My thoughts about Education Humanities, Technology and Digital Culture. Interested on social media tools in educational contexts and
gamification in education.
"Therobotsare coming. The second decade of the 21st century will see the rise of a mechanised army that will revolutionise private and public life just as radically as the internet and social media have shaken up the past 10 years."
Marina Gorbis, futurologist and head of Californian thinktank The Institute for the Future.
The world is changing, and that can be very scary thing. Technology thinking for itself is something people thought we made up for movies and sci-fi novels.
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And 2024 in particular, the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT is a dominant topic, not just in industry circles, but it frequently appeared in education headlines. Students and teachers are using them it a different way.
The innovation is in our life more than ever! Innovation and creativity are in education, music too! Perhaps the most innovative art crossing the centuries. From classical, to pop-rock, jazz, alternative or electronic. There are wonderful composers, musicians, innovative projects.
Now we have music using the latest technologies! The first music groups were Arcade Fire and Google maps, Gorillaz composing on iPad. So, we can say, dawn of the age of the Tech music!
However, "exposure to new technologies including trackers, robots and AI-based software at work is bad for people’s quality of life", according to a groundbreaking study from the Institute for the Future of Work.
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Looking back 2023 I've come up with a roundup of what's been the best posts of my blog The Digital Teacher G-Souto.
Below you’ll find the top posts of 1st semester 2023 containing different themes: science, art, French literature, music, children's literature, languages, women in science, environment, animation fims, traditions and other themes.
As my usual readers know my posts can be written in English, French and Portuguese (my mother language).
The selection is based on page views but also based on pedagogical relevance of the most-read posts.
I kept the order of the most viewed, and eliminated the posts that seemed less relevant. The main reason? Sometimes some posts acquire too much visibility, not for their value but for the keywords that the search engines "like" indexing.
Here are the most popular posts 1st semester 2023:
On a fêté partout dan le monde le 80e Anniversaire Le Petit Prince ! Personnage iconique aux cheveux d’or mais aussi un phénomène de l’édition mondiale, Le Petit Prince est le livre le plus traduit au monde avec plus de 500 traductions officielles.
Écrit et illustré par Antoine de Saint Exupéry, Le Petit Prince est publié pour la première fois en 1943 à New York, en anglais et en français, avant de sortir en 1946 en France, aux éditions Gallimard où il deviendra un best-seller vendu à plus de 14 millions d’exemplaires.
Le Petit Prince nous charme pourtant depuis trois quarts de siècle mais son actualité est plus brûlante que jamais.
Humanisme, écologie, souci d’autrui : autant de thèmes qui parcourent Le Petit Prince mais aussi toute l’œuvre et la vie d’un grand écrivain à (re)découvrir.
Le Petit Prince propose aux petits et aux grands une vraie leçon de vie: celle de la spontanéité des sentiments.
The Little Prince
celebrating 80 years
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
HarperCollinsPublishers
A wise and enchanting book that, in teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has changed the world forever for its readers.
Le Petit Prince tâche d’enseigner une vision de la vie avec le cœur et non avec la tête. Les fleurs sont objectivement roses mais la vie peut l’être aussi du moment qu’on l’observe avec amour.
Et des valeurs: L'importance de l'amitié, de l’amour, des liens, de la tolérance, de la lutte contre l'individualisme et contre la peur de l'autre, ou encore l'importance de vivre et de consommer de manière raisonnée.
Hoping to have inspire you. as my readers and teachers in your lessons all over the last year.
May 2024 be year of hope for all of us, praying for the end of war in world, and all the tragedy and dead due these terrible wars.
May the humanity search for Peace.
Teachers and students fight for peace, development, and climate change. Earth is our home.
Teachers continue to teach with passion, inspiring your students to be better citizens in the future searching to live in peace and to be environmental defenders, preparing them to the new world and a new the future. Give them hope, joy, serenity.
Well, school year was not so bad. In-person lessons have been possible all year. Students and teachers finished the school year with joy and some relief.
Children an teen are happier at school, they learn better, develop social skills, they need to be among their school mates, learning in-person lessons, having teachers near by to ask, talk and learn.
Below you’ll find the top posts of 1st semester 2022 containing different themes: science, art, astronomy, French literature, music, children's literature, languages, women in science, European citizenship, environment, science-fiction series, animation, cartoon challenges, national heroines, sorrow at US school.
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Puisque j'écris des billets aussi en français, me revoilà ravie de partager avec vous le Top des billets 1er semestre 2022 les plus lus sur mon blog The Digital Teacher G-Souto. Vous continuez à me suivre presque quotidiennement. Je me rends aussi compte que souvent des étudiants me visitent.
Je vous en remercie, chers enseignants, chers lecteurs, de votre intérêt et m’efforce d’être toujours au plus proche d'événements concernant des idées pédagogiques ou adaptées par moi, afin de vous présenter des ressources et outils pédagogiques, en ligne ou pas.
