This is just a quick reminder about the upcoming Earth Day webcast on 22 April 2008.
http://edtechtalk.com/earthcast08
4/21/2008
4/14/2008
April 22nd 2008 - Earth Day!
Earth Day is next Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008. It is time to celebrate, reflect, encourage action and promote environmental citizenship.
We want Earth Day to be everyday because our planet needs protection.
In order to develop a sense of environmental responsibility students at Challenge Education will get involved in many activities and projects.
"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents,
it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors,
we borrow it from our Children." Ancient Indian Proverb
We want Earth Day to be everyday because our planet needs protection.
In order to develop a sense of environmental responsibility students at Challenge Education will get involved in many activities and projects.
"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents,
it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors,
we borrow it from our Children." Ancient Indian Proverb
4/06/2008
Spicing up your personal Profiles! Second Part
Here we have the first three comics created by students who accepted the challenge and introduced themselves using a web 2.0 tool.
Sabrina, Vanina and Patricio! Congratulations!
Description of Sabry from sabry on Comiqs
My Description from pachuu on Comiqs
My friend Vany from vany on Comiqs
And, of course, I also created my own comiq:
Introductions from saa on Comiqs
Sabrina, Vanina and Patricio! Congratulations!
Description of Sabry from sabry on Comiqs
My Description from pachuu on Comiqs
My friend Vany from vany on Comiqs
And, of course, I also created my own comiq:
Introductions from saa on Comiqs
3/25/2008
Spicing up your personal profile!
Over the past few days the School Network has been growing very fast and, as a student, you are now deciding the appearance of your personal page, choosing a photo, writing your personal profile and starting to communicate with your friends.
It is interesting to see how motivated and enthusiastic we all are. The Network is giving us another opportunity to use the language for real purposes and develop our spontaneous communication skills.
In the next weeks we will be analyzing different strategies to spice up our personal profiles.
One of the websites we will work on is "Comiqs" because it will let us turn photos into a sort of comic strip.
The idea is to create a comic strip with a funny introduction of yourself. In order to do this, you will have to choose some characters that will introduce you by telling us about your likes/dislikes, hobbies, any special skill, personal goals, topics you like talking about, etc.
Ready to accept this new challenge?
It is interesting to see how motivated and enthusiastic we all are. The Network is giving us another opportunity to use the language for real purposes and develop our spontaneous communication skills.
In the next weeks we will be analyzing different strategies to spice up our personal profiles.
One of the websites we will work on is "Comiqs" because it will let us turn photos into a sort of comic strip.
The idea is to create a comic strip with a funny introduction of yourself. In order to do this, you will have to choose some characters that will introduce you by telling us about your likes/dislikes, hobbies, any special skill, personal goals, topics you like talking about, etc.
Ready to accept this new challenge?
3/14/2008
Welcome Back!
All courses are starting this week. We wish all students, teachers, parents and staff the best of luck on the beginning of the new academic year.
Challenge Education goes ONLINE!
Challenge Language School has a new place to interact. We have opened a social network on Ning, providing a place for members to share "ideas", debate, talk about themselves, show pictures and videos, participate in different interactive projects and enjoy learning English.
We hope everyone has an enjoyable and meaningful learning experience.
...working together to build community.
Challenge Education goes ONLINE!
Challenge Language School has a new place to interact. We have opened a social network on Ning, providing a place for members to share "ideas", debate, talk about themselves, show pictures and videos, participate in different interactive projects and enjoy learning English.
We hope everyone has an enjoyable and meaningful learning experience.
...working together to build community.
3/08/2008
Learning new Vocabulary
Learning new vocabulary is always a great challenge for foreign language students that need a wide array of target language words to be able to communicate successfully.
Today, I want to show you a website that will help you expand your vocabulary knowledge.
Visuwords is one of my favourite web-based tools.
* It is is an online graphical dictionary that shows the relationships between words.
* It is a powerful tool that allows you to increase and enrich your vocabulary.
* It is a dictionary and a thesaurus!
How it works.
Type a word into the search space and see how the word is connected to other words!
Experience the site by yourself and tell us you opinion.
Today, I want to show you a website that will help you expand your vocabulary knowledge.
Visuwords is one of my favourite web-based tools.
* It is is an online graphical dictionary that shows the relationships between words.
* It is a powerful tool that allows you to increase and enrich your vocabulary.
* It is a dictionary and a thesaurus!
How it works.
Type a word into the search space and see how the word is connected to other words!
Experience the site by yourself and tell us you opinion.
2/27/2008
The Barbershop
Classes are just around the corner. Everybody is organizing the academic year.
But before we start, I wanted to share something with you.
Last year a student suggested that I should see a video called “The Barbershop”. He told me it was best heard with earphones and closed eyes. He was intriguing and I am very curious.
Imagine what I did as soon as I could... Yes, “youtube” and … “the barbershop”!!!
It was really impressive! Amazing! So realistic!
It was like I was in the room with the barber!
Check it out, you'll be amazed!
But please, remember to put you headphones on, turn the volume up, and last but not least, don’t forget to close your eyes!
Extremely life like three dimensional audio recording.
How is it recorded?
Dummy head recording (also known as artificial head or Kunstkopf) is a method used to make binaural recordings, It allows a listener wearing head phones to perceive the directionality and the room acoustics of single or multiple sources.
Do you know any other example of holophonics (3D audio recording) that you would like to share? Leave a comment with your suggestions!
But before we start, I wanted to share something with you.
Last year a student suggested that I should see a video called “The Barbershop”. He told me it was best heard with earphones and closed eyes. He was intriguing and I am very curious.
Imagine what I did as soon as I could... Yes, “youtube” and … “the barbershop”!!!
It was really impressive! Amazing! So realistic!
It was like I was in the room with the barber!
Check it out, you'll be amazed!
But please, remember to put you headphones on, turn the volume up, and last but not least, don’t forget to close your eyes!
Extremely life like three dimensional audio recording.
How is it recorded?
Dummy head recording (also known as artificial head or Kunstkopf) is a method used to make binaural recordings, It allows a listener wearing head phones to perceive the directionality and the room acoustics of single or multiple sources.
Do you know any other example of holophonics (3D audio recording) that you would like to share? Leave a comment with your suggestions!
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