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Practise your English pronunciation while you watch TV shows

<b><a href="http://playphrase.me/" target="_blank">PlayPhrase.me</a> </b>offers you the possibility to improve English pronunciation and patterns of intonation with your favourite phrases out of famous scenes of TV shows and movies.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrgmK3bSPGO689YT2VFlKeuAJNJgHkOdCL5lT-6lDgKmraFEKKk49QSrPhJvaWTi_5UsX3MTGfjI-FILTYlFKNbWSMMaiUkm1cl3klroyAz0znG2jotdXkGdy2waOQeiT1c3VCKMNKzYs/s1600/phrase.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrgmK3bSPGO689YT2VFlKeuAJNJgHkOdCL5lT-6lDgKmraFEKKk49QSrPhJvaWTi_5UsX3MTGfjI-FILTYlFKNbWSMMaiUkm1cl3klroyAz0znG2jotdXkGdy2waOQeiT1c3VCKMNKzYs/s1600/phrase.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Just key in the phrase or chunk of text you would like to practise and the tool will come back to you with the bits where the phrase was uttered by various actors and actresses at various films or TV shows. You will then be ready to drill the phrase as if it were a karaoke machine, as the phrase rolls down, highlighted below the sliding scenes out of which it has been singled out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcOiN5-t5_a9sgbPRbBvgfrO_JNoZ2fA885g5u80e9Lmq1dVR03xKRnwwtpbO5zSiCHbJC7w-nRgwNP_U7T_DEE4k7LTZGmfE2D4_b3c2Tlc-RUrBzR1p-Jdm1fx3HM2fnqYH0VM1GW44/s1600/phrase2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcOiN5-t5_a9sgbPRbBvgfrO_JNoZ2fA885g5u80e9Lmq1dVR03xKRnwwtpbO5zSiCHbJC7w-nRgwNP_U7T_DEE4k7LTZGmfE2D4_b3c2Tlc-RUrBzR1p-Jdm1fx3HM2fnqYH0VM1GW44/s1600/phrase2.PNG" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Quite a dynamic enjoyable way to keep your English intonation and pronunciation up. Enjoy it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br />

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Have you been 'FaceQed' yet?

<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"><b>Not yet? </b></span><br /><br />Well, well, well, I have been a lucky one and my eleven-year-old <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIxMyWmew69xiiKawsTlq-g" target="_blank">technologically creative son</a> has avatared me with the brand new free app <span style="font-size: large;"><b>FaceQ</b></span>, available for both <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/es/app/faceq/id764976183?mt=8" target="_blank">iOs</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miantan.myoface" target="_blank">Android</a>.<br /><br />While having an iced drink at a cosy sun umbrella-protected café in the middle of one of those historical trendy colourful suburbs that only a few can enjoy in the summer if they work in a city closed for vacation in August, such as it is warm Madrid, my son would not stop fiddling around with his mobile, taking snapshots, uploading them to <a href="http://instagram.com/kalios327" target="_blank">his Instagram</a> and talking about avatars and funny faces.<br /><br />So, my obvious question as a mother, was: <i><span style="color: #274e13;">'What are you doing with your gadget'?</span></i><br /><br />Fast and happy, he answered with another question: <i>'Would you like to have a new avatar?'</i><br /><br />And there he came up with this snap design, while I had not really been able to find a sec to say yes, in a couple of minutes, created with his iPhone, using the free<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/es/app/faceq/id764976183?mt=8" target="_blank"> FaceQ app</a>, while enjoying the shade without losing imagination.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzadHqhnlVbQrUq22pUbeYBU74KR8uW8GhX12qNTVUoMdlN8tD1T5xdY8SdDSzFKIycbzMxOzFL3uFqSvsU-Rtl-JLVBExZu3u2L_uSJsmLmVSKPrX7K5WWPkqt_m6fJWgrbXI3QK3xNY/s1600/missyou.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzadHqhnlVbQrUq22pUbeYBU74KR8uW8GhX12qNTVUoMdlN8tD1T5xdY8SdDSzFKIycbzMxOzFL3uFqSvsU-Rtl-JLVBExZu3u2L_uSJsmLmVSKPrX7K5WWPkqt_m6fJWgrbXI3QK3xNY/s1600/missyou.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />And this is how I found out two things: what I looked like for my son and how he felt about my working away from home from Monday to Friday.<br /><br />Besides, I was inspired for a few back to school icebreakers (<span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;"><b>Thank you, son!</b></span>) with the aim of fostering ICT use in the ESL classroon once again. I think this app can be a nice free tool to carry out some quick quests over the first days back in our lessons.<br /><br />Ten ideas coming to my mind right now:<br /><br /><br /><ul><li>Pair the kids up and get them to avatar each other. Then, ask them to describe their designs to the rest of their peers and have a <i>'Guess Who'</i> game.</li><li>Have the kids avatar themselves using the app and compare their faces with the same avatars other peers have designed of them; compare the differences, make them aware of the fact that the image one might have of oneself can be different to the image others have.</li><li>Share the avatars as pictures in their virtual classroom profiles.</li><li>Turn them into posters and decorate the classroom with a big group picture of the class avatars.</li><li>Make badges out of the students' avatars, so they can wear them, both virtually and as real pins.</li><li>Hold a vote for the best avatar and give out prizes or awards.</li><li>Keep them until the end of the school year, then have another round of FaceQ design and get them to explain the changes in their design. How has the image changed, to yourself and to others?</li><li>And of course, take advantage of the designed faces and get them to practise parts of the face, colours, revise shapes, types of hair, eyes, clothes, accessories, and so forth.</li><li>Get them to design the faces of their whole family tree, and then have a nice round of <i>'introducing my family'</i> presentations among peers.</li><li>Or get to know them better by asking them to avatar their favourite cartoons, characters, sportspeople, heroes, singers, idols ... Here you go another couple of my son's outcomes, which show two of his most-loved heroes in the world right now. </li></ul><b><span style="color: #4c1130;">'Who is each gentleman? Would you like to take a wild guess and leave a comment with it?'</span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKoBzcPH81P7hS4rhsLYGwJHYa1al0gphHfel4Abmm38AGwcQuykGN9U150Tr3YSJYxKYitcwMOWnwy0Odyr86PswrUMEEbmR7ZIns4ldI3tPivPR3qyKyUXoV-wFGlkSR4xwErhP8kk/s1600/superheroes.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKoBzcPH81P7hS4rhsLYGwJHYa1al0gphHfel4Abmm38AGwcQuykGN9U150Tr3YSJYxKYitcwMOWnwy0Odyr86PswrUMEEbmR7ZIns4ldI3tPivPR3qyKyUXoV-wFGlkSR4xwErhP8kk/s1600/superheroes.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">It is a simple easy to use app; outcomes are quite attractive and ready in minutes, as you see. On top of it all, there is no need to register the under-age users and you can go social with your designs too, as they are shareable through social networks such as Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, but you may also mail your creations, so why not give it a try? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Many of our students might come back to school having already heard of FaceQ or even having used it, so it is a nice chance to go fashionably mobile in class from the very first day.</div><br />

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Bringing Colegio San Gregorio and Book ME-Library together!

