Monthly Archives: February 2014

This was another excellent week. Thank you for your great posts.  I especially liked the tool Thinklink which Anjana and Jaap mentioned. I liked  it so much that I decided to play around with it. I used soundcloud to give a short biography of Lila Downs, a Mexican singer, linked her official website and posted a youtube video of one of her best know songs. I see myself using Thinklink in my classroom. It’s a great tool because you can add a little of everything.

I could not embed the code but I did manage to link it.

Please click on the image.

The other day I read an article where it mentioned that all the Chicago Sun Times full-time photographers were being fired and journalist were given iphone and basic camera training to replace them. This article encouraged me to pick up my iPhone and begin my journey to become a quasi-photographer .  Since then, I have been actively taking pictures, adding text and audio and using them in my classes.

I am in a coffee shop in Fallbrook and there is a beautiful, colorful mural on one of the walls. This is another great opportunity to get my camera out. I took a picture with my iphone and used the free Photoshop app to crop it, add a frame and change the brightness. I also add some audio and text to create a dialogue.

Before you begin, it is important to consider the tips and techniques proposed by Ko and Rossen. I always keep in mind the students when I am creating the assignments with images and audio, always thinking of the best approach.

Here is what I got:

Primo Café Look at the image above and answer the following questions below in complete sentences in Spanish. You can also click on the play bottom to listen to the questions.

1. ¿Dónde están los chicos?

2. ¿Qué están tomando?

3. ¿Te gustan los colores de la imagen? ¿Por qué?

4. ¿Te gusta el café?

5. ¿Dónde y cuándo tomas café?