Another school year Another school year has passed, and there has passed, and there are are many things that we many things that we learned. learned.

As a final project, I As a final project, I have to have to do a little review of do a little review of what I did what I did during my during my english course.english course.

I will explain I will explain what I what I did and did and how I did how I did it, it, and finally I’ll and finally I’ll conclude with conclude with my personal my personal opinion. opinion.

The first project I did was an The first project I did was an introduction about myself. I used introduction about myself. I used two web sites in order to publish two web sites in order to publish my work on internet, they were:my work on internet, they were:

www.blogger.comwww.blogger.comwww.slideshow.comwww.slideshow.com

In both web sites you have to In both web sites you have to open an account an once you open an account an once you have one, you can start have one, you can start uploading things.uploading things.

With blogger you can publish With blogger you can publish many things such as writings, many things such as writings, videos, recordings and pictures videos, recordings and pictures and with the second one you can and with the second one you can upload pictures, edit them and upload pictures, edit them and embed them in your blog.embed them in your blog.

I really liked this project as an I really liked this project as an introduction of each member of introduction of each member of the english course. It was very the english course. It was very dynamic our presentation, using dynamic our presentation, using internet as a educative tool.internet as a educative tool.

The second project was The second project was something similar to the something similar to the previous project but this time it previous project but this time it was presentation about my was presentation about my family and I used also some family and I used also some photos to illustrate. photos to illustrate.

I used the same web sites, I used the same web sites, blogger and slideshow, in order blogger and slideshow, in order to upload my work on internet.to upload my work on internet.

I think , those projects were I think , those projects were useful to our teacher because useful to our teacher because she could realise what our she could realise what our english knowledge was. english knowledge was.

The project was easy and fun, The project was easy and fun, and helped ourselves to catch and helped ourselves to catch the way to use blogger correctly.the way to use blogger correctly.

So that, I started publishing So that, I started publishing several things without they were several things without they were for duty or school work, but for for duty or school work, but for the simple reason that was the simple reason that was interesting and fun. interesting and fun.

Let’s continue with the third Let’s continue with the third project we did, this time we used project we did, this time we used a different tool. We had to do a a different tool. We had to do a kind of presentation of an kind of presentation of an specific topic.specific topic.

I did it about hemorrhages, what I did it about hemorrhages, what to do and what not to do if you to do and what not to do if you face these situation.face these situation.

The benefits of this web site are The benefits of this web site are that you can upload pictures, that you can upload pictures, write a little bit about the topic write a little bit about the topic and record your explanations:and record your explanations:

www.voicethread.com www.voicethread.com

I found very useful this web site I found very useful this web site because as I said before, you can because as I said before, you can do several things and then do several things and then embed it on your blog.embed it on your blog.

It is another educative tool, not It is another educative tool, not only for the english seminar, you only for the english seminar, you can use it to make class can use it to make class exhibitions of any topic you exhibitions of any topic you want. In this project I recorded want. In this project I recorded myself talking english for first myself talking english for first time. I felt a little bit strange but time. I felt a little bit strange but it was useful to improve my it was useful to improve my speaking fluency.speaking fluency.

All saints day, this was the topic All saints day, this was the topic for our fourth project which for our fourth project which consisted in making a report consisted in making a report about the celebration of the Day about the celebration of the Day of the Death.of the Death.

We had to search for information We had to search for information about this celebration and we about this celebration and we also had to take photos of the also had to take photos of the celebration at school and make a celebration at school and make a video.video.

The web sites we used were:The web sites we used were:www.evoca.comwww.evoca.comwww.youtube.com www.youtube.com

I published my research in my I published my research in my blog and I uploaded some blog and I uploaded some photographs that I had taken and photographs that I had taken and a video I’d film in the Diego a video I’d film in the Diego Rivera’s Museum. Rivera’s Museum.

I think my investigation was too I think my investigation was too long but I really enjoyed doing it, long but I really enjoyed doing it, because I had to translate several because I had to translate several things and I learned many words.things and I learned many words.

December came up and for that December came up and for that reason we did a Christmas card reason we did a Christmas card using:using:

www.scrapblog.comwww.scrapblog.com

In my opinion this was more for In my opinion this was more for fun than for learning, but fun than for learning, but anyway I knew another web site anyway I knew another web site that could be useful for other that could be useful for other things.things.

In that Christmas card we had In that Christmas card we had to put a message related to the to put a message related to the Christmas holiday and New Year Christmas holiday and New Year and decorate it with pictures and decorate it with pictures that we wanted.that we wanted.

I put one of my family and the I put one of my family and the other ones of a japanese other ones of a japanese cartoon known as Inuyasha. I cartoon known as Inuyasha. I chose them because the chose them because the characters were dressed like characters were dressed like Santa Claus and there was a Santa Claus and there was a snowy weather and a snowman. snowy weather and a snowman.

The next project we did was The next project we did was about our Christmas Holidays, about our Christmas Holidays, we had to write what we did we had to write what we did during our vacations, where did during our vacations, where did we go and for that we created a we go and for that we created a blog and there we publish our blog and there we publish our review.review.

I only used two web sites, which I only used two web sites, which were:were:

www.evoca.comwww.evoca.comwww.slideshow.comwww.slideshow.com

I liked this activity maybe I liked this activity maybe because I liked my holiday trip, because I liked my holiday trip, I went to Xochitepec with some I went to Xochitepec with some friends, and I really enojed it.friends, and I really enojed it.

I think this activity was useful I think this activity was useful to keep improving our to keep improving our vocabulary and english vocabulary and english knowledge as well as our knowledge as well as our speaking skills.speaking skills.

All this projects and activities All this projects and activities were a duty of our English were a duty of our English seminar but anyway I did seminar but anyway I did published some other things. I published some other things. I wrote some paragraphs from wrote some paragraphs from songs, that give us a message.songs, that give us a message.

I published some images and I published some images and also a German song that I found also a German song that I found on through surfing on internet, on through surfing on internet, which name is Augenblick that which name is Augenblick that in english means “Moment”.in english means “Moment”.

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This was what I published in my This was what I published in my blog and the review of all the blog and the review of all the activities that my teacher left activities that my teacher left me. The rest were made at the me. The rest were made at the school in the classroom, with school in the classroom, with my classmates.my classmates.I’ll mention them in the I’ll mention them in the following pages. following pages.

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