This is the beauty of e-connections and how taking advantage of ICT resources and social networks can bring peer teachers with alike interests together around a common rewarding mini-project that turns out to be an e-connected means to foster reading, writing and digital skills among Primary Bilingual students.<br /><br />The story of this e-connection starts in a University classroom (URJC), with a group of future teachers taking the Master's Degree on The Use of ICT and Web Resources in Primary Bilingual Education, and approaching Challenge Based Learning through the development of various <b><a href="http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/p/ictclilurjc-blog-roll.html" target="_blank">projects</a></b>, which will enable them to embrace this methodology with their own students when having the chance to teach real, but at the same time, seeking for project testers, that is, current teachers looking forward to putting the projects into practice in their own ongoing lessons.<br /><br />One of those students is <a href="http://twitter.com/somar0209" target="_blank"><b>Billy Ramos</b></a>, working on the <b><a href="http://bookme-library.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank">Book ME-Library project</a></b> to encourage reading and writing skills with mobile devices.<br />As soon as he is ready for his creations to be tested, I start my Twitter engine and post several calls there as well as in Facebook, where the overall experience is now part of the <b><a href="http://30goals.com/" target="_blank">30 Goals Challenge</a></b> and we have become inspire leaders for other teachers around the world to accomplish the <a href="http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/2014/05/connecting-e-teachers-with-e-students.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">eStudents Connecting and Creating</a> goal.<br /><br />Among many other collaborative colleagues, to whom I am sincerely thankful, <a href="http://twitter.com/julisanzmamolar" target="_blank"><b>Julián Sanz</b></a>, from <a href="http://sangregorio5aguilardecampoo.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank"><b>Colegio San Gregorio</b></a>, in Palencia - Spain, responds willing to integrate Billy's assignments into his <b><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/sangregorioseccionbilinguee/english-y6-projects/storyteller" target="_blank">We Are StoryTellers</a></b> <b><a href="http://sharingideaswritingstories.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank">eTwinning Project</a></b> for sixth graders, together with Carmen Pérez, a colleague of Julián's.<br /><br />I quickly e-gather them so we collaboratively plan, schedule, organise, exchange ideas together with proposals, and, as Billy often says: <i style="color: blue;">'We are on it like white on rice' </i>very very soon.<br /><br />Billy starts with a sweet video introduction for the kids to get to know him better and have a glimpse of the upcoming episodes from <b><a href="http://bookme-library.blogspot.com.es/2014/05/collaborative-project-with-colegio-san.html" target="_blank">Book ME-Library</a></b>.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ER3n8cYfvc0?feature=player_embedded" width="560"></iframe> <br /><br />Julián, from his end, starts presenting the mini-project to the educational community:<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="284" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rIBP22VeGLNV8pm0wFG7ExoeYhVRwFnNcCy_Ia4iV64/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="480"></iframe> <br /><br />And ... Off we go! The kids from Y6 San Gregorio are looking forward to learning how to become digital storytellers, and there is Billy, in Madrid, to show them the essentials of any story: <b><a href="http://bookme-library.blogspot.com.es/2014/05/parts-of-introduction.html" target="_blank">introduction</a></b>, <b><a href="http://bookme-library.blogspot.com.es/2014/05/parts-of-nub-to-story.html" target="_blank">nub</a></b>, <b><a href="http://bookme-library.blogspot.com.es/2014/05/an-ending-to-story.html" target="_blank">ending</a></b>.<br /><br /><iframe class="vine-embed" frameborder="0" height="500" src="https://vine.co/v/M66HggOmMpV/embed/simple" width="500"></iframe><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.vine.co/static/scripts/embed.js"></script> <br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="245" scrolling="no" src="https://tellagami.com/gami/MPXTBV/embed/" width="435"></iframe> <br /><br /><iframe height="300" src="https://editor.moovly.com/embed/590790d6-7e66-cebe?width=500&height=300" width="500"></iframe>.<br /><br />Meanwhile, in Palencia, Julián, Carmen and their teams of sixths graders, with the help of Billy's tips, are writing scripts and storyboarding trips, tsunamis, monsters, fantastic creatures and loads of other digital storytelling adventures that they share and edit in Google Drive until ready for the final design.<br /><br />And, there is a new decision to be taken, which tool to use for the digital creation. The winning tool is ... collaborative <a href="https://storybird.com/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Storybird</a>, so Billy comes into action again and with his superpowers, efficiently screencasts a <b><a href="http://bookme-library.blogspot.com.es/2014/05/how-to-tutorial-about-storybird.html" target="_blank">how-to tutorial</a></b> about the artful tool.<br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="332" scrolling="no" src="//screencast-o-matic.com/embed?sc=c2hIYRn4A2&w=502&v=3" width="502"></iframe><br /><br />On top of that, Billy heartedly creates a sample story with Storybird: <b><a href="http://bookme-library.blogspot.com.es/2014/05/who-is-bigger-than-me.html" target="_blank">Who is bigger than me?</a></b>, especially dedicated to the Y6 kids from Julián's classrooms, which hides an augmented personalised gift; to open the gift you need the <b><a href="http://www.aurasma.com/" target="_blank">Aurasma app</a></b> in your mobile device, follow the <b><a href="http://www.aurasma.com/shared" target="_blank">Book ME-Library channel</a></b> and scan the book cover with the app.<br /><br />You wouldn't expect me to spoil it for you, would you?<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="272" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//storybird.com/books/who-is-bigger-than-me/embed/" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="436"></iframe><br /><br />Now, the sixth graders have all the ingredients to cook and serve wonderful digital stories, feel they are storytellers and have the spirit of e-connected students at the same time. Here you are some of their outcomes, and don't miss the authors' pen-names!!!<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="272" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//storybird.com/books/dont-be-arrogant/embed/?token=56sfw4xhnu" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="436"></iframe> <br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="272" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//storybird.com/books/in-the-aquarium/embed/?token=nuk36hycjx" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="436"></iframe> <br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="272" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//storybird.com/books/conchita-the-starfish/embed/?token=dasdgzhkr4" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="436"></iframe> <br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="272" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//storybird.com/books/the-magic-water-camp/embed/?token=vyetysx62j" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="436"></iframe> <br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="272" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//storybird.com/books/the-giants-sea-serpents/embed/?token=xsqmrsydc3" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="436"></iframe> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://storybird.com/books/the-mision-2/?token=6fec8b5sf3" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYeD9y8oJ6vk4DpwuyqERgnaQh3qEy2HvA2UktLUB5oKlbtHmZ9QyXGznRKt6IAELkeIqfoLCyKOr4w6sYNq6M69TNGIYW1cEoWodyvgENPtf_WNpj0O3MUBWkeYRpObQxCKAXWBtw8k/s1600/mision.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://storybird.com/books/tsunami-the-sea-legend/?token=h94q47dqx7" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbAuAqiDeNF39oLo2sGXW_JYXXVjLOFSg7dM7yRJsFeR2rzQalkn58u4ZVdde8qoW8Ri0leG59LELs49iyB0ykCNPfr9CDJOw_eoB9ijkvTfJCx_c792fx11x9PinWRNvCzAo0LHi6jKM/s1600/tsunami.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://storybird.com/books/a-day-trip-under-the-sea/?token=k7xtgkt56k" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpIIw4_-GZ7xhbwD1S6pJKDQgFymTmMD_yIs6BZX6Ig0AqOTkYyuwWJY1aChzpaNsakkvlQfOqMO3CLdnM_EucmrD-FzkFI1jpf7hMaew4_QPw-xp-jwJqMycGS6R9LL1b-2n8HL6Dfg/s1600/trip.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And this is the ending of our own e-connected story or perhaps it is the beginning, who knows? But one thing is sure: <i><span style="color: blue;">"We taught and learned happily ever after"</span></i>.</div>

