Wednesday, December 16, 2009

MERRY X-MAS

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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

VIRTUALLY REAL in EDUCAT

EDUCAT, a virtual newsletter about ICT and education has published a piece of news about VirtuallyReal and the ITWorldEDU awards. View it here.

INNOVATION CONFERENCE: CONGRÉS DE PRÀCTIQUES INNOVADORES

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

VIRTUALLY REAL IN THE CRP LES CORTS DATABASE

The CRP Les Corts features resources for teachers and has asked to include the wiki VirtuallyReal.

View all the resources here.

Friday, November 13, 2009






The wiki VirtuallyReal has been awarded the IT WORLD EDU award at the 2009 conference held in ESADE on 28, 29 and 30th of October.
The award consists of an interactive whiteboard and software and licences for several applications and programs.
Catalunya Radio interviewed me about the project and I was thrilled to explain what we do.
I would like to thank the board for this award which just will keep me going for more!

Friday, October 23, 2009

ENGLISH WITH ROSETTA STONE


Our school has been chosen by the Department of Education to pilot a three-month test trial of the online English learning toll Rosetta Stone. The students get free licenses and we will evaluate the impact of this tool in their learning process. View the tool here

Monday, October 19, 2009

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

BYE-BYE BUBBLESHARE

Bubbleshare has left us( sigh!) The ongoing economic crisis has forced the close down of this free software... so we are now experimenting with other software to create slideshows... here is a first try by a group of ESO 2 students.

2009-2010


We are starting a new schoolyear with some new things: new teachers, a language assistant from Scotland, a new interactive whiteboard... and we will continue with last year's projects: the Pla Experimental to improve communicative skills, the program to coordinate all the schools in the district... To teachers and students, both old and new...WELCOME !!

Friday, May 22, 2009

CLIL ATTITUDE: CLIL AS A CATALYST FOR LANGUAGE CHANGE


CLIL "guru" David Mash gave a lecture on CLIL: "Clil as a catalyst for language change". It was an impressive yet funny 80 minute lecture where Doctor Marsh reviewed the principles of CLIL and the result of world surveys which show how useful CLIL is not only in terms of language learning, but in terms of improving students' thinking skills.
The venue took place at Pati Maning, on May 21st at 18 p.m.and it was sponsored jointly by Linguamon, the Department of Education and Diputació de Barcelona.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

SHAOGUAN SCHOOLS (GUANGDONG PROVINCE-PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
















Xishui village school class pupils. Ruyuan County.


Our English Department has collaborated with

Mr. John Wu for some years now. Mr John Wu is a teacher of english, teacher trainer and ICT specialist, trainer and consultant for the schools of Shaouguan district, near Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
Check out this link to view his photo album of his trip with Hong Kong specialists to schools in rural areas in Guangong Province.

Friday, April 17, 2009

EMBRACE THE NEW ERA: INTEGRATING ICT ENHANCED LEARNING INTO CURRICULA

Embrace the new era: integrating ICT enhanced learning into curricula Embrace the new era: integrating ICT enhanced learning into curricula Hazel Owen Abstract: "The potential of information communication technology (ICT) to enhance learning is underutilised even though there are numerous process models and frameworks have been developed to assist in the design and / or adaptation of curricula. Issues with many existing models are complex and range from the pragmatic, such as resource requirements, skills and ‘ownership’ of a project, to models being mechanical, inflexible, hierarchical and / or impenetrable.This paper starts by discussing what learning and teaching value ICT can add to curricula, and then describes a process model and framework adapted from existing examples. The accessible, scaffolded approach described is appropriate for very small teams or individuals working with few resources. The pedagogical underpinnings of a design process are outlined, in which practitioners identify a teaching and learning problem and assess whether ICT could enhance learners’ experience of new or existing programmes, modules, units, sessions, or learning objects. Guiding questions are posed to help support the process, and an iterative practice is encouraged whereby a design is developed, piloted, evaluated, revisited, modified and re-evaluated over time, with recognition that the practitioner’s experience, skills and attitudes are likely to shift. The practical application of the model and framework is illustrated through an example that formed the basis of a research project conducted at Dubai Men’s College (DMC) in the UAE.The model and framework have yet to be piloted in New Zealand, and the EIT conference will offer a hands-on opportunity for participants to experiment and evaluate them in the presentation session."Please cite as: Owen, H. (2008). Embrace the new era: Integrating ICT enhanced learning into curricula. In Student Success; A New Era in Ways of Learning (pp. 1-15). Hawke's Bay, New Zealand: EIT.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa and Apartheid as seen by 12-year-old students

Presentacio Sud Africa

THE NAZI REGIME- as seen by 12-year-old students

12-year-old students investigated the racist issues of the nazi regime.
The Nazi Regim

ETHICS FOR THE MILLENNIUM

A power point presentation of two 12-year-old students on the Civil Rights Movement of the USA.
Segregation Laws

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

SASS CONFERENCE: WATER AND THE AMERICAN LITERARY HERITAGE

The highlight of the 3-day conference on Water and the American Literary Heritage hosted at Barcelona University was Louise Erdrich's lecture on April 1st.
She lectured on her work, the importance of water in the Native American tradition, specially in the Chippewa tradition she comes from, about the role of women as preservers and carriers of water, about spirituality and about the future of the planet in terms of control of the water supplies and water pollution. It was a deep, moving lecture for which we only have three words: Thank you, Thank you and Thank you!

