Tuesday, 7 May 2013

App Contest





Get into groups and invent an App. Present it to class and vote for the best.

Give it an ingenious name, an attractive logo, an advertising slogan and describe its function

Your can use these starting points:
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  • GPS
  • Shopping
  • Eating
  • Games
  • Organizing information
  • Social Networks
  • Weather forecast

For Slogan, play with The Slogan Generator 

For Logo, have a look at What makes a good logo?

Homeworkon by iccic on GoAnimate

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

How to sit at a computer

Here are some things we should and should not do when sitting at a computer for long periods of time.


To read more about this click on Wiki How.

Friday, 26 October 2012

Halloween

Watch the video below to learn about the history of Halloween. Next, do the quiz to see how much you can remember about it.

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

The Missing Bicycle

This is your teachers' photo story on Issuu.



Open publication - Free publishing - More speaking


Get into groups and take five photos to illustrate your story. Write some sentences to go with them. Next,  sign up on Issuu and create your own book. Show it to class and vote for the best.

Friday, 20 April 2012

Celebrating St Jordi

Celebrate St Jordi creating your own story: get into groups and use the pictures on one of the pages in the presentation below to help you. Listen to each other's story and vote for the best.

Five card story from iccic

source: Nik's Daily Activities (adapted)

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

That's what Valentine's Day is for!

Listen to the slow version and read the lyrics...



 Can you sing it now?


Monday, 9 January 2012

Happy New Year!


Have you made any New Year's resolutions?

What is the most common aim for people planning to improve themselves?

What are the five ways to achieve your New Year’s resolutions? Watch the video and say if you find them useful.



Finally, if you're tired of all the talk about New Year's Resolutions, this is for you. It's not too late to start 2016 out right.


Now, make your own resolutions. Happy New Year!




To see the lyrics of the song look at the comments section below.

Friday, 17 December 2010

Eight letters in search of a word

In this game you have a selection of 8 letters and you have to make as many words with them as you can within a time limit. Get into teams and take turns to be the 'clicker'.

Now that you've got smart with words try the next challenge: Define time
You will be presented with a word and four alternative definitions. Choose the correct one and get 10 points, get it wrong and you lose 5! You have two minutes to score as many points as possible.

Saturday, 9 October 2010

A homage to John

Google honors John Lennon's birth, not his death

The image is Google's way of saying "happy birthday" to Lennon, who would have been 70 years old Saturday. Press that play button and you'll see a quick animation set to Lennon's "Imagine."


Monday, 18 January 2010

It's exam time!

Mr Bean realizes he doesn't know the answers and  desperately tries to cheat!



You'd better not follow his example!

Friday, 18 December 2009

It's movie time!

Here's a list of very popular Christmas movies:


How many can you name? In groups, make a list of your favourite Christmas films. Vote for the all-time classic. How much can you remember about it? Think of the setting, the characters and the plot.

Next, look it up on youtube to see if your memories were right.

A Christmas Carol was perhaps on your list: Charles Dickens' tale of an old miser who must face Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet-to-Come, as they help to bring kindness to his otherwise cold heart.

Watch the trailer for a taste of it:

Wednesday, 16 December 2009

So this is Christmas


Happy Xmas (War is Over) is a protest song about the Viet Nam War. It was recorded as a background for an anti-war campaign which posted "War Is Over" posters in eleven major cities around the world. The children singing in the background are the Harlem Community Choir who echo John Lennon.


 

Sing along with them and answer the quiz questions afterwards... this is Christmas!