Animals: Descriptions and questions

From CPR Barranco de Poqueira in Capileira (Granada), we share a great work that pupils in 5th level made while they were studying the wild animals.

-First, they chose animals to find information

-Then, they completed a simple sheet with the results

-Later, they wrote sentences using simple present and some action verbs: run, jump, fly, eat, swim...

Finally, they added the animals descriptions and the photos in this virtual wall created with Padlet:
 http://es.padlet.com/inglescapileira/enk9lov2hhtr

Created with Padlet

In groups, they were thinking questions about animals and designed two questionnaires with Google Drive. You can try them:

Saint Patrick's Day

Today, we share Saint Patrick's Day celebration from IES Jaime Gil de Biedma in Nava de la Asunción (Segovia). 

Thanks to Inmaculada Cuéllar, the English teacher and Sara García Pardo that tells us in this post. 

Last Tuesday, we celebrated Saint Patrick’s Day during the break time. It is a festivity that takes place on 17th March in Ireland to commemorate the death of Saint Patrick, but each year it is celebrated in more cities around the world.

It took place in the “Salon de Actos” which was decorated with shamrocks, balloons and main symbols of the country as the harp, the Celtic cross and the Claddagh, the pot of gold that appears at the end of the rainbow and the Irish flag.
Moreover, the students of 1st and 2nd course of ESO could send drinks and food. Teachers and students could buy drinks as orange juice, kiwi juice, milk and tea which represent the Irish culture and their colours; and food as biscuits with the colours of Irish flag (green, orange and white), green and orange cupcakes, Guinness cake, Sponge with snakes, chocolate coins and bars.
The students collaborated doing a presentation of the story of Saint Patrick’s Day and of a legend called “the farmer and the leprechaun”. They also gave shamrocks as presents to wish good luck, and we have the opportunity of enjoying with the company of an authentic leprechaun.
It was short but complete break time.


By Sara García Pardo.

Spring Blog Festival 2015

Write down 21 March 2015 on your agendas. The Spring Blog Festival is back!

During 13 hours non stop, the same amount of speakers from all over the world will be going live to showcase their experiences on a wide range of topics, which cover from transformational blogging and reflective blogging to connectivity, history, evolution, teaching tools, multi-media, thinking & creativity, families, schools, and content curation.

Please join us live from 11 am GMT to 23 pm GMT at the Festival Conference Area and spread the word at Twitter using our event hashtag #springblogfestival.

The 30 Goals Challenge is back!

The 30 Goals Challenge is back to inspire teachers and learners worldwide all along its sixth cycle in 2015.

Lead by stunning Shelly Terrell, this new cycle takes a step forward and encourages us all to accomplish 1 to 30 goals and use those accomplishments to inspire other teachers and students.















Find it all about this inspiring project at The 30 Goals Challenge and join the movement!

Join #twima2

After the success of The World is My Audience in 2014, we are ready to jump into The World is My Audience 2 - Dreams around the world.

#twima, The World Is My Audience, was a first attempt at gathering the world's classrooms for a collaborative poetry project.  It was a huge success, not in numbers of downloads (yet), but in the impact it had on teachers and students making connections with classrooms worldwide.

#twima2 is the follow-up project.  Again, the goal is to collaborate with the world's classrooms on a writing project.

So, fill in the application form, and get ready to dream and connect with the world!

TWIMA2

Follow the project site: www.thetwimaproject.weebly.com. 

Like its Facebook page: facebook.com/twima. 

Stay tuned at Twitter: #twima2

Safer Internet Day 2015 in Nava de la Asunción

From IES Jaime Gil de Biedma in Nava de la Asunción (Segovia), we share a excellent work that they have done while were celebrating "The safer Internet Day 2015".

It's a book with the title "Super Dylan, an Internet heroe". I hope you like it.

http://storybird.com/books/super-dylan-an-internet-heroe/embed/?token=hnbuj6n3vu

"Romeo and Juliet" 4 centuries later

Today we publish a new work from IES Vicente Medina in Archena (Murcia). The students 3ºESO C have done an amazing activity basad on the classic story "Romero and Juliet". 

Inmaculada López, the English teacher tell us:

No doubt “Romeo and Juliet” would have been a completely different story if it had been written nowadays. In 3º ESO students have tried to reflect how much things have changed since the 16th century, especially and luckily for women, at least in the most developed countries.

After reading the play, students from 3º ESO C had to choose their favourite scene and adapt it to modern times. It has been a long process, but, on the whole, the experience has been valued very positively by the students and their teacher, and most importantly“Romeo and Juliet” will never be forgotten (students’ words). Obviously, this makes the teacher feel  over the moon and Jupiter :-)

The first step was to write the script of their scene in a google document and share it with their teacher:

The second step was to record their video and upload it to either Youtube or vimeo. Here are the results. Congratulations to all of them. They’ve done a great job:

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