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.
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.
Hello Boys and girls, my name is FatLip and this is my friend Sammy the Salmon
Today, we’re going to teach you some fun facts about Salmon, And a brand new dance.
Let me introduce to you a brand new dance I know you’re gonna love it if you give it one chance It’s not complicated, it’s not too hard You don’t even have to be a hip hop star
See anyone can do it, all you need is style Listen up peep gang (?) I’m a show you how Put your hands to the side, as silly AS SILLY AS IT SEEMs And shake your body like a salmon floatin’ up stream!
I’ll float up stream (you know how we do it, you know how we do it) Again
*All my peeps spend part of their life in fresh water* *And part of their life in salt water*
Wow, very interesting
*We change round a couple of days after spawning* *Then we DIE* (?)
When I first did the Salmon all the people just laughed They looked around and stood like I was on c**** I heard somebody say out loud what the f*** is that This n***’s dancin like a fish while he’s doin’ the snap
But the more I kept doing it the more they kept feelin’ it Tnd then I heard some b**** say yo that n**** killin’ it By the end of the night everyone was on my team And the whole club was dancing like a salmon floatin’ up stream!
I’ll float up stream (you know how we do it, you know how we do it) again.
*Most of our friends find their home waters by their sense of smell* *which is even more keen than that of a dog or a bear*
Wow.
*My family also rely on ocean currents, tides* *The gravitational pull of the moon*
The moon? Fish pay attention to the moon? Wow.
*Did you know?*
What?
*That I could go to Japan, and back.*
You’re kidding me. Amazing. Jeez.
*Polluted water can kill both baby salmon, that are developing* *and the adult salmon, that are on their way to spawn.*
Wow what a shame, what a shame Huh? Woah. Wow. Hey kids, hey give it up for Sammy the Salmon and his amazing salmon dance. Huh? Whadda ya say? Who’s Hungry?
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