"Tinkering school”

I think that the idea of a tinkering school is possible in Chile and it is an excellent one because in that way school can help to develop new abilities in kids. But, teachers need the support of the school and also of parents because they need to understand that the process of learning is not only be in a classroom listening to one teacher without any interaction or participation. Leraning is an internal process in which students are the main.

Moreover, I think that schools can integrate these activities by giving an opportunity for teachers to create instance of work, which could be as workshops. On this workshop teachers should prepare creative activities in which kids could work with plants or with sticks and different kinds of tools. This will be a different way of teach in which students can develop new abilities like believe in themselves, also be part of a different style of class which is motivating. Moreover, students are exposed to learn without rules and without think in having a grade or tests because workshops will be focu on develop abilities and that students can learn how to solve problems and be self-sufficiency.

These workshops are focus on prepare students for the rest of their lives because kids can found in which things they are good and what things they prefer to do. This is a great opportunity to motivate students to continue studying at the university and pushing them to follow their dreams.

Using sound in the Classroom

After having read the article, I began to analize what was mention there about the significance of the sound in our leraning. So, if we start to think, we are going to find out that sounds influence our lives in many ways like when we are sad and we want to express what we feel we start to listen to music.

Now, one instance in which I would use saunds would be at the begginig of the class or at the end of it. I would let them think by their own at the same time in which they would be resting in that way sounds ( like music of ambience) can help to let your imagination going. After that, students can start to writea story or a skit. In that way we can link natural sounds with language and creativity. Before the class ends, students can share what they have written and, then make some comments ralate it with how natural sound from the enviroment con influence or can affect in differents ways to students.

Another activity would be: use saunds with images. I would like first put the sounds (animals, cars, bells, birds, etc...)in that way the began to think which things those sounds represent. Then I would show them some images and they woulds have to recognize which sound go which with image, in that way students would be focused in the activity and would be also developing their accurate listening with their attentiveness and the ability of analize and recognize things of our enviroment and things that are surrounding us.

Education and teachers should find new alternitves and new activites because they have to catch the attention of students.

Taca care.