tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404855958899651192024-02-20T01:23:43.147+01:00Exploiting Web 2.0Hi everybody, We hope our blog can be used to share our learning in Web 2.0. It's an adventure just beginning. Welcome!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger159125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-540485595889965119.post-78935615521883793452013-04-23T18:26:00.001+02:002013-04-23T18:26:30.165+02:00IT AIN´T WHAT YOU SAY, IT´S THE WAY THAT YOU SAY IT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Most people are aware these days that the way we communicate is at least as important as the content of our communication. A different pitch, a different facial expression, a tone, a register, can all turn what you’re saying into the complete opposite. If you don’t believe me, imagine how you would feel if someone told you ‘I love you’ while slowly conjuring up a nice goose egg from your scalp by tapping you softly on the head with a rolling pin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"> To read more, <a href="http://www.teachers-corner.co.uk/it-aint-what-you-say-its-the-way-that-you-say-it/">here</a></span></div>
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We all know the problems our students have with English spelling, but native speaker children also struggle. In a recent interview a literacy researcher advocated simplifying English spelling, claiming that the complexity of the English spelling system is to blame for soaring levels of illiteracy among teenagers. Here’s a summary:</div>
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Children are struggling to read and write at a young age because of the sheer complexity of the spelling system, says Masha Bell, author and literacy researcher. She believes that a high number of “inconsistencies” in the way basic words are spelt makes it much harder for children to read and write at a young age and thinks that sweeping reforms are needed to the spelling system to improve children’s linguistic skills.</div>
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You may be using a Teachers’ book that provides you with detailed lesson plans including procedures and timings for each stage. This can be a great help, but classes are unpredictable, a particular lesson that works well with one class may be a bit of a disaster with another, and you may wish to select, adapt and add components to a lesson.</div>
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The Council of Europe, based in Strasbourg (France), now covers virtually the entire European continent, with its 47 member countries. Founded on 5 May 1949 by 10 countries, the Council of Europe seeks to develop throughout Europe common and democratic principles based on the European Convention on Human Rights and other reference texts on the protection of individuals. </div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">2. A safe pair of hands</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">4. Basically</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">5. Going forward</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The coalition made "a very bad mistake" when it abolished the </span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/education-maintenance-allowance-ema" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">education maintenance allowance (EMA)</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> in England aimed at helping poorer 16- to 17-year-olds stay on at school, Alan Milburn, the government's adviser on child </span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/poverty" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Poverty"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">poverty</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/socialmobility" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Social mobility"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">social mobility</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, tells the Guardian today.</span></div>
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Network of Educational Information Databases: Spanish researches, innovations, resources and journals on education, with links to the full text when available.<br />
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<strong> "Digital citizenship"</strong> is an umbrella term that covers a whole host of important issues. Broadly, it's the guidelines for responsible, appropriate behavior when one is using technology. But specifically, it can cover anything from "netiquette" to cyberbullying; technology access and the digital divide; online safety and privacy; copyright, plagiarism, and digital law, and more. In fact, some programs that teach digital citizenship have outlined no less than nine elements that intersect to inform a well-equipped digital citizen. It's an overwhelming array of skills to be taught and topics to explore.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-540485595889965119.post-64825386226744362332012-09-30T19:56:00.000+02:002012-09-30T19:56:39.039+02:00TEACHING CHILDREN THE ALPHABET<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-540485595889965119.post-81090225408284241492012-09-30T08:30:00.000+02:002012-09-30T08:30:03.108+02:00SELF-EVALUATE YOUR LANGUAGE SKILLS<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-540485595889965119.post-9811839594915609342012-09-27T08:00:00.000+02:002012-09-27T08:00:00.391+02:00eTWINNING, PEOPLE SAY...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-540485595889965119.post-19080791670328241462012-09-25T00:30:00.000+02:002012-09-23T20:01:25.233+02:00EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES (September 26th)<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Throughout Europe, 800 million Europeans represented in the Council of Europe's 47 member states are encouraged to learn more languages, at any age, in and out of school. Being convinced that linguistic diversity is a tool for achieving greater intercultural understanding and a key element in the rich cultural heritage of our continent, the Council of Europe promotes plurilingualism in the whole of Europe.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-540485595889965119.post-58723481021952605612012-09-23T18:58:00.000+02:002012-09-23T19:37:59.253+02:00EXPERIMENTS FOR KIDS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Although we see the Moon all the time, many of us do not take time to consider our planet’s only satellite. The Moon is the fifth largest satellite in our Solar System. Considering Jupiter alone has 63 moons, this is pretty impressive. The Moon is the closest celestial object to Earth and apart from the Sun is the brightest object in the sky. </div>
