The past year brought many novelties into our lives, including online classes. In the IV Educa Abanca Awards Paula de la Cruz, Alicia Tojeiro, Rafael Bailón, Manuel Flores and Javier Cachón have been awarded as the best teachers in Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary and Baccalaureate education, Vocational Training and the University of Spain, respectively.
In addition to them, there are many teachers who deserve an award for taking their classes forward, reinventing themselves and also offer your classes beyond your own students, and upload them at different educational platforms accessible to almost everyone. We are going to talk to you about them, their techniques to make the classes more entertaining and the applications they use.
Best Secondary teachers according to the Educa Abanca awards
For secondary school teachers Adapting the face-to-face class format to online classes has also been a challenge. One of those who has done better in Secondary, or at least that is what they have considered in the Educa Abanca awards has been Rafael Bailón, from IES Diego de Siloé, in Íllora, Granada.
This Granada-born professor, Rafael Bailón, from Language and Literature uses technology and social networks very often in class, so it has not been so difficult to adapt it to the needs of this course. This award is characterized by the fact that it is the students who are in charge of nominating the candidates, who are rewarded for their good teaching practices.
With the group of students who have stayed at home, this Secondary teacher has had to work the content in a more practical ways. Teachers have had to reinvent themselves with a lot of videoconferencing, managing presentation programs, doing research collaboratively, and putting content gamification into practice.
Science Resources for Teachers Online
The use of video is the main resource used by most online teachers. This motivates, attracts and is attractive to students from the age of 10 or 12. Videos allow greater flexibility, so students can easily review the content, whenever they want.
- Miguematics, Is one of the veteran channels to learn math. There are more than 150 videos that cover the curricula of different high school courses. You can also complement it in the class blog with booklets with activities and theory at all levels.
- Archimedes Tube, is a channel with educational content based on animations, with very clear and entertaining videos. Along the same lines is Professor Francisco Gil's Mathematical Pills, with mathematics content from 3rd year of ESO. They are direct and short videos, as well as worksheets, exams and theory.
- Tinkercad. It is a complete website of a teacher of Physics and chemistry with resources, activities, games and challenges to learn Physics and Chemistry in 3rd and 4th year of ESO. With concept maps. What the teachers who teach their classes online are clear is that the activities must be dynamic, that they promote active learning. It is about awakening curiosity in students and encouraging them to investigate on their own.
Secondary Online Humanities Teachers
It seems that teaching classes using new technologies is only a matter for science teachers, but it is not like that. We show you some teachers who dared to create their online teaching platforms to impart their classes in humanities, language and literature.
- intralines. Free tool to support reading comprehension in students between 8 and 18 years old. You have content from various authors and genres with integrated and explained activities. To put reading skills and strategies into practice, and with self-assessment.
- wallinwa. Although it can be used from primary school, this digital platform is recommended in the first years of secondary education. Automatically adapts to student progress. It is focused exclusively on spelling and reading comprehension.
- In SuperProf notes You have theory and examples solved step by step for specific consultations in Secondary and Baccalaureate.
We do not want to ignore that Autonomous Communities, have developed and have their teachers online uploading educational resources and syllabi for all levels and areas. Many of them have self-assessment activities that are ideal for home review.