This is the beauty of e-connections and how taking advantage of ICT resources and social networks can bring peer teachers with alike interes...

Density Experiment - Breaking Science!

<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;">The </span><a href="http://breakingthescience.blogspot.com.es/" style="background-color: white; color: #ff9900; line-height: 21.559999465942383px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Science Breaking</b></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;"> team of future CLIL Primary teachers at </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/europeanroboticsweekeducation/plan-audiovisual-audiovisual-plan/breaking-science" style="background-color: white; color: #ff9900; line-height: 21.559999465942383px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">URJC</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;"> have a new experiment they'd like to share with you all!</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;">Ready for the new challenge? Watch their video clip, listen and practise!</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;"><br /></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/NaQaNq3RIWQ?rel=0" width="560"></iframe><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21.559999465942383px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you are a teacher and ever carry it out in your lessons, or at home if you are a student, <a href="http://twitter.com/ScienceBreaking" style="color: #57a18b;" target="_blank">@ScienceBreaking</a> will love to hear your feedback!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21.559999465942383px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21.559999465942383px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cross-posted from <a href="http://breakingthescience.blogspot.com.es/" style="color: #ff9900; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Breaking Science</a></span></div></div>

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QR Storytelling

<a href="https://twitter.com/somar0209" target="_blank">Billy Joel Ramos</a>, CLIL Primary Teacher and member of the <a href="http://bookme-library.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank"><b>Book ME-Library</b></a> <a href="http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/p/ictclilurjc-blog-roll.html" target="_blank">URJC</a> project, is presenting a collection of English e-stories for young learners.<br /><br />He has designed them along his Master's Degree at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, putting into practice what he has learned in his own lessons, with his students at Colegio VillaEuropa, where he has taught them how to enrich storytelling with their own voices.<br /><br />Here you are their QR code format outcomes, so get ready, scan them and enjoy storytelling!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://bookme-library.blogspot.com.es/2014/04/fat-cat-on-mat.html" target="_blank">Fat Cat on a Mat</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRa04-bPKrL4mL2Yh2OahDIzhzIi1ZDDr1lh8cD5ABzqBI3ChKI9rqS19i9BGMWAL6nrURnR5oNMaYYfQdGj5BYrkudePtnf4-z8TKLZBtEMFsEhey_4SA0GTS_c54aizHhh5N3DuYWFZe/s1600/fatcat.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRa04-bPKrL4mL2Yh2OahDIzhzIi1ZDDr1lh8cD5ABzqBI3ChKI9rqS19i9BGMWAL6nrURnR5oNMaYYfQdGj5BYrkudePtnf4-z8TKLZBtEMFsEhey_4SA0GTS_c54aizHhh5N3DuYWFZe/s1600/fatcat.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bookme-library.blogspot.com.es/2014/04/big-pig-on-dig.html" target="_blank">Big Pig on a Dig</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZD89N5DsOWxOKGeDbR0i_WL45ATDpINm_sRPqyHPtnFNyd4bDCTi6jCL1FdfB02oADu-jbTj_oE8Zyo9eWWplOMczZnCNP8kEcWZ52CUu5tP3zfOY1WjWNqXjy3nCwzCGgFG4BcR5F8/s1600/qrcode+Big+pig+on+a+dig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZD89N5DsOWxOKGeDbR0i_WL45ATDpINm_sRPqyHPtnFNyd4bDCTi6jCL1FdfB02oADu-jbTj_oE8Zyo9eWWplOMczZnCNP8kEcWZ52CUu5tP3zfOY1WjWNqXjy3nCwzCGgFG4BcR5F8/s1600/qrcode+Big+pig+on+a+dig.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bookme-library.blogspot.com.es/2014/04/ted-in-red-bed.html" target="_blank">Ted in a Red Bed</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdcwkVQ2Z18_QZsebCNrcZDmod6raeSKwgdGaRB0GnaSwPaJzEP4q7crcTjf88WmvUJjxj164igA_-jYyo7L_RciY1ObhRnpH16RBVxoEAoV_aCI8An-fQVc6BC2Qkw2zpEx37JAgUqbc/s1600/qrcode+Ted+In+A+Red+Bed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdcwkVQ2Z18_QZsebCNrcZDmod6raeSKwgdGaRB0GnaSwPaJzEP4q7crcTjf88WmvUJjxj164igA_-jYyo7L_RciY1ObhRnpH16RBVxoEAoV_aCI8An-fQVc6BC2Qkw2zpEx37JAgUqbc/s1600/qrcode+Ted+In+A+Red+Bed.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bookme-library.blogspot.com.es/2014/04/hens-pens.html" target="_blank">Hen's Pens</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA7q_CozZAmccLf4-yL453UgX7yoUw8lD03AWtIEPsdNo4dk6r2lKH1icwQlZE15a-EiC3icWhUJIMs3VA5Ae68uG_wzjMWBvrzhy79imSTebvI6KBoscr9dX_SxwlSyAXt-llTbvfYsg/s1600/qrcode+Hens+Pens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA7q_CozZAmccLf4-yL453UgX7yoUw8lD03AWtIEPsdNo4dk6r2lKH1icwQlZE15a-EiC3icWhUJIMs3VA5Ae68uG_wzjMWBvrzhy79imSTebvI6KBoscr9dX_SxwlSyAXt-llTbvfYsg/s1600/qrcode+Hens+Pens.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bookme-library.blogspot.com.es/2014/04/shark-in-park.html" target="_blank">Shark in The Park</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdofM8r5KzXfgHTs5xRZ6CEDoSSoQJS-7cC8HaxLAJXxSbRo795rfNiRyQsaf5EFk1KKjL4mgjdr8ljXzMA1eMLPyGMw8f28NcI7_bJO0yTPEb59E9iybgzMJSDKRtc8_-SLf8q2gXaEw/s1600/qrcode+Shark+in+the+park.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdofM8r5KzXfgHTs5xRZ6CEDoSSoQJS-7cC8HaxLAJXxSbRo795rfNiRyQsaf5EFk1KKjL4mgjdr8ljXzMA1eMLPyGMw8f28NcI7_bJO0yTPEb59E9iybgzMJSDKRtc8_-SLf8q2gXaEw/s1600/qrcode+Shark+in+the+park.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;">Crossposted from <a href="http://bookme-library.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank">Book ME-Library</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Billy Joel Ramos , CLIL Primary Teacher and member of the Book ME-Library URJC project, is presenting a collection of English e-stories ...

