McFarland, una historia basada en hechos reales, que más allá de
mostrarnos las vivencias cotidianas de un grupo escolar con grandes carencias,
nos invita a pensar en las posibilidades humanas a pesar de las limitaciones.
martes, 16 de junio de 2015
domingo, 24 de mayo de 2015
La Famille Bélier
¿Cómo
sería si vivieras en una familia destinada a un silencio interminable e
involuntario, donde solo tú disfrutaras al 100% la capacidad de escuchar y
comunicarte normalmente?, y ¿qué pasaría si además tuvieras una extraordinaria voz?
Hoy
por hoy, en este lado del planeta, no estamos acostumbrados a que nos cuenten
una historia como la de Paula Bélier y su familia. Sin embargo, el que un
relato como este haya encontrado la forma de llegar hasta nosotros, es motivo
de celebración.
Esta
película nos lleva a hacer un recorrido por las emociones de cada uno de los
integrantes de la familia. En ella podemos ver que los Bélier están muy lejos
de ser perfectos, todos tienen sus diferencias y se ven expuestos a emociones y
situaciones difíciles de manejar. Pero aun así, y a fin de cuentas, prueban
tener los valores y la fuerza necesaria para tomar decisiones y afrontarlas
como lo que son: una familia.
A lo
largo de esta historia somos testigos de la batalla interna desatándose dentro
de Paula, quien no se siente libre de tomar una decisión donde la única
beneficiada sería ella, por temor a desequilibrar la balanza que sostiene a su
hogar.
Pero
también podemos ver como los padres de Paula se encuentran frente a una
tormenta de sentimientos encontrados al descubrir que su hija, a la que su
condición de sordos nunca les ha permitido escuchar, tiene una maravillosa voz,
y gracias a ella, tiene la oportunidad de ir a estudiar canto en París.
El director Eric Lartigau, al dejarnos
ver el drama familiar de los Bélier, nos guía hacia un reencuentro con todas
esas virtudes, defectos, pros y contras que convierten a un grupo de personas
en familia.
Igual que todos, ellos pasan
por momentos de vergüenza, rabia, tristeza e indecisión. Pero como pocos, se
refugian y buscan ayuda en la intimidad del hogar. Nos muestran que una hija puede
renunciar a su sueño para no abandonar a sus padres y a su hermano, como
también nos dejan ver a los padres reuniendo fuerzas y dejando de lado el miedo
para no permitir que su hija desaproveche una gran oportunidad, así eso
signifique que ella se tenga que alejar.
Apoyo, unidad, respeto,
solidaridad, confianza. No son características fáciles de adquirir, penosamente
no logramos establecer este tipo de vínculos con todo el mundo, pero si lo
logramos, se tornan invaluables en cada paso del camino.
jueves, 21 de mayo de 2015
Dia Nacional De La Afrocolombianidad
Día Nacional De La Afrocolombianidad.
Un reconocimiento especial para aquellos compatriotas afrocolombianos que han formado parte en la construcción y consolidación del desarrollo de nuestro territorio y que desde su cultura e idiosincrasia han fortalecido la identidad de la Nación…¡¡¡Feliz día de la AFROCOLOMBIANIDAD¡¡¡
domingo, 17 de mayo de 2015
The Future of Education According to Generation Z
The Future of Education According to Generation Z
In recent years, we’ve witnessed the
rise of massive open online courses (MOOCs), which are online classes aimed at
unlimited participation and open access via the web. MOOCs consist of a variety
of materials, from video lectures and assigned readings to quizzes and
interactive user forums for instructors, students and teaching assistants. The
current technology, however, requires some tweaks.
“MOOCs are not working that well because people only take one class at a
time and then don’t finish it because it isn’t compelling,” says Erica Orange,
executive vice president of New York business consultancy The Future Huntersand a member of DeVry University’s Career Advisory Board. “The next generation of MOOCs will be sensorily immersive, leveraging
virtual reality to put students in the world they’re studying. Instead of having
to memorize facts about the Civil War, for example, a student in a future MOOC
will be on the battlefield.”
New modes of online learning will cater more effectively to Generation Z
— or those students born after the mid 1990s. “The oldest Gen Z-ers have been
forced into an industrial model of school, and we are seeing all these
attention problems,” Orange says. “Their brains are wired differently and
actually function better with input from a variety of sources.”
The two main trends
rapidly picking up steam are online learning and vocational training.
Will Technology Kill Universities?
Free online courses, crowdsourcing, and big data are transforming the
university from a gatekeeper to a public resource
In 2001, the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology announced it was going to put the university’s entire body of course
materials online, for free. That meant syllabuses, as well as problem sets and
exams—and their solutions. There were even going to be some video lectures
online. In 2002, the MIT OpenCourseWare pilot project debuted with 32 courses. Today, according to MIT, 125
million visitors access material from 2,150 classes, including the very popular
“Introduction to Computer Science and Programming,” which helps students feel
confident about “writing small programs that allow them to accomplish useful
goals.
