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Welcome everyone,

Through this blog we will make our way through english literature, grammar and vocabulary. Every week, you will find interesting activities and you'll be able to watch and listen to very interesting videos and news, fostering the use of new technologies and the use of English. I hope you learn a lot and have fun!!

El uso educativo de los blogs

La educación, como la tecnología, avanza a una velocidad de vértigo y cada vez están más unidas y presentes en nuestras aulas. Hoy en día las TICs nos ofrecen innumerables oportunidades para trabajar en procesos educativos. La educación de hoy se centra en estimular a los alumnos para que no se limiten a ser meros espectadores en las clases sino los encargados de su propia educación.

Una de esas nuevas herramientas es la creación de Blogs por parte de estudiantes. Este nuevo instrumento a la vez que estimula a los alumnos en escribir, intercambiar ideas, trabajar en equipo, visualizar de manera instantánea lo que producen, etc., ofrece a los docentes la posibilidad de exigirles realizar procesos de síntesis, ya que al escribir en Internet deben ser puntuales y precisos en los temas que tratan.

Además, no solo son una herramienta eficaz para mejorar los contenidos académicos, enriqueciéndolos con elementos multimedia como: videos, sonidos, imágenes, animaciones u otros web 2.0., sino que también son tremendamente valiosos para que los profesores se acerquen a los estudiantes de nuevas maneras. 

He aquí enlaces a mis blogs favoritos.


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The english blog

I am: Introducing ourselves

Our first task will be an introduction of ourselves. In order to do so, first we are going to read a Prezi presentation of the poem I Am by the English poet of the XVIII Century John Clare.






In this poem we have someone introducing himself. We can learn many things about the speaker by analysing the poem. For example:

-Our speaker is a very lonely man. In the first two lines the speaker tells us that nobody cares about him, or even knows who is anymore, and that his friends have abandoned him.

- Misery gives our speaker a death wish. But he doesn't say anything about killing himself.

- He's a religious or spiritual person. He's not really afraid of death because he's confident that he will meet God, his creator.


As you can see, poetry can be a good way of talking about something or someone in a beautiful way.


Now you are going to become a poet. It's time to introduce yourself. How? Your task will be writing an "I Am" poem about yourself. Here you have an example: