Hello, There! Introducing a voice forum for our last week class... From now on... we are going to record our participations in class in these forums. I know... we are finishing our level 6 but you can keep in touch with us through these conversations we are going to have in UTTERZ.
Let's get started with our first Conversation... All you have to do is ... click on the replies... Look at the tittle tutorial I put together for you (click on the image to see a larger picture of it).... if you have any questions... you know you can ask your partners or me.
And now, the conversation.... click to listen to the question and participate with your opinion... leave a message to your classmates and teacher.
What would you like to say on your final week class to your classmates and teacher?
Everybody is invited to join us every week! Sessions will take place in WIZIQ Fridays at 9:30 pm... Venezuela Time. We are -4:30 GMT
This week: we will getting familiar with WIZIQ and we will be meeting people from the world. All you have to do is to introduce yourself and tell us about your blogs and school life.
Friday, 20 June, 2008 9:30 PM To 10:30 PM SA Western Standard Time The link to the session is this: Click here
You can view a recording of a WIZIQ session here. Click on view recording to check what WIZIQ is like.
For our classes we are using our always popular PPT.. power point presentation + recordings of your voice to upload it to the Internet and finally post it to your blogs... Watch the video and check out all the things you can do by using AuthorStream.
Last class we discussed about technology! A dear friend invited us to join her students at their ning community.
All you have to is to go to the following link: http://ritamz.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=1985596%3ATopic%3A2161. First, you have to register and later participate in the forum.. you can add friends and invite them to read your blog or your International Collaboration page.
Well, hope to see you all there!!! and read your exchanges with students from Argentina and Korea.
What is a Meme? Here there are some definitions: A meme is:
An idea that, like a gene, can replicate and evolve.
A unit of cultural information that represents a basic idea that can be transferred from one individual to another, and subjected to mutation, crossover and adaptation.
A meme (pronounced /mēːm/) consists of any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that gets transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.
This a meme I found when I visited my friend Bertha's blog. We are going to experiment with our first meme... so here it goes.... I answered these questions about my life and I am going to pass them to some of you... later you will pass those same questions to 3 more classmates you would like to know more about.
What were you doing 10 years ago? Ten years ago... 2008 now... so that was 1998. I was in my last year at LUZ and having my practice classes at Liceo Escolastico Andrades in Mcbo. I had already gotten married and was pregnant with my first son Leslie Enrique.
5 things you have to do today: Today, I have two of my classes to teach.. I am also teaching teacher Patricia Charles's class. I have to go to the pharmacy to buy some medication for chicken pox. My son got it from my little son.
Snacks I enjoy…
I love chocolate. Specially Nutella. my favorite snack is to have nutella with bread.
Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
I would buy a house for my mom and another one for me. I would donate some of the money to a children or elderly institution and probably start my own language school. Of course, i will go on a vacation to a exotic place like Fiji.
Three of my bad habits:
Being strong headed sometimes... working too much...
5 places I have lived:
I haven't lived in many places... I lived in Ciudad Ojeda and Anaco once.
5 jobs I have had:
I have always worked as a teacher.. language teacher..
This new trimester, we will be working with The Speaking Group. But what is that? you may be asking yourself. Well, let's try to explain what it is about. To start with:
It is mostly about learning and practicing your English.
It is about learning English by talking about different topics. You will be reading, listening to, writing and talking about different topics in English.
It is about learning English using technology. That means we will be using computers and internet to find real updated information concerning your different interests. We are going to experiment and play with new ways to learn autonomously. Learning for life. Learning to learn. Learning by doing. We will watching and listening to videos as well as making videos. We'll have the chance to use different tools to express our ideas and interact with people.
It is about learning and practicing your English in groups, in community. Be ready to meet students and teachers from the university and the world. Of course, there will be tasks you must complete on your own.
That was a general description of the course. Now, how the classes take place:
Classes are going to be held at the lab. I f you can't come to classes, you can connect at home or wherever you have access to a computer and Internet.
Blogs are going to be your personal journals. There you will register everything we do in class. All your homework and tasks should be there.
Every class will be a taken as a workshop or TALLER. Try not to miss your classes and if you do, keep your blog updated.
Homework will be assigned for each one of the units covered in class. The dateline to hand in your homework will be the day of your test. It means you will have the chance to work on your blog till the exam day.
Corrections to writing will be done through Google documents.
Assesment
Things you need to do to take this class:
Get a Gmail account and register to Google services: reader, Google talk, reader and blogger.
Get a blog at Blogger. For instructions on how to that get the power point presentation from our box or follow the tutorial prepared by Vance Stevens.
Register to the International Collaboraction Ning social network. You need an invitation from your teacher or from one of your classmates. Make sure to write name, last name and class session you belong to when registering at our social network.