MIT’s creation of
OpenCourseWare is credited with sparking a global movement to make educational
resources free to access, adapt, and redistribute. It’s been over a decade and
hundreds of universities now offer open course material online. The Internet
has expanded its reach, computers have gone through several generations, and
mobile phones are nearly ubiquitous. In this new environment, it’s clear that
sitting down in front of a chalkboard with a spiral notebook and pen is an
anachronism—but what else will be?
Every generation of new
technology brings excitement because it changes and improves human experience.
Think of how excited people were when the book, the radio, and the television
first entered their lives. These tools significantly changed the way we taught
and learned—and the Internet, the personal computer, and today’s participatory
cyber-infrastructure are carrying on that tradition. The creation of massive
open online courses (MOOCs), for example, enables flexible and free educational
opportunities to hundreds and thousands of learners around the world.
MOOCs have sparked debates
about whether they will replace teachers and physical schools, but this is an
alarm that has been sounded before with other new technologies. From a
historical perspective, the answer has been a clear and consistent no. The
reason: the human element is indispensable for educational systems. Student
experiences in schools and universities aren’t only about mastering a
particular body of domain knowledge and acquiring cognitive skills such as
problem solving. They are also—and more importantly—about interpersonal social
experiences, such as collaboration, leadership, friendship, and apprenticeship.
MOOCs just cannot afford such immersive and comprehensive educational
experiences. And let’s not forget that current MOOCs have limitations (for
instance: credibility, accessibility, the high demand for motivation, and
self-regulation).
See the full
article at this link:
Free online courses, crowdsourcing, and big data are transforming the
university from a gatekeeper to a public resource
In 2001, the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology announced it was going to put the university’s entire body of course
materials online, for free. That meant syllabuses, as well as problem sets and
exams—and their solutions. There were even going to be some video lectures
online. In 2002, the MIT OpenCourseWare pilot project debuted with 32 courses. Today, according to MIT, 125
million visitors access material from 2,150 classes, including the very popular
“Introduction to Computer Science and Programming,” which helps students feel
confident about “writing small programs that allow them to accomplish useful
goals.
MIT’s creation of
OpenCourseWare is credited with sparking a global movement to make educational
resources free to access, adapt, and redistribute. It’s been over a decade and
hundreds of universities now offer open course material online. The Internet
has expanded its reach, computers have gone through several generations, and
mobile phones are nearly ubiquitous. In this new environment, it’s clear that
sitting down in front of a chalkboard with a spiral notebook and pen is an
anachronism—but what else will be?
Every generation of new
technology brings excitement because it changes and improves human experience.
Think of how excited people were when the book, the radio, and the television
first entered their lives. These tools significantly changed the way we taught
and learned—and the Internet, the personal computer, and today’s participatory
cyber-infrastructure are carrying on that tradition. The creation of massive
open online courses (MOOCs), for example, enables flexible and free educational
opportunities to hundreds and thousands of learners around the world.
MOOCs have sparked debates
about whether they will replace teachers and physical schools, but this is an
alarm that has been sounded before with other new technologies. From a
historical perspective, the answer has been a clear and consistent no. The
reason: the human element is indispensable for educational systems. Student
experiences in schools and universities aren’t only about mastering a
particular body of domain knowledge and acquiring cognitive skills such as
problem solving. They are also—and more importantly—about interpersonal social
experiences, such as collaboration, leadership, friendship, and apprenticeship.
MOOCs just cannot afford such immersive and comprehensive educational
experiences. And let’s not forget that current MOOCs have limitations (for
instance: credibility, accessibility, the high demand for motivation, and
self-regulation).
See the full
article at this link:
lunes, 11 de mayo de 2015
El Capital Social En Los Procesos De Desarrollo Comunitario
Encuesta sobre la
importancia que tiene las relaciones de confianza, reciprocidad y colaboración
en los procesos de desarrollo comunitario,
con el fin de indagar sobre las posibilidades de construcción de Capital
Social y formulación de estrategias para conseguirlo.
A continuación se
presenta una serie de preguntas de respuesta única, en algunos ítems con
respuesta abierta, direccionados a la identificación de procesos de desarrollo
comunitario desde la ejecución del Plan de Desarrollo Municipal, también a la
proposición de estrategias de participación ciudadana para coadyuvar con los
procesos administrativos.
domingo, 3 de mayo de 2015
La Disposición Natural De Los Niños
Este video nos lo envió un colaborador, extrañamente lo encontró circulando en ese maremagnum de contenidos poco constructivos, a veces inadecuados, o sencillamente graciosos que se agolpan en los chats... y aparece para ser un muestra de lo mejor de los seres humanos, de cosas a las que todos estamos llamados a ser!
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