Friday 13 December 2013
CHRISTMAS IN IRELAND
Wednesday 11 December 2013
Tuesday 10 December 2013
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Monday 2 December 2013
Friday 22 November 2013
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Monday 4 November 2013
THE TRAGIC STORY OF MASIA FREIXA :A HORROR STORY 2.0
Thursday 24 October 2013
Wednesday 16 October 2013
A TERRIFYING GHOST STORY FOR HALLOWEEN: THE WOMAN IN BLACK
Do you want to be scared to death in your English Class? Watch The Woman in Black, a spine-chilling British ghost story to celebrate Halloween with older students. The film has all the ingredients to get easily scared: an eerie house in the middle of a marsh, a young lawyer trying to discover terrible secrets, a lot of children in danger and the scariest ghost ever: the woman in black.
Watch it on DVD and improve your English with these interactive actvities hosted at www.cinemaperaestudiants.cat
Attention: don't watch it alone. Beware of the Woman in Black.
Thursday 10 October 2013
3ESO 2013: AN EMBARRASSING MOMENT
Write a text of 50 words minimum describing an embarrassing situation. It can be real or invented. Remember to use the PAST SIMPLE AND THE PAST CONTINUOUS tenses.
VERY IMPORTANT: WRITE YOUR NAME AND YOUR COURSE IN YOUR COMMENT!
Monday 30 September 2013
ADJECTIVES + PREPOSITIONS QUIZ CARDS
Practice your collocations with this set of flashcards. Don't forget to play the games too!
http://quizlet.com/_g8cv0
Sunday 29 September 2013
Some exercises to practice the Past Continuous Tense
Download this document to practice the Past Continuous Tense
http://es.scribd.com/doc/171861422/Past-Continuous
Tuesday 24 September 2013
THE BIGGEST SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT IN THE WORLD
Watch this TV spot and then read about this amazing true story. Do the activities on the worksheet embedded.
Plastic Ducks THE BIGGEST EXPERIMENT IN THE WORLD
When you finish, read more about Ebbesmeyer's experiment. http://beachcombersalert.org/RubberDuckies.htmlTuesday 17 September 2013
...and that was a moment that made summer really special for me.
Write a POST COMMENTARY with a short story including a special moment of summer 2013 which ends with the sentence in this blog entry:... AND THAT WAS A MOMENT THAT MADE SUMMER REALLY SPECIAL FOR ME.
Monday 16 September 2013
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Friday 31 May 2013
TRAINING ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS BLOG
This entry is just for primary teachers interested in music and adding rythm to their lessons. It's developed by Vanessa Reilly, a great teacher I met this spring doing Oxford seminars in different cities in Spain.
http://vanessareillytelt.wordpress.com/
Give it a try. Some Harmony in the Classroom would be a nice ingredient!
In the near future....
These two videos show amazing possibilities with augmented reality in our daily lives, at home, at school or at work.
Excellent for nice compositions with the future will.
In the near future... what will people be able to do with technology?
Tuesday 9 April 2013
CREATIVE HERITAGE: INVOLVING TEENS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
Interview with Carme Prats i Joaniquet, manager of the CreativeCH showcase in Terrassa, Catalonia
In a nutshell, what is the concept of your showcase?
Our showcase aims to bring cultural heritage closer to the young generation. ICT solutions allow us to talk about heritage with a cross-cutting approach and to integrate contributions of museum and site visitors to the project. In this context, mNACTEC is developing a self-guided walking tour mobile app that focuses on touring the city’s major sites... and some hidden gems! We have already launched El Fotocroma del mNACTEC, a chroma-key installation that mixes images of museum visitors into scenes of Terrassa industrial heritage. An iPad kiosk is available for the visitors to select the desired scenario (from historical photos to outstanding museum pieces), take photos, and download and share the results with friends on social networks.
What are special or innovative features of your showcase?
Using ICT to recognize and value our industrial heritage in an engaging way. Because we believe it’s essential to engage our target (young people) in the conceptualization and implementation of the showcase. To develop, use and test the methodology for this is an important part of the project.
How do you involve local organisations, students or other participants?
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It is our priority to involve them actively. Young people play a central role in the showcase, as they are not only our audience but are strongly involved in the project: proposing concepts and content, testing results... Therefore we work together with Torre del Palau High School, recognised for their best practices in the field of enhancing learning through ICT. And they are in Terrassa! We are now looking for a way to reach young people outside the classroom, for example, through a contest or other attractive activities. We expect to have some results by May.
Regarding public administration, we have support at different levels: locally, mNACTEC is working with Terrassa City Council, specifically the Environmental Area and Tourism Area; at the regional level we collaborate with the Department of Education.
And, of course, we don’t forget our museum visitors! We encourage them to be active, for example, by giving feedback when taking photos at the chroma-key installation.
What are your experiences and lessons learned as yet?
We made an interesting discovery: nowadays, it is a must to work towards the complementarity between virtual and presential elements. For example, with this showcase, we are suggesting a cross-sectional view, a new perspective to all museum exhibits, through visits “à la carte” with iPads, treasure hunting with smartphones and QR codes... Moreover, there must be a connection between the “inside” and the “outside”, this is, between the museum exhibits and Terrassa.
How will you know that the showcase has been successful?
Well, our chroma-key is already quite an event! Last Sunday, entrance to mNACTEC was free and visitors had the opportunity to “play” with this new installation. On Monday morning we checked the server where the photos are stored and... wow! We were amazed by the creative photos the visitors took. Why is it a success? Because it’s innovative, playful and fun!
In general, I think the showcase will attract a specific segment of our museum and site visitors, the young and ICT-savvy generation. On the other hand, the showcase is an innovative element but it is not isolated: we create synergies, for example, with the Fira Modernista, a very popular local event. And one last thing: In the showcase process feedback is fundamental. We take evaluation very seriously, not only at the end, but during the whole process.
FOLLOW THIS LINK TO READ THE INTERVIEW
WWW.CREATIVE-HERITAGE.EU
Thursday 4 April 2013
THE WORLD'S BRIGHTEST CITY
Click on the BBC link to read and listen about a dangerous problem in modern cities: LIGHT POLLUTION
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2013/03/130325_witn_light_pollution.shtml
Monday 18 March 2013
Monday 4 March 2013
TIME TRAVEL: OUR PUPILS BACK IN 2001
This is how our 4ESO students looked like back in 2001. We had a great time writing and videotaping the introductions. Angels Torra did her best video editing the clip! Thanks Angels!
Thanks for the good times, guys!
Wednesday 20 February 2013
THE HUNGER GAMES INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES
THE HUNGER GAMES FILM is an adaptation of the novel by Suzanne Collins. It's a really popular saga among teenagers, who love the action-packed plot of both film and book. If you want to improve your English, I recommend you wath the film and do the interactive activities on the cinemaperaestudiants.cat website.
I'm sure you'll have a good time with the activities. Don't forget, may the odds be ever in your favor!
Thursday 31 January 2013
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