📖 T R A N S L A T O R

Hi Archilearners, we are in the third week and for this task we were asked to do a very different activity. This week I will be the translator.
Actually, this role requires a big effort because I should stand out the main concepts to facilitate to the readers the comprehension of our task, so let's start:

✔️ Projection Map: a projection map is the representation of the globe's curved surface  on a flat  map using different devices for that or even a typical paper sheet. There are 3 maps projections:

• Robinson: this author aimed to represent the earth in a easy, simple and accurate way, but this theoretical part, obviously, has a problem: DISTORTION. By the time he wanted to express his ideas, he found that distortion appeared changing the real shape of the globe, which is more pronounced as we get closer to the poles. As a result, we observe that this map has an oval shape.
• Mercator: this type of map projection is the traditional one and , from our point of view, the most useful one and, also, his ideas were oriented to navigation. In this case, the distortion can be appreciated in the size and with this type of map we can observe the real shape of the different continents but not their real size.
• Azimuthal: we would choose this one if we want to show an equilibrated distortion in the map, as the earth is represented from above or from the poles, so it is the same as we cut by the equator a globe. As a result, we won't see the countries near to the equator very well as the distortion is located in this part. In this case, the distortion increases with distances.

✔️ Distortion: the typical definition of this concept refers to the difference we found from the real stuff because of different causes of effects. In this case, we are talking about distortion in maps because we are expected to think that a country is bigger than other one and, actually it is not like that. In our case, we found that Cuba, despite its size in the map, is 31 times bigger than Italy, which seems to be bigger and this is because of distortion.

✔️ False expectations: the difference among reality and what we belief about some aspect(s). In this case, we are talking about an specific example: FLASHCARDS. In pre-school education, it is very common to have children that have no idea of some animals, for example. so when a teacher tries to teach vocabulary about animals he/she would use flashcards to show to them. But flashcards are not actually real, as they represent all the animals with the same size and that's not real.

✔️ Media: it includes the different types of transmition some information, values, beliefs or even attitudes. In this case, we are talking about stereotypes in games, for instance, a girl ''has to play'' with dolls or kitchens in order to play a role as a housekeeper.

✔️ Treasure Hunt: it's a different method to teachand develop new practical skills trying to find hidden objects. These objects would be the resources given by the teacher to develop the task and finally answer a big question