Organizing Collaborative Learning: Using Conditional verbs.

Nowadays it is imperative for a teacher know how to implement in his classroom activities in order to develop a student-centered class, this means that all the processes and activities executed in the classroom must be with the aim of increase the competences and the cognitive process of the students. To achieve this goal, M.I.T. had invested in networked computers, new classrooms and more teachers to guide students in their learning process.

If we had the same equipment that the M.I.T has, we could have made more ingenious activities for our students. But, if a teacher wants to create and student-centered environment, he or her might do it. A teacher can use the spaces in the classroom to create cooperative work between the students, and if our school teachers had been more didactic and proactive instead of repeat over and over again the same lecture, we would have been better university students.

Debate response's correction

Last class we had a great experience in our debate groups. First with the debate related to the certificate teachers and the new educational law. In this debate, my group used several sources in order to demonstrate that is not necessary an education background for dictated classes in schools. Facts as the background of fathers of educations (because they didn’t have any). The opposite group demonstrates a good backlash quoting others specialist in the matter. It was a good debate, and we all had a high level of reflection the subject. What I like the most was the respect between the two groups.

In the second debate, there was a misunderstood in the side that the groups had to choose, but at the end it was both groups against the rest of the class. It was a good debate either, mostly because we are all involved in the theme that was debated. It was a debate with no much foundation as the first one. This one appealed to the common sense and our own point of view.

It was my first experience debating in class. I would prefer to counter arguing on the moment against the other group, as in a conversation and not just give ideas as in a presentation. The lack of confrontation made this activity had a weird rhythm, but it was ok. I’ll like to have more of this debate, because my speaking MS will improve, as my ability to link and set ideas with the aim of defend them.