tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26133526570201463082024-03-13T13:44:31.721+01:00Teaching English to Primary childrenA formative teaching e-Portfolio to share with you.Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-81751981934671919052011-08-31T11:03:00.007+02:002011-09-02T20:10:03.549+02:00Where is it written that we can't change education? (MY LAST POST)<div style="text-align: justify;">Where is it written that the old way is the right way? Where is it written that the traditional education is the only way to get an education? That is the thing: it isn't written anywhere!
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<br />With this fabolous video I close this blog. When I discovered blogs I was so enthusiastic about them that I opened one for each topic I like about education. Now, three years later I realise I cannot maintain all blogs updated at the same time, and I have learned a lot too about how to take care about my digital identity as a teacher. So I have decided to unify this blog and another one I have as well about education that was origanlly created to write in catalan. So from now onwards, I will write all my post <a href="http://reflexionsperamestres.blogspot.com/">here</a> whatever the language of the post is.
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<br />Please keep in touch and visit my blog <a href="http://reflexionsperamestres.blogspot.com/">Reflexions per a mestres</a> where we can keep thinking and reflecting about education.
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<br />Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-52676215269923332642011-01-29T09:26:00.003+01:002011-08-31T10:50:47.950+02:00Attwell on ePortfoliosI have just discovered this video of Graham Attwell on ePortfolios, and obviously it is a must when learning about them:
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<br /><iframe width="560" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_YY1DrOa_o8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-65789270853341840662011-01-05T09:56:00.002+01:002011-01-05T10:11:54.139+01:00Videos on edutechDuring the last term I discovered the following videos on edutech which I am planning to use in my lessons of English for student teachers.<br /><br />Education Technology Plan in USA: excellent example of trying to get teacher's opinions<br /><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TR_lBt4jjow?fs=1&hl=es_ES&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TR_lBt4jjow?fs=1&hl=es_ES&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Via @jvivancos<br /><br /><br />You can't be my teacher: interesting questions to make teachers think about the importance of using new technologies<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0VSymMbMYHA?fs=1&hl=es_ES&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0VSymMbMYHA?fs=1&hl=es_ES&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Via @iferrer<br /><br /><br />We are the people we've been waiting for: the question is... does our current education system work?<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RamYdyilfDs?fs=1&hl=es_ES&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RamYdyilfDs?fs=1&hl=es_ES&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Via #ulearn10Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-57442981709243522892010-12-07T20:09:00.008+01:002010-12-11T12:05:31.398+01:00The PLE Conference (still...)<div style="text-align: justify;">It's five months since I wrote on this blog for the last time. I think that the last time I tried to blog about the PLE Conference I was so excited that any words that came into my mind weren't enough to describe it. I had just run out of words... anything I could write was n't good enough to be able to show you how happy I was feeling after having met you all! Now, after all the time I have spent checking PLEs, listening to your podcasts, watching your videos and writing about them in my assignments and other stuff, I need to come back to this blog.<br /><br />The <a href="http://pleconference.citilab.eu/">PLE Conference in Barcelona</a> was my first international conference and now I can guess how lucky I was to start in this new world with you. Since then, there have been new conferences, which I enjoyed so much, and I have met you again, in Bilbao (<a href="http://edutec2010.com/">EDUTEC2010</a>) or in Lisbon (<a href="http://ticeduca.ie.ul.pt/">TICEDUCA10</a>), but this was all because you were so kind to me that I felt inspired to carry on.<br /><br />But the PLE Conference is even more special to me for a very important reason: the first version of the mind map, which I submitted as a poster, was the very first thing I had written after having lost my grandma <span style="font-style: italic;">forever </span>- she passed away eight months and three weeks ago and it's the first time I have written about her without tears runnning down my face. I have talked about her to lots of people (thanks for your patience), in lots more places, blogs and projects but I hadn't said this before so I still needed to say it. I hope that in the future I can keep on without annoying anyone else because I understand that I'm not at all special: all humans sooner or later have to live this farewell... but indeed my grandmother really was a very special person.