Is Celebrity Obsession Bad for Us?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/education/files/2014/05/CELEBS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://blogs.kqed.org/education/files/2014/05/CELEBS.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;">You are invited to take part in our final</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/education/category/do-now/art-and-popular-culture/" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Do Now: Art And Popular Culture</a> </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;">before summer break, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;">twittering about the article entitled <b><i><a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/education/2014/05/20/is-celebrity-obsession-bad-for-us/" target="_blank">Is Celebrity Obsession Bad for Us?</a></i></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Read the post carefully, watch the video clip and draw your own conclusions. When you are ready to post your impressions, opinions, comments and so forth on Twitter, please start twittering on a regular basis, about this topic.</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/9l76OX0b2fo?rel=0" style="background-color: transparent;" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Start all your tweets with <b>@KQEDedspace</b> and end them with our hashtag <b>#DoNow_urjc</b>. Respond to your peers, and retweet all those posts that you regard worthwhile.</span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"></span><br /><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Be creative, illustrate your tweets, include multimedia content, use your imagination!</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lots of other students from all over the world are also twittering about this Do Now and they will be using </span></div><h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.2rem 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">#DoNowCelebrity<span style="font-weight: normal;">, </span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">so it would be nice if you focused on that hashtag too, apart from our own. In order</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> to manage that, you may use a tool for real time tracking and organizing your Twitter, such as </span><a href="https://about.twitter.com/products/tweetdeck" style="color: #4d469c; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tweetdeck</a><span style="color: #444444; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">.</span></span></h3></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; line-height: 14.933333396911621px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Photo at the top, by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images</span></span></div><br /><br />

You are invited to take part in our final Do Now: Art And Popular Culture before summer break, twittering about the article entitled Is...

Ready to dance Samba?

A nice energetic way to start any Physical Education lesson, get ready for the rest of the day, practise English and link to the world traditions.<br /><br />This is the proposal by <a href="https://twitter.com/Coonchaaa" target="_blank">@Coonchaaa</a> from the <a href="http://artsandmusicaroundtheworld.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank">Arts & Music Around The World</a> team at <a href="http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/p/ictclilurjc-blog-roll.html" target="_blank">URJC</a>, aimed at getting CLIL Primary students on the dance floor! Just watch the video clip below and learn to dance samba in one minute.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Rtk6GCIJyW0?rel=0" width="480"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;">The </span><a href="http://artsandmusicaroundtheworld.blogspot.com.es/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Arts & Music Around The World</a><span style="text-align: start;"> team will love to see you all showing your dancing talent!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: start;">Cross-posted from </span><a href="http://artsandmusicaroundtheworld.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank">Arts & Music Around The World</a></div>

A nice energetic way to start any Physical Education lesson, get ready for the rest of the day, practise English and link to the world tradi...

Egyptian hieroglyphs

Are you ready for the challenge?<br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><h2 class="username" style="direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="screen-name" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><a href="https://twitter.com/Cristina_RubioC" target="_blank">@Cristina_RubioC</a> from the <a href="http://artsandmusicaroundtheworld.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank">Arts & Music Around the World </a>team at the <a href="http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/p/ictclilurjc-blog-roll.html" target="_blank">URJC</a> is challenging CLIL students with an Egyptian adventure: </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">writing like in Ancient Egypt, using hieroglyphs.</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Watch the video clip below, and learn how:</span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19.600000381469727px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19.600000381469727px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/1TFXpDGQgrY?rel=0" width="480"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you are a CLIL teacher or student and ever rise to the challenge, the <a href="http://artsandmusicaroundtheworld.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank">Arts and Music Around The World</a> team will love to hear from you. Comments welcome!</div>

Are you ready for the challenge? @Cristina_RubioC from the Arts & Music Around the World team at the URJC is challenging CLIL students...

Italian Style Art

Just with a mirror and some materials, <a href="https://twitter.com/pablomaster89" target="_blank">@pablomaster89</a>, from the <a href="http://artsandmusicaroundtheworld.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank">Arts & Music Around The World</a> team at <a href="http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/p/ictclilurjc-blog-roll.html" target="_blank">URJC</a>, is going to show you how to come up with a fine piece of art, Italian style.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Just watch his video clip and follow the steps:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/hlt_ZIVD6nc?rel=0" width="560"></iframe> <br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, if you are a CLIL teacher or a CLIL student and decide to use this clip in your Arts & Crafts lessons, the team from <a href="http://artsandmusicaroundtheworld.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank">Arts & Music Around The World</a> will love to hear from you.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">Learn more at <a href="http://artsandmusicaroundtheworld.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank">Arts & Music Around The World</a>.</div></div>

Just with a mirror and some materials, @pablomaster89 , from the Arts & Music Around The World team at URJC , is going to show you how ...

