Stay Creative in Literature curriculum!

29 WAYS TO STAY CREATIVE from TO-FU on Vimeo.

Education: 

You know that I am a fan of social media in the school! Facebook, Twitter, others are interesting resources! 

So, we have here an interesting motivation video to share with our students on Facebook - 'educator' account, not 'personal' account - if they must write an essay at Literature curriculum. 

And we know that they must write and write! But in a creative way! 

Oh! Of course : tip 15 - Practice, Practice, Practice!

G-Souto
08.06.2011
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Credits: Motion Graphics TO-FU
Reference: paulzii.tumblr.com
Music: Fairest of them all (#) by Kämmerer

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Al Gore: Our Choice, a digital book

Mike Matas & Kimon Tsinteris (Push-Press engeneers)

http://www.wired.com

"I am so thrilled that Our Choice has come to life on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch" (...) "Readers can now learn about the solutions to the climate crisis using some of the most visually compelling and interactive technology available."

Al Gore 

Al Gore, the former vice president’s production company Melcher Media approached Mike Matas in September 2009 to create an app version of Our Choice. 

Gore wanted his book app to contain videos, diagrams and other forms of multimedia that would flex on iPad, iPhone and iPod.

Gore’s book, which lives in the App Store since April 28, is in part a demonstration of the capabilities of Push Pop Press, (San Francisco, USA) Mike Matas & Kimon Tsinteris new company. They were Apple formal engeneers. 

"It’s a bit like walking through a digital museum. When you first launch the app, you see a cover of a 3-D animation of a spinning globe with the title superimposed over it. Tapping into the intro plays a video of Gore introducing the book’s topic."

Wired

Watch Gore’s tour of his book produced with Push Pop Press in the video below

Al Gore's Our Choice Guided Tour from Push Pop Press on Vimeo.

"I'm excited to announce my new app, Our Choice is going on sale today. It is a fully interactive full-length book App that describes all of the solutions to the climate crisis with animations, interactive info-graphics, pictures, audio, text, an hour of documentary video and more. I am donating 100% of the proceeds I would otherwise receive to the Alliance for Climate Protection."

Al Gore, April 28 2011

Education:

A rich app to motivate the students for Climate change in Sciences, Geography, Civics classrooms!

It's impossible not to share such a wonderful interactive book! I would like to have this type of e-textbook in my classroom. And of course, my students too. 

"It is now abundantly clear that we have at our fingertips all of the tools we need to solve the climate crisis. The only missing ingredient is collective will."

Al Gore

G-Souto

02.05.2011

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References:

Al Gore

http://blog.algore.com

Our Choice

http://ourchoicethebook.com/

Wired/ Gadget Lab

http://www.wired.com

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iPad-enhanced eBooks by Iinking

Education:

Inkling books for iPad, iPhone, and the web include interactive features. Test yourself and your students for sharing notes, highlighting, annotating, watching video, searching the text.

Just a fantastic resource to use in school for learning!

G-Souto

11.03.2011

Copyright © 2011G-Souto'sBlog, gsouto-digitalteacher.blogspot.com®

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Credits: video Mc Grow Hill Education

http://www.mheducation.com

Harry Potter at Bafta Awards 2011

JK Rowling

Photo: Jonathan Lodge

http://i.telegraph.co.uk

The Harry Potter films will receive the outstanding British contribution to cinema prize at this year's Bafta awards.

Potter author JK Rowling and producer David Heyman will receive the award on behalf of the franchise during the ceremony at London’s Royal Opera House on Sunday 13 February 2011.

JK Rowling's Harry Potter novels were on the the top 100 books of all time and of the last decade. 

JK Rowling e o prémio Hans Christian Andersen

créditos : Kim Rune, Fyens Stiftstidende/AP

www.yahoo.com/

JK Rowling winned the new Danish award, the "Hans Christian Andersen literature prize", in 2010. His work was of that rare order that seems to transcend authorship," and praising Andersen's "indestructible, eternal characters."

Starting in 2001 with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the film franchise from Warner Bros. Pictures has defined a decade of British filmmaking. As well as continually introducing exciting new performers to a global audience, the films have built a reputation for showcasing the wealth of British stage and screen acting talent.

As well as notching up seven Oscar nominations, the series has so far garnered a total of 28 BAFTA nominations: five nominations at the British Academy Children’s Awards and 23 at the Film Awards, including this year’s two nominations in the Special Visual Effects and Make Up & Hair categories.

 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

 Photograph: Jaap Buitendijk

http://static.guim.co.uk

An eighth and final instalment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, will be released in July 2011.

Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint

Premiere London

credits: Getty Images
http://www.mirror.co.uk/

Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, 21, said he had "loved every minute of making these films".

"To me the real heroes are the crew and the huge team of craftsmen that have made all eight of them possible," he went on.

"This award is a testament to their incredible work."

Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint

Premiere London

PA Photos

https://www.express.co.uk/

Radcliffe's sentiments were echoed by co-star Emma Watson, who said it was "a huge honour".

"Thank you so much BAFTA for this amazing award," added Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley opposite Radcliffe's Harry and Watson's Hermione Granger.

To date, the Potter movies have received seven Oscar nominations and 28 Bafta nominations.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 has one Oscar nomination: Art Direction. 

Jonathan Ross will host this year's Bafta Film Awards, to be broadcast on BBC One.

Education:


K Rowling won the first Danish award, the "Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize" in 2010. Watch here

Her work of that rare order that seems to transcend authorship," and praising Andersen's "indestructible, eternal characters." 

Benedicte Page/ The Guardian


Yes, it's true! Harry Potter's saga brought new generations of readers for schools. And that is important! 


Fans go to Harry Potter movies because they have read all the Harry Potter novels, the most time in school.


JK Rowling and Hans Christian Andersen could be a good motivation for reading in Literature & Languages curriculum. 


The two authors were in Portugal. J.k: Rowling lived there teaching English and Hans Christian Andersen loved Portugal.


Hans Christian Andersen in 1886. There is a wonderful virtual exhibition at the National Library of Portugal about Hans Christian Andersen's venue to Portugal. He wrote a book about his impressions and informed that Skruptudsen the children's story was written in Portugal


JK Rowling lived in Porto for some years, teaching English. It was there that she began a story that might become a book about a boy who is sent off to wizard school. All during the time she spent in Portugal, Rowling took notes on this story and added bits and pieces to the life of her main character, Harry Potter.


Activities for students:

• Watching the video and the virtual exhibition: debating the importance of the two authors in children's literature.

• In groups, recalling information about the two authors' venue to Portugal, exploring Google Earth and Google Maps.

• Choosing one novel of each author and making reading contests in school.

G-Souto

11.02.2011
Copyright © 2011G-Souto'sBlog, gsouto-digitalteacher.blogspot.com®


References for Teachers:


Harry Potter franchise to get outstanding Bafta awards
http://www.bbc.co.uk


2011 Film Awards Nominees
http://www.bafta.org

National Library of Portugal, Hans Christian Anderser (1805-1075)
http://purl.pt

Encyclopedia of Worl Biograpy, JK Rowling
http://www.notablebiographies.com

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