<br /><br />What do I remember now? YOU! I learnt that the PLN is one of the most important parts of a PLE. I learnt because I paid attention to your words, but I learnt it especially because I felt it. Then I learnt that talking about PLEs is not talking only about technology. PLEs are about strategy, methodology, students' own learning... The importance is not because of the tools but because of the learning process through each tool. So the answer to what we have to learn as teachers is easy: methodology. Or maybe simply attitude?. And the main aim is to avoid using new tools to keep teaching the same traditional lessons.<br /><br />I now remember lots of questions that I asked myself : PLEs focus on personalizing, but could we focus PLEs on openness too? Do PLEs link both informal and formal learning? Is informal learning only possible after basic formal learning? If the learner is the owner of their own PLE, can an institution provide a PLE?<br /><br /><br />And something that I loved from the moment I heard it: eportfolios as the DNA of PLEs...<br /><br /><br />And the last thing I still need to write is: THANK YOU! And I hope to keep in touch with you... virtually or in person in Southampton.<br /><br />It has been a short and brief attempt to write again but I hope I am able to write more here soon about this and lots of exciting ideas in <span style="font-style: italic;">edutech</span>.<br /></div>Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-36359761047803569012010-07-09T00:11:00.009+02:002010-10-27T08:35:35.385+02:00My poster for The PLE ConferenceToday I'm presenting a poster in the poster session of <a href="http://pleconference.citilab.eu/">The PLE Conference</a>... and I am feeling both excited and nervous...<br /><br />This is the poster: a mind map on a project being developed now...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qLE5MQP1W2U/TDZOmd-dA8I/AAAAAAAAA8Y/Fmdfgi3Ihc8/s1600/ples.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qLE5MQP1W2U/TDZOmd-dA8I/AAAAAAAAA8Y/Fmdfgi3Ihc8/s400/ples.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491663218413470658" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And the short paper submitted with the poster:<br /><br /><br /><a title="View Short Paper on PLEs&amp;amp;EPORTFOLIOS + Poster on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/34078536/Short-Paper-on-PLEs-amp-EPORTFOLIOS-Poster" style="margin: 12px auto 6px; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; display: block; text-decoration: underline;">Short Paper on PLEs&amp;EPORTFOLIOS + Poster</a> <object id="doc_228596046500787" name="doc_228596046500787" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf" style="outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium;" rel="media:document" resource="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=34078536&access_key=key-2obflnzflrkkugejqyxr&page=1&viewMode=list" media="http://search.yahoo.com/searchmonkey/media/" dc="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" width="100%" height="500"> <param name="movie" value="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="opaque"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="FlashVars" value="document_id=34078536&access_key=key-2obflnzflrkkugejqyxr&page=1&viewMode=list"> <embed id="doc_228596046500787" name="doc_228596046500787" src="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=34078536&access_key=key-2obflnzflrkkugejqyxr&page=1&viewMode=list" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="opaque" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%" height="500"></embed> </object><br /><br /><br />And I have prepared a presentation to support the poster (in fact, I just wanted to practise before the session!!!)<br /><br /><br /><div style="width: 425px; text-align: left;"><a style="margin: 12px 0pt 3px; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 204); display: block; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.slideboom.com/presentations/186090/A-presentation-to-support-the-mind-map" title="A presentation to support the mind map">A presentation to support the mind map</a><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" id="onlinePlayer" width="425" height="370"><param name="movie" value="http://www.slideboom.com/player/player.swf?id_resource=186090"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="flashVars" value=""><embed src="http://www.slideboom.com/player/player.swf?id_resource=186090" name="onlinePlayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="" width="425" height="370"></embed></object><div style="font-size: 11px; font-family: tahoma,arial; height: 26px; padding-top: 2px;">View <a href="http://www.slideboom.com/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more presentations</a> or <a href="http://www.slideboom.com/upload" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Upload</a> your own.</div></div><br /><br />Sorry for the pronounciation of PLEs... I didn't notice that I was using the Spanish pronounciation .... glups!Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-90087265403135404702010-07-06T21:47:00.007+02:002010-07-22T19:30:03.694+02:00Finally, it's here: PLE_BCNWow! A lot of time waiting for <a href="http://pleconference.citilab.eu/">The PLE Confer</a><a href="http://pleconference.citilab.eu/">ence</a> to arrive... and it's here: tomorrow we start!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://pleconference.citilab.eu/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 136px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qLE5MQP1W2U/TDOJnBPt7rI/AAAAAAAAA8I/O2KkAMbgJbs/s400/ple_conf_badge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490883674137030322" border="0" /></a><br />It's the first time I have been to an international conference, but I wonder: are all international conferences like this one? I can guess the answer: no! I have never seen such amazing people organizing so many interesting speeches, workshops, sessions... nothing here seems to be traditional....Even main talks are not keynotes, but unkeynotes!!! Simply, awesome!<br />I've been online the last few months, except for some very busy days grading and planning, following <a href="http://pleconference.citilab.eu/">The PLE Conference</a> everywhere I was able to find and I was pleased by all the content all these great experts can be able to share. Before we start, I just would like to THANK YOU for your effort and your kindness in your attention!!!!<br /><br />I'm willing to start tomorrow! I hope I can meet you all!!! And hope to listen to you very soon!!!<br /><br />And, of course, if you are interested in PLEs I strongly recommend that you follow The PLE Conference in:<br /><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23PLE_BCN">Twitter</a><br /><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/pgsimoes/ple-bcn">Twitter list by @pgsimoes</a><br /><br /><a href="http://pleconference.crowdvine.com/">Crowdvine</a><br /><br /><a href="http://twubs.com/ple_bcn">Twubs</a><br /><br /><br />And, I can't stop myself... here it comes my badge for the conference:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qLE5MQP1W2U/TDOqA_fXrrI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/Tc6jPGNDX9g/s1600/gemma%27s+badge+ple.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 170px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qLE5MQP1W2U/TDOqA_fXrrI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/Tc6jPGNDX9g/s400/gemma%27s+badge+ple.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490919304714497714" border="0" /></a>Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-38644229827286353622010-05-24T17:45:00.007+02:002010-12-07T20:08:05.091+01:00Sir Ken Robinson: bring on the learning revolutionI've been following Sir Ken Robinson's interviews and talks since I first saw him on his first speech in Ted Talks in 2006. Now, I have just discovered the second one and again I love it as much as I loved the first. So here there is a short summary of this speech. I'll pay attention to future comments on this new ideas.<br /><br />Every education system in the world is being reformed at the moment. And it's not enough because it's just improving a broken model. What we need is not evolution but a revolution in education. It has to be transformed into something else.<br />Innovating means challenging what we take for granted, things that we think are obvious...<br /><br /><br /><!--copy and paste--><object height="326" width="446"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/SirKenRobinson_2010-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/SirKenRobinson-2010.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=865&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution;year=2010;theme=the_rise_of_collaboration;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=master_storytellers;theme=how_the_mind_works;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=a_taste_of_ted2010;theme=whipsmart_comedy;theme=how_we_learn;event=TED2010;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;"><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/SirKenRobinson_2010-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/SirKenRobinson-2010.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=865&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution;year=2010;theme=the_rise_of_collaboration;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=master_storytellers;theme=how_the_mind_works;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=a_taste_of_ted2010;theme=whipsmart_comedy;theme=how_we_learn;event=TED2010;" height="326" width="446"></embed></object>Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-24815762739243096182010-05-23T22:18:00.003+02:002010-05-23T22:29:42.585+02:00The PLE Conference<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://pleconference.citilab.eu/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 59px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qLE5MQP1W2U/S_mNuH9iDaI/AAAAAAAAA7Y/_3l1_TxEyHw/s400/PLEbanner-small.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474562645596179874" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Are you interested in PLEs? Would you like to meet the best PLE experts of the world?