The Hare and The Tortoise, Revisited

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-14fbJZNPBog/Uyc7P4_S5eI/AAAAAAAAAQI/V4bvqNATyn8/s1600/Sin+t%25C3%25ADtulosdh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-14fbJZNPBog/Uyc7P4_S5eI/AAAAAAAAAQI/V4bvqNATyn8/s1600/Sin+t%25C3%25ADtulosdh.jpg" /></a></div>As part of their <a href="http://theesltimes.blogspot.com.es/search/label/URJC" target="_blank">URJC</a> Master's Degree for Primary Bilingual Education, a team of future CLIL teachers have been designing various CLIL activities to foster digital listening, reading and writing skills among CLIL Primary students within a so called  <a href="http://storiestoeducate.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank"><b>Heal The World With Stories</b> </a>project.<br /><br />Their latest outcome is a two-stage assignment based on the traditional children's story 'The Hare and The Tortoise'.<br />Along the first stage, they explain the three different sections all stories have, and propose kids to <a href="http://storiestoeducate.blogspot.com.es/2014/04/activity-5_25.html" target="_blank">mindmap </a>their own story. As an example they have designed a mindmap of 'The Hare and The Tortoise'.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBUM3vlheu-tJBabLz4m2j-vpQXHoni9PHTYPCFh9XwPOHgu39p_m7IuHrQxjxLH5IijQoFVPDBSY2KB0fQATupC_JWv2lrpDMKGVH73QcS-xDC1M7kzV6d8b2yaV8tHGNnSTbF3VJ_Q/s1600/The+hare+and+the+tortoise.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBUM3vlheu-tJBabLz4m2j-vpQXHoni9PHTYPCFh9XwPOHgu39p_m7IuHrQxjxLH5IijQoFVPDBSY2KB0fQATupC_JWv2lrpDMKGVH73QcS-xDC1M7kzV6d8b2yaV8tHGNnSTbF3VJ_Q/s1600/The+hare+and+the+tortoise.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once done, here comes the next stage: <a href="http://storiestoeducate.blogspot.com.es/2014/04/activity-6-podcast.html" target="_blank">podcasting </a>a new story following the mindmap the kids have designed. And again, they are providing the learners with a recording example. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What story do you think you are going to hear? Of course, 'The Hare and The Tortoise'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe frameborder="no" height="300" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/142214621&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true" width="100%"></iframe></div><br /><br />The <b>Heal The World with Stories</b> members are <a href="https://twitter.com/laugar91" target="_blank">@laugar91</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Maria91bm" target="_blank">@Maria91bm</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/alcalop14" target="_blank">@alcalop14</a>. They will all love to hear from you if you ever use their activities in your lessons<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">Cross-posted from <a href="http://storiestoeducate.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank">Heal The World With Stories</a>.</div><br /><br /><br />

As part of their URJC Master's Degree for Primary Bilingual Education, a team of future CLIL teachers have been designing various CLIL ...

Where Do You Find Everyday Art?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/education/files/2014/05/mack.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://blogs.kqed.org/education/files/2014/05/mack.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; line-height: 14.933333396911621px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Jodie Mack</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">From 7 to 20 May 2014, you are invited to take part in<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/education/category/do-now/art-and-popular-culture/" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Do Now: Art And Popular Culture</a> </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">twittering about the article entitled '<i><b><a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/education/2014/05/06/where-do-you-find-everyday-art/" target="_blank">Where Do you Find Everyday Art?</a></b></i>'</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read the post carefully, watch the video clip and draw your own conclusions. When you are ready to post your impressions, opinions, comments and so forth on Twitter, please start twittering all along this coming week, on a regular basis, about this topic.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/FSLil-iHDSw?rel=0" width="560"></iframe><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Start all your tweets with <b>@KQEDedspace</b> and end them with our hashtag <b>#DoNow_urjc</b>. Respond to your peers, and retweet all those posts that you regard worthwhile.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Be creative, illustrate your tweets, include multimedia content, use your imagination!</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lots of other students from all over the world are also twittering about this Do Now and they will be using <b>#DoNowAbstract</b>, so it would be nice if you focused on that hashtag too, apart from our own. In order to manage that, you may use a tool for real time tracking and organizing your Twitter, such as <a href="https://about.twitter.com/products/tweetdeck" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tweetdeck</a>.</span></div>

Jodie Mack From 7 to 20 May 2014, you are invited to take part in Do Now: Art And Popular Culture twittering about the article entitled ...

Where Are All the Green Spaces?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/education/files/2014/04/sidewalk_flower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://blogs.kqed.org/education/files/2014/04/sidewalk_flower.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; line-height: 14.933333396911621px;">Sidewalk flower in Oakland, CA</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d; line-height: 14.933333396911621px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; line-height: 14.933333396911621px;">photo by Joel Wanek</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are invited to take part in <b><a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/education/category/do-now/art-and-popular-culture/" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Do Now: Art And Popular Culture</a> </b>from Thu 24 until Wed 30 April, twittering about the article entitled '<b><a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/education/2014/04/22/where-are-all-the-green-spaces/" target="_blank">Where are all the green spaces?</a></b>' for a late celebration of Earth Day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read the post carefully, watch the video clip and draw your own conclusions. When you are ready to post your impressions, opinions, comments and so forth on Twitter, please start twittering all along this coming week, on a regular basis, about this topic.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Start all your tweets with <b>@KQEDedspace</b> and end them with our hashtag <b>#DoNow_urjc</b>. Respond to your peers, and retweet all those posts that you regard worthwhile.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Be creative, illustrate your tweets, include multimedia content, use your imagination!</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lots of other students from all over the world are also twittering about this Do Now and they will be using <b>#DoNowGreen</b>, so it would be nice if you focused on that hashtag too, apart from our own. In order to manage that, you may use a tool for real time tracking and organizing your Twitter, such as <a href="https://about.twitter.com/products/tweetdeck" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tweetdeck</a>.</span></div>

Sidewalk flower in Oakland, CA photo by Joel Wanek You are invited to take part in Do Now: Art And Popular Culture from Thu 24 until Wed ...