Desgrandes thématiques:science, art, astronomie, littérature, musique, littérature d'enfants, langues, femmes en science, citoyenneté, environnement, science-fiction TV series, animation, challenges, heroïnes, deuil aux US écoles, langues, culture, animation, arts, environnement parmi tant d'autres.
Des ressources pédagogiques en ligne, et des adaptations personnelles de façon à permettre à tous les élèves la réussite de leur parcours scolaire.
The selection is based on page views but also based on pedagogical relevance of the most-read posts.
I kept the order of the most viewed, and eliminated the posts that seemed less relevant. The main reason? Sometimes some posts acquire too much visibility, not for their value but for the keywords that the search engines "like" indexing.
Here are the most popular posts 1st semester 2022:
Le Top des billets 1er semestre 2022:
My usual readers know I write in English, French and Portuguese. Ready? Let´s begin!
Lesia Ukrainka represents all these heroines. Lesia Ukrainkapseudonym of Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka was a writer, translator, folklorist, public and cultural activist, and most important a pioneer of the Ukrainian feminist movement.
She is one of the most internationally acknowledged figures of the national culture. The cofounder of the widely known literary society “Pleiada,” she wrote poetry, epics, novels, essays, developed the genre of poetic drama in the national literature, and belongs to the short list of the most famous women in the Ukrainian history.
The Ukrainian national poetess Lesya Ukrainka has contributed greatly to the development of Ukrainian Modernism and its transition from Ukrainian ethnographic themes to subjects that were universal, historical and psychological.
Hoping to have inspire you in your lessons all over the last year.
May 2023 be year of hope for all of us, the end of war in Europe, and all the difficulties all over the world due the pandemic Covid-19 last years and now this terrible war.
Teachers and students fight for peace, development, and climate change. Earth is our home.
Teachers continue to teach with passion, inspiring your students to be better citizens in the future and environmental defenders, preparing them to the new world and a new the future. Give them hope, joy, serenity.
Looking back 2021 I've come up with a roundup of what's been the best posts of my blog The Digital Teacher G-Souto.
As I do during the first week in January every year, I took some time off to relax with family. I went for some days to a Spa in front of the Atlantic ocean, the other side of street. So good! The weather was marvelous, sunny day, 21º degrees. Wow! We deserved it. after long weeks raining.
Furadouro, Ovar, Portugal
@GSouto
I'm respecting the Covid-19, now Omicron, measures sinceDecember. Yes, we are better than most European countries because we have 90% vaccinated people. However we must be very prudent, using the mask and keeping social distance.
Christmas season in family not easy, but better than last year. We use always masks in the street, at the cinema or some concert. We have our vaccination certificate with us to go to the movies or at a restaurant.
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Well, school year was not bad. In-person lessons have been possible 2nd and 3rd trimester 2021. Students and teachers finished the school year with satisfaction and joy.
Some cases of Covid-19 but the classes continued. Teachers were replaced. Students accomplished pandemic rules staying at home. They could continue their studies on distance learning.
Better than the past years, 2019 and 2020. Most schools have been closed. Distance learning was the great allied for students and teachers.
Students don't like distance learning. However they received meaningful feedback on their progress and support until they achieve the goals.
Distance learning
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Children an teen are happier at school, they learn better, develop social skills, they need to be among their school mates, learn in-person lessons, having teachers near. It was possible.
Below you’ll find the top posts of first semester 2021 containing different themes: education & IT, Covid-19, history, languages, art, science, environment, literature, e-safety, sports, dance, children's books, animation.
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The selection is based on page views but also based on pedagogical relevance of the most-read posts.
I kept the order of the most viewed, and eliminated the posts that seemed less relevant. The main reason? Sometimes some posts acquire too much visibility, not for their value but for the keywords that the search engines "like" indexing.
Je suis ravie de partager avec vous le Top des billets les plus lus sur mon blog The Digital Teacher G-Souto, 1er semestre 2021 . Vous continuez à me suivre presque quotidiennement. Je me rends aussi compte que souvent des étudiants me visitent.
Je vous en remercie, chers enseignants, chers lecteurs, de votre intérêt et m’efforce d’être toujours au plus proche d'événements concernant des idées pédagogiques afin de vous présenter des ressources et outils pédagogiques, au numérique ou pas.
Pas si souvent comme les années precédentes à 2019. Les plusieurs confinements, des écoles fermées, l'enseignement à distance, la vaccination, tout ça m'a enlevé um peu le désir ou la force physique d'écrire.
These nationwide closures were impacting hundreds of millions of students. Several other countries have implemented localized closures impacting millions of additional learners.
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"Unless we take action, the share of children leaving school in developing countries who are unable to read could increase from 53 to 70 percent.
But the turmoil in education goes beyond questions of access and inequality."
Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General's message 2022
Hoping to have inspire you in your lessons all over the last year.
May 2022 be year of hope for all of us, be brave, teachers and students. And don't forget to keep social distance, and use your masks. Oh! wash your hands often!
Teachers are teaching with passion in such difficult moments. Guiding your students the best you can helping them to adapt to a different world and prepare to a new the future. Give them hope, joy help them not to be so anxious.