<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Then, you can't miss the <a href="http://pleconference.citilab.eu/">PLE Conference</a> in Barcelona next 8th and 9th July!<br /></div><br /><div style="width:425px" id="__ss_3476074"><strong style="display:block;margin:12px 0 4px"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/PLEconference/ple-flyer" title="PLE Flyer">PLE Flyer</a></strong><object id="__sse3476074" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=pleflyer-100319063939-phpapp02&stripped_title=ple-flyer"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed name="__sse3476074" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=pleflyer-100319063939-phpapp02&stripped_title=ple-flyer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="padding:5px 0 12px">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/PLEconference">PLE Conference 2010</a>.</div></div><br /><br />I'm going and I'm looking forward to it! Let's meet in the <a href="http://pleconference.citilab.eu/">PLE Conference</a> next July!<br />See you soon!Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-59403080764125581042010-04-05T21:12:00.013+02:002011-12-03T19:31:25.550+01:00Glogster on Roald DahlRoald Dahl is worldwide known as a children's literature author. But he is also brilliant at writing stories for adults. We are reading two examples of both kinds of Dahl's work in class, so look at this poster to get some information before going deeper into the readings.<br />You've got a video and a game on the Twits and a funny summary of the Landlady that will help you understanding the real text. And of course, you have a video of the author himself talking to some kids about witches. Enjoy it!<br /><br /><iframe src="http://edu.glogster.com/glog.php?glog_id=6766368&scale=50" width="480" height="650" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" style="overflow: hidden;"></iframe><br /><br /><img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNzA2Mzg2MzIzOTAmcHQ9MTI3MDYzODYzNzM*MyZwPTIyMTYzMSZkPSZnPTImbz*3ZTJjZTFjNzE4ODA*ZjRmOTMw/ZDkzMzhmM2FkYWIwMyZvZj*w.gif" height="0" width="0" border="0" /><embed src="http://www.glogster.com/flash/flash_loader.swf?ver=1270109416" flashvars="sl=http://www.glogster.com/flash/glog.swf?ver=1270109416&gi=6766368&ui=3833725&li=3&fu=http://www.glogster.com/flash/&su=http://www.glogster.com/connector/&fn=http://www.glogster.com/fonty/&embed=true&pu=http://www.glogster.com/blog-thumbs/3/6/76/63/6766368_2.jpg&si=x&gw=3,8,0&gh=5,1,4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="window" allowscriptacces="always" allownetworking="all" allowfullscreen="true" height="514" width="380"></embed><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://edu.glogster.com/glog.php?glog_id=6766368&scale=100" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" style="overflow: hidden;" frameborder="0" height="1300" scrolling="no" width="960"></iframe>Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-24744518715671862732010-04-03T12:23:00.003+02:002010-04-03T12:27:18.422+02:00Education in 2025Another video presentation with shocking images and messages to think on.<br /><br /><embed wmode="opaque" src="http://static.ning.com/socialnetworkmain/widgets/video/flvplayer/flvplayer.swf?v=201003221300" flashvars="config=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futureofeducation.com%2Fvideo%2Fvideo%2FshowPlayerConfig%3Fid%3D2689803%253AVideo%253A18047%26ck%3D-&video_smoothing=on&autoplay=off&isEmbedCode=1" bgcolor="#EEE2BA" scale="noscale" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="456" height="344"></embed> <br /><small><a href="http://www.futureofeducation.com/video/video">Find more videos like this on <em>The Future of Education</em></a></small>Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-68589608232432444242010-03-07T22:26:00.004+01:002010-03-07T22:47:25.978+01:00Maria Montessori's exampleMaria Montessori is the perfect example I was looking for: a woman commited to both educational and social issues. <br /><br /><br />Watch <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2A3-z0qdCw">this video</a> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Montessori">Maria Montessori</a> and answer the following questions.<br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?formkey=dGQ5UGhuMjVWVTg2Nm5WbGJaLVJnZFE6MA" width="700" height="973" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0">Loading...</iframe>Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-27841551046144891972010-03-06T10:46:00.007+01:002010-03-06T12:29:40.521+01:00Women's day again...Don't you feel fed up with so many nice speeches, hopeful words, and optimistic plans...<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ye8iGQ1d9Cg&hl=es_ES&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ye8iGQ1d9Cg&hl=es_ES&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />...when year after year, decade after decade, there are so many girls living the same story?<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hmW0jhhqRcI&hl=es_ES&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hmW0jhhqRcI&hl=es_ES&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Can we stop it? Can teachers break the cycle of abuse?