Saturday, May 31, 2014

Getting ready for Football World Cup in Link To The World

We are getting ready in our international community with many interesting activities to work together.We`re going to use technology to create infographics and videos.We`re going to use not only pcs, but also mobiles and tablets so that access to applications will be possible for all.There will be collaborative tools such as Padlets to work all together and profit from each other.It`s going be very interesting because there are many countries participating and we`re going to learn about football and culture worldwide. Have a look at it and join us if like it.I sure you WILL !!!

https://plus.google.com/communities/102242336148220737279/stream/f4d6a468-9fc8-4dd8-b3d3-bf412fa439d3



Xtranormal:all about characters and text



References:https://www.youtube.com/user/cng

                  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBtpETBYCSiIh-4wUA8PwTA

Animated videos with Xtranormal



References:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTXFD44c9LW2Yfb9tI7m3Ew

Friday, May 30, 2014

Saturday, May 10, 2014

An example using Slidetalk

Students can write letters and then use Slidetalk to give them a voice. It`s motivating activity which will foster students` creativity. SlideTalk Video: Branco

SlideTalk Video to give your videos voice




References:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqhFNRCOYaq9rYuVUPn4TPw

Friday, May 9, 2014

Tutorial for StoryJumper

                              
References:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwup6Ts4zmkHidobjTcIs_Q

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Improve writing skills motivating students.


Writing is not an easy skill to teach in the digital age we live. The problem is that most students make punctuation and grammar mistakes. This often happens because they write in a hurry .The faster they finish the best.They don`t have enough motivation to check and look for new vocabulary. What`s worst they aren`t involved in their writing. They feel it`s just an exercise and it`s unreal. I asked myself how I could change this situation and I found a real purpose to motivate them:I realized that they could produce letters to real people from different countries in the community I created for a goal I proposed:Link To world https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/102242336148220737279 They could also choose who to write to. I wanted them not to leave the pen and sheet because they make you unique: you have a spelling which identifies you and your personal touch, so I decided to make my students take pictures and  post their productions. I was really surprised.There was a real change: in their effort to impress recipients and make their post perfect they paid attention to every single detail. They took their time to do their best and the results were great. They are looking forward to hearing from others and send them another letter by the virtual world. These are moments I captured so that you can picture what I`m telling you about.