Logbook
- 1. LOGBOOK! Aina Sánchez prats ELT Methodology – 5A Prof: Carme Arbonés I Isabel Civera Curs 2012 - 2013
- 2. WEEK 1 (1-5 / 10 / 12) • We start the course with a lecture from Ricard García, editor of Edu365 and Xtec/crea, two websites full of great resources for both teachers and students. • Professor García has shown us a variety of tool we can use to introduce TIC’s in our English classes. From crating a video with subtitles using BombayTV or making a fantastic storybook with storybird to the my newest discover: Glogster! • All of these pages are going to be in my PLE. I find incredibly useful any type of resource I can use to include different methodologies to an English class, and these ones are pretty interesting.
- 3. WEEK 2 (8-12 / 10 / 2012) • We have been talking about the content, the aims, the project and the assessment of the subject. • I must say I’m a bit lost, because it seems to be a lot of work to do and I don not have a clear idea about what I should do first. • So I have decided to go though my “favourite” tags in Safari an I find some old website quite interesting to add to my PLE. • My two new additions are Shakespeare for kids and the Catalan site Una ma de contes, where you can find a wide variety of stories for children with text and video in English!
- 4. WEEK 3 (15-19 / 10 / 12) • The topic of the week Science! • I have discovered a new world! Science in English (a possibility for future CLIL’s) I have fallen in love with the amount of experiments I have found online! • One in particular, at the discovery kids site. There is a section about the programme The mithbusters and I decided that one day I’m going to try the experiment about the reaction of Mentos and coke! • One more site for my PLE!
- 5. WEEK 4 ( 22 – 26 / 10 / 12) • Art! What an interesting subject! This week we have seen how to work with art an English! • The idea of using paintings of famous artists to works something so simple as colours or shapes it is a brilliant idea! • I must say I am not an art person, but I love those book with fantastic illustrations! • So, my addition to the PLE this week is Stories for children. Lots and Lots of stories with fabulous illustrations to work with!
- 6. WEEK 5 (29 / 10 – 4 / 11 /12) • MATHS!!! Some people tremble at the sound of this word…. • We should stop being afraid of maths!! • As teachers we must encourage our kids to enjoy maths! So, in my tireless search of useful site for my PLE, I have found IXL! • An infinity of worksheets and online activities for all ages! Who said that maths, English and TIC’s couldn't be fun?
- 7. WEEK 6 (5 – 9 / 11 / 2012) • This week we have been talking about infant education. I should say I was pretty lost about this. • We have talk about routines, movement, songs and storytelling… I have used some of the ideas at work, with my P5 English students! • The routine of a song at the beginning and the end of the class was a success! Going outside and play games? Score! • To add to my PLE, this week I am going to put a site about rhymes and songs!
- 8. WEEK 7 (12 – 16 / 11 / 2012) • To add to my PLE, this week I have some basic tools I think every teacher should know how to use: • Gmail! • Edu365/crea • Cirel • These are some of the site I think have interesting information and resources for English teachers.
- 9. WEEK 8 (19 – 23 / 11 / 2012) • Continuing with my search in useful site for teachers, I think it is right to have something like prezi, that allow to make original presentations (enough of boring power points!) • I find also interesting two site to share videos, schooltube and teachertube. • Share is a big part of a teacher jobs. We can learn so much about other teacher experiences!!
- 10. WEEK 9 (26 – 30 / 11/ 12) • This week: Textbook analysis! • Ok, so most of English book are similar! What does it say to us? We need to find other type of activities to complement the typical book exercises! • Sites like Super Simple learning or Abc teach can be an option. We can find lots of flashcards and worksheets to complement our English books!
- 11. WEEK 10 (3 – 7 / 12 / 2012) • This week I found two interesting site to add to my PLE. • BrainPop: it is a science site, and has lots of videos about different aspects of science! The only problem is that you have to be a member to use most of the resources in the site! • Go Animated and his brother Dommo Animated: I remember the lecture about TIC’s, at the beginning of the semester. I realized I did not put these to site on my PLE, and I had to fix it right away. What can I say about these two? Just let your imagination run wild!
- 12. Week 11 (10 – 14 / 12 / 2012) • When I though I could not find any interesting site for my PLE this week…. • I discover Wikipedia in simple English!! What can I say? Let’s be honest, everyone knows that Wikipedia is not as serious as an encyclopaedia, and it may contain some information in need for revision. • But when someone wants to know something and asks St. Google, he or she always always ends up in Wikipedia. • So, a Wikipedia that children can (wisely) use and written in simple English? It already has a spot on my symbaloo!
- 13. WEEK 12 (17 – 21 / 12 / 12) • And with that we arrive to our last week! The moment has finally arrived, when I look back, organise my ideas and decide whether or not I have learnt something during this semester! • I am going to think about it really hard during my holyday. I collected some interesting sites all along the semester, some of them mentioned in this logbook. • And I really think I will use some of them in the future (at least I hope to use them if I can get a job once I finished this year…) so I’m quite sure the reflection of this past semester it is going to be positive! • My last link: TED talk’s!! I absolutely love them!