tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593684680690625182024-02-21T06:00:32.351+00:00braincandyThis is a place where teachers can learn how to blog, experiment, post ideas and share resources.Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00772776327233124620noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759368468069062518.post-58248574627317091372012-05-29T08:34:00.003+01:002012-05-29T08:34:28.013+01:00A strange school<p><a href="http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13402407/peepz-movie" target="_blank" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight:bold;">Peepz Movie</a><br />by: <a href="http://www.xtranormal.com/profile/8100835" style="" target="_blank">gremily2</a></p><iframe id="xtranormal_Peepz Movie" name="xtranormal_Peepz Movie" style="" src="http://www.xtranormal.com/xtraplayr/13402407/peepz-movie" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" border="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto"></iframe><p>An interview for drama teacher at a rather strange school!</p>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00772776327233124620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759368468069062518.post-65864819951359255682012-05-22T08:39:00.001+01:002012-05-22T08:39:42.328+01:00Reality Show<p><a href="http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13402406/the-morning-show" target="_blank" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight:bold;">The Morning show</a><br />by: <a href="http://www.xtranormal.com/profile/8100834" style="" target="_blank">Awelemudia</a></p><iframe id="xtranormal_The Morning show" name="xtranormal_The Morning show" style="" src="http://www.xtranormal.com/xtraplayr/13402406/the-morning-show" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" border="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto"></iframe><p>Getting on TV isn't easy, but will his offer of a rock bottom salary prove too tempting to resist?</p>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00772776327233124620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759368468069062518.post-91455975499436767332012-05-15T11:30:00.001+01:002012-05-15T11:30:11.667+01:00<p><a href="http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13402399/robot-job-interview" target="_blank" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight:bold;">Robot Job Interview</a><br />by: <a href="http://www.xtranormal.com/profile/8100823" style="" target="_blank">Emmastasia</a></p><iframe id="xtranormal_Robot Job Interview" name="xtranormal_Robot Job Interview" style="" src="http://www.xtranormal.com/xtraplayr/13402399/robot-job-interview" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" border="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto"></iframe><p>Bob needs a job. But will his experience impress the boss?</p>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00772776327233124620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759368468069062518.post-21533259759718734872012-05-15T11:26:00.001+01:002012-05-15T11:26:49.093+01:00<p><a href="http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13402405/interview-for-marriage" target="_blank" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight:bold;">interview for marriage</a><br />by: <a href="http://www.xtranormal.com/profile/8100830" style="" target="_blank">nadiaalice</a></p><iframe id="xtranormal_interview for marriage" name="xtranormal_interview for marriage" style="" src="http://www.xtranormal.com/xtraplayr/13402405/interview-for-marriage" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" border="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto"></iframe><p>Bored of Prince Philip, the queen decides to marry again in her Jubilee year, and wonders if a Frenchman would be a good idea...</p>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00772776327233124620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759368468069062518.post-4886523626269508252012-04-23T11:41:00.003+01:002012-04-23T11:41:33.893+01:00www.verbuga.euVery practical website recently posted by <a href="http://www.jimmyp100.typepad.com/">jimmyp</a> for practising verb conjugation in French, Spanish, German, Dutch and English. It is easy to select the range of tenses and verbs you'd like to practise, and it helpfully divides the verb selection into regular and irregular to help students pick. We've recently had some INSET from Derek Bacon, chief examiner for AQA Spanish, during which he emphasized that in practice, the difference between top grades and the runners-up at A2 is mostly based on the translation and essay sections of the exam. Since then I've been increasing the number of formal verb tests I've given to my Upper Sixth, and think this will be a useful tool in preparing them rigorously for those parts of the exam.Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00772776327233124620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759368468069062518.post-10093885956427715342012-03-15T10:38:00.000+00:002012-03-15T10:39:07.442+00:00Liz shows us the art department<a title="View Le dessin Liz on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/85458396/Le-dessin-Liz" style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; 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; -x-system-font: none; display: block; text-decoration: underline;">Le dessin Liz</a><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" src="http://www.scribd.com/embeds/85458396/content?start_page=1&view_mode=list&access_key=key-206e7vcm3ozxq344jji2" data-auto-height="true" data-aspect-ratio="1.33333333333333" scrolling="no" id="doc_43100" width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0"></iframe>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00772776327233124620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759368468069062518.post-51922228854674091022012-03-15T10:29:00.000+00:002012-03-15T10:31:05.296+00:00Emily talks about the arts at Woldingham<object height="94" width="422"><param value="http://www.divshare.com/flash/audio_embed?data=YTo2OntzOjU6ImFwaUlkIjtzOjE6IjQiO3M6NjoiZmlsZUlkIjtzOjg6IjE2OTk4MjQwIjtzOjQ6ImNvZGUiO3M6MTI6IjE2OTk4MjQwLTU0OCI7czo2OiJ1c2VySWQiO3M6NzoiMTM4MzY3MSI7czoxMjoiZXh0ZXJuYWxDYWxsIjtpOjE7czo0OiJ0aW1lIjtpOjEzMzE4MDc0Mjg7fQ==&autoplay=default" name="movie"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed wmode="transparent" height="94" width="422" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/audio_embed?data=YTo2OntzOjU6ImFwaUlkIjtzOjE6IjQiO3M6NjoiZmlsZUlkIjtzOjg6IjE2OTk4MjQwIjtzOjQ6ImNvZGUiO3M6MTI6IjE2OTk4MjQwLTU0OCI7czo2OiJ1c2VySWQiO3M6NzoiMTM4MzY3MSI7czoxMjoiZXh0ZXJuYWxDYWxsIjtpOjE7czo0OiJ0aW1lIjtpOjEzMzE4MDc0Mjg7fQ==&autoplay=default"></embed></object>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00772776327233124620noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759368468069062518.post-36324913086513133462012-03-15T10:26:00.000+00:002012-03-15T10:29:37.764+00:00Emma's PowerPoint on Music<a title="View Emma Power Point on Music on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/85457810/Emma-Power-Point-on-Music" style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; 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WIDTH: 100%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">By <a href="http://www.toondoo.com/user/Magpie">Magpie</a> <a href="http://www.toondoo.com/cartoon/3934212">View this Toon at ToonDoo</a> <a href="http://www.toondoo.com/">Create your own Toon</a></div><br /><br /><p>As Mr Bear completes his training he gets better and better. Can you complete the speech bubbles for him?</p><br /><p>Now try creating your own three-window toon and write a script for your character using coparatives and superlatives.</p><br /><p></p>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00772776327233124620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759368468069062518.post-39682272235179205242011-10-24T14:23:00.005+01:002011-10-24T14:28:45.054+01:00<a href="http://www.paddleinspain.com/images/l/zaragoza-jpg-101.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 330px;" src="http://www.paddleinspain.com/images/l/zaragoza-jpg-101.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div>Look at this year's moblog from Spain <a href="http://zaragozalive11.blogspot.com/">here</a>.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00772776327233124620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759368468069062518.post-73412657968733121452011-03-28T13:56:00.000+01:002011-03-28T13:57:06.807+01:00video<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4Ex3k3yKjYk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00772776327233124620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759368468069062518.post-85545584653878280202011-03-15T10:50:00.001+00:002011-03-15T10:50:37.273+00:00Year 8 on the perfect tense<a title="View Perfect Tense on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/50775635/Perfect-Tense" style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; 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; -x-system-font: none; display: block; text-decoration: underline;">Perfect Tense</a> <object id="doc_58360" name="doc_58360" height="600" width="100%" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf" style="outline:none;" > <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=50775635&access_key=key-11ql7bw8f1ysuq73224l&page=1&viewMode=list"> <embed id="doc_58360" name="doc_58360" src="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=50775635&access_key=key-11ql7bw8f1ysuq73224l&page=1&viewMode=list" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="600" width="100%" wmode="opaque" bgcolor="#ffffff"></embed> </object>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00772776327233124620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759368468069062518.post-74025081979910930382011-03-15T10:08:00.002+00:002011-03-15T10:11:23.152+00:00Inspiration and fascination from TEDThe TED website provides a brilliant range of short videos on fascinating topics. Great for assemblies, class discussions, G&T students and generally getting your brain going again after a hard day's teaching! This one is on a subbject close to my heart: babies' language acquisition.<br /><br /><br /><!--copy and paste--><object width="446" height="326"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/PatriciaKuhl_2010X-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/PatriciaKuhl-2010X.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=1075&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies;year=2010;theme=how_the_mind_works;theme=words_about_words;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=a_taste_of_tedx;event=TEDxRainier;&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" width="446" height="326" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/PatriciaKuhl_2010X-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/PatriciaKuhl-2010X.