Please, visit your partners blogs and leave a comment on their blogs... you can say something like what you like about them or something like.... how well they did or how lucky you were by being together .. please, keep shining and blogging.. I promise I will keep reading what you have to say... Love you all... you were a really cool group. I know that each one of you is very talented and that you are going to be great professionals in your fields.
The Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others legally to build upon and share. The organization has released several copyright licenses known as Creative Commons licenses. These licenses, depending on the one chosen, restrict only certain rights (or none) of the work.
Attribution means: You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work - and derivative works based upon it - but only if they give you credit.
Noncommercial means: You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work - and derivative works based upon it - but for noncommercial purposes only.
No Derivative Works means: You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.
Share Alike means: You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.
This is the one I use. All my work is under these license:
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Use keywords or tags to find an image that is related to your posts in your blogs and don't forget to write the source where you found the information or images or video or music you are using in your blogs.
Search for Creative Commons images using these sites:
Podcasting: According to answers.com … Podcasting is “Recording a non-music audio broadcast (news, sports, discussion, etc.) in the MP3 format for playback in a digital music player.”
Our final project will be to record a mp3 radio program to upload to our blogs. This is how to do it:
Watch this powerpoint point explaining some things about podcasting
Not clear yet? Here yo have another short video explaining what podcasting is about...
Now, visit Bardwell Road Center Podcast and listen to some of its programs. They are good model you can follow to record your own podcast.
1. You will need:
mp3 recorder. You can use your phone, mp3 player or a program called audacity.
2. After the shows are ready, upload your mp3 files to Imeeem. Register there and get the code to post it in your blog.
3. Make a power point presentation of the making of the podcast. Record your voice describing what happened during the podcast recording and upload it to your blog. You can upload your powerpoint to authorstream. Get the code and paste it back in your blog.
PODCASTING TIPS URLs!
A tip about these tips: Copy this note or any part of it you wish to investigate, then paste it into your chat. Now look at your chat history. The links are hot, hot, hot! You can now click on a link and open it in a browser window for your learning enjoyment. ..
Scottmerrick Oh's del.icio.us from his NECC 2007 Windows Podcasting Tools, Tips, and Strategies for Success session NECC2007
http://del.icio.us/scottmerrick
Task 1. Giving Opinions about College life. Consider the following questions: 1. How do you like your university? 2. How many subject are you taking this semester? 3. What is your major? Why did you choose your major? Do you have any regrets? 4. Are there some professors that you can learn from more easily than others? What are the qualities that make you want to study for a certain professor? Who is your favorite teacher? 5. How did you decide which college to attend? 6. What are three big differences between your college life so far and your high school days? 7. Are you more independent from your parents now than you were in high school? 8. What is the most difficult class you have taken so far? 9. Are you a member of any student groups? Which ones? What do you do? Are you satisfied with what's happening with your group(s)? 10. What are the top three changes you would like to see happen at your university? 11. What are the top three things you hope to get out of (get as a result of) your university days? Task 2. Click on the link. ReadTips for Adjusting to University Life and Resources at the Counseling Services and compare it to your student life in your university. Draw a mind map for each university.
Task 3. Phototalking. Take 3 photos of your student life and talk about it. Use snapvine to record your comments.
For more on cartoon drawing go to Videojug
Now want to draw with a MAESTRO...? Watch the following video and learn to draw birds and bulls... really easy.. So, let's watch The MAESTRO in action
‘Visite à Picasso’ (1950) 20m, dir. Paul Haesaerts A poetic treatment which includes the artist painting on glass while facing the camera, shot at Picasso's home in Vallauris, accompanied by some fairly moody organ music in this very dark, but captivating film. The artist here takes on the character of an eminence-grise, an alchemist engulfed in the "sol y sombra" of his laboratory-studio, filmed in gorgeous black and white.
Now, if you were a super hero ... which one would yo be? Take the super heroe quiz and find it out.
Here we have a look at some concepts and comics that are important to know to help us decide how we are going to create a cartoon strip...as a fun project....
Well, this is something really fun! Imagine you can create your own cartoons. Let's do that just for fun. Go to http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/comix.php and try to design a cartoon. First, write a short conversation with two characters. Next, start designing your cartoon. Just follow the instructions. Don't forget to send me your cartoon by email.
Here is another great place to design your cartoon...Witty Comic
This is a bonus task to get extra credits for your 2nd term.
This is another great oral presentation by Eugenia Perez... Enjoy it... I did... I haven't seen that movie but after listening to Eugenia ...for sure I'm going to. The Environment part was great, too. Listen and follow those tips..
Environment... what a great word... environment is everywhere... Looking after our environment means we are caring for and keeping clean the place where we live. The planet and what's happening in it, should be everybody♥s concern.
In this unit, we discuss environmental issues, find out how we are helping to hurt our planet and finally think of ways to go green and awaken our ecological spirit.
Firstly, we will be discussing and learning new vocabulary related to climate change, and global warming. Task 1 Reading: Global Warming.
