Please watch this video:
Isn´t it amazing what our students can produce?
How can the production of a short video clip like this enhance our students´ (language) learning process?
Tell us what you think... 
In a preview of his new book, The Stuff of Thought, Steven Pinker looks at language, and the way it expresses the workings of our minds. By analyzing common sentences and words, he shows us how, in what we say and how we say it, we're communicating much more than we realize.
Is the beloved paper dictionary doomed to extinction? When does a made-up word become real? And could you use "synecdochical" in a sentence, please? In this infectiously exuberant talk, leading lexicographer Erin McKean looks at the many ways in which today's print dictionary is poised for transformation in this internet era.
As language teachers, how many times have we searched for good
materials to motivate our students?
Bingo!
"El pequeño héroe" is the first Uruguayan animated cartoon and we are proud of it!
Spanish teachers/learners of the world: Enjoy!
(to Joe, Ruth, Rachel, Emma, Lou, Chris, Bet and Tessa, in particular!)
Those interested in the Uruguayan past: Enjoy!
You can watch it as from today at ADINET TV
For more information, visit
To date, there hasn't been an overarching theory of how the human brain really works, Jeff Hawkins argues in this compelling talk. That's because we still haven't defined intelligence accurately. But one thing's for sure, he says: The brain isn't like a powerful computer processor. It's more like a memory system that records everything we experience and helps us predict, intelligently, what will happen next. Bringing this new brain science to computer devices will enable powerful new applications -- and it will happen sooner than you think.
Thinking about designing a cloze exercise for your students?
Would you like to learn to use drop-down lists in WORD?
Here´s how!
I know this is just a fancy trick and that no matter how fancy it is, the students won´t be learning better unless there is solid pedagogy underpinning the activities we plan....
....but, at least, until the novelty wears out, maybe you can motivate one or two reluctant souls....
ENJOY!
INSTRUCTIONS TO USE DROP-DOWN LISTS IN WORD
Previous to this, you have selected the words you want to eliminate from the text, right? Focus on each one at a time.
Click on the VIEW menu and open TOOLBAR for FORMS
Highlight the first word chosen and click on the third box counting from the left (drop-down menu) in the TOOLBAR for FORMS.
The word should now look like a grey box.
Right-click inside this grey box.
Select PROPERTIES. Your screen should now show a sub-menu. (Please see picture above)
Type the “distractors” where it says “items in drop-down list” (in Spanish versions, “elementos de la lista”) and click “ADD”, one at a time. One of them should be a series of asterisks or dots, which is the one you will choose to leave visible.
You can move the items up and down so that the correct option is not always the first, or the second, etc. To do this, after selecting each word, you move it with the arrows on the right of the box.
The “meaningless” item (asterisks, dots, etc) should be right at the top.
Then, click ACCEPT.
NOW comes the crucial part!!!
You have to protect the document, or else, nothing will work.
Therefore go to TOOLS, choose PROTECT DOCUMENT, and MAKE SURE IT STAYS UNPROTECTED for FORMS!!! The password is not necessary.
PLAY AROUND & ENJOY!!!!!!
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Kevin Kelly draws an encompassing picture of humans and machines evolving, and discovers a moral assignment for every one of us.
WORTH WATCHING !!!!
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/19
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Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity. With ample anecdotes and witty asides, Robinson points out the many ways our schools fail to recognize -- much less cultivate -- the talents of many brilliant people. "We are educating people out of their creativity," Robinson says.
Food for thought
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I´d like each of you to say briefly what you do - whether you study and/or work, what you enjoy doing in your free time
