Hi everyone!
Now, here I am, ready to start blogging with all of you.
Though familiar
with blogger and blogging, I have to admit that I'm both thrilled and anxious.
Thrilled to be part of this group and to begin an exciting learning (and
sharing) journey, but, at the same time, anxious if I'll be able to keep up and
accomplish all tasks.
Believe me, expectations
couldn't be higher! This journey will be a new one once this will be my first
online course with colleagues from all over the world.
As I have just said, blogging has been in my routine for a couple of years now. I started this blog as a task for a teacher training course (just like now!) and enjoyed it so much that I am still running it :-)
Once I mentioned Thinglink in our forum and by means of introduction, I decided to roll up my sleeves and would like to challenge you all for an activity with this free tool that I've used before and with different teaching goals. I started by making a printscreen of a world map and uploaded it to Thinglink to make it interactive. Not all countries are on it - not even my own - but we all know exactly where we are. The challenge is then to ask you to tag your country on the map and add a link (can be for youtube, wikipedia, whatever) with some info about your country or the place where you are. I've left a youtube link for a video I created about Soure (the small village where I teach) with my own photos, as a way of publicizing the place but also to introduce vocabulary in a tourism course. Willing to join in? Place your cursor on the map, "edit" and double click on the map. In the end, please save.
As I have just said, blogging has been in my routine for a couple of years now. I started this blog as a task for a teacher training course (just like now!) and enjoyed it so much that I am still running it :-)
Once I mentioned Thinglink in our forum and by means of introduction, I decided to roll up my sleeves and would like to challenge you all for an activity with this free tool that I've used before and with different teaching goals. I started by making a printscreen of a world map and uploaded it to Thinglink to make it interactive. Not all countries are on it - not even my own - but we all know exactly where we are. The challenge is then to ask you to tag your country on the map and add a link (can be for youtube, wikipedia, whatever) with some info about your country or the place where you are. I've left a youtube link for a video I created about Soure (the small village where I teach) with my own photos, as a way of publicizing the place but also to introduce vocabulary in a tourism course. Willing to join in? Place your cursor on the map, "edit" and double click on the map. In the end, please save.
PS: You might think this is a repetition of the activity in Donna's wiki, but my goal is to share this tool with you and more info on your countries and / or hometowns. Thank you all.
Dear Alex,
ReplyDeleteI love your blog! I think I'm going to learn as much from you as I am from our tutors. "You can do magic", sings the duet America, one of my favorites American bands. And you really can. I've added my country in your interactive map. Hope you find it interesting and everybody does the same, so that we can all know a little bit more about each other.
Very inspiring post. I enjoyed reading it and like I told you on Nicenet, you have managed to make reconsider my attitude towards blogging especially when our students don't seem to respond to the assignements you post on the class blog. Would it be it possible to have a look at your other blogs?
ReplyDeleteThanks
very impressive blog, excellent job Alex. You are, definitely, going to infect us with your creativeness and fantastic work. As Karim and Carlos agreed that "you're doing magic" and you post very inspiring posts, I would add that your post is generator of excellent ideas that could be done in the classroom. You post, actually remind me on very simple rule in assessment field - ENGAGE students in order to teach them how to learn. Brilliant, thank you
ReplyDeleteDear all,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your compliments. They mean a lot to me!
The hyperlink to my first blog is above, but I'll be delighted to share it with you:
http:www.clubeinglesoure.blogspot.pt
Again, thank you,
Alex
Dear Alex,
ReplyDeleteIt's a great blog and I am really interested in joining THinglink. THanks for sharing)))) Hope to keep in touch ))))
Dear Alex,
ReplyDeleteYour blog is just resource link for all of us. I learned more useful things. Thinglink mentioned other teaching web links which I couldn't use as I wanted. Hope we'll do great courseworks. Many success!
Kinds Sanobar
Dear Alex,
ReplyDeleteYou created a great blog! I created my bog in my native language, do you know how to change language? I tried several times, but I coulnt`t. Thanks in advance.
Best wishes, Rita from Lithuania
Hi Alex,
ReplyDeleteThis is a great blog, and you've created a great activity. It's an excellent demonstration of how to use a blog creatively with students.
Well done!
Donna