My first book

I was going through my illustrations the other day and it dawned on me how beautiful they were and all the things I could still do with them, in terms of classroom activities. After talking to a few colleagues, I decided to take one step further and have just published my first book, which will be available in a week time (business days) at www.lulu.com

My first book

I was going through my illustrations the other day and it dawned on me how beautiful they were and all the things I could still do with them, in terms of classroom activities. After talking to a few colleagues, I decided to take one step further and have just published my first book, which will be available in a week time (business days) at www.lulu.com

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Our wiki has been improved!

http://digitalcommunication1.pbworks.com/w/page/43555425/Front-Page

Open publication - Free publishing - More classroom

São Paulo, here we go!

Taking off to São Paulo on the tenth to present the Digital Communication Project along with Dani, my partner.We're excited about it since we had such a positive response here in Brasília. We hope to have the same there.Below, is the latest version of the presentation.

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São Paulo, here we go!

Taking off to São Paulo on the tenth to present the Digital Communication Project along with Dani, my partner.We're excited about it since we had such a positive response here in Brasília. We hope to have the same there.Below, is the latest version of the presentation.

Open publication - Free publishing - More communication

And learning takes place...

During our bonus week, we had the opportunity to participate in a short digital project,  the EdTech Academy, in which we would be using video tricks. The video could be about anything, as long as it could be used for pedagogical purposes. The teachers who decided to participate had a week and they could do it anywhere and at any time, as long as they did it and posted it in the Youtube. I loved the opportunity to learn how to use one more digital tool, by the way, easy to be used and perfect to make videos with the students´work. This video in particular could be used when the topic is family or growing up. Students may write about their own childhood or someone in their family.

And learning takes place...

During our bonus week, we had the opportunity to participate in a short digital project,  the EdTech Academy, in which we would be using video tricks. The video could be about anything, as long as it could be used for pedagogical purposes. The teachers who decided to participate had a week and they could do it anywhere and at any time, as long as they did it and posted it in the Youtube. I loved the opportunity to learn how to use one more digital tool, by the way, easy to be used and perfect to make videos with the students´work. This video in particular could be used when the topic is family or growing up. Students may write about their own childhood or someone in their family.

Feedback: A Gold Mine

Something I experienced this semester was keeping in touch with parents on a daily basis. At the beginning of the semester, I got all the parents email addresses and saved them in my Contact List. I would contact them every class to inform them about homework that day or any other event that might have happened, regarding the students' attitude or even their material. I sent them the link for the parents blog I created especially for them, so they could proudly see their children's production.I was wondering if parents would comment on the blog posts ...well...they didn't. And that reminded me of something Dani Lyra said during our presentation of our Digital Communication Project last year.She said that although parents don't leave comments on the posts, that doesn't necessarily mean that they don't read them. They didn't comment on the blog posts but they did in their email responses, since they received my emails regularly. Reading their feedback was precious and encouraged me to continue. They considered the daily basis contact a great way to make them aware of what was going on in class and far better than the telephone,which presents time constraints.Unlike phone calls, which depend on the availability of the parents, emails can be read at any place and time.In sum, it was a great experience,which allowed me to reach parents more effectively and profitably.

Feedback: A Gold Mine

Something I experienced this semester was keeping in touch with parents on a daily basis. At the beginning of the semester, I got all the parents email addresses and saved them in my Contact List. I would contact them every class to inform them about homework that day or any other event that might have happened, regarding the students' attitude or even their material. I sent them the link for the parents blog I created especially for them, so they could proudly see their children's production.I was wondering if parents would comment on the blog posts ...well...they didn't. And that reminded me of something Dani Lyra said during our presentation of our Digital Communication Project last year.She said that although parents don't leave comments on the posts, that doesn't necessarily mean that they don't read them. They didn't comment on the blog posts but they did in their email responses, since they received my emails regularly. Reading their feedback was precious and encouraged me to continue. They considered the daily basis contact a great way to make them aware of what was going on in class and far better than the telephone,which presents time constraints.Unlike phone calls, which depend on the availability of the parents, emails can be read at any place and time.In sum, it was a great experience,which allowed me to reach parents more effectively and profitably.

