My brochure

I wanted to create an electronic brochure, anyway this is the link in case you would like to see it.

Hi,

Here is your link to your saved project in My Brochure Maker.

http://www.mybrochuremaker.com/save/680117/11a2b5e1101

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Podcast for Teachers

I finallly got to listen to the podcast for teachers and enjoyed it a lot. Episode 102 was fun. Dr. Kathy King and Mark Gura talk about different issues related to education. The one which particularly attracted my attention was the fact that children are becoming what they call "beyond digital natives" and how this is a challenge for schools & teachers. They also mentioned a project in which they can get scientists to talk about their research, besides they familiarize students with the format of research papers.
I also listened to a special episode (16) in which they gave a long introduction on the program. They also talked about the benefits of podcasts and technology in education, the teachers' comments, doubts and fears when dealing with technology. Some of the quotes sent by the teachers were quite interesting and the hosts commented them as well. I think the idea is to display this podcast as the mediator of a community of teachers all over Canada, USA, Australia and many other speaking countries.

If possible I will place my podcast right below here, for the site is being checked.

Scribd: Lady by Kenny Rogers

Dear colleagues,
I love this song, and my students do too! I hope you like it.

Lady - Upload a doc

Read this doc on Scribd: Lady

Self-evaluation

Since I had previously taken a similar course, I did not feel so insecure this time. What I notice is that some things take me no time at all to perform them while others are still hard. I enjoyed the sessions, there was fun and I learned a lot; however I must confess that there are things I am still working on such as Podcasts.
Thank you Maria Elena for sharing with us your expertise and experience on web 2 tools.

Our Beloved Blogs

I enjoyed visiting everybody’s blogs. We all have improved a lot in the handling of web2 tools. There we were able to display our creativity and talents! This had been a great experience.
Marsella Robles Mier y Terán, my blog:http://webdesigncoursemr.blogspot.com/
Susana Arvizu: http://arvizublogexperimental.blogspot.com
Gloria Villarreal: http://gloriavillarreal.blogspot.com
Marlín Valenzuela: http://marlinprepa6.blogspot.com
Carolina Berumen:http://caroberumen.blogspot.com
Juan Carlos de la O: http://juancarlosdelao.blogspot.com
María Elena Alvarez: http://marielenaalvarez.blogspot.com
Alejandra Lorena Cruz:http://alejandralorenacruz.blogspot.comhttp://alex-alejandralorenacruz.blogspot.com/
Ruth Osorio: http://learningenglishatprep5.blogspot.com
Martha Aguilar Baez: http://cortapg.blogspot.com
Miriam Díaz: http://miriamdiazmora.blogspot.com

Read, Write, & Think

"A Directed Listening-Thinking Activity for the Tell-Tale Heart" is a wonderful lesson plan. As it is I would use it with an Intermediate Level Class, but I think Fourth Graders may work wonderfully Unit 10 - Narrating past stories & asking-answering questions about the past. It also could be a nice source for working modals, perfect past tenses and conditionals in Fifth grade. This site is absolutely fantastic.

Another lesson plan which is callled "Action ABC's: Learning Vocabulary with verbs" may work wonderfully with most units in the Fourth Grade Syllabus (4,5,6,7 & 9) for somehow word collocations are essential to promote language development.

Ruth Osorio
I definitely liked http://www.readwritethink.org

Welcome Recording (Evoca)

Voicethread

I definitely enjoyed doing this activity and I expect students will too.

Comments on Two Web2 Tools

http://comiqs.com is a site to make comics. The most appealing feature is using the writer's own photos to make the comic. The program adds the speech bubbles, the writer does the doodling, and provides the story.
Another atractive tool is provided by www.wismapping.com which helps the user to make mind maps.
I also checked E-book tools which are useful to compile e-books or just read and create them.

Come and Meet a New Friend!

Where can you have the pleasure to see Chubby?
Right, the City Zoo is the best place in town to meet wild animals in natural-like environments. You also can learn about their habitat, life span, and many other interesting facts.
As you probably guessed Chubby is our well-known one-year-old grizzly cub. It is a beautiful male brown bear which can be seen running around the green at times. Although he spends most of the time near his mother, Lucy, he also spends some time playing with the trainer and the veterinarian. He seems to be very friendly with Joe and Henna, the zoo Labrador Retriever dogs. Chubby can play with them for a while.
The scientific name for brown bears or grizzly bears is Ursus arctos. Grizzly bear eat fish, vegetation and at times small animals. Male adults can weight up to 700 pounds and females up to 350. Did you know that bears hibernate for almost seven months a year? How can they survive then? They live off the body fat they stored before hibernation

Making an Animation

Mini-saga

We opened the door. Nina and Ruy went out to wander around. As we walked in, we didn’t realize Ruy wasn’t with us. Barking was heard. He wanted to come in. While opening the door, Nina hid, when he passed by, she quickly jumped on him and bit his leg.

Creative Writing: Guessing Game

It was given to me fifteen years ago when I subscribed to ATT. On the way back, it traveled in my tote bag. A child pointed at me and my beautiful present while saying to his mother: “Look, mom. That girl has a pretty ….. in her bag.” It is something nice and soft. Everybody likes it and wants to hug it. My nephews and even Nina, my dog, wants it. Can you guess what it is?

Introducing Myself