The timeline of an e-connected story

I think by now, all of you must already have read the posts about how <a href="http://twitter.com/javiramossancha" target="_blank">@javiramossancha</a> and his Primary CLIL students at <a href="http://sgaguilarjramos.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank">Colegio San Gregorio</a> have e-connected with my <a href="http://ictforreadingandwriting.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank">students</a>, Primary CLIL teachers, at <a href="http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/p/ictclilurjc-blog-roll.html" target="_blank">URJC</a>.<br /><br />Well, today we have a new episode, or rather, the episode that rounds it all up thanks to Javier's great post:<br /><br /><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><a href="http://sgaguilarjramos.blogspot.com.es/2014/04/writing-stories-e-connection-with.html" target="_blank">WRITING STORIES an e-connection with students of #ictclil_URJC</a></h3><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">There you will be able to follow the full timeline of this e-connected story that has helped an eproject crafted by future CLIL teachers in Madrid become a real classroom project, tested by real CLIL Primary students in Palencia.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl70Q3k_75NZ-_RDlbgxw1DLH7PqD1GpklubrEB9PN0NsUgt70JYfQ5-w1z_BeYN3c5m0qtkAPvvdbVF5Nplx9ylcs60tJhYw3p5qaqQ5_PRA4o9nGDhxz8bqvJNUkI2_0bCb_MmOT2BA/s1600/2014-04-02+12.35.01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl70Q3k_75NZ-_RDlbgxw1DLH7PqD1GpklubrEB9PN0NsUgt70JYfQ5-w1z_BeYN3c5m0qtkAPvvdbVF5Nplx9ylcs60tJhYw3p5qaqQ5_PRA4o9nGDhxz8bqvJNUkI2_0bCb_MmOT2BA/s1600/2014-04-02+12.35.01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3ImvLl6dIZV6Vq6bBWNkG_DHWT4aS06UlxyJ7vBWHT9qk7YWsB9PRDEGNUa3vJqOG0gj1AcQXYYQgHODbDe4mZ4bHw6DHt6TscsMaB1IP-_1AQHPSwPCBvJ_TagEhyphenhyphenxi3Inzp92GvuM/s1600/2014-04-07+11.43.51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3ImvLl6dIZV6Vq6bBWNkG_DHWT4aS06UlxyJ7vBWHT9qk7YWsB9PRDEGNUa3vJqOG0gj1AcQXYYQgHODbDe4mZ4bHw6DHt6TscsMaB1IP-_1AQHPSwPCBvJ_TagEhyphenhyphenxi3Inzp92GvuM/s1600/2014-04-07+11.43.51.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks ever so much to Javier for his wonderful availability, to his students and their awesome storybooks, and to Emily, Pablo and Nuria for their sweet CLIL proposals to foster reading and writing skills while using ICT.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div>Related entries:</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/2014/04/extending-our-e-connections.html" target="_blank">Extending our e-connections</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://stopandlearnenglish.blogspot.com.es/2014/04/urjc-and-sgaguilar-foster-reading-and.html" target="_blank">URJC and SGAguilar foster reading and writing skills</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

I think by now, all of you must already have read the posts about how @javiramossancha and his Primary CLIL students at Colegio San Gregori...

New tutorials of Art and Music in Jars

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hi everybody! W</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">e have two new tutorials ready for you!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Incredibox</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In this tutorial that we have created using <a href="http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/" target="_blank">Screencast Matic</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/" target="_blank">YouTube</a> to upload the video, we teach you how to use a human-beat-box music making application online where you can create awsome songs!</span><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/A86lHqVdXwg" width="550"></iframe> <br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>PsykoPaint</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have made this tutorial using <a href="http://www.powtoon.com/" target="_blank">PowToon</a> in which we show you how to use PsykoPaint, an online tool in which you can modify pictures in many different ways. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We hope you enjoy it and try to become a great digital artist!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/6gA_3jYLOEc?feature=player_embedded" width="550"></iframe><br /><br />Full info at <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://toolkitsinjars.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank">Art & Music in Jars</a></span></b>.

Hi everybody! W e have two new tutorials ready for you! Incredibox In this tutorial that we have created using Screencast Matic and YouTub...

Arts&music around the world project. Activities.

Hello everybody!<br /><br />In this post we want to show you all the activities we have designed for our project. They are very interesting and varied! Have a look!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">About Italy...</span></div>In this activity, the students will solve a treasure puzzle that has been made with a fantastic tool called jigsawplanet. This interesting application allows us to create our own puzzle. We expect you enjoy!<br />jigsaw puzzle world treasure : <a href="http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=32530c3e3f8e" target="_blank">http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=32530</a><a href="http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=32530c3e3f8e">c3e3f8e</a><br /><br />If you click on the link below, you will find an amazing tutorial about how to create your own sculpture just with a mirror and few materials. Take a look!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlt_ZIVD6nc" target="_blank">Tutorial art & music around the world</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/hlt_ZIVD6nc?rel=0" width="560"></iframe></div><br /><a href="http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=32530c3e3f8e"></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=32530c3e3f8e"><br /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Let’s discover Egypt!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Here you are two interesting activities about Egypt!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The first one is an online game in which pupils have to match different pictures about some traditional Egyptian aspects with their name. The game has been created with a tool called “purposegames”, in which you can create different games about the topic you prefer. Just click on the link and start to have fun while learning!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.purposegames.com/game/lets-discover-ancient-egypt-game" target="_blank">Let's discover Egypt game</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In the second activity, we challenge kids to write like in Ancient Egypt, using hieroglyphs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcnzO1U7oOBLzDnHQO2lalNDQM9HOhETsQhG6mrijJDNJohYoLOAtpGnn-fPg-UPnGEXah_GLzJ30xCDQflX39wPnSLkeS2BbxV383LHmTwy_p5C37DcUP3cEuUGgVf0Pu7zKVPGTpNc5E/s1600/DSC_2714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcnzO1U7oOBLzDnHQO2lalNDQM9HOhETsQhG6mrijJDNJohYoLOAtpGnn-fPg-UPnGEXah_GLzJ30xCDQflX39wPnSLkeS2BbxV383LHmTwy_p5C37DcUP3cEuUGgVf0Pu7zKVPGTpNc5E/s1600/DSC_2714.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">It  is explained in this video:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TFXpDGQgrY&feature=youtu.be&hd=1" target="_blank">Let's write like people in Ancient Egypt did!</a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The video has been created with Camtasia, the tool we used to create the trailer of our project some weeks ago. <o:p></o:p></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">From New Zealand to the world!</span></div>We have created a crossword with an online tool, with simply vocabulary about New Zealand. They will have support for guessing those words.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_A_zj6oytLePGqSlxlxXrAcoRb_r8RaTUmIrQ_IiaLr3IhF4LNRhFmuxgcwiYPH4Z1qrJ2m74Txu2wUDDOPw88xvbq-OoxIvZ5FhGdaeCZWtueeggpskaLxKwOxaETdHF2BiYIDBB1hM/s1600/Crossword.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_A_zj6oytLePGqSlxlxXrAcoRb_r8RaTUmIrQ_IiaLr3IhF4LNRhFmuxgcwiYPH4Z1qrJ2m74Txu2wUDDOPw88xvbq-OoxIvZ5FhGdaeCZWtueeggpskaLxKwOxaETdHF2BiYIDBB1hM/s1600/Crossword.png" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Then children can learn how to dance "haka" as maori's warriors step by step, is super easy for them and they will enjoy imitating maoris.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAkSVSvA0vo" target="_blank">Learn Haka Step by Step</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">About Brazil...</span></div>We have created two different and interesting activities.<br /><br />In the first one, everyone will become dancers of Samba.<br />How to do it?<br />Here you can find a tutorial about how to dance Samba. I hope you like it and you want to do it!!<br />THIS IS A CHALLENGE. GOOD LUCK!<br />Click here:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=20140412+195719">Are you ready to dance Samba?</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />And in the other activity, you can do an interesting quiz in order to check how much you know about Brazil.<br />Enjoy it!<br /><br /><a href="https://www.quizbean.com/#/let-s-know-about-brazil-1" target="_blank">Let's Know about Brazil!</a><br /><br /><br />We hope you like all the activities we have created! :)<br /><br />Full info at our <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://artsandmusicaroundtheworld.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank">Arts & Music Around The World</a></span></b> e-project Blog.

