Teaching English in a Secondary School !

An article  by Dolors Reig called “Nativos a naufragos digitales”

and the video

Nowadays many teachers are considering seriously using ICT and internet in their classrooms, I think that internet can also help Heads of Didactic Departments to achieve a better coordination and collaborative work. Internet and ICTs will be the key to improve the quality and effectiveness of our teaching.

Here is the link to ” The ELT web of IES Olivar Gran”

It doesn’t say much but it is worth reading for those who don’t work in education.

A good introduction for parents???

From the web Ideas to Inspire

http://catalegdigital.wikispaces.com/

Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types.
Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids’ natural talents can flourish.

Summary taken friom “Your Kids are Different and it’s Okay” by David Houle from htpp:/www.oprah.com/world7 Your-kids-Are-Different-and-Its-Okkay-David-Houle/

Digital society changes and it changes quickly!!!! What it was initially thought to be one way communication has changed into a conversational way of comunication.Very interesting article in

http://www.dreig.eu/caparazon/2010/04/21/formacio-competencies-digitals/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+caparazon+%28caparazon%29&utm_content=Google+International

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Working on this webquest the students will explore one of the six regions of the United States:

New England states, the Midd Atlantic states, the South, the Southwest
the Midwest and the West.
Each team must investigate the region’s landmarks, monuments or areas of interest, and create a  fifteen minutes oral presentation… to convince the other students in the class to go and tour this region for a week.

Each member of the team has to choose one of the following roles:
The leader: he/she will conduct team meetings and take final decisions…and conduct the final presentation.
The technician, responsible for the Power Point presentation…
Tha map organizer (create a map of the tour) photos or any other graphics searcher…
The word master, English, accuracy, vocabulary….or tour guide together with the leader.

The links:

* Regional Directory
* U.S. States
* Loney Planet travel guides
* Stately Knowledge
* United States Capitals Map
* Google Directory of the United States
* Explore the States
* U.S. Landmarks and Monuments Clip Art

*Wikitravel USA

*Official tourist webguide on USA

Timing:

Students have 3 class sessions to work together and a final session for the oral presentation.

Assessment / evaluation

Students’ evaluation sheet

Teacher’s evaluation list

There will be individual and group marks and they will depend on several aspects such as class work, attitude, quality of work, amount of work, oral presentation, other classmates evaluation, assitence…
Students must have in mind that NOT necessarily everyone in the group will get the same mark!!!!
And … remember this webquest mark will be as important as any written exam.