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=1075&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies;year=2010;theme=how_the_mind_works;theme=words_about_words;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=a_taste_of_tedx;event=TEDxRainier;"></embed></object>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00772776327233124620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759368468069062518.post-63655399955094822772010-06-14T21:46:00.003+01:002010-06-14T21:50:52.013+01:00Moo0sic to my earsA delegate today shared <a href="http://www.moo0.com/">moo0's</a> free voice recorder with me (thanks Christophe!) So easy to download and use, it seems a completely painless way of making quick and easy voice recordings in mp3 format with students. Audacity is now only for <strong>very</strong> special occasions. And now I'm going to go off and dabble with the rest of moo0's range...Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00772776327233124620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759368468069062518.post-25043036769490880092010-06-11T10:47:00.002+01:002010-06-11T10:50:39.464+01:00Naughty<p style='overflow: auto; padding-right: 5px; width: 400px; height: 340px;'><a href='http://www.toondoo.com/cartoon/1891134'><img src='http://static.toondoo.com/public/m/a/g/Magpie//toons/cool-cartoon-1891134.png' border='0' alt='Naughty' title='Click to View Full Size Image'> </a></p><br><div style='font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; width: 100%;'>By <a href='http://www.toondoo.com/user/Magpie'>Magpie</a> | <a href='http://www.toondoo.com/cartoon/1891134'>View this Toon at ToonDoo</a> | <a href='http://www.toondoo.com/'>Create your own Toon</a></div>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00772776327233124620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759368468069062518.post-58228963999912864582010-01-14T14:33:00.005+00:002010-01-14T14:55:18.544+00:00Word Magnets<a href="http://www.nikpeachey.blogspot.com/">Nik Peachey</a> recently blogged about <a href="http://www.triptico.co.uk/flashFiles/wordMagnets/WordMagnets.html">Word Magnets</a>, a site I was instantly attracted to for teaching MFL. Basically this site enables you to make movable word labels without needing to use an IWB. The main drawback is that you can't save what you have done.<br /><br />I wanted to use this to practise the perfect tense with Year 8, so saved a series of sentences in Word, for quick copying into the Word Magnets site during the lesson. I started off with just one short sentence at a time, then by the end of the lesson copied the whole of the text in and got students to form their own sentences from the vocabulary available. By then, it looked like this:<br /><br /><a title="View Word Magnet Example on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/25214342/Word-Magnet-Example" style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; 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; -x-system-font: none; display: block; text-decoration: underline;">Word Magnet Example</a> <object codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" id="doc_278777734440823" name="doc_278777734440823" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" align="middle" height="500" width="100%" > <param name="movie" value="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=25214342&access_key=key-1qp2q84q3hauxkg2mcdj&page=1&version=1&viewMode=list"> <param name="quality" value="high"> <param name="play" value="true"> <param name="loop" value="true"> <param name="scale" value="showall"> <param name="wmode" value="opaque"> <param name="devicefont" value="false"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"> <param name="menu" value="true"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="salign" value=""> <param name="mode" value="list"> <embed src="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=25214342&access_key=key-1qp2q84q3hauxkg2mcdj&page=1&version=1&viewMode=list" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" play="true" loop="true" scale="showall" wmode="opaque" devicefont="false" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="doc_278777734440823_object" menu="true" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" salign="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" mode="list" height="500" width="100%"></embed> </object> <br /><br />I love the fact you can make the labels larger and colour code them do easily. Although you need to set this up ready for the lesson as it can't be saved, it actually turned out to be quite an advantage to do it in front of/with the students, as they were involved in thinking through which words were to be coloured and why.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to using this now with all my classes and letting them have a go themselves setting challenges for partners in the ICT room.Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00772776327233124620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759368468069062518.post-82255015500320471822010-01-11T16:09:00.005+00:002010-01-11T16:21:41.559+00:00Gifted and Talented BlogLong time no blog, I know. Well actually, I have been blogging, just somewhere else. I've been running an experimental after-school club for students identified as G&T in KS3 over the last half-term, and (of course) decided to plan and run the whole thing using a <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.sprqs.blogspot.com">new blog</a> (whose name may seem familiar) at <a href="http://www.sprqs.blogspot.com/">www.sprqs.blogspot.com</a><br />As ever, it has been really convenient to have all my resources together, all the more so because I am running the club in parallel with a colleague, so it is very convenient to be able to put all our ideas and materials in one place.<br />Parental involvement (or at least liason) has been high on our list of priorities, so we have contacted everyone involved with the blog address and are trying to encourage them to follow the sessions (lesson plans are on the blog as well as materials) and have a go at some of the activities themselves. I'll find out next week how many had a go at "Einstein's problem" over Christmas.<br />So far we have looked at values, and logical and lateral thinking, and our next session will be Russian/Japanese tasters. After that I plan to get students establishing their own blogs, and practising how to use online networks and communities to further their interests and learning.Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00772776327233124620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759368468069062518.post-23609689444600860552009-06-19T09:12:00.003+01:002009-06-19T09:18:17.229+01:00Moblogging in ZaragozaWell, the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.zaragozalive09.blogspot.com">Zaragoza blog</a> this week has just had its 1000th hit! Angel Lopez, who runs our <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.woldinghamespanol.blogspot.com">Spanish blog</a> here at Woldingham, done made a fantastic job of uploading slideshows, audio interviews with the students and of course photos, resulting in a colourful and engaging blog. Back at school we have had some problems ensuring the students can access every aspect of the site, including being able to comment, but they have now been ironed out and we look forward to increasing our readership and more active participation next week when our students are in <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.bondueslive09.blogspot.com">Bondues</a>.Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00772776327233124620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759368468069062518.post-51462127679863805652009-06-10T20:54:00.003+01:002009-06-10T21:13:02.073+01:00Moblogging again<a href="http://www.espaname.es/learn-spanish-santander/img/Zaragoza-%20pilar.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 500px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 306px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.espaname.es/learn-spanish-santander/img/Zaragoza-%20pilar.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>Summer term and time for a couple of moblogs. We started moblog experiments last year with our <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.montpellierlive08.blogspot.com">Montpellier</a> trip, and tried out some cross-curricular blogging with <a href="http://www.russialive09.blogspot.com/">St. Petersburg</a> in the Spring. Now we are branching out with two moblogs operating at once, one from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.bondueslive09.blogspot.com">Bondues</a> one from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.zaragozalive09.blogspot.com">Zaragoza</a>, thanks to the Spanish Department's purchase of an additional camera phone.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Last year we used <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.gabcast.com">gabcast</a> and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.podcastpickle.com">podcast pickle</a> together to publish some audio as well as photos from the phone. This year, thanks to Adam Taha's's very clear <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7pAoXdkSck&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eyoutube%2Ecom%2Fprofile%3Fuser%3Doffthehook2&feature=player_profilepage">video</a> featured on Joe Dale's <a href="http://joedale.typepad.com/integrating_ict_into_the_/2009/06/uploading-mp3-files-to-blogger-or-wordpress.html">blog </a>recently, we are going for including audio via <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.divshare.com">divshare</a> and a tiny mp3 recorder. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Tomorrow I brief a group of students and accompanying staff on the basics of moblogging. Having set up blogs in <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.blogger.com">blogger</a> for both parties and linked their camera phone to the blog to post directly, once they are abroad our mobloggers just need to take pics, add an accompanying text, and click on "send to blog". In addition internet access in the evenings from host families/hotels gives an opportunity to add further photos from other devices or simply more cheaply. I'm hoping the students will also be able to make recordings of reports in the Target Language of their day's experiences, which can then be posted in a divshare player directly onto the blog.</div><div> </div><div>I'm looking forward to seeing (and hearing) what they have been up to and hope we will have good interest and participation from parents and friends. Watch this space for an update on how they are getting on.</div>Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00772776327233124620noreply@blogger.com1