Internet

I love the internet.  I love the fact that I can learn about anything I am interested in or just ask about particular things. I spend some time on the internet every day. I use google a lot, I use gmail, youtube and facebook sometimes, etc.

I am interested in politics even though I despise most politicians. Politics is present everywhere and in all areas, and I suppose I became interested the day I realized how Education was affected by political decisions. How educational research to a large extent was determined by the administration at the time.

A few years back, I was reading about genetically modified food and found a website by chance. The site is www. democraciadirecta.cl. I liked it immediately because it showed news about communities and ordinary people, about decisions taken and affecting a lot of citizens. I like to know about the people in general and not just about those around me. I like to see articles about issues that do not appear in mass media.  I visit this website a couple of times a month and look at interesting articles. Another website I like is www. ciperchile.cl. This website shows a lot of serious journalistic research that would never appear on TV. A friend of mine told me about this site one time and since then, I visit it every two weeks more or less.

Write about a website you like. Why you like it. How you discovered it and how often you visit it.

Write a minimum of 150 words. Post 1 comment on your teacher’s blog and 2 comments on 2 different classmates

Hello Bloggers,

Today we will look at intelligence in more depth. Please open www.wordreference.com  to look for new words you may encounter on this task.

Go to the following links and, using the dictionary if needed, answer the questions.

http://www.literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html

http://www.ldpride.net/learning-style-test.html

Based on your results, refer to the following.

What is your idea of intelligence?

What do you feel are your strengths and weaknesses?

Do you feel this theory could help school children exploit their capacities? Why? Why not?

Write a  minimum of 150  words and 3 comments on any of the class blogs.

Image

Hello everyone:

This task is to be done outside the classroom until Monday. Comments by Tuesday :)
 I’d like to tell you a bit about this image. To be honest, I found it hard to choose a special picture. This is because there are so many pictures I like and they are in so many different contexts. I decided to go for something nice and simple. I took this picture in July 2010. I was on holiday and my husband and I woke up at around 6 and decided to go for a walk. We walked from the place where we were staying to the next village around. The village was really funny because it was basically three houses and a post office. Anyway, everything was closed because it was so early. We took a lot of pictures of the sun rising. It was a beautiful moment. I’ll tell you why I like this photo in particular. It is a very simple picture but what I like about it, is the fact that it turned out just as I saw it on that morning. The light, the colors, the shadows, everything is exactly the way it was in my mind.

I love the way the sunlight hits the misty hills and you can see hills and more hills and more hills in the background. The image actually reminds me of the cover of a book I really enjoyed called “Ghostwritten” by David Mitchell. The nicest thing I can think of is that I had a lovely walk on a beautiful summer morning, breathing fresh air with someone I love.

Write about a special photograph you took or appear in.

Say:  Who took it- What it shows- When it was taken- Why you like it

Upload it too!

write a minimum of 130 and write 3 comments on any of the class members blogs :)

Blog modality

1 blog  post and comments done in class

1 blog post and comments done at home. Remember you need to post the text by Monday  and the comments by Tuesday midday the latest :)

Technology

To think of my favorite piece of technology is rather simple. I have two, though.
I think the first one is my mobile phone. That is for a very simple reason. I like the idea of integration. For me to have a camera, the music I like and a diary with the numbers of people I want to ring, is really good I can't believe I used to memorize so many numbers! My brain must be deteriorating big time nowadays. I also like the organizer. It helps me pay bills on time, send "boletas" on certain dates, etc.  I got it last year and I use it all the time.
The second item I'd like to mention is the external disc drive. I think when you have lost all your info because your PC died or because you got it stolen or whatever reason, it can be really tragic.

That is why I learnt we need to save info on a safe place that "ideally" will not collapse or disappear. I have complete books, whole albums of good music, and lots of documents that have taken me hours to download or write myself and don't want to lose. I don't remember when I got this ,but it was long ago. Could I live without them? Hell yeah! I would have to get used to it, that's all.

Describe your favourite piece of Technology.
Say:

- How you got it
- How long you have used it
- How often you use it
- Why you like it

Describe how life would be without it (130 words minimum)
1 comment on your teacher's blog & 3 comments to your classmates.

Class 1

I am very excited about this experience. Blogging is one activity I really enjoy. I really enjoy reading your posts and comments to each other.  Not only because of the progress I normally see in your writing process, but also because I find it very interesting to see the world through your view and learn from you. I truly hope you make the most of this experience.

As you can see on my blog at the top (↑), there are tabs with useful websites so you can quickly access useful material: Plataforma- website, a dictionary site, a pronunciation dictionary site, word order site, etc. You can customize your blog too!

 Before we start blogging seriously, there are some important points we need to address.
The blog activity has been design to be done IN CLASS. Why? Because we want to make sure you do the full activity (post + comments) in the time assigned, with the resources assigned (Especially your teacher to guide you). The blog activity can be done with a dictionary (NOT A TRANSLATOR) Why?  “Because we want you to learn from the experience”.  By using your head when writing in English, you actually take in the word order in English and you actually learn vocabulary as you use it. With the dictionary you learn, with the translator you don’t. So if you use a translator in class, you get the minimum mark for your post :( Remember by reading my post you can learn about word order and structure. There is evidence we learn when we read!!!
About the marking for the blog activities.
When you come to class and do the post and comments in class, you get 2 points.

When you don’t come to class and do the post and comments within 48 hours, you get 1 point.
If youdon't post, you get no points :(
In this course we will have one post in which this rule applies (done in class) and one in which you will obviously get the 2 points with the homework post (If you do it within the deadline, of course!)