October rundown of the most read posts : resources

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Harry Potter fans were counting down to last Friday. Just in time for Halloween, Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling published a new essay one of her greatest villains: the Hogwarts professor and witch, Dolores Umbridge. 

She was introduced to the world of Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix when she taught Defense Against the Dark Arts to Harry and his schoolmates.

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It follows a string of new Potter material released by Rowling this year via Pottermore.com. In July a fake news story about the Quidditch World Cup that gave an update on Harry, Ron, and Hermione, a snarky World Cup liveblog from the notorious Rita Skeeter, and a deep look at the singing witch Celestina Warbeck.

I could not write about the Umbridge new story Umbridge new story on October 31. But I published the news on my Facebook page.

It's the end of the month and as I do every month I have put together a list of the most popular posts of the month. You will find posts written in English, French and Portuguese.

Here my list of the most popular posts of the month:

Apps in Education: Photomath, the dream for students

Are you read to code at school ? EU Code Week 2014

World Teacher's Day : Respect4Teachers 

Teaching Great Women in Humanities & Science 

Dr Jonas Salk, the scientist & inventor of Polio vaccine 

Let's Celebrate School Libraries Month, reading!

Catching the Orionid Shower : Science curriculum 

Concurso Literatura Portuguesa: Achas que sabes ler?

Education : Are you ready to code with Dr Who ?

Et voilà l'art ! Google doodle à l'école 

Hope you had fun on Halloween. The winter is back after a sunny and warming October, we had a chilly Halloween suddenly. A spooky Halloween poem?

The skies they were ashen and sober;

      The leaves they were crisped and sere—

      The leaves they were withering and sere;

It was night in the lonesome October

      Of my most immemorial year;

It was hard by the dim lake of Auber,

      In the misty mid region of Weir—

It was down by the dank tarn of Auber,

      In the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir. (...)

Edgar Allan Poe, To -- -- -- Unalumed : A Ballad

Wherever you are this weekend, I hope that you have time for something fun too.

I'm back to posting the normal roundup this week.

G-Souto

02.10.2014

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September rundown of the most read posts

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As Summer into Autumn slips

And yet we sooner say

"The Summer" than "the Autumn," lest

We turn the sun away,(...)

Emily Dickinson, As Summer into Autumn slips

Autumn is back. It's the time to say good bye to the walks on the beach. And today it's raining. Just to remind us that Summer ends.Not a nice time to go outside for a walk as I usually do when the time is nice.

September was a month of different subjects : Literature, science, environment, languages, music, special days or events. You will find post written in English, French and Portuguese.

Here my list of the most popular posts of the month:

EUCYS2014 : The European Union Contest for Young Scientists

Schools : Teaching Leo Tolstoy novels 

World Teachers' Day : Respect4Teachers 

Éducation : Pas de Planète B !

Let's talk European Languages : Languages matter !

Schools : International Literacy Day 2014 

Éducation : Langues Français vs. Anglais 

Have fun learning Science : Researchers' Night 

Música Inclusiva nas escolas : Music Day 

Schools : International Day of Charity

Escolas : Concurso mo Museu, desafio à criatidade 

Education : Photo Competition for Young Europeans

I can't finish this post without remember Steve Jobs. Yesterday, October 5 exactly three years ago Steve Jobs left us. But his legacy will last forever. Steve not only created one of the world's most valuable enterprise but his perspective on technology in education (iPads) have and will continue to inspire us to teach using technology to enhance learning. On his third death anniversary, here my tribute. 

Here is the Steve jobs inspiring speech which teaches most important life lesson for students, entrepreneurs, teachers, employees and everybody else. 

"Focus on what you have in order to create what you want."

Steve Jobs

Wherever you are, don't lose your joy and spontaneity of teaching. Teaching is a challenging job with many unique frustrations, but the rewards of teaching are numerable. Keep that in mind.

I'm back to posting the normal roundup this week.

G-Souto

06.10.2014

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MEDEA Awards 2013 ! Don't forget !

MEDEA Awards 2013

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Good morning. I am back from my wonderful summer break in Paris. It was so good to revisit Paris! I will talk about later.

Today, I am going to write about the 6th edition of MEDEA Awards 2013.

MEDEA Awards 2013 announced its call of entries some months ago. Now, the deadline to send your entries as participants is approaching, September 30, 2013.

As you know since 2009 I am participating at MEDEA Awards. So I am glad to promote such an interesting project that encourages innovation and good practices in the use of media in Education.

The deadline to receive participants' entries is 30 September 2013 and the winners will be announced at the MEDEA Awards Ceremony on 12 December 2013 taking place during the Media & Learning Conference (12-13 December) that will take place in Brussels. 

As an educator, I know how important it is to teachers be encouraged as I was in 2004 from Global Junior Challenge. It is a joy to participate with students at awards that captivate their attention and dignify their school work. It's a bit of fame that students appreciate!

"Entries are arriving at the MEDEA Awards Secretariat from practitioners and educational media producers from Europe and further afield and we are looking forward to a receiving a lot more before the 30 September deadline."

Winner prize 2012

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Winner prize 2012

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Highly commented 2012

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The aim of the MEDEA Awards is "to encourage innovation and good practice in the use of media (audio, video, graphics and animation) in education." 

The awards also recognise and promote excellence in the production and pedagogical design of media-rich learning resources.

Innovation and good practices are possible better with the new technologies always giving us fantastic resources. 

The 'screen-generation' is used to be online all the time. So, innovative educators understood the meaning of changing academic practices and go to digital. Mobile devices really pushed up for pedagogical applications.

Now video, audio are routine components of an open education (in and out school) based on educational environments that recognize and reflect the media-rich world in which our learners now live. El Rap de la educación 2.0 is conclusive, don't you think?

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Some important informations

Participation guidelines:

Entries need to be submitted via the online submission form and sent to arrive at the MEDEA Secretariat via post, e-mail or fax before the closing date: 30 September 2013 midnight). 

In order to participate, you need to log in with your MEDEA account. If you do not have an account yet, you may create a new account. If you have forgotten your password, please request a new password a n

All finalists will be notified in the beginning of November and will be invited to take part in the awards ceremony taking place during the Media & Learning Conference 2012, where the final winners will be announced.

Categories:

There are five MEDEA Awards 2013. Please read here

Participants:

Before submitting a multimedia project or production, MEDEA Awards secretariat strongly recommend that you read the Judging Criteria to understand what the judges are specifically looking for and the criteria they will use when judging your submission, as well as the Terms & Conditions of submission, where you will find the rules for participation in the MEDEA Awards. Read also the important Copyright Information page.

Judges:

With regard to the pedagogical quality, the judges value the comprehensiveness of the resources and the close integration with the curricular activities. 

In addition, the fact that teachers are present with a variety of multimedia-based activities is highly appreciate. 

The suitability of the resources for use in special needs education is considered really important.

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Finalists:

All finalists will be notified in the beginning of December and will be invited to take part in the awards ceremony taking place during the Media & Learning Conference 2013, December 12-13, Brussels, where the final winners will be announced.

Participants! don't miss this opportunity. Submit entries now! 

Watch the MEDEA Awards Promo Clip 2013 below:

Convinced? Yes, of course! So accept my invitation and submitt entries now !

G-Souto

10.09.2013

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