Manel Rives.

During this week, Manel Rives, a primary teacher from Galicia, has come to explain us how does he work with their students, during his speach, he make us change our way of thinking, discovering that teach with media is easier than we think, that children of all ages can work whit it and make thing like a Power Point, a Stop Motion, a Comic or even a Cartoon quite good.

After his speach, we try to make, to create the same things that his students do, working with dinosaurs, making a Stop Motion, a Comic and also a Cartoon, speending one hour or even more, outside, taking photographs, recording our voices for the cartoon, having a good time but also learning a lot with these. At the end,  we realised that most of the student's that Manel has in Galicia are better than us working with Media, problably, due to the education that we have recibed.

After the visit of Manel, Linda has been asking us different questions about it, what was our opinion and impresions and also getting us a bit more imformation about this topic.

Manel Rives during his amazing speach

1.What was the best part of the activity?
Generally, the activity was amazing for us, but we think that the best thing of the activity was the begining when Manel explain us how his way of work was, because we have never seen something like that, because he was able to persuade us about the importance of his methods, showing us that learning was possible.


2. What was the worst?
The activity was completely positive, despite being for four hours working, we didn't get bored, enjoyin we we were enjoying it and learning a lot.


3. What was the best moment of the week?
Like always, we think that the best moment of the week was when we met for take the photos to the Stop Motion because we had a good time together.


4. What was the worst?
In our opinion the worst moment  was when we had to make the s¡Stop Motion because it was so bored and the pc program didn't work properly. 


5. What have you learnt?
We have learnt that exists other way of teaching based in media and children can learn a lot with it.
We also learnt a lot of creative methods and contents that makes children enjoy while they are learning.


6. What do you need to conserve?
We need to converse all that we learn thanks to Manel, trying to implement them in a future teaching.


7. What do you need to improve?
We need to improve our organization.

TBGOB planing the activity.

Manel Rives is a public school teacher working in a school nursery and primary education in a village near Santiago of Compostela. Manel approved the specialty of physical education has been but where you feel most comfortable is in the area of ​​environmental knowledge. Think that this area connects with our reality and the rest of 3 disciplines.

He is considerer that he use a different computer platforms to promote a different way of teaching. In his opinion the centers should have a certain belief in seeking their own concerns, take risks in technology decisions and create different projects. He confesses that attempts to find alternative languages ​​and different forms of expression for children. Use the picture and sound as powerful weapons that children should be able to control for efficient development. Podcast, videos, comics, presentations, animations, stopmotions ... are some of the things that children 12 years know how to handle him.

After years of struggle to get media, now has 6 I pads for him and his students.

It encourages children to memorize hundreds of things but they know how to get that information, which are self sufficient.

With the intention and hope that this teacher has we can see that a different way of teaching is possible.

TBGOB with Manel Rives

Facilitator: MªÁngeles Abenza Hernández.

Journalist: María García Buedía.

Analist: Marta Gimenez Peinado.

Tracker: Irene Aroca Esteban.