BubbleShare: Share photos - Play some Online Games.

Monday, March 9, 2009

BE BLOGGER MY FRIEND ! : STUDENTS' BLOGS


Links to the blogs of the students of ESO 1E. They serve as a portfolio for their work and as a platform where to publish their projects, assignments etc.

http://boltfraser.blogia.com

http://nadalsharapova.blogia.com

http://casillasvaldes.blogia.com

http://gasolrubio.blogia.com

http://mengualphelps.blogia.com

http://messibojan.blogia.com



The blogs are named after sportspeople because they were created by Arnau Roig as a support for the students' team work in creating sports magazines. They are proving an excellent platform to show and share their projects. The most recent one is about global warming, what we can do to stop it and what we mustn't do to make it worse.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

2008 - 2009 AICLE - CLIL PROJECT


This mind map shows the current state of the CLIL Project (Content and Language Integrated Learning) of our school. These topics are taught in English either as optional subjects or as part of the yearly subject. Click on the image to enlarge.

Monday, February 16, 2009

JOYFUL LEARNING



This picture from the official blog of the e-twinning conference in Prague impressed me and I have borrowed it from them. Heartfelt thanks!

Monday, February 9, 2009

THE GERMANIC BRANCH OF LANGUAGES BY A GROUP OF ESO 3 STUDENTS

This is the powerpoint that a group of 14-year-olds prepared on the Germanic Branch of languages.
Germanic Branch

THE WORLD OF ENGLISH

In the optional subject The World of English we are nw studying the origins of the English language and the branches of the Indo-European family of languages. Here are some students' powerpoints.
Baltic Branch

Thursday, February 5, 2009

SPORTS MAGAZINES


As an activity about sports, ESO1 E students worked in groups to prepare a sports magazine. They worked under the supervision of Arnau Roig, who was doing his teacher training practicum.The students had a lot of fun and they also learnt a lot! ESO 1E students and myself are indebted to Arnau for his teaching skills, patience and great ideas. Arnau, we miss you!!

GOOD ATHLETISM: THE DEFINITE MAGAZINE OF THE ATHLETICS WORLD

Check out the interviews to Usian Bolt and Shelley Ann Fraser. Take the surveys to find out if you lead a healthy lifestyle and much more in GOOD ATHLETISM.

athletism

AIJACHILURO: A FOOTBALL MAGAZINE

View another magazine about football with incredible interviews to young football stars!

aijachiluro

SPORTS MAGAZINE: FOOTBALL

Check out the sports magazine on football, with amazing interviews to football stars!By Frederic Porta, Aaron Lloveras, Clara Gregorio, Oscar Larios, David Saez and Roger Gassull.

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SPORTS MAGAZINE:TENNIS BOOM

A group of 12-year-olds of 1 E prepared this magazine about tennis. Check out the interviews with tennis champions Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova and the gossip column about Rafa Nadal! By Joana Marturià, Laura Madrenas, Marina Prieto, Jana Raventós and Aida Tirvió.

Tennis Boom

SPORTS MAGAZINE: ORANGE BALLS

Another group of students prepared this magazine on basketball. Don't miss the health recipes for healthy people and the interview with Ricky Rubio! By Laura Fernández de Sevilla, Alicia Castaño, Joel Benavides, Sara Avila & Violeta Cabeza from ESO 1 E

Orange Balls

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

SPORTS MAGAZINES

12-year-old ESO 1 E students worked in small groups to prepare a Sports Magazine. Each group chose a sport. Here you can see the product of the group who chose Swimming. They produced an amazing magazine complete with gossip columns and horoscopes. Find out the latest gossip of the swimming world that involves champions Michael Phelps and Gemma Mengual By Manel Paret, Irene Tineo, Clara Gimenez, Jana Rius and Marta García. !


MY GREEN ID

We did this activity with ESO1 students (12 years old). We discussed our recycling and transportation habits in order to decide how we could make the planet greener.
OBJECTIUS


THE ATACAMA DESERT by MANEL PARET, A 12-YEAR-OLD STUDENT

Desert

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

DID YOU KNOW...?

A video that suggests which track we should be on...

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

RAINFORESTS: THE YANOMAMI

Video made by three 12-year-old students on the topic of the Yanomami of the Amazon Rainforest.