Research and collect information about the food
of the Mediterranean diet and the British one, compare.
Which one do you think is healthier?
domingo, 8 de febrero de 2015
martes, 20 de enero de 2015
Newsletters
Newsletters are a
resource for all. I have subscribed to one about Elementary Teacher Resources.
I have found it very attractive for teachers because there are many topics
related to the professor day to day (how to motivate our students, how to
praise them or how modify their behaviour). I strongly recommend it because
here we find the opinion of a colleague, a teacher who spends most of the day
in class facing the same challenges and problem that us.
Here I attached also
one refreshing publication: ‘Talking in the Classroom’
Fascinating Apps!
Duolingo is an attractive
app to learn different languages. You can have a profile where your progress
will be saved. Also, you can do a level exam to know your level and then you don’t
have to start from the beginning. Children can work by their own, in class and
at home, being that it is very easy to use. We can use this app at the end of
units for checking our knowledge.
In this page we can find appropiate lesson plans. These detail all the activities and the time we
have to spend. I will implement it in the classroom for explaining the verb Can
for ability.
In this page we
can find a lot of colourful and interesting lesson plan for whiteboards.
I will take the
one explaining healthy habits. In my opinion it has the perfect elements to
create a motivating atmosphere in the class. First of all, we will see the food
pyramid with all the nutrients and then to assimilate contents we will play in
the whiteboard the games that this lesson plan offers.
This
link offers a huge amount of reading resources and activities.
Once
in a trimester children can download an e-book and read it by their own at
home. At the end of the trimester each student will share the impression of the
book to all the class. They will be able to share opinions and may recommend the
books among them.
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martes, 13 de enero de 2015
Visual and Practical Differences among Websites
Having
seen all the websites of schools I must say that some of them seem that are
under construction, other lacks elements. As well, most of them are very
simple or have many distracting elements.
I have
chosen the link of IES Cavanilles because it looks to be very orderly and clear. All the
elements follow the same theme and there is nothing that stand out more than
another. Nevertheless, what has struck me and that other webpages do not have are
the icons that each sections include. These icons help us to find what we want without having to read all the sections. For instance, if you want to know
where the school is located, next to the name there is an icon related to that.
This feature is the main reason why I chose IES Cavanilles.
Joomla
Before
describing Joomla, we must know what content management system is. CMS is
software that keeps track of all the content in our web; it doesn’t matter if
it is a text, a photo, a video, music…
Knowing
that, Joomla is a well known content management system (CMS) that enable us to
create, organize, manage and publish content for Websites in an easy way. You
don’t need to be an expert in ICT considering that it requires almost no
technical skill or knowledge to manage.
Another
point to highlight is that Joomla is free, open and available to everyone. Some
features to call attention to are that it is multilingual (offers more than 64
languages), has more than 8.000 extensions available, keeps our information up
to date, and it allows us to manage the users of our site.
Searching
different extensions, I have found this one that I consider very practical to
use in class. This extension allows us to introduce a calendar in our website,
displaying our events.
Hope you find it useful!
domingo, 28 de diciembre de 2014
The Cloud
Nowadays
most of us make use of what we call ‘The Cloud’ but indeed, what the cloud is? A
simple definition would be that the Cloud is Internet but if we dig a little
more we can say that it is a network of servers that allow us storing and
accessing data and programs over the Internet instead of our computer hard
drive. This means that the videos,
photos, documents, games and other software that we have in our mobile phone, tablet
or any other gadget live in the cloud and are available on any device with an
Internet connection. We can access our stuff from anywhere.
Cloud computing has many advantages. One of the
most significant is the cost saving. No matter what type or size of document
we want to upload, we don't have to pay unless we excess the storage capacity,
that store much more data compared to a personal computer. Another advantage is
the simplicity, agility and manageability to access to information; we
just need to be connected to Internet, hardware isn’t required. This also means
continuous availability wherever the user might be located while they
are connected to Internet.
However, there is always a ‘but’. Security and privacy
are the two main concerns when talking about data. Consumer has to rely on the
company as they must ensure the privacy of the data by protecting them from
unauthorized access. Companies must be reliable in order that people have
confidence in them. Another drawback is the limited control we have just as we can only control
and manage the applications, data and services, not the backend infrastructure. Technical difficulties are also a point
to highlight being that the whole setup is dependent on internet access so any
connectivity problems will render the setup useless. Finally, talking about vendor
Lock-In, companies’ promise that the Cloud will be flexible to use and
integrate between different platforms. But actually, from my experience this
isn’t true because integrating Cloud applications on another platform have
interoperability and support issues
I
believe that Cloud Computing is a very useful tool because of its utilities.
Despite the disadvantages listed above it is easy to see how the advantages can
easily outweigh disadvantages. I am sure that there are many uses of the Cloud
that I still don’t know but in my daily life there are ones that are essential.
When taking photos I have it immediately in my laptop and tablet and also I can
share it with friends. Furthermore, when changing my phone I can have my list
of contact in the new one just pressing a button. Another innovation is if you
lost your phone you can know where it is from your laptop or tablet.
Here I
add you some links with handy information:
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