<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5sdFS2FtMo0&hl=es_ES&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5sdFS2FtMo0&hl=es_ES&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-53891922251685680782010-03-01T19:32:00.005+01:002010-03-01T19:57:43.366+01:00Blogs versus WikisI have just found this video on <a href="http://ciberaulas.blogspot.com/">Jose Luis Cabello's blog</a> and I simply love it. Original and hilarious as well as interesting.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AsFU3sAlPx4&hl=es_ES&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AsFU3sAlPx4&hl=es_ES&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-14410892889423468242010-02-06T09:14:00.015+01:002010-02-06T09:43:24.045+01:00Introducing cultural content in language learningThis week we are starting a new subject on English language: English language and culture. You know that learning a language means learning its culture too and that's why I love this new subject. <br />So, why not reviewing how much we know about some geographical aspects?<br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://pagesperso-orange.fr/michel.barbot/hotpot/geography/gb_uk/match.htm" width="500" frameborder="0" height="600" scrolling="auto"></iframe> <br /><br /><br />And what about this one? Can you locate these cities in the UK?<br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://pagesperso-orange.fr/michel.barbot/hotpot/geography/gb_uk/cities.htm" width="600" frameborder="0" height="600" scrolling="auto"></iframe> <br /><br />Find more Hot Potatoes activities on English culture <a href="http://pagesperso-orange.fr/michel.barbot/hotpot/geohome.htm">here</a><br /><br /><br />Thanks to <a href="http://internetaula.ning.com/profile/ManuelRivera">Manuel Rivera</a> who showed me these activities and taught me how to embed Hot Potatoes activities on blogs.Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-12010243414244577412010-01-08T22:55:00.014+01:002010-01-10T23:14:48.365+01:00E-Portfolio Development and Implementation<div style="text-align: justify;">I have found this video on <a href="http://leefolio.wordpress.com/">Leefolio</a> blog thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/lee74">Lee74 on Twitter</a>. It goes deeply on the e-portfolio topic, and I have thought that it's so interesting that I have written some parts of Graham Attwell's explanation.<br /><br /><br /><embed src="http://blip.tv/play/slGS1FAC" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="422" width="480"></embed><br /><br /><br />What's an e-portfolio? In the context of education and training, an e-portfolio is a portfolio based on electronic media services. It consists of a personal digital record containing information such as a personal profile and a collection of a achivements, information on which different services can be provided to the owner of the porfolio and the people and organizations to which the owner has acces.<br />There are four broad purposes of e-portfolio:<br />1. Assessment portfolio: to show that the user can achieve certain outcomes.<br />2. Presentation portfolio: to show what a user can do.<br />3. Personal development planning: space in which learners can way up their achievement and look at their future plans and how they might achieve those future plans.<br />4. Personal learning: a space where learners can bring together all their learnings, a record of lifelong learning.<br />Drivers of change: more student centred pedagogic approaches, more flexible programs, a greater emphasis on lifelong learning, competence based assessment.<br />e-Porfolios reflect changes and respond to changes in the way which young people using technology for learning but changes in the way we see teaching and learning in our society today<br />They should largely be owned by the learner and that means that the owner decides who they share their portfolio with and that's a key prince of e-portfolios.<br />Reflection on learning is critical to the development of an e-portfolio, and opening up the e-portfolio -although it raises some sucurity implications- to your peers to other people is one of the central ways of getting the feedback which is so important for that reflection to take place.<br />An e-portfolio should contain all learning: the key to a good e-portfolio is bringing together, collecting and reflecting on learning from all those different contexts.<br />Development of reflection may work best in project based learning and when reflection is linked to activities.<br />We have to move from assessment for learning to assessment of learning: a formative assessment that would involve changing forms of assessment. We need to move away from exam based assessment towards peer assessment and group based assessment. E-portfolio shoul be the place that assessment for learning could take place.<br />The e-portfolio shoul have different spaces and software services for different purposes.