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The Moon has been known to exist since prehistoric times and holds an important place in most cultures. A number of cultures saw it as a deity while others believed that its movements could help predict omens. </div>
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To read more, <a href="http://www.universetoday.com/19424/the-moon/">here</a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-540485595889965119.post-20885325977404946072012-09-17T08:30:00.000+02:002012-09-17T08:30:00.181+02:00THE INDEPENDENT<span class="storyTop "></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"> <strong><span style="font-size: large;">Schools in the UK are amongst the most socially segregated in the world</span></strong>, an international study revealed today.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"> The vast majority of children from immigrant backgrounds are crammed into disadvantaged schools with high proportions of fellow migrants.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"> Figures in the annual review of international education standards published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development show 80 per cent of migrants’ children are clustered in disadvantaged schools with fellow migrant pupils. Only three of the 34 countries in the OECD have a worse record - Mexico, Estonia and Finland.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"> The UK’s ranking is even worse when it comes to the education of migrant children whose mothers are highly educated - 42.5 per cent of all children in this category are taught in disadvantaged, the highest figure for any OECD country. With the children of poorly educated mothers, the figure rises to 80 per cent - again the worst record..</span></div>
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One of the wonderful aspects about teaching is that you are also always learning. These tips offer opportunities for you to learn a bit more in order to better teach your students. Click <a href="http://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2008/06/24/100-best-resources-and-guides-for-esl-teachers/">here</a></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />Monday was traditionally regarded as the second day of the week, but is now frequently considered the first, following the weekend. The word for this day comes from old English Mōnandæg or ‘day of the moon’, and is a translation of late Latin lunae dies. You can see the Latin origin more clearly in the Romance languages: lunedi (Italian), lundi (French), and lunes (Spanish).<span id="more-2368"></span><br />According to the OED, ‘Monday’ is also slang for a large, heavy sledgehammer – perhaps so called because the hard work involved in the use of the hammer provides a shock similar to coming back to work on a Monday. In a similar vein, a ‘Monday head’ is rare slang for a hangover following the excesses of the weekend.<br /><br /><strong>Tuesday: a perfect day to pick fights with everyone</strong><br />The word Tuesday can be traced back to the Old English form Tīwesdæg. This day is named after the Germanic god Tīw, the god of war in ancient Germany. The Romans identified him with their Mars, so the original Latin for this day of the week is dies Marti, or ‘day of Mars’, which can again be seen in Italian (martedi), French (mardi), and Spanish (martes).<br /><br /><strong>Wensday? Whensday? Wendsday? Oh, Wednesday!</strong><br />The tricky-to-spell name for this day comes from the Old English Wōdnesdæg, named after the god Odin (also Woden or Wotan). Odin is the principal god in Norse mythology: he is considered to be the god of wisdom, culture, war and death. He lived with the Valkyries in Valhalla, where he received the souls of dead warriors.<br />According to the OED, a variant of the god’s name can also be seen in English place names such as Wensley, Wednesbury, and Wednesfield.<br /><br /><strong>Mighty Maundy?</strong><br />As with the other days of the week, the name for Thursday comes via late Latin: originally, it is Jovis dies, the day of Jupiter. He is the god associated with thunder in Roman mythology, so the Old English translation is Thu(n)resdæg, literally ‘day of thunder’ – compare this with Dutch donderdag and German Donnerstag, which share the same origin.<br />A day of thunder may not be welcomed by everybody, but there is one Thursday that has a positive connotation: in the UK, a public ceremony is held on the Thursday before Easter (known as Maundy Thursday), at which the monarch distributes specially minted coins or Maundy money.<br /><br /><strong>Put your Friday face away</strong><br />Friday comes from the Old English Frīgedæg, named after the Germanic goddess Frigga – the wife of Odin and goddess of married love and of the hearth, often identified with Freya, goddess of love and of night. This in turn is a translation of late Latin Veneris dies: ‘day of the planet Venus’.<br />Counter-intuitively, to be ‘Friday-faced’ is to wear a serious or gloomy expression. According to the OED this use dates back to the sixteenth century and is now chiefly archaic. It probably refers to Friday as a day of fasting, with the nagging food deprivation presumably causing the gloom and doom.</span></div>
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