TALLER DE NOTAS DE CAMPO

1. FIELD NOTES
Edith Llanos
Adaptado de LCM, la Clase
Mágica. Vasqués 1995.

2. HEADING :
Name: Lizza Bermudez
Email (your email address): lizzabermudez@yahoo.com
Site: IE Alberto Lleras Camargo
Date: d/m/a
Activities: Digital Game, Storyboarding
Language: English, more English than Spanish
OtherCollaborators: Andrés Gomez, 11, 6-2 Arley
Morales (coordinator), Fernanda Linares(English Class)

3. SOCIAL SCENE
(Wide Angle View)
1. Describe the broad social scene for those who will read your notes.
2. Illustrate the initial social dynamics you notice when you first arrive at site.
3. Detail the general atmosphere and feelings expressed by others.
4. Describe the people and the relevant physical spaces you encounter. Note any
changes across the session to be addressed at length in the next section. one
or two paragraphs long.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY:
(Zoom Lens View)
 Zoom in on your interactions with children and/or adults at site.
 Describe your specific interactions as accurately as you can, in a clinical manner.
 Be careful to report behaviors rather than imputing motive. For example, “Carlos ran
in, smiling, jumping and waving a paper.” vs. “Carlos was happy.” “Happy” is a
personal judgment with no evidence to support it. REMEMBER TO SHOW NOT
TELL.

4. DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY
 Language: Spanish? English? Both? Kumeyaay? Other languages?
 Dialogue: Sometimes, special things that really strike you will be
said. Try to remember and record the child’s own words, if possible.
 Roles: What roles did you assume? The children? The adults
present?
 Strategies: What kind of strategies were used to choose a game? To problem
solve? Was there turn-taking, collaboration & play?
 Goal Formation: Were goals formed? How? Were they accomplished?
 Problem Solving: What were the particular problems to be solved in the
game/activity? How did you and your partner(s) handle them?
 Evidence of social and cognitive change: What salient learning behaviors were
exhibited by the child/ adult? In early stages of the activity to the end? Was there
any change? What was the evidence of change?
 Use of the program structure: Did you and your site partner(s) use the task cards,
site folder, write to …? Was there resistance?
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5. REFLECTION.
(Lens on Self)
 Thoughts and opinions
 What happened at site.
 What have you learned about yourself and others?
 Reflections on how readings from the class are useful in
explaining the phenomena at site
 Questions for further exploration in subsequent sessions.
 Describe issues you and the child experienced and how or why
you think your learning experience was improved or stifled.

6. FORMAT
BASED ON LA CLASE MÁGICA. VÁSQUEZ, 1995
OBSERVAROR NAME:_______________________________________________
SOCIAL SCENE CAPTURE:
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY
THOUGHTS & OPINION.
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