Computer Science and Digital Competency

  09/04/21 This new entry of the blog is a continuation of the last one, also related to JClic. In this case we are going to do two more exercises: Association exercise This type of exercises allow us to create dynamic lessons, by associating images and text. You can choose different layout options and themes for the background. Figure 1. Association exercise Explore exercise It is an interactive activity through which only by clicking on the image, they get some definiton or meaning with learning information about it. We can separate the image in square, make cuts, etc. I prepared an activity about the different parts of a Newspaper. Figure 2. Exploration exercise However, it is also possible to join two different activities by going to the "Sequences" tab and choosing the "Jump to" option . In this case from two different members of the group, as just clicking on the arrows that are on the left corner where we can move from one activity to another.     Figure ...

07. 04. 21 Today we are going to talk about JClic, which is a software quite similar to Hot Potatoes. Nevertheless, this one is easier to use, and we can create different activities using the same tool; it is not like Hot Potatoes, where we had to choose the activity that we had to do, and then several tabs would appear. In addition, JClic is a free software divided in three applications: one for teachers to design the activities (JAuthor), other for students to do them (Regular JClic) and another one for grading the activities (JReport). We have prepared four different activities in order to learn how this software works:   Information screen (welcome activity):  This is a simple introductory screen to let the students know what the activity is about. We can add information, set different colors, the sizes of the boxes and add things like a timer and an "error" count although in an information screen it should not be used. Figure 1. Welcome activity Puzzle activity: ...

26. 03. 21 Hot Potatoes, a software designed by the University of Victoria in Canada to help teachers create a variety of exercises for their students. These exercises can be accessed through a webpage. Hot Potatoes is an open source software, that means that it is free for everyone to download. We have six kinds of hot potatoes, which are: JCLOZE: This potato lets you create a text with gaps for your students to fill. You can add clues, alternative words and much more. This type of exercise is very useful for your students to memorize key elements in a text because they use the words in context. In my case I decided to do it about Parts of the Newspaper, as our group topic is about Newspapers: Figure 1. JCloze from Hot Potatoes Figure 2. JCloze from the web page created JMATCH: This potato creates a match type exercise for your students. They will have to select the correct word for each element. Also we can add pictures. Figure 3. JMatch from Hot Potatoes Figure 4. JMatch from t...

 17.03.21 THEORICAL PART In this lesson we will learn how to use digital technology in an innovative and creative way for our teaching.  Multimedia it is made up of text, images, graphics, videos, animations, sounds and / or any other media that can be processed digitally, using a computer system as support, through which these elements are presented. To correctly use multimedia we need to learn to distinguish between the different types of media available. We have the digital multimedia (Text, Images, Graphics, Videos, Animations, Sounds) and the Interactive multimedia (User, Interaction, Examples: test, social networks, etc). At the same time, digital images can be classified into two types: Pixel-based: Each pixel is assigned a color. The image quality is linked to the resolution (number of information points per inch that are captured from the image), so the higher the resolution the better the image quality will be. Vector images: Originating from shapes (bézier curves, ...

12. 03. 21 THEORICAL PART: During this lesson we learnt what the topic Netiquette  ( internet etiquette ) is as it is understood as a code of good behavior on Internet: email, social media, online chats (Instant Messenger Services), forums, website or news sites comments, etc.  There are two fundamental milestones in the history of style rules:   The document RFC 1855 ( Request for Comments 1855 ) of 1995. This document was the first reference regarding rules of etiquette for the Internet.  NETiquette , by Virginia Shea 1994. In 1994, Virginia Shea published this work, which has become one of the classics of / on the Internet. It has 10 general rules which are: Rule 1: Never forget that the person reading the message is indeed human with feelings that can be hurt.  Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of online behavior that you follow in real life. Rule 3: Writing everything in capital letters is considered as shouting and also makes reading difficult. Rule 4:...

  10. 03. 21 THEORICAL PART: During this lesson I have learnt about Collabration by digital channels . Then, the first that we need to understand is what digital collaboration suppose as the use of digital tools with the aim of collaborate where Internet let high number of people to communicate in between them and to share contents and to work in the same way to get a shared goal. Moreover, the concept “online collaboration” is directly related to “digital collaboration”, whose meaning is similar, but the field of application that is only and exclusively the Internet. On the other hand, tools for digital collaboration, although they all need an Internet connection some are based on software that we install on our computer or laptop and as apps on our mobile or tablet. Others directly are a cloud service and we can from web browser to use them, sometimes we are asked to install some small package or plug-in to our browser. Most of collaborative applications let to choose the type o...

 05/03/2021 THEORICAL PART: This lesson is about Civic participation where it is understood as it seeks to involve citizens actively in decision making, planning and public matters management that affect their lives. Where administrations have developed many initiatives in the last years to encourage citizens to planning and execute public politics. Some examples are the Participatory Budgeting, the Referendum, the Civic queries and the Child plenary session: Participatory Budgeting: allow cities and towns to educate , engage , and empower their citizens along with strengthening their governance. Referendum: The decision making responsibility is transferred to the citizens, who will be in charge of decide, by voting and majority, which proposal will be carried out and which ones don't. Civic queries : It consist on knowing the citizens opinions throw series of well -defined questions dealing with future public actions or assessment regarding the action of the authorities.  ...