Hello everybody! In this post we want to show you all the activities we have designed for our project. They are very interesting and varied!...

Interactively Breaking Science

Hello kids! Today we are going to show you some apps and tools we have found for you.<br /><br />Hello teachers! As you have read, you can also see the multimedia content in order to take information for your future lessons or activitites.<br /><br />We hope you enjoy with our ideas!<br /><br />Have a nice Easter holiday and break the science...<br /><br /><b style="background-color: yellow;">1.SEED GERMINATION</b><br /><br />The tool we use in this activity is Blendspace. It is a project about the Seed Germination<img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/3f301b5c7dc69914fbac84d107d4ce39/tumblr_inline_n0w4s3KFlQ1rwcf2n.png" /><br /><br /><br /><b>Blendspace,</b> is one of our new favorite presentation platform, this makes presentations incrementally more engaging!<br /><br />Participants will need to login to participate in a presentation, but fear not!  You can use your Google Account to login.<br /><br />You can choose varied layouts, be colorful and sequence your presentation the way you want it!  Here's what's awesome about the layout:  Not only can the participant play the slideshow in the order you sequence, they can also from the layout view, choose their own order.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://blnds.co/1itG53M" target="_blank"> http://blnds.co/1itG53M</a><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/FL8yO26ikf64TA/copy-of-seed-germination?feature=embed" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />The rubric that teachers can use in order to assess their students in this activity is the following one:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIK5LAGReRGCal4Keu13DY_7gdNE93g0Uu9CFQaxGDl84lwMTD_5JFMx1BgDLmV-wWEcOP6N4LhuYGsIR7jVU-dNhke1jHep7wN4j3st2Dt2zUjIcnhnx7lDzDwKz30C14VZIQxOVArb2l/s1600/Sin+t%C3%ADtulo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIK5LAGReRGCal4Keu13DY_7gdNE93g0Uu9CFQaxGDl84lwMTD_5JFMx1BgDLmV-wWEcOP6N4LhuYGsIR7jVU-dNhke1jHep7wN4j3st2Dt2zUjIcnhnx7lDzDwKz30C14VZIQxOVArb2l/s1600/Sin+t%C3%ADtulo.jpg" width="325" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: yellow;"><b>2. HOW DOES A TORNADO FORM?</b></span><br />This activity is called "How does a tornado form"? The task has to be done in pairwork. The children will do step by step the different slides. They can look for the information when is needed in the Internet (for example, in the case of searching what are the most frequent places where a tornado occurs).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPV65v9PwDHnX4htuuplOWTcWpaQe0r48DhLngy3nQr2nnCb7DKRG0F0Tzdq9KWBM0BxYXoH6IQv-_EdMZYlsCXuzt3PUqgcmwc4hCJoXZRviALAy6Iy3vT6zLQ5glhG4cSNp-Qg9DZ_YT/s1600/VoicethreadLogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPV65v9PwDHnX4htuuplOWTcWpaQe0r48DhLngy3nQr2nnCb7DKRG0F0Tzdq9KWBM0BxYXoH6IQv-_EdMZYlsCXuzt3PUqgcmwc4hCJoXZRviALAy6Iy3vT6zLQ5glhG4cSNp-Qg9DZ_YT/s1600/VoicethreadLogo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />The  instructions are given through voice comments. Voicethread is a tool you can store as a iPhone or Android app. Also, it allows you combinationing visual and recorded media which is perfect for creating multimedia presentations in a relatively short time frame using simple tools. It also prompts students to think carefully about what they are going to say before recording themselves These are the main characterisitics of the VoiceThread. It is only an example how you as teacher can use this tool. The objective is that the children will make a VoiceThread themselves with the guidance of the teacher. It is easy to use, and the pupils find it motivating because they have to record their voices.<br /><div><br /></div><br />RUBRIC<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJS_Fk6wapPbaGgWxjTFQsFLSosIyFRzvk2T2XQAzuNvF100eDVpiDI3iWsAJiotPVv6YtzZqvMXHw56Yj5JLJZqKRsbRnpRqcc-wf2wtHDrFxbRe_f7xHHqsH75OV29LUjDcsIkHI9fw/s1600/ft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJS_Fk6wapPbaGgWxjTFQsFLSosIyFRzvk2T2XQAzuNvF100eDVpiDI3iWsAJiotPVv6YtzZqvMXHw56Yj5JLJZqKRsbRnpRqcc-wf2wtHDrFxbRe_f7xHHqsH75OV29LUjDcsIkHI9fw/s1600/ft.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><b><br /></b><span style="background-color: yellow;"><b>3. EARTH DAY DEBATE</b></span><br /><br />The app we have used is Voxopop. It is a useful tool for creating oral debates where students can develop opinion by debates with mates and teachers. We have created a talkgroup with the name of "Breaking Science Group" and you can discuss about our next project: Earth's Day.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr2KLOmA5ZqdeFNMKI69mJH0kSZlvc07svelkK_VKL3kokRp44X_Pdazmn9PoeNpC-Scrr76wYhlZ6HDnCYeM32GiE3rIXLZ8zw8RLCex1FCjTxiveywxRZ1EjIvwFKjX0cxY_0oAcGrzq/s1600/Sin+t%C3%ADtulo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr2KLOmA5ZqdeFNMKI69mJH0kSZlvc07svelkK_VKL3kokRp44X_Pdazmn9PoeNpC-Scrr76wYhlZ6HDnCYeM32GiE3rIXLZ8zw8RLCex1FCjTxiveywxRZ1EjIvwFKjX0cxY_0oAcGrzq/s1600/Sin+t%C3%ADtulo.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />The rubric teacher can use is the next one:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHF2s5wehinCO4kwOXEL_LKTdFOAF0xZkPX2N-9hXu8Ojfen-syt7M3yFYJX9ZootZgFmNJreW_ATdwJSgSM3HFRag5S7wzVaMs1NQOgG0ryLA0-5ocOyyG6wfa5_1E8SGSx35d8r54mFq/s1600/rubrica1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHF2s5wehinCO4kwOXEL_LKTdFOAF0xZkPX2N-9hXu8Ojfen-syt7M3yFYJX9ZootZgFmNJreW_ATdwJSgSM3HFRag5S7wzVaMs1NQOgG0ryLA0-5ocOyyG6wfa5_1E8SGSx35d8r54mFq/s1600/rubrica1.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: yellow;"><b>4. PINTEREST ACTIVITY</b></span><br /><br />Pinterest is a fantastic tool where everybody can "Pin" whatever you want. You can use it properly where you create folders or spaces with different information, pics, videos, etc. Students can research and add if they want!Use it and enjoy!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSlxsABAtNaXZ0DMmx5_GMuH-5veG00CKU091Ayyk-iJs8fQdhGG9PTcf2Dv_R7RaiN5aXjNeasf2v8nsUZD9-0XQLxJNbOQ-yXlVLp8WkrXsiQRIlRVcrZ1NFHHivEMNdHpMpf3tLWN4/s1600/pinterest.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSlxsABAtNaXZ0DMmx5_GMuH-5veG00CKU091Ayyk-iJs8fQdhGG9PTcf2Dv_R7RaiN5aXjNeasf2v8nsUZD9-0XQLxJNbOQ-yXlVLp8WkrXsiQRIlRVcrZ1NFHHivEMNdHpMpf3tLWN4/s1600/pinterest.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />The model of an assessment for students is this one:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7DBbQz-J953_23B19314KzpTar9IPu1zRfFc9Ff0_agt8Ui09EjHtNf43DUy9gAPrCu3CDxlyEu_FmPwfY2YcW3uYcJYV_Tj8uGGWlZkSMQ8I5SoVf3o9RUggMBoMzDnfaHwWGQxSZPp/s1600/excelrubrica.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7DBbQz-J953_23B19314KzpTar9IPu1zRfFc9Ff0_agt8Ui09EjHtNf43DUy9gAPrCu3CDxlyEu_FmPwfY2YcW3uYcJYV_Tj8uGGWlZkSMQ8I5SoVf3o9RUggMBoMzDnfaHwWGQxSZPp/s1600/excelrubrica.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b style="background-color: yellow;">5. PURPOSE GAMES</b><br /><strong><span style="background-color: white;">In this activity the kids will answer to a test about the countries in Europe, a regular test usually made with a worksheet but this time we use the ICT adventages. This way, the activity is more attractive for the students. This test appears on the Spanish test CDI and this contents are quite important.</span></strong><br /><strong>To solve the activity they have to press 'start' and the timer will start and they will have to press the dot related to the country appearing on the screen.</strong><br />Countries activity - <a href="http://www.purposegames.com/game/552a656d45" target="_blank">http://www.purposegames.com/game/552a656d45</a><br /> Rubric - <b style="background-color: yellow;">https://twitter.com/shhakar/status/455424489409765376</b><br /><b style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: yellow;">6. Quiz Beans</b><br /><b style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: yellow;">Rubri - h</b><b style="background-color: yellow;">ttps://twitter.com/shhakar/status/455424718410383360</b><br /><b><br /></b><strong><span style="background-color: white;">This activity is done to review some contents they have acquired.</span></strong><br /><strong>It is an alternative way to check the unit knowledge using ICT.</strong><br /><strong>The pupil will answer with YES or NO if the affirmation is true or not.</strong><br /><br />Quiz activity - <a href="http://www.quizbean.com/#/breaking-science-question-time-2/qbBM3tST" target="_blank">http://www.quizbean.com/#/breaking-science-question-time-2/qbBM3t</a><br /><br /><br /><object height="360" width="480"><param name="movie" value="https://voicethread.com/book.swf?b=5642506"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="https://voicethread.com/book.swf?b=5642506" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="480" height="360"></embed></object>   <br /><br />Full info at <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://breakingthescience.blogspot.com.es/2014/04/proposals-apps-tools-and-multimedia.html" target="_blank">Breaking Science</a></span></b> Blog.