Simple Past: Biographies

Dani Lyra asked me to draw a set of drawings about John Lennon´s biography in order to use it as a teaser.The teaching point here is the past form of the verbs. The teacher shows students the pictures/video and they guess the sequence of events and come up with the story.  Afterwards, teacher assigns a project, in which students will search about a late celebrity and write about him/her. They have to say when and where they were born, what they did and when and how they died.

Video

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Simple Past: Biographies

Dani Lyra asked me to draw a set of drawings about John Lennon´s biography in order to use it as a teaser.The teaching point here is the past form of the verbs. The teacher shows students the pictures/video and they guess the sequence of events and come up with the story.  Afterwards, teacher assigns a project, in which students will search about a late celebrity and write about him/her. They have to say when and where they were born, what they did and when and how they died.

Video

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Junior Projects: Landscapes

For this project, which is our last one this semester, my students learned how to describe a landscape using the verb There To be. They were supposed to draw, color and describe a landscape of their own and use there is a + singular nouns and there are + plural nouns. Other possible forms such as uncountable nouns or unique nouns (for instance, "smoke" and "sun"), which happen to appear in some of the descriptions, were not addressed.

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Junior Projects: Landscapes

For this project, which is our last one this semester, my students learned how to describe a landscape using the verb There To be. They were supposed to draw, color and describe a landscape of their own and use there is a + singular nouns and there are + plural nouns. Other possible forms such as uncountable nouns or unique nouns (for instance, "smoke" and "sun"), which happen to appear in some of the descriptions, were not addressed.

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Junior Projects: Shapes

Shapes: For this project, students made a collage using shapes. They cut them out and pasted, creating landscapes and ordinary objects, also learned in the book. I demonstrated how to do it by making one collage myself. By doing so, they understood very clearly what I expected from them. Here is the result.   

Junior Projects: Shapes

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Junior Projects: Shapes

Shapes: For this project, students made a collage using shapes. They cut them out and pasted, creating landscapes and ordinary objects, also learned in the book. I demonstrated how to do it by making one collage myself. By doing so, they understood very clearly what I expected from them. Here is the result.   

Junior Projects: Shapes

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Junior Projects: My Family

During the making of this project, students practiced the two different ways learned to talk about families and the members of the family. Each student received a sheet folded in four, six and eight parts. They drew and cut out the shape of a person. Then, they drew and colored their relatives´ features and pasted them on a colored sheet of paper.

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Junior Projects: My Family

During the making of this project, students practiced the two different ways learned to talk about families and the members of the family. Each student received a sheet folded in four, six and eight parts. They drew and cut out the shape of a person. Then, they drew and colored their relatives´ features and pasted them on a colored sheet of paper.

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Junior Projects: My Secret Animal

Dear educators, I´m sorry I took so long to restart posting but I was up to my eyes in work. Still am by the way...but thanks to my dear colleague and friend Dani Lyra, I was able to post these three projects, made by my Elementary 1 and 3 students. Dani, I can´t thank you enough for helping me!!! You´re the best.

My Secret Animal: After learning characteristics used to describe animals, students were supposed to write a description and draw a secret animal. By using this digital book, the teacher will be able to play a fun guessing game, in which the students will share their own writing material. 

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Junior Projects: My Secret Animal

Dear educators, I´m sorry I took so long to restart posting but I was up to my eyes in work. Still am by the way...but thanks to my dear colleague and friend Dani Lyra, I was able to post these three projects, made by my Elementary 1 and 3 students. Dani, I can´t thank you enough for helping me!!! You´re the best.

My Secret Animal: After learning characteristics used to describe animals, students were supposed to write a description and draw a secret animal. By using this digital book, the teacher will be able to play a fun guessing game, in which the students will share their own writing material. 

Open publication - Free publishing - More animals