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An English translation of this post is available below the Spanish text.
Esther Ramiro García nos cuenta su experiencia con HUE en tiempos de CoVid 19.
Como profesora de Secundaria de Matemáticas en la escuela pública he de decir que no es fácil re-inventarte para volver a llegar a tus alumnos estando como somos aislados y confinados.
Comencé con aulas virtuales, classroom de Google, videos de canales que ya estaban inventados, pero el aprendizaje sin emoción no tiene futuro.
Necesitaba llegar a mis alumnos, preguntarles si estaban bien, si tenían ánimo para ponerse cada día, convencerles de lo saludable que es llevar una rutina diaria, un rítmo y no dejarse invadir por el Whatsapp, Fortnite, TikTok o lo que sea que les interesa a ellos.
Probé Zoom, Jitsi, Webex, Hangouts y todo lo probable, y poco a poco establecimos un horario, una rutina que me dió la vida. No me dí por vencida cuando constaté que mi portátil ultraligero y super potente ne tenia cámara. Cuando lo compré no me falta y puesta a navegar por Amazon verifiqué que estaban tan agotadas y tardaban tanto en llegar a mi casa como las mascarillas de 3M.
Y entonces reparé en ella, mi vieja cámara HUE HD Pro , aparcada desde dejé de dar clases de tecnologia que vino a rescatarme ella a mí porque la versatilidad de este periférico es inagotable.
Y la habia etiquetado en la categoria de joya cuando en el taller de tecnologia, con un portátil y un proyector la usaba para mostrar en directo los montajes de Arduino, enseñando a los chavales en la pantalla como colocaba los cables. O cuando explicaba las distintas vistas de una pieza dejando la pieza fija y moviendo el foco, es decir, la lente de la HUE.
Ahora en casa la utilizo para que mis alumnos vean que yo también estoy bien, ya que al igual que yo me preocupo por ellos, es inevitable que ellos también se preocupen por mí. Ahora doy clase de Ecuaciones o Sistemas con la cámara apuntando el papel, o escribiendo en la Tablet, según el dia.
Pero la que ha descubierto un mundo nuevo ha sido mi hija de 11 años, estudiante de 5º de E.P. que ya no necesita estar pidiendo el móvil para hacer fotos a sus deberes o grabar en vídeo la canción de flauta correspondiente, sino que enchufa la HUE por USB a su portátil y con el HUE Intuition hace fotos que comparte por el Classroom de forma totalmente autónoma.
Yo que pensaba que con la tiza me bastaba, estos dias la HUE se ha convertido en auténticamente indispensable.
Gracias HUE!
Esther Ramiro García
Esther Ramiro García tells us about her experiences with HUE during the time of COVID-19. Her account below has been translated from the original Spanish.
I am a Secondary teacher of Mathematics in a state school. It has not been easy to re-invent myself, to reconnect with my students now that we are all in isolation and confined to our homes.
I started off using virtual classrooms, Google classroom and video channels that already existed but emotionless learning has no future.
I felt I needed to reach out to my students; to ask them how they were feeling, to help them be ready for each day, to show them that it’s healthy to get into a daily routine, to have a rhythm and not let WhatsApp, Fornite, TikTok or whatever interests them become too much of a distraction.
I tested Zoom, Jitsi, Webex, Hangouts and anything else I could find. Little by little we established a daily timetable, started to get into a routine and were able to get started.
I didn’t give up when I realised that my ultralight and super powerful laptop actually didn’t have a camera. When I originally bought it, I didn’t need one and then when I researched Amazon I saw that they were all sold out and would take a very long time to arrive – just like 3M masks.
So then I got out my old HUE HD Pro camera, which I hadn’t used since I taught technology classes. It came to my rescue because the versatility of this resource has no end.
I already knew it was really special resource from when I used to use it to teach technology with a laptop and projector. I would demonstrate how to assemble Arduino, teaching the kids how to connect all the cables on the screen or showing them a particular part from different angles by keeping it still and manually moving the HUE camera to view it from a different angle.
Now that I’m at home, I am using it to show my students that I am OK, since just as I care about them, it is natural that they also worry about me.
I am currently teaching Equations and Systems. Sometimes I position the camera to view a piece of paper that I’m writing on and sometimes it will be placed over my tablet.
However, it’s my 11 year old daughter, who is 5th grade E.P, who has discovered a brand new world. She no longer needs to ask me for my mobile to take photos of her homework or record her flute practice. All she needs to do is plug the HUE into the USB port of her laptop and use the HUE Intuition software to take photos and then share them on ‘Classroom’ completely independently of me.
I thought that a piece of chalk was enough but these days my HUE camera has become utterly indispensable.
Thanks, HUE!
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