<br /><br /></div>Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-7182564127201671862010-01-04T16:34:00.005+01:002010-01-04T16:47:24.930+01:00New Year, new international celebrations!Unesco launches two new international celebrations in 2010:<br /><br /><a href="http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=39761&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html">International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=39761&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 307px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qLE5MQP1W2U/S0ILEokx-tI/AAAAAAAAAzo/OpQiADbGwEM/s400/Cultural%2BDiversity%2BDec.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422909075546569426" border="0" /></a><a href="http://portal.unesco.org/science/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7998&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html"><br />International Year for Biodiversity</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cbd.int/2010/welcome/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 115px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qLE5MQP1W2U/S0ILqHWDVuI/AAAAAAAAAzw/FKwvTdWFJwo/s400/IYB-Logo-english.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422909719461451490" border="0" /></a><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7592397&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7592397&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/7592397">UN Secretary General Welcome Message for the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1630383">CBD</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><br />There's no doubt that these two celebrations can have an important place in our lessons. I'll keep looking for resources on these two topics from now on.Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-48482790203629861572009-12-24T17:49:00.003+01:002010-01-04T16:34:32.314+01:00Hundreds of ways to wish a Merry Christmas!Sometimes it seems that Christmas lessons in English as a foreign language run out of diversity, specially in Primary levels: every year the same vocabulary, the same Christmas Carols or the same Art activities such as the Christmas tree or the Christmas card.<br />Now I have just discovered two great lists of videos on Christmas, by <a href="http://www.fanpop.com/fans/greedo/content/articles">Greedo</a>, with such variety of songs, carols, ads ans stories that I can't help myself blogging them. I have found them on <a href="http://www.fanpop.com/">funpop</a>, due to <a href="http://twitter.com/TheTeacherPage">@The TheacherPage</a> (Robert W. Hughes) who retweeted a post by <a href="http://twitter.com/AuntyTech">@AuntyTech</a> (<a href="http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/">Donna Baumbach</a>) on Twitter:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fanpop.com/spots/christmas/articles/64/title/watch-101-classic-christmas-videos-online">101 Classic Christmas Videos online</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.fanpop.com/spots/christmas/articles/1306/title/another-big-big-list-101-christmas-videos-watch-enjoy">Another big, big list of 101 Christmas Videos to Wathc and Enjoy<br /><br /></a><br />So, from now on, I 'm sure we won't run out of oral resources for our English lessons.<br /><br />And with this short post, I send you my warmest wishes for a<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!</span></span><br /></div>And I hope that next year we'll meet here again -and I promise I'll try to post more than lately.Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-15280442664673984562009-11-02T11:13:00.002+01:002009-11-02T11:18:47.192+01:00Your PLE<img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI1NzE1Njc4MjY4NyZwdD*xMjU3MTU2ODM*Mjk2JnA9MTAxOTEmZD1zc19lbWJlZCZuPWJsb2dnZXImZz*yJm89ZDFhOTdiMDlkYTNiNDA2MWI*YWQ2NTI4NThlOTMzZTQmb2Y9MA==.gif" width="0" border="0" height="0" /><div style="width: 425px; text-align: left;" id="__ss_2347712"><a style="margin: 12px 0pt 3px; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; display: block; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/markwoolley/living-literacy-digital-story-telling-for-21st-century-learners" title="Powerful Personal Learning Networks PLN">Powerful Personal Learning Networks PLN</a><object style="margin: 0px;" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=pln-key-091026052444-phpapp02&stripped_title=living-literacy-digital-story-telling-for-21st-century-learners"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=pln-key-091026052444-phpapp02&stripped_title=living-literacy-digital-story-telling-for-21st-century-learners" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="font-size: 11px; font-family: tahoma,arial; height: 26px; padding-top: 2px;">View more <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/">documents</a> from <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/markwoolley">Mark Woolley</a>.