Back to basics

"It's like forgetting, the words... to your favorite song"

A long...long time since I uploaded something to my blog. I think I will continue to use this little fellow and see how it goes (: Oh, by the way, we're (my classmates and I) are already in eight semester of the BA in Applied Linguistics.
This blog will include some of the things that happen around the end of our studies...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMEpaVL_WsU

Consent Forms

Dear classmates,

In relation to the PPP' of "Ethics in research" I wanted you to take a look at these consent forms. They were taken from Mr. Araujo and Professor Moras'. If you want a hard copy of them, don't hesitate on contacting me.

Cheers,

Yurithk.

I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I'm a
Lifelong Learning Traveling Believer

"Free your mind and let yourself go."

Wordia what...?

Wordia is an online visual dictionary which has the published aim of 'redefining the dictionary'. It asks members of the public and celebrity 'orators' to upload videos explaining what words mean to them. The videos are then published on the site alongside the traditional textual definition sourced from the Collins English Dictionary.
The site was founded in 2008 by TV producer Ed Baker, backed by the online entrepreneur ,Michael Brich and launched at the house of DOctor Johnson, the man behind the first modern dictionary.
Its founders and others have extoled the benefits of having different dictionaries for different audiences. Some parties in the UK have argued Wordia's democratic approach will undermine the quality of the definitions.
Retreived at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordia.

Here is the link of my own version of the concept of "photography"
http://www.wordia.com/photography/videos/318

Webquests

What is a webquest?
A webquest is an assignment which asks students to use the World Wide Web to learn about and/or synthesize their knowledge a specific topic. A “true” webquest, as originally designed by Bernie Dodge and Tom March, requires synthesis of the new knowledge by accomplishing a “task,” often to solve a hypothetical problem or address a real-world issue. Simpler web activities designed for students to investigate and collect new knowledge from web-based sources can also be a more engaging and effective replacement for read-the-chapter-and-complete-the-review-questions. This tutorial will walk you through the basics to create a simple or more elaborate activity.

Here is the link of a WebQuest that I created about photography, copy and paste the following link in a new window:
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/websimplepyu.html

PLease feel free to leave comments in this blog if you feel/think this WebQuest need any changes.

°Free your mind and let yourself go!"

Things to do for the class

Uff...

• Webquest
• Upload Wordia video
• Write software evaluation report
• Go to the mediacenter and tryout the software
• Complete report

Happy Halloween...Widgets, Twitter and Videconferencing.

Muahaha...
Jalow...Wiketts...
Well here I am one more time. Today I'll recomend you three webpages which are related to things we usually do everyday. Well here they are
This first website gives you a nice explanation of what a videoconference how it has influence areas such as education and bussines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videoconferencing
The next site gives a brief description of what a widget is, it contains concrete information and some examples of programes and softwares which run this various applications.
http://www.techterms.com/definition/widget
And the last link sends us to a the definition of twitter. Recently at the MEXTESOL conference, one of the particiopants told me that this is the hottest new thing that bloggers are doing on the net. You HAVE to use and add this application to your blog.
http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=Twitter&i=57880,00.asp

Hope you find them usefull :)
Happy Halloween!!!

"Free your mind and let yourself go!"