Web2.0 tools for presentations

You can create your own photo.book presentation by adding images from Fliker and, obviously your comments in English in each page. You won´t need to make a page for each piece of information. Just write small paragraphs and select a picture by tags which has to do with it. Care with your writing and Good Irish Luck for it.

http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/

General Information Questionnaire:

Try to answer these questions about the Emerald Island and then fill in the table with the missed information as you search the web and your teacher´s presentation:

1. Which of these statements is true?
a) Ireland is part of the United Kingdom.
b) Ireland is part of Scotland.
c) Ireland is an independent country.

2. Which colour is associated with Ireland?
a) green
b) red
c) blue

3. What is the approximate population of Ireland?
a) 4.3 million
b) 21.5 million
c) 43 million

4. Which two sports are both very popular in Ireland?
a) football and American football
b) football and Gaelic football
c) golf and baseball

5. What is ‘Guinness’?
a) a kind of beer
b) the capital of Ireland
c) a kind of Irish music

6. Which of these has not increased in Ireland since the 1990s?
a) the number of immigrants
b) foreign investment
c) the number of people leaving the country to live abroad

7. Which of these statements is true?
a) Irish people have a reputation for being talkative.
b) Ireland’s national day is called Saint Rafael’s Day.
c) It doesn’t rain very often in Ireland.

8. What is ‘Gaelic’?
a) a language
b) a kind of food
c) the capital of Ireland

Source : Inside out (Copyright © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008.)

• Full country name: Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland (part of the UK)
• Population:
• Capital city:
• Religion:
• National Holiday:
• Government:
• Official languages:
• Population:
• Flag:
• Climate:
• Major Rivers:
• Highest Point:
• An Irish saying:
• A common social custom:
• Famous musicians/bands:
• Symbols:
• Landscape:
• Traditional values:
• A popular drink:
• Famous writer:
• A Traditional dish:
• Sports:
• Leisure/Hobbies:

St. Patrick´s day & Ireland

After the video creation, it´s time to spend some time learning about English speaking countries. Ireland is probably one of the best destinations to pracrise your English. Have a go with these activies:

On March 17th, the Irish celebrate St. Patrick´s Day, which is becoming quite popular among other cultures and traditions. This website provides huge information about it (have a look at some surprising cultural facts, music bands, social customs,...) while ask you to compare traditions with Spain. We´ve got so many things in common...

Take this Irish Quiz:

1. When did St Patrick arrive in Ireland?
2. What happened in 800?
3. What began in 1167-9?
4. When did Henry VIII declare himself king of Ireland?
5. What happened in 1690?
6. When was the Easter Rising in Dublin?

Find the answers to these history questions with the information given above or at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/history/

Some more interesting sites.

http://islandireland.com/Pages/history.html Historic figures

http://www.visitdublin.com/tourstrails.htmTours of Dublin

http://newwww.guinness.com/All about Guinness.

http://www.u2.com/intro.htmlU2 fan site, includes lyrics.

http://www.iol.ie/~dluby/A wealth of resources.

http://www.jamesjoyce.ie/More about Joyce.

http://www.ieslamarina.org/departamentos/ingles/upload-jjaviering/St%20Patrick

More video creation

Another way to create your own viedeo or animation is using cartoon generation sites like http://goanimate.com/. Here you´ll find an easy way to post your stories by a simple drag and drop session of ten minutes. Remember that you´ll have to sign-in first with your mail and then, try to be as creative as possible. Watch out with grammar mistakes or just ask the teacher for correction before publishing. Check this out and have a go yourself:
GoAnimate.com: english-workshop


Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!

Online Video Creation

New Video tasks. As we learnt, it´s quite simple to become a film director. Once you recorded your own videos, now you can play with the Web 2.0 tools to create a short scene in just 10 minutes. Just drag your favourites, add some music or effects and obviously, the subtitles with lots of imagination. Great fun. But be careful as you can have problems if you embed it in your blogs. I want you to publish the link so as to be visited with a short-cut link, just like this you hava as an example. Otherwise some blog features might disappear.

Try to do your best and good luck.

See the example: http://www.grapheine.com/classiktv/index.php?module=see&lang=es&code=c01c4beaa0a2f7ec28e10e2eab7a9ba6

http://www.grapheine.com/classiktv/

http://www.grapheine.com/bombaytv/index.php?lang=uk