Hello kids! Today we are going to show you some apps and tools we have found for you. Hello teachers! As you have read, you can also see the...

What Does Graffiti Look Like in Your Neighborhood?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/education/files/2014/04/FunkCity.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://blogs.kqed.org/education/files/2014/04/FunkCity.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14.933333396911621px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">photo by James Prigoff</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are invited to take part in <b><a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/education/category/do-now/art-and-popular-culture/" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Do Now: Art And Popular Culture</a></b> these two coming weeks, from Wed 09 until Mo 21 April, twittering about the article entitled '<b><a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/education/2014/04/08/what-does-graffiti-look-like-in-your-neighborhood/" target="_blank">What does Graffit look like in your Neighbourhood</a>?</b>'</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read the post carefully, watch the video clip and draw your own conclusions. When you are ready to post your impressions, opinions, comments and so forth on Twitter, please start twittering all along these weeks about this topic.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Start all your tweets with <b>@KQEDedspace</b> and end them with our hashtag <b>#DoNow_urjc</b>. Respond to your peers, and retweet all those posts that you regard worthwhile.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Be creative, illustrate your tweets, include multimedia content, use your imagination!</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lots of other students from all over the world are also twittering about this Do Now and they will be using <b>#DoNowGraffiti</b>, so it would be nice if you focused on that hashtag too, apart from our own. In order to manage that, you may use a tool for real time tracking and organizing your Twitter, such as <a href="https://about.twitter.com/products/tweetdeck" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tweetdeck</a>.</span></div>

photo by James Prigoff You are invited to take part in Do Now: Art And Popular Culture these two coming weeks, from Wed 09 until Mo 21 Apr...

Origami storytelling

<div style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px; text-align: justify;">Hello everyone!</div><div style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px; text-align: justify;">We are the group formed by Alvaro, Laura and Maria and we want to present you our collaborative presentation for our storytelling e-project. </div><div style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px; text-align: justify;">Storytelling is a common activity inside and outside the classroom. Teachers, parents and grandparents spend part of their time telling stories for the purpose of having fun, teaching and creating an atmosphere in which learning takes place succesfully and almost unconciously.</div><br style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;" /><div style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px; text-align: justify;">Therefore, children have to feel this activity as an interesting way of learning and we, as storytellers, have to use an interesting methodology that involves children. You can find a wide range of ways of telling stories.</div><div style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px; text-align: justify;">In this video, we provide you with an original idea to catch up children's attention, which consist of telling a very easy story with repetitive structures using origami. Several figures are made while we tell a story call "King Nicolas"which replace the illustrations.</div><br style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;" /><div style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px; text-align: justify;">It is not a common way of telling a story, and probably new for most of the children, so they will find it very interesting. Also, we can ask them to predict what origami figure they think they is so they can tell the story and get them involved.</div><div style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px; text-align: justify;">In order to develop this video, one of our group members knew already this story and how to ilustrate it using origami. We think that it is a very original idea and a way to show a different methodology to tell stories which is no use so often.</div><div style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px; text-align: justify;">Don´t forget to visit our blog! <a href="http://storiestoeducate.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank">Heal the world with stories</a><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/lkaY--6WiQ8" style="background-color: transparent;" width="560"></iframe></div>

Hello everyone! We are the group formed by Alvaro, Laura and Maria and we want to present you our collaborative presentation for our storyte...