Report on the last meeting of MOTFAL.

Report on the last meeting of MOTFAL.

Report on the meeting of MOTFAL.

As it was stated some days ago, on the last 27 and 28 of January a meeting of MOTFAL was held in Brussels. Representatives of all the partners attended the meeting. The report is available in both Spanish and English languages.

Required dates were established in order to coordinate all the partners´ efforts, develop the project as successfully as possible and make a schedule taking into account the proper timing for the project´s implementation and evaluation.

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New Platform

Yesterday afternoon...

Yesterday afternoon a new platform MOTFAL was activated (created by Forhtnet) in which the schools taking part in the project will keep in touch through the Internet. It aims to share experiences, doubts, expectations, difficulties and progress concerning the project and the use of Mobile Technologies in daily teaching practice.

In this platform, just like in this weblog, any interesting document, photograph or link can be uploaded.

The platform is still undergoing a trial period and this is why it cannot be evaluated yet.

At the moment, we are waiting to receive some advice about the use of the platform. So far, all the materials uploaded are written in Greek language and we are unable to understand the content.

We are awaiting the required information so that both schools taking part in the project are able to collaborate with each other in a direct way.

This is the link to the new platform.

04/02/2004

In the CPR Campiña de Tarifa, the outing to the Cove of the Swallow took place on 4 March.

Just like in other occasions, the Centre of Tarifa carried out one of the school outings to its surroundings, with the purpose of visiting the Cove of the Swallow.

Like always before the outings, a meeting with the students is held in order to establish the tasks to be undertaken and the purposes to be accomplished. After that, the groups are arranged according to those walking or cycling.

Then a “tune-up” session takes place, in which the bicycle tires are pumped up and the brakes are checked. The walking group sets off.

On the way, the pupils take note of some references in order to make a later drawing or sketch of the route walked. Some photographs are also taken in order to help them with their task.. Every week, the responsible for taking photographs is changed, though any pupil has the possibility to take photographs at any specific moment.

As we proceed on our way, the pupils pay attention to the plants found in order to obtain samples which will be later included in the corresponding files. Before picking up the plant, the pupils must consult their plant guide, which is always kept handy.

When it is clear that the plant found is the right one, several photographs are taken (stem, fruits, leaves…).

On the current day, the following plants have been classified:

- Acacia of blue leaf
- Tree strawberry
- Sheep sorrel
- Pine tree (Pinus halepensis)
- Bellflower
- White Spanish broom

When reaching our end, the Cove of the Swallows ( or Cove of the Moorish, as it has been recently catalogued). All the pupils take photographs of the place as they listen to the teacher´s explanation on history and curiosities related with the cove. The teacher also defines its location point by means of the GPS use in order to be included in the later preparation of the file. It must be included in the file:

- Route sketch.
- Cove drawing.
- History and information provided by the teacher or any relative who knows about it.
- Location point defined through the GPS.

The second part of this session takes place in the classroom, where the pupils work with all the materials compiled during the outing.

The students name those responsible for transferring the photographs to the pen-drive, and later to the computer in order to classify them according to either the type of plant or the archaeological remain found.

Among all the pupils an agreement is reached, the deadline for handing in all the files is the 23 February. On this day the students are to visit Madrid and they need enough time to classify the photographs and post them in the rest of the computers.

In the BSCW the photographs taken during this outing can be found. They are a clear sample for getting to know the activities undertaken by the pupils.