English in Miño

Hi guys!
How much do you know about this great city?. Find out here. It´s a quiz about London. .First watch the video and then have fun with this quiz on the sights of London.Good luck!.

WEDNESDAY, 27 APRIL 2011

Virtual London

Hi kids!.
Learning a foreign language, offers you the possiblity of getting to know a different culture with its own history, customs and traditions and improving your skills at the same time. For this reason this post is about London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom . Even if you can't visit London yourselves, you can visit from the comfort of your computer!.
1.- Welcome to The Virtual London Tour. Here you can see the main attractions of London via interactive full screen 360 degree images. There are exclusive views of amazing landmarks, hotels, shops, restaurants, and pubs. The menu pod alongside each panorama gives you many options including links to: each location's website; an interactive map and information. To view the 360 image panoramas simply click on any of the thumbnails on the carousel or click the "list" button and select a location. The most spectacular view is got by clicking the full screen button. Enjoy! .
2. Next Friday 29th Prince William of Wales will marry Miss Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey.The Royal Wedding Procession will take in the capital's most prestigious sights: the Queen Victoria monument, The Mall, Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall, the Houses of Parliament, St. James’s Park and The Green Park.This interactive guide will let you be a part of this wonderful celebration.
* Write a post on your blog about places to visit and see in London.

TUESDAY, 26 APRIL 2011

Design your own Eco Bag

Hi again!.
Let´s create Eco Bags online.This earth- friendly activity is a great way to help build environmental awareness in our classroom.
1.- Specific the dimensions of your bag by settings the height, weight and depth using the sliders.
2.- Choose the colour of your bag´s body.
3.- Specifiy the handle type you require for your bag.
4. Upload your logo . Use these slogans : Think before you buy!, Save energy!, Keep the world clean !, It´s up to you!, Let´s make a difference!, I´m ecofriendly!, Reduce, reuse and recycle!, Stop global warming!, Consume Less, Conserve!, We belong to Earth!, Global warming isn´t cool !, Reuse that plastic bag!, Keep your oceans clean!, Save the rainforest! , or create your own slogan and choose a picture.
5.- Post on your blog , describe it and write about your photo or slogan.

SUNDAY, 24 APRIL 2011

Environmental Websites for kids

Hi kids!.
This is my selection of environmental websites for you.

1.- Eekoworld invites you to explore, experiment, and collaborate as you learn about conservation and environment.
* You can build your own " EekoCreature" and help it overcome environmental problems.

EekoHouse: It´s time to get ready to go to school. Look around the house to be sure everything is OK before you leave. You´ll have ten minutes before the bus arrives.
2.- Eco- kids offers interactive, fun ,educational games and activities to learn to be ecofriendly.This game is an example:
* I don´t want to clean my room. Help the girl clean her room and learn how to reuse and recycle objects around the house.
3. Planet game :Charlie and Lola : Look after your planet game. Charlie and Lola are on a recycling mission. Help Charlie and Lola and their friends collect plastics, paper and tins for recycling. Compete with your friends and see who can recycle the most!.
Enjoy and learn at the same time!. Don´t forget " We love green" and "I want to do recycling... pass it on"

THURSDAY, 14 APRIL 2011

Think Green

Hi guys!.
Every day, people are becoming more and more conscious of the urgent need to reduce pollution and save the environment. There is a clear evidence that most of our actions are damaging the air we breathe and the land we live on. It´s time to demostrate our firm commitment to keep on making the right decisions to promote the change. . To celebrate Earth Day ( April 22), I have made this slideshow with some things you and your family can do to fight Global warming. We only get one Earth to enjoy. Use it carefully.
* Song: Earth Day by Michael Jackson.This is an unforgettable song.
* Think Green on PhotoPeach

TUESDAY, 12 APRIL 2011

Happy Easter!

Hi kids!.
Now it´s our opportunity to create our personal music video with a cool personal video clip creator. ClipGenerator is a web application which lets you create cool looking video clips with your images and videos. There is no registration and the whole process involves three simple steps:
1 – Chose one of the music themes ( well- known pop music).
2 – Customize it by adding images or videos
3 – Generate cool video clip and receive it via email or copy the code to post on your blog.I think it´s easy for you to create your own video clip and below is my sample video clip about Easter holiday created using ClipGenerator. Come on, create yours .
And HAPPY EASTER HOLIDAYS to you and your family too!.

SUNDAY, 10 APRIL 2011

Easter eggs

Hi there!

