73/365: 2019

EdHack Krea Girona is coming... today facilitators meeting in Fundació Jaume Bofill... I'm really looking forward to it! 

72/365: 2019

The day has come: assessment meetings! 

71/365: 2019

I have to finish the students evaluation: attitudes, contents, … too much stress! 

70/365: 2019

My parents and me are quite nervous because we are going to know the analysis results. When we get older, we past from accompany our children to accompany our parents to the doctor. It's the life!

69/365: 2019

One more time in Brussels... This is my third time. But I'm very happy to go back for two reasons: 

- Firstly, because we are celebrating the fifty years old of Rosa Maria and Dolors

- Secondly, because yesterday we were talking with the MHP Carles Puigdemont.

Thank you for this weekend! 

68/365: 2019

Historic day in my life. I'm going to go to Waterloo to meet with MHP Carles Puigdemont, our exiled- President.

I never could imagine that I would do that in a full democracy.

The "Proces" is a really entrepreneurship project. 

67/365: 2019

International Woman Day! I don't understand why we are still claiming the same rights that when I was young.

66/365: 2019

I have English Oral class with Brigitta. I love this our of the week. 

65/365:2019

I'm happy because today, a project born in the Final Project Degree in Vocational Training last year (Uxia: customized bags),  the woman founders will come back to the school to know the crowdfunding proposal that current students have been working during 2 weeks. 

I hope that they like it!

64:365/2019

I will have a meeting to prepare the class programming to the course which will start on April 1t in Tecnocampus.

63/365: 2019

Today is public holiday. I will take advantage to finish the PAC 1 of  Data Analysis Techniques and to put in order my classes programmings because there will be Internal Audit on Friday, 8th March.

62/365: 2019

Sunday.. but I have to finish the PAC 1 of  Data Analysis Techniques. Deadline will be March 05th. Let's go! 

61/365: 2019

I have gone to Exporecerca to do the jury for a competition. I love this day becase it's one of the days that I start believe again in the young people. I'm impressed that youngsters are able to build these projects. Congrats, Magma Recerca for this job! 

60/365: 2019

The issue most important today is that my Dad have a appointment with the doctor. I will accompany him.

59/365: 2019

Happy Birthday, mom! You are 84 years old! I hope  long may this be so. I still need you. 

58/365: 2019

The kick-off PIA&GO 2019 will be today. Commission will met to start to plan the event. 

57/365: 2019

Happy Birthday, Maribel! You are 57 years old! WOW! I hope that you have a very happy day. 

56/365: 2019

Monday, it start a new week. 

55/365: 2019

Today is Sunday...but...I must to keep working in English course and marking exams and exercices. 

54/365: 2019

We have gone to the theater to TNC. The theater play, "La bona persona de Sezuan"  lasted 3,15 hours from 20:00 to 11;30.  It's written by  Bertolt Bercht, it's  one of the great classics of the 20th century.  

With this emblematic epic play, Bertolt Brecht offers an uncomfortable reflection. What are the limits of good intentions, especially when they do not forcefully and pragmatically confront material difficulties?

I recommend you to go to watch it. Great cast and Clara Segura did an outstanding acting job.  

53/365: 2019

Today I have been meeting in Caldes de Montbui City Council to analyze and talk about PIA&GO 2019. It's one of the 3 places that we are interested.

52/365: 2019

Two days more and weekend! 

20/01: 2019

In this course, in two of my classes in lower and higher vocational training, I will use simulation-based management training program that integrates and reinforces knowledge and skills learned in previous courses and current as well.

I will use a simulation software, called Empresaula. It gives me very possibilities, specially, in customized assessment of students. 

The simulation employs a competitive market environment in which students build a business from the ground up to enter the new business created by them.  The teams are tasked with introducing a new line of products or services into several national markets: other students that they are learning with this methodology. 

The simulation requires students to form executive teams consisting of seven or eight members. Within each team, students work as the head or worker of specific functional areas. Throughout the decision rounds, they conduct market analyses, make tactical decisions with regards to product design, manufacturing capacity, inventory management, human resource management, sales channel planning, advertising, and financial accounting (a little bit).

On the one hand, by students, simulation-based management training program is motivating to students because they are learning by doing and it does that, they are actives all the class. For example, if they arrive it a sale from other company, they must to send it, because they need that team and company run well and they can reach to proposed goals.

On the other hand, by the teachers, to start this methodology imply significant work because it must have both the clear objectives to teams and to every student as well. Moreover, teacher must conduct executive briefings on a weekly basis. Each team meets with him for about fifteen minutes to discuss and justify the decisions that they are planning to make for the next fortnight. It's true, that's more work in the beginning, but when you can see all students involved in your company is very pleasant. 

In summary, Simulation-based pedagogy offers an experiential learning process that emphasizes repeated action, reflection, accommodation, and testing. This process allows students to refine their knowledge and developed business skills. As such, simulation based-pedagogy can be implemented in any subject. This is experiential learning opportunity for all students to develop an understanding of business with a fun, intro-level business simulation.

16/365: 2019

I've always been curious to know the answers to some questions that I think they are different. During these days, when I'm seen TV news, I ask myself: Why to keep the name to Dakar Rally if the race is happening in Peru? Do you have somey ideas? 

14/365: 2019

I've just read this article by Albert Cuesta (great article!)  and I cannot avoid sharing with you these words.

Steve Jobs was the person more important in whole Apple story, about this no one can say anything. That is the question: if Apple will know to live without Steve Jobs. And, now, the time is saying that no, according, I think.

Steve Jobs was, in my opinion, one of the best visionaries of all times. He dreamed, thought and created most of devices and services to Apple. One of them was to think and design the concept of smartphone and how to improve the usability to be easy, intuitive, simple, ...  One point in favour by Steve Jobs was that. 

On the other hand, generally, when people leave from a company, institution, it represents there an opportunity to do different things and better than how it was doing: this is the theory. In this case, it hasn’t fulfilled, in my point of view.

No one knows how the future of Apple will be. Now, it is dropping the sales and people want not to spend more money to buy Apple devices because they find them cheaper. In contrast, Apple has 1.4 million customers on the world: will they know take advantage of that? Will they have the new services and devices inside the box and they will decide at which time will can be made public? 

That's the question: Which is the person or team that  will take the challenge and will return to put  Apple as a winner  in companies ranking more valued? The game is on! 

10/365: 2019

I'm nervous. Tomorrow will be a great day...I hope. It will be the first day to Innovation Camp: 100 Mataró students of three High School will give solution to four city Mataro Challenges. What will happen it? I would like that it will be successful. have confidence in the young Mataró people.

Maybe it will be difficult, but no one said that it would be easy.

9/365: 2019

I love to go to swimming.

Today have been the first day, from December 20^th December, that I have come back to swim. The reason is because the swimming pool was closed from that day to do cleaning tasks. It’s needed to do it once a year.

I know that it must do exercise (due the age, the mind,) but the point why I chose, and that why I love swimming. Firstly, because is a sport with low body impact: my knees give thanks for that. Secondly, it’s outdoors swimming pool and I like to do sport in contact with the environment and, usually, if I can, I'm going to go at noon: sun is life; and finally, because I can spend the time that I want: for example 30, 45, 20 minutes… it doesn’t matter: no timetable, open all day and all week.

In summary, I recommend you do daily exercise since you feel better, and outdoors instead indoors.

8/365: 2019

One day like this in 2005 you said goodbye. I miss you, Raül!

7/365: 2019

I’m very tired.

All day, I've been sat in front my laptop. Tomorrow will be the first day after Christmas holiday, consequently I wanted to prepare the classes of the week.

Also, I must correct the TFG's (Final Degree Project of my college students). The last day to put the marks will be January 9th. I have to finish it tomorrow early in the morning.

5/365: 2019

I've just arrived from The Magic Kings Parade in Mataró.

Tonight, will be the more magic night of the year to the kids and adults as well: The Three Kings will visit all houses to leave the gifts that they have asked in the letters. If the kids have been good for year, the Three Kings will not forget to enter their homes.

It's important to leave in the balcony o living room some bread, biscuits and water to them and to the camels too: they must work hard for all night long.

Therefore, it's needed that kids go to the bed early. Tomorrow will be a great day!

4/365: 2019

Today I want to think about Google and their link with the education world. I know that Google is one of the most important company in the world, as a result Google is considered one of the Big Four Technology companies.  But not only is a big technological company, it has more than 85.000 workers around the world. I read, in their website, that the mission is: Organize the word’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.  

But, how can be that this company not only is good in online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software and … but even have been a model in self-driving car or in other industries? How a company that, it doesn’t know about complex industries, getting into the market and can be a model to follow?  Google always has many new projects started: projects to the entrepreneur, or to the education, or Virtual Reality, …That is in their DNA. Sergei and Larry, when founded Google, they wanted to make the best search engine. I think that they never thought that Google could became in the company like it is nowadays.  

But, for me the important thing is how they have got this. The answer is in the why: Why Google want to entry in Education, for example? Which is their interest in to be in Education world, moreover free? Thousands of teachers and students around the world have lessons, homework, marks, names, emails… trough Classroom, or shared easily in Google Drive, all in the Google Cloud, …. Really all this information will not use to anything? To sum up, I don’t want to think negatively, however I should like to invite you to think a little bit about this.

3/365: 2019

A great day! 

I woke up at 6 am. I have been working until 7:30. 

I've done a zumba class at 7:45. Then I've taken breakfast at 9:15 .

I have met with Marian and Quim in Tenocampus to prepare the Innovation Camp, a new project to 100 students of High School in Mataró to thinking about how they can improve the city from the social innovation. It's a challenge! I love it! At 2 pm we have finished the meeting. 

Later, at 5 pm I was met with Ana, from Institut Miquel Biada to design another new project togheter about the ethical bank and social impact projects. If we want a better world, we have to start with the young students. 

At 9 pm I've arrived home... I'm tired but I like and want to fight to better world. 

2/365 : 2019

Dia tranquil. 

Començant aviat, cap a les 7,  amb una rerereprogramació d'una matèria, que no hi ha manera que l'acabi de lligar del tot. 

Avui també tocava depilar. 

I la primera classe de zumba de l'any! Moment de desconnectar. 

I també he anat a veure al Jordi i a la Rym, que feia molts dies que no la veia. Com creix, que ràpid! I s'ha de veure com gateja...  3 dies més,  i ja caminarà. 

I res, una tarda amb un episodi més de Outlander i després anglès, anglès i més anglès. I neteja, neteja  i més neteja de mails: no sé si ho tindré tot fet abans de començar altra vegada a l'escola...I repassant també el TR d'aquest any. 

Sempre em programo moltes coses pel Nadal...i no sempre les acabo. 

Demà més.... i millor!