Turn your History into an interactive story

My Histro is an awesome free tool to create interactive timelines.

It allows you to include video, audio and pictures into a collaborative story that can also combine maps. Ideal to work in groups for tracking events, compiling special dates, designing itineraries, History Lessons and various other school activities
The outcomes may be stored offline and also embedded in your own blogs, and if you like mobile learning, the tool offers an app for iOS. All with safe content managing that provides with an attractive environment for under age learners.

A winter landscape

Last week we finished our topic of winter in the two classes of 5 year-old students. The class teacher (spanish one) and I decided to create a poster done by the students about winter landscapes. We thought it would be great to do it like if it was modern art. 

Each group of students have to use four different techniques:

1. Colour all the piece of paper with black wax crayon and then they could draw the snowflakes in two ways or using white wax crayon or scrachinig it with a toothstick. 

2. Colour the background with a black crayon and then they stick small pieces of cotton as if they were snowflakes.

3. On a white piece of paper the stick small cuttings of black tissue paper, the small white spaces they leave among the black one simulated the snowflakes.

4. On a black pieces of cartuline we put drops of paint and they extend it with a toothstick. 

Here you can see the final product.

Javier Ramos Sancha and Carmen Jesús Bravo

@javiramossancha

http://sgaguilarjramos.blogspot.com

What are you wearing today?

The students at 3rd Primary in Capileira (Granada) had been working the topic "Clothes" during last January.

In one activity, we talked about our clothes. 

1) They were drawing a conceptual map about the clothes they wear when it's hot and cold.

2) We took photos and described them answering the question: What are you wearing today?

This is the collaborative presentation of our work:

3) Finally, we recorded audio while we read the descriptions.

I SAW A MONSTER RETURNS

Last year we introduced our monsters in this post:

 I SAW A MONSTER

And this year the monsters returns.

These are the final tasks about the activity:

I SAW A MONSTER 
You could also find  in our site:
"Sección bilingüe SG site"

Below you can find the different Y5A MONSTER's presentations.

VICTORIA'S MONSTER PRESENTATION
PABLO'S MONSTER PRESENTATION
VERÓNICA'S MONSTER PRESENTATION
LUCAS' MONSTER PRESENTATION
RAQUEL'S MONSTER PRESENTATION
DONOVAN'S MONSTER PRESENTATION
DANIEL'S MONSTER PRESENTATION
REBECA'S MONSTER PRESENTATION
RODRIGO'S MONSTER PRESENTATION
CARLOS' MONSTER PRESENTATION
DIEGO'S MONSTER PRESENTATION
GLORIA'S MONSTER PRESENTATION
ALICIA'S MONSTER PRESENTATION
IMANOL'S MONSTER PRESENTATION
HUGO'S MONSTER PRESENTATION
ELISA'S MONSTER PRESENTATION
CRISTINA'S MONSTER PRESENTATION

Below you can find the different Y5B MONSTER's presentations.

Hugo's Monster

Lucía's Monster

Claudia's Monster

María's Monster

Carlos' Monster

Mario's Monster

Inés' Monster

Teresa's Monster

Andrés' Monster 

Ángel's Monster

Valeria's Monster

Jon's Monster

Rodrigo's Monster

Aaron's Monster

Andrea's Monster

Pablo's Monster

Jorge's Monster

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@javiramossancha
@julisanzmamolar

How is Aurora Borealis formed?

Do you know what Aurora Borealis is?

Aurora Borealis timelapse HD from Tor Even Mathisen on Vimeo.

This question ( How is Aurora Borealis formed ?) emerged in Science Y6 classroom a few days ago and we gave it a shot to solve it. 
As part of unit 7 Solar System, we did these steps to answer the question:

1. Write "how is Aurora Borealis formed" in the Google SafeSearch for Kids.
2. In pairs, write the answer with your own words.
3. Write in your teacher's twitter account @julisanzmamolar your answer. We will use this hashtag to search. #auroraborealisSG

If you would like to take part in this task, you could write and find the answers in the hashtag #auroraborealisSG.

TWEET IT!!!

Tweets sobre "#auroraborealisSG"

My name, my address, my PLE

This post is a tribute to #EDUPLEMOOC, the online course organized by the INTEF  which is being followed by a few thousand people, most of them teachers, but also students and other people interested in reflecting about the way we learn in a connected environment.
Last year, students at IES "La Zafra" in Motril had the opportunity to learn about PLEs and PLNs as well as make a first draft of their PLE which they would keep filling in as they found new ways to learn and/or to connect themselves through the Internet.
HERE is the link to the task where you can check that a PLE is not just for adults or university students, but is perfectly suitable for the young ones.
As a result of that research, debate and reflection, and after having had a look at the teacher's PLE, we have some prototypes of what some day will be  complete and well developed students' Personal learning Environments.
-Marta's PLE
-Elvira's PLE
-Javi's PLE
-Mase's PLE
-Lucía's PLE
-Mike's PLE
-Andrea's PLE
-Antonio's PLE
-Migue's PLE

What about you? Have you already started your PLE?



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Taking care of the Earth

During a couple of weeks we have been talking about THE EARTH. As a final project for this topic we will create a poster to show everybody some rules we should follow to take care of THE EARTH and THE ATMOSPHERE.

Related Grammar:  To express our ideas we need to use:

• I MUST......... (to say things I have to do for The Earth)

• I MUSTN'T ...... (to say thing I don't have to do for The Earth)

• Divide the class into pairs to have a brainstorm about habits to take care or not of The Earth.

• Write down in the blackboard all of these ideas.

• Teacher will give you one of those ideas and with a partner you will write and draw a picture in the worksheet. 

• Create the poster with all your classmates. 

• Finally you will choose your favourite one and you will write down in your worksheet and draw your own picture. This one will fill away in your portfolios. 

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM, THEY ARE A REALLY GOOD "ECO-STUDENTS".

The process we will follow to do this activity will be:

WORKING WORKSHEET

EVALUATION RUBRIC

Rúbrica de evaluación from Javier Ramos Sancha

Here you can watch a video and a photo about the final products which  the students have done.

Javier Ramos Sancha

@javiramossancha

http://sgaguilarjramos.blogspot.com

Challenge Based Learning Starters

What is Challenge Based Learning?

According to the definition at Wikipedia, Challenge Based Learning is an approach that focuses on increasing student engagement. It is a collaborative learning experience in which teachers and students work together to learn about compelling issues, propose solutions to real problems, and take action. The approach asks students to reflect on their learning and the impact of their actions, and publish their solutions to a worldwide audience.

But to be able to accomplish all that, we need a challenge to start off. Here is a booklet with some proposals to rise to, compiled with the aim of taking small steps towards this type of approach, hands in hands with a group of future Primary teachers who are at the moment on a Master's Degree about CLIL and ICT at URJC, in Madrid.

Are you up to the challenge? from M. Jesus Garcia

Cross-posted from ICT, CLIL & ESL.

Describing animals

The students in 5th at Capileira (Granada) have been doing descriptions about animals. Here, they practiced the simple present, affirmative and negative. Also they were using some verbs like run, live, eat, swim, climb, fly, has got...

This activity followed the steps:

1) Find information about animals

2) Complete this sheet

3) Write on a collaboration presentation

This is the final document. We hope you like it.

Certamen Escribana

Prevention of Drug Addiction Video Production Awards.

IES Villaviciosa. Córdoba

A great opportunity to gather and create material to be used as educational resources for drug prevention.

Don't miss it!

The 2014 edition is open and looking forward to receiving all your productions.

Good luck!