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Halloween has been celebrated at our school for over a decade, and different courses usually take part in different ways. Children dress up, play games and go trick-or-treating all around... Teens and adults may enjoy scary movies or read horror stories... and I've heard some teachers wear just black and orange on October 31st!
So, last year, the CyberLCB team felt somehow we HAD to join in... As usual, the idea hit us at the very last minute (shame on us!), and so we were only able to invite those teachers who had already tried some work with us during 2007. The result? Five
Children 1 and 2 classes from four different LCB branches contributed with texts, photos and audio, and we put it all together at our
wiki for young learners.
It was a humble first step, but we were proud of this collaborative effort, and expect to repeat it in 2008. Actually, we were thinking of organising it better, so that all courses can contribute... How would you like to join in?
Gladys Baya
Central and Barrio Norte
Ma. Laura Pérez
Martínez
Valeria Durand
Barrio Norte
Last year I was assigned a level 1 course for the second term starting in August. About three weeks after the beginning of the course, I explained to them -in Spanish- that teachers at the Liceo were working on a project to integrate technology into their classes and asked them if they were interested in being part of it.
As they assented I told them that we had already started a blog and asked if they knew what a blog was. Some of them did so spoke out what they knew. As some others didn’t know, I enlarged the idea by telling them it was a website where they could communicate with other students who were studying in the six different
branches at the LCB by using the knowledge they had already acquired in the course. I put emphasis on the fact that the blog was only for students who were attending levels 1 and 2 and therefore they could freely write without worrying about making mistakes.
Next I explained the steps to follow. As I had already asked for all my students’ e-mail addresses and I knew most of them had one, I told them they could write their introductions and e-mail them to me and that I would be in charge of uploading them to the blog.
They didn’t write immediately so I had to insist a couple of weeks later. By that time, we had already covered the topic “likes and dislikes” so when I insisted on the subject I asked them to add their preferences. I also suggested they could enclose a picture of them.
Luckily and to my surprise, I got the pieces of writing of 5 students a few days later. But they forgot about the photos. I uploaded the info and sent all my students an e-mail (including those who hadn’t written anything) to 
let them know about it and included the link for an easier access - LCB Level 1-2 Blog/introductions. I advised them to visit the blog regularly to check if someone had posted any comments. Unfortunately, only some of them did.
So I think adults like blogging or at least the idea of posting their information on the internet. The big setback –in my opinion- was the students’ lack of time and tiredness, but above all, the lack of experience in this type of activity. What do YOU think?
Post a comment with your suggestions on how to improve the use of this tool and any other idea you’d like to share.
Sonia Amato
Callao
Hello everybody! My name is Andrea Sánchez and I've been working at the Liceo, Barrio Norte branch for 1 year and a half.
Last year, as part of a level 1 class project, we started our own blog. The original idea was to do all our writing assignments on line, so that anybody from around the world could be in touch with us. Some students were reluctant as they were extremely busy to go through all the trouble of learning how to blog, which was why we decided that it was not going to be compulsory to take part in the blog.
At the beginning, everybody involved was very enthusiastic about it: the students and I chose the template together in our coordinator's office, we took a picture of the group and started to blog. I sent an e-mail to Cyberlcb yahoo group telling other LCB teachers about it. In this way, I met Fabiana Lasalle, from Belgrano branch, who happened to be doing the same! You should have seen my students' faces when they got a reply from somebody that was not me!! They were delighted!!
After the winter holidays, Fabiana suggested integrating both blogs into one so that other teachers and their classes from any LCB branch could join in. I talked to my students and they readily agreed! From then on, we created the blog LCB Levels1-2 , which you're invited to visit:
I can say that it was a great experience: it is true that at times I had to insist that they visit and comment on the blog but, all in all, they loved it. I believe that it gives students the chance to use English in a meaningful way, with a purpose which is what we sometimes lack when we give our students a writing task.
How about you and your classes? Have you tried blogging with them? Would you be interested in having your classes join the LCB Levels1-2 blog? Leave your comment to this post!
See you around in cyberspace,
Andrea Sánchez
Barrio Norte
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