Easter Egg decorating games and activities are a fun way to enjoy the Easter holiday.
1.- Decorating Studio Game. Pick a pattern and colour your egg. Then toss, smash, explode, fry, hop or hatch it.
2.- Create your Egg- Person.
3.- Decorate your Easter egg. Choose egg colors, line styles or type a message onto your eggs. As you're making them, your eggs will be displayed as square "wrappers". When you're done, they will be wrapped around eggs.
4.- Decorate a Ukranian traditional Pysanky Easter Egg .Drag images to the egg .
5. -Customize your Easter egg with your photos atImagechef.
6. -Easter egg decoration at Dumpr. Select the image, choose shell and copy your code on your blog.
CREATE SOMETHING FUNNY and SHARE IT with us.

SATURDAY, 9 APRIL 2011

Bunny´s Home

Hi kids!.
Where´s the bunny? . Create your own bunny´s home atBunny´s Home creator. Design his house : bathroom, kitchen, living room, bedroom , etc. It´s fun to create it on your computer. Don´t you think so?.

THURSDAY, 7 APRIL 2011

Easter: Traditions and Vocabulary

Hi kids!.
How much do you know about Easter traditions?. Here you´ve got some links to learn more about Easter traditions and vocabulary.
1.- An awesome interactive book on Easter at MightyBook. After reading the book " Easter", play this game " Match the words with the pictures ". It´s good to review your vocabulary. You can do it!.
2. An interactive LIM by Belén Junquera.Thanks to Belén for this great job.
3.-Review your vocabulary watching this slideshow on PhotoPeach.

TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2011

Easter Bunny yourself !

Hi kids!.
A fun activity for Easter: create a dancing bunny video here.
1. Click the " select photo" button to choose a photo with your face and wait until it uploads.
2. Customize your photo so it fits the bunny´s face. Then , click "save".Write a personal message typing it in" your message" box.
3. Preview your dancing bunny video . Copy and paste the link into your blog.
Click here to watch my dancing Easter egg :
http://www.easterbunnyyourself.com/c.php?p=4856582290000.
ENJOY !

MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2011

Hop: Meet the Easter bunny

Hi kids!
Easter is coming up. And the Easter bunny is coming too. From the creators of Despicable me, Hop is a movie about candy, chicks and the Easter bunny.Hop is a comedy about the teenage son of the Easter Bunny.The storyline is that of a little bunny who doesn't really want to assume his duties of Easter Bunny, even though we all know that the job duties aren't too difficult...work one day a year, travel the world, plenty of candy...what else could a bunny want?. He only wants to drum in a band and for this reason, he goes to Hollywood. Listen carefully to this video (subtitled) and share his dreams.

* Visit his official website and play games.

* Be the Bunny game: Do you have what it takes to be the Easter bunny?. Choose the right answers.
* Candy Craze. Use the arrow keys to play . Collect all the candy as fast as you can.

SUNDAY, 3 APRIL 2011

Create your own fashion collage

Polyvore.com, is a website which allows you to create your own outfits online.It´s awesome. You can drag and drop different clothing onto a collage and see the prices.You can mix and match shirts with pants, shoes, purses, and hair accessories. When you're done, choose an appropriate background for your chosen attire to get an even better idea of how the outfit will look.
* Drag clothing items from the panel to the canvas where you make your work of art. You can resize the items by expanding or reducing the size of the box. Change the background of your fashion collage and add text, if you want.
Come on, create looks with real fashion and post them on your blog. Have fun, kids!.

THURSDAY, 31 MARCH 2011

Create a hero online

Hi, kids!.
The Supers are back!. Are you ready to create your heroes online?. European Happy Meal allows you to create your own family of heroes and fight crime in four different games.
1. Create a superhero of your choice. First select the gender and then, customize it.
2. Describe the superhero ( his os her powers and characteristics), where they live, what they like, don´t like, weaknesses, secret identities, etc.
3. Post it on your blog.

SUNDAY, 27 MARCH 2011

Design your ugly Doll t-shirt.

Hi kids!
I always want to offer you tools to improve your English while you have fun doing online activities. This time , the activity is to design your ugly Doll t-shirt.You get to pick the basic layout, the colour of the shirt, and your favourite Ugly(s). Don´t forget: Like the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
1. Choose from men, women, kids and toddlers shirt sizes.
2. Choose your graphic and drag into the box. You can rotate and change the size .
3. Choose T- shirt colour.
4. Post your creation on your blog and describe it, please. You can create two or more T-shirts and make a puzzle online with them at Photovisi.