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Impacto socio-pedagógico de un Proyecto de Innovación Educativa con el apoyo de las TIC
Full text linkThis article is focused on a case study of an educational innovation project supported by technology. Its aim is to analyze the socio-pedagogical effects of this project on the participants –students, teachers, family and community representatives– at individual and interpersonal levels applying an integrated methodology through different self perceptive research instruments –interviews, surveys and focus groups–, non-participant observations and semi-experimental tests. Results show significant effects at individual level are observed, not only during the teaching exercise but also during the pupils’ scholarly tasks. Also there are remarkable aspects in the interactions between the educational community agents –for example families, students and teachers– and strengthened relationships among them
Teacher uses and perceptions of interactive whiteboard incorporation in Spanish classrooms
No full textWith the incorporation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education, especially the interactive whiteboard (IWB), the need for a proper teacher training process emerges in order to adjust the integration and didactic use of this tool in the classroom. This paper explores how they use the IWB in their teaching and learning methodology and their perceptions about the integration of this technology. Our sample consisted of 80 teachers from 14 schools in Catalonia, Spain, who work with IWB in kindergarten and primary education. This paper reports a case-study with a mixed-method design. The data was collected by systematic observations and questionnaires to teachers. Data analysis offers evidence that teachers request more training and pedagogical time to create didactic material, although they showed security on the instrumental control of the IWB. There is a clear relationship between the use of IWB in classrooms and pupils’ enhanced motivation and their attention into the content of the lessons. Furthermore, we conclude that IWB use in classrooms can provide an appropriate environment to encourage the creation of a shared space and the generation of a fluent oral communication involving both teacher and pupils in the learning process
Distributional patterns of Geometridae of the Biobío Region, Chile: An approach for their conservation
Full text linkLa Región del Biobío en el centro sur de Chile es una zona de transición climática donde conviven bosques templados y esclerófilos, generando una zona de alta diversidad. Sin embargo, el área ha sido fuertemente afectada por la intervención antrópica y solo quedan algunos relictos de matorral y bosque nativo. Los geométridos, al igual que muchos insectos, están estrechamente asociados a la vegetación y por lo tanto serán afectados directamente por la intervención que se efectúe sobre esta. Así, en este estudio evaluamos los patrones de distribución y diversidad de geométridos en la Región del Biobío, con el objetivo de proponer sitios de alta prioridad para conservación mediante la identificación de áreas de endemismo y hot spots de diversidad. Los datos disponibles fueron procesados mediante análisis de parsimonia de endemismo y análisis de complementariedad, apoyados por SIG para rellenar vacíos y extrapolar la distribución de algunas especies de acuerdo a criterios establecidos. Encontramos una diversidad de 120 especies de geométridos, que corresponden a un 37.5 % de la diversidad nacional, distribuidas en seis áreas de endemismo, localizadas en las formaciones vegetacionales más frecuentes en la Región del Biobío: bosque alto-montano de Nahuelbuta, bosque esclerófilo de los arenales, bosque caducifolio de Concepción, bosque caducifolio andino del Biobío y bosque caducifolio de la frontera. El análisis de complementariedad determinó que 18 celdas contienen el número total de especies en la región. Basado en los análisis anteriores, se determinó que hay cinco áreas que deben ser consideradas como sitios de alta prioridad para la conservación de geométridos: (1) la ladera occidental de la Cordillera de Nahuelbuta y sector costero adyacente, (2) el área Pencopolitana de la zona litoral de la región, (3) Cerro Negro-Quillón, (4) Las Trancas, y (5) la zona del valle del Queuco-Alto Biobío
Internet navigation and information search strategies: How do children are influenced by their participation in an intensive ICT project
No full textThe aim of this study was to describe and analyze the involvement showed by 190 students who participated in an introduction to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) project, in public schools from Spain. By means of an Internet browsing test, access and information selection processes were afforded. The purpose of the study was to explore whether students who usually worked with ICT in their classrooms, had better knowledge and management with computing tools, and if they are better prepared to research and select information. Results show that students of elementary and secondary education, who have a greater contact with ICT, but not specifically introduced to searching for information on the Internet, know how to use the technology. All these students show better knowledge and control of the computer as well as presenting better Web literacy skills. Although they found, organized, used and assessed the information better their literacy in Web information is missing key skills, especially in analyzing, assessing and summarizing information
Teachers perception about their training process through the Eduticom model using Interactive Whiteboard
No full textWith the incorporation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education, especially the Interactive Whiteboard (IWB), the need for a proper teacher training process emerges in order to adjust the integration and didactic use of this tool in the classroom. This paper discusses the teachers| perception on the training process for ICT integration. Its main aim is to contribute to the unification of minimum criteria for effective ICT implementation in any training process for active teachers. This case study begins from the development of a training model called Eduticom which was put into practice in four schools in Catalonia, Spain. Findings indicated different teachers| needs such as an appropriate infrastructure, a proper management and a flexible training model which essentially addresses methodological and didactic aspects of IWB use in the classroom
Effects of an ICT educational project on the students' digital literacy development
No full textThe impact of the information and communication technologies (ICT) has become the core of a change that involves most of the society fields, consequently, the technological and informational literacy are essential requirements in education. The research is a quasi-experimental and ex-post-facto study in schools from Spain. The aim was to describe and analyse the involvement showed by 219 students who participated in a development of ICTs project named Ponte dos Brozos. The research objective was to respond if the students who usually worked with ICT, had better knowledge and management with computing tools, and if they are better prepared in researching and selecting information. Results showed that students who have a higher contact with ICTs know about the technology and how to use it, also, better knowledge and control of the computer and operative systems, a high information management level trough the internet, although their literacy in information is devoid
Revision of the genus Hoplosauris Butler 1882 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
Full text linkThe genus Hoplosauris Butler 1882 is reviewed and redefined. Species belonging to the genera Notholoba syn. nov. and Physoloba Warren (1908) are incorporated into Hoplosauris, and the species Physoloba griseofasciata is maintained Physoloba as its type species. The following eight species are recognized in Hoplosauris: H. heliconoides Butler, 1882; H. schausi (Warren 1908) comb. nov.; H. valeria Butler 1893; H. indistincta (Butler, 1882) comb. nov.; H. macarenae Parra sp. nov.; H. granitata (Fletcher 1953) comb. nov.; H. pachrophylloides Parra sp. nov.; H. mabillei Parra sp. nov. Synapomorphic characters supporting monophyly of Hoplosauris include vesicle of anal margin of the male hindwings small, corpus bursae striated, internal surface of corpus bursae with microspines, and valvae with androconia subapically. Adult wing patterns and genitalia are illustrated, and geographic distributions discussed