</div></div><br /><br /><br />Presentation taken from <a href="http://5centims5.blogspot.com/">Arran de pupitre</a> blog by R. Barlam. Found in Twitter thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/francescesteve">F. Esteve</a>Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-25402602277709983072009-10-31T19:20:00.006+01:002009-10-31T19:35:16.116+01:00PLE as autonomous learning tools<img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI1NzAxMzE4NzE3MSZwdD*xMjU3MDEzMjI3NTYyJnA9MTAxOTEmZD1zc19lbWJlZCZuPWJsb2dnZXImZz*yJm89ZDFhOTdiMDlkYTNiNDA2MWI*YWQ2NTI4NThlOTMzZTQmb2Y9MA==.gif" width="0" border="0" height="0" /><div style="width: 425px; text-align: left;" id="__ss_2193771"><a style="margin: 12px 0pt 3px; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; display: block; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/timbuckteeth/its-personal-learning-spaces-learning-webs" title="It’s Personal: Learning Spaces, Learning Webs">It’s Personal: Learning Spaces, Learning Webs</a><object style="margin: 0px;" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=itspersonal-091011174909-phpapp02&stripped_title=its-personal-learning-spaces-learning-webs"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=itspersonal-091011174909-phpapp02&stripped_title=its-personal-learning-spaces-learning-webs" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="font-size: 11px; font-family: tahoma,arial; height: 26px; padding-top: 2px;">View more <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/timbuckteeth">Steve Wheeler</a>.<br /></div></div><br /><br /><br />I have found this presentation on <a href="http://jlcabello.posterous.com/">Web Learning Remix </a>blog by José Luis Cabello. PLE i a new quite new concept for me but I find it really interesting. In fact I am in the first steps trying to cross the road from blogs to PLEs as eportolios. I am fond of learning portfolios and I have experienced the power of blogs as learning tools and I will keep investigatin this new way.Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-38513862188823355842009-10-05T00:36:00.007+02:002009-10-05T01:00:59.772+02:00World Teachers' Day!Happy Teachers' Day!
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.unesco.org/en/teacher-education/advocacy/world-teachers-day/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 210px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qLE5MQP1W2U/Sskk-D3OqbI/AAAAAAAAAuA/QiirPcrBk7k/s400/animated-poster.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388879077732952498" border="0" /></a>Read here the information note about <a href="http://www.unesco.org/education/wtd2009/informationnote.pdf">World Teachers' Day 2009</a>.
<br />I would like to highlight some principles in it. I just copy a paragraph because I totally agree with it and I don't have anything else to add:
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<br />"In our <span lang="EN-GB">rapidly changing and interdependent </span><span lang="EN-GB">world, teachers not only have to ensure that students acquire solid skills in basic subjects, but also that they become responsible local and global citizens, at ease with new technologies and able to make informed decisions about health, the environment and other challenges. </span>Teachers play a leading role in giving students the knowledge, attitudes and values that help them understand the world and become agents of change."
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<br />So this is the great aim of the teacher's work: help students to become agents of change! It doesn't seem that it's going to be easy, but we have no excuse: it's simply our mission.
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<br />Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-90783082185839707292009-09-26T10:07:00.003+02:002009-09-26T10:26:38.959+02:00European Day of LanguagesTaking advantage of the European Day of Languages we can introduce the topic of language learning in our lessons. There are many resources for teachers on the web.<br />I have been browsing the web and these are some interesting resources that I have found and I share them with you here:<br /><br />European Day of Languages - <a href="http://edl.ecml.at/Home/tabid/1455/language/en-GB/Default.aspx">home</a><br />Some articles <a href="http://edl.ecml.at/Abouttheday/PDFs/tabid/1860/language/en-GB/Default.aspx">here</a><br /><a href="http://www.cilt.org.uk/home/valuing_languages/european_day_of_languages.aspx">The National Centre for Languages</a>- lots of resources for teachers of all levels<br /><a href="http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/primary/publications/languages/framework/">Key Stage 2 Framework for Languages</a>- for planning<br />Council of Europe, <a href="http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/">Language policy division</a><br />Council of Europe, <a href="http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/portfolio/default.asp?l=e&m=/main_pages/welcome.html">European Language Portfolio</a><br />European Commission, Multilingualism,<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/language-teaching/index_en.htm"> Language Teaching</a>Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-15819068836168440872009-09-19T09:17:00.005+02:002009-09-19T11:47:14.508+02:00Obama's back to school speechesThis year Obama has focused on students' responsibility in their learning success in his back to school speech. He has encouraged students to study hard and stay in school:<br /><br />"Every single one of you has something you are good at.You have the responsibility to yourself to discover what that is , that’s the opportunity that education can provide" (...)"No one’s been born at being good at all things, you become good at things through hard work" <br />(...)