Task 2 Brainstorm a environmental mind map. Task 3 Visit some of the following sites to read and learn more about this interesting and important issue in our lives.
Task 1. Vocabulary building. Class work: Complete the following hand out: Movie Language.
Task 2. What's the best movie?What's your favorite movie? Pair work. Go to Movies and select 5 questions. Write them down or copy and paste them in a notecard. Ask them to your classmate. Write some notes.. Report your findings. Task 3. In pairs, Make amovie Riddle. You can find information about your favorite movie at IMDB Biggest Movie Data Base Task 4 Check the top 250 movies At IMDB. Discuss with your group about them. How many of them have you seen? Select 10 of those movies and be ready to explain why you chose then. Put a PowerPoint or slide show together with the posters of your chosen movies.
Task 5.The Oscars
Visit the official blog of the Oscars 2014. Find out who are the nominees for this year.
- Discuss with your classmates. Have you seen any of this movies? which one? What kind of movie i it? who are the actors and actresses in it?
Did you like it? yes? No? why? - Select one of the movies ad watch the trailer. Write the words in it. Practice them. Present it to the group. - Predict the winners select your picks Task 6 Workshop
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For this task we are supposed to work in groups and have fun researching and putting together an oral presentation. What do you have to do? well, here we have the checklist: (make sure you include all of these in your presentations))
Cast (the main actors and actresses, short description of the character in the movie)
Fun stuff
trivia: some interesting fact about the movie
quotes: Select a scene of the movie and write the dialog of the scene... be ready to perform the scene in class.
soundtrack. Get the lyrics and the song of the movie. Point out what part of the song do you like the most and how the song relates to the movie.
Review of the movie: read several reviews of the movie.. quote some of them and add your group's review... Check this to help you talk about your review Adjectives to describe movies
What's the message in the movie?
Upload your PowerPoint ppp in slideshare or Authorstream.. remember to record your voice explaining the slides...
Select a scene from the movie you talked about in your presentation. Find the script and read the scene, practice with your classmates.. get ready to present it to the class.
This was Eugenia♥s oral presentation for the first term. It was one of the best presentations and I have to tell that I personally enjoyed it a lot. Congratulations Eugenia!!! So, what are we waiting for.. let's meet Eugenia!
Do you need to practise giving short presentations either for an English examination or at work or University? Are you confident that you could grab your audience’s attention right from the start with a memorable introduction This week’s podcast features Werner from Germany who is currently living in Poland.
This task was taken from the CAE Handbook, available on the Cambridge ESOL website (PDF file. Right Click and 'Save target as' to download):
Hello, there! Well, last class we discussed about physical descriptions and the concept of beauty. We also watched some videos Dove Evolution and Ron Mueck, got the chance to interview a friend, and design a mid map with your partner's description to finally write a composition about your new friend.
2. What do you know about the person in the description?
3. Are the words and expressions used in the text, positive or negative?
4. Do you think the girl likes the way she is?
5. What about you? Do you have anything in common with her?
Now, If you had to choose 5 words to describe yourself.. which ones would you choose? Here you have some word clouds to help you... If you don't know some of them... Find them in an online dictionary.. :)
Most people would consider the character traits described by the personality adjectives below to be "bad" or negative. This is generally true, but remember that there can be exceptions. For example, for a policeman "aggressive" might be a negative trait while for a boxer it could be positive.
What is one positive & one negative word you can use to describe yourself?
English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions
Descriptions of people (personality - character - appearance)
Select 10 words more and describe yourself....
How I Describe Myself
These are the positive words I think best describe me:
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Now get those words and create your own word cloud with wordle. Go to wordle and get it. Share it on twitter .. Use #doris3meflcenter and in our facebook group. You can include physical, job and personality description words.....Be ready to tell us in class ..
Time to describe someone else... :)
Listen and watch the following video....
Who are these people describing?
Read the following descriptions and discuss with your partners who are being described.
1She's absolutely adorable. I think she's very pretty, she makes me laugh a lot, um... she tells terrible jokes but I like the way she tells them. She's a bit naughty sometimes and I curse her when she gets me up at six o'clock in the morning, but when I hear her singing in the morning, well, all is forgiven. She can twist me round her little finger, of course.
2He was very boring and predictable. The kind of person who remembered birthdays and anniversaries, but who made you angry because there was absolutely nothing spontaneous about him. His ideas of fun were so unadventurous. Well, the first few years were OK, but after that I'd just had enough. Reliable, stable, dependable, and boring.
3 Well, he's quite well-dressed and punctual. Sometimes he's cheerful and tells us jokes, but other times we have to do a lot of work. We don't really know him very well. Oh, I know he's married, but I've never met him socially or anything like that. He seems very professional.
4I've never actually spoken to him. Mmm, I see him every day, of course, as he leaves his car and get in the lift to his office on the top floor. He's always terrible well-dressed, and he must wear expensive after-shave because you can still smell it ten minutes after he's gone.
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