they purposed , where all of us had to bring from our house one object which remind us one important travel and why it was so good.

One person of each group went to the front of the class and explained one of the objets that was the most relevant and we compared the histories between groups.

The objetive of this activity was  to know each other better, and i think it´s a really good way for doing this.

DUMBLEDORE TEACHERS´ ARMY

This group has made a original presentation because they have used the ¨Daily Prophet¨from Harry Potter as the base, showing their ideas in the different pages of the newspaper, which in my opinion is really interesting buecause everybody likes Harry Potter and it´s a way of making a funny presentation.

Promoting learning techniques:

Problem sets, homework is done in groups so that children can see that if someone doesn't work at home they see how they can be isolated from their group. By knowing how they work the teacher can see who works or not, and he can structure new groups and try to solve these problems of participation.

Labs and projects the teacher has an individual test about the subject

Peer lead team, a problem is given to a team and a guide is going to help the students to solve it but without giving the answer.

Peer editing, each pair check the work from other group, and finally each group correct their own work taking into account the opinion of the other group.

In my opinion the theorical part of this presentation was not bad, but the problem is that they didn´t make a good presentation.

MODERN STUDENTS

As a new idea is trust, confidence, we must trust our mates, because is important that if we want someone to do something we must trust him and think that he will do it. Importance of visual contact, cooperative learning is not preparing everything separately. We must talk, debate, and give a feedback after the work is done.

Here there are some tips for teachers, we must form teams of 3-4 people, which have to be heterogeneous, we must promote positive interdependence by making them assume different roles; providing individual accountability, someone is responsible for ensuring that everyone understands everything; help students to develop teamwork skills with team rules; the teacher must supervise the group so that he can help them to solve the internal problems; we as teachers have to explain them why and what are they doing this; finally we must give them a feedback!.

The activity that we did with this group was so funny, because everyone has a sticker on his face and can not speak, so you have to search the rest of the people who have the same stiker color as you and get together. It was really funny because you can´t speak so you have to work with the people trying to help them and organice them.