<br />"Your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these questions. I'm working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books, equipment and computers you need to learn. But you've got to do your part too. So I expect you to get serious this year. I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do. I expect great things from each of you." (...)<br /><br />Let's hope that he doesn't forget the Government's responsibilities on education too.<br /><br />Listen here to <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8516873">Obama's full back to school speech</a>.<br /><br /><br />And remeber, EDUCATION IS YOUR TICKET!:<br /><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/video/President-Obamas-Conversation-with-9th-Graders/">President Obama's Conversation with 9th Graders </a>Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-82192415667181846812009-09-13T11:14:00.005+02:002009-09-13T11:33:25.324+02:00Six quick tips for new teachers<p align="justify">I have had blog holidays this summer and I haven't posted anything, so now, that summer is over and we are back to school, it's the right moment to start again. So, ready, steady, go!<br /><br />This is the video I choose to start a new school year. It's about six short tips for teachers who start their career. It's a little old-fashioned but anyway I have loved two of the tips explained.<br /><br />I especially agree with tips number two and three:<br />- Plan together with one or two teachers or even your whole grade level.<br />But I don't agree with the reason why we should do it. It's not only that you don't get so much stuff to do, but that you learn from all your colleagues. Team work in schools will devolop professional development of all teachers working in groups.<br /><br />- Try to meet with a fellow teacher that has been teaching for five years or longer. That way you can meet with someone that has some experience.<br />I really feel it's the right thing to do for new teachers: try to meet a mentor, someone you can rely on and ask for help, opinion and advice. New teachers need the expertise of someone who has been working for a long time to make them think on all important aspects in teaching.<br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bcOXnabIAsM&hl=es&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bcOXnabIAsM&hl=es&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />See you soon again, and happy new school year!</p>Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-91509577917406775512009-07-01T23:32:00.003+02:002009-07-01T23:41:02.231+02:00If you were President......what would you do to improve schools?<br />Here you've got some interesting opinions. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/M58sNpdX5k0&hl=es&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/M58sNpdX5k0&hl=es&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Video taken from <a href="http://www.classroom20.com/">Classroom 2.0</a>Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613352657020146308.post-36629158277094163142009-06-06T17:49:00.005+02:002009-06-06T20:05:09.160+02:00Key Data on Teaching Languages at School in EuropeI've been searching on <a href="http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/Eurydice">Eurydice</a> and I have found an interesting research on teaching langauges in Europe.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/Eurydice/showPresentation?pubid=095EN"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 257px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qLE5MQP1W2U/SiqRmxMY65I/AAAAAAAAAo0/Eo5F6ZDiKjc/s400/095EN.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344244003054873490" border="0" /></a><a href="http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/ressources/eurydice/pdf/0_integral/095EN.pdf"><br /><br /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/ressources/eurydice/pdf/0_integral/095EN.pdf">Key Data on Teaching Languages at School in Europe </a>gives a wide vision of the role of languages in all compulsory education systems of European countries. It's a comparative study with 44 indicators structured into five parts: context, organisation, participation, teachers and teaching processing. It's a text full of figures with short and easy explanations of each indicator and that's why I strongly recommend it.<br />It's quite interesting to know the step where the other countries in Europe are to have a deepest criteria on the topic . It seems that Spain is in a good enough position in relation to the rest of the coutries, eg, we are the ones to offer foreign language learning at the earliest stage.<br />I have especially enjoyed the indicators related to the organisation: the teaching of two foreign languages, CLIL teaching, English as a mandatory language in 13 countries, regional languages included in many curricula. Enjoy it!</div>Gemma Tur Ferrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027521780088432892noreply@blogger.com0