WOMEN´S DAY

IMPORTANT WOMEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY 

 Good afternoon!! How are you? I hope you're all well despite the situation we're still in. In today's post, on the occasion of women's day, we're going to talk about the important women throughout history. 

 We will literally become every one of them. And... you know how we're gonna do that?

 We're going to make a video that we'll use various applications for.👏 

 First, we will simulate a video call for which we will use "zoom". This application besides making video calls with your friends, family, companies. allows you to record both audio and video.

 Then when we tried to record the video there was interference in the call so each of my colleagues and I had to use our own mobile phone to record ourselves. And yes, I'm afraid so, sometimes recording yourself is more difficult than when you are being recorded, because you are aware of the mistakes you make or you are not able to look properly into the camera, but who hasn't ever recorded themselves? These two applications are very easy as they are free and we usually use them in our day to day. 

 Next, as we wanted to simulate a wallpaper we used "touch cast studios". It is a free application that allows you to put the background of your choice in your videos. It is very easy to use, but the only drawback is that sometimes the background you record yourself on must be white and smooth, if you do not risk that the background does not fit well and therefore you do not look good on the screen. 

Finally, when we had all the parts of the video done, we just had to "assemble" them, that is, create our own video. For this we used "Imovie", an application that comes in all "MAC" computers. It is a very fast and easy to use application, you just have to drag the images to the top, the audio to the bottom and you can extend each image and audio to last as long as you want. Also, you can add effects if you want. I honestly don't know of a video creation application as easy and effective as the one we mentioned earlier. 

 It has been a very good experience and we have realized how the technology works and how important it is in our lives. 

 All the applications exposed above are usually used in our daily life, so I don't think there was any problem for even our students to make a video as a presentation.

so... 3, 2, 1.... ACTION📹📹

FLIPGRID

Hiiii!

Today we come back with more energy than ever. You may be wondering why... well today was the FIRST DAY OUT after being locked up for 50 days in my house.

I was looking forward to this day so that I could run and do some kind of sport because between you and me.. "I was going crazy."

I think that in order for you to feel the excitement that I have felt it is better to see it than to write it, so for that I have made a video.

I used a tool called "Flipgrip". At first I didn't like the idea, because this page is used and you can be seen by people from all over the world.
Then I stopped to think about it and I think it's a good tool to know what's going on around the world through people's experiences.

Flipgrip is a very easy tool to use. You just have to get on the page through a google account. Once on the page you will see a green icon with the + symbol.  You will have to click on this symbol and a screen will appear for you to start recording. You only have 5 minutes to record yourself and that will be the video you can upload to the network. Before you upload it you can watch it in case you want to repeat it.

I think it is a fun tool to use and above all interesting.

Here is my video about my first day away from home, I hope you like it

BYE, BYE TICS

Yes, you have read well, dear friends, this stage has come to an end...

You may wonder what motivated me to have this blog, well, at first I didn't like the idea of having a blog, since I saw it as something unnecessary, but as I was uploading post and observing its usefulness I was made to reflect on the importance and all that we can share through a "post" since it is like reading a newspaper but with a useful and interesting content for each of us.

Honestly, I was afraid of this subject, among us; I am not very good with new technologies, and I thought I would not be able to do any decent work or that I would be frustrated?

But little by little, I was motivated above all thanks to my teacher who has been a constant help, support and encouragement tool because even though I know that sometimes I didn't perform the exercises well, he took care to explain them to me step by step.

I keep all the good experiences, with most of the applications like "Mind map" or "Canvas", tools that I didn't know and that have become my essential tools in my daily work.

All this has made me think about two things.
On the one hand, the importance and the facilities that give us the use of new technologies in our daily lives. In fact, we have been able to verify it through what has happened in our country because of the "COVID-19". But not only at the level of videoconferences and working with our students, it has helped me to realize the infinity of tools that today we do not know, that are free and that we can even use for our own students to do work.

On the other hand, it has helped me to lose that "fear" I have about new technologies and the use of these, is more motivated to continue researching new tools, why? Because they are useful things that make our lives easier and faster and most of them are very intuitive.

I want to say goodbye to this blog leaving a brief reference about my time in the ICTS subject.

It has been a real pleasure

Tania

STORYBOARD 2

Hello!!!!!

 In today's post I bring you a little story about the important women in history. It's true that there are many who have had some prestige or fame in history, but unfortunately many of them throughout their lives did not have the recognition they deserved as it is the case of Hedy Lamarr, without whom today we would not know nor would exist the wifi, essential tool in our daily life.

On the other hand, we must place ourselves in the context in which during this period, these women lived in a macho society where women barely had any rights. This is why escaping and being specialists, even dying for their dreams, like Dian Fossey, (she died to protect the gorillas at the hands of poachers), is worth admiring.

So I leave you with a little story about what will happen so that we know who these women are.
First, you will see a script detailing the dialogue that will take place in a video, which we will explain and show in the next post.

 And what better image to summarize and introduce a video than a comic?
For this, we have used again the application "canvas". I really recommend you to use this tool, from my point of view, there is no better tool to create so many different elements, from comics, to presentations, to make personal resumes.

The good thing is that all these applications can be done with your students because they are easy, simple and free.

We will place the following project in commemoration of Women's Day... And... what will happen? Who are these women?


I leave you a small preview of our video 😏

PODCASTS

Hi, guys!
 It's been a lot of days cooped up at home, and I don't know if you guys are the same, but I'm getting more and more tired and that affects my writing. That's why I've made a podcast for my students, as this way they don't lose contact with the subject and I reinforce a bit the listening.
I used several applications to create a podcast.
 First of all, I used Quicktime, a mac application, which in my opinion is the fastest I know.
After recording myself I uploaded this recording to "Ivoox". Ivoox is an application where you can upload both podcasts and videos you have created. It is easy and simple to use, since you only have to follow the steps indicated by the program itself. I hope you find it useful, especially in these days in which technology is becoming the best ally to teach our children how to use it.

Canvas APP

Hi!!! First and foremost I hope that you all manage the quarantine very well and that you and your family members are in good health.
Today we are going to see what the Canva application is, what it is used for and what its possibilities are.
Well, Canva is an application that serves to make computer graphics, by this we mean "information papers" very visual and with clear and accurate information, such as a flyer.
Once we have chosen our Canvas project, it allows us to add photos or videos or both, either our own or through the search engine that the application itself offers. The problem with the ones available through the application is that many of them have to be paid for, that is, if there is no icon in the image they are free, but if at the bottom right we see "€" it is that it is paid for. The same will happen with the rest of the elements.
We can also change the background, size, color and shape of the letters.
Something that this application also has and that I find very interesting is the possibility of adding QR codes and social networks like Instagram or Facebook.

Take advantage now that we have time and start making your first report!

I already have mine for the return to school, and what are you waiting for?

Why why should we heat up? de Tania Mateos Romera

MINDMEISTER

Hello again!! I just upload the mind map about digestive system that you can see below.

This application that I leave you now can come in handy these days. We are not giving face-to-face classes and sometimes the concepts may not be very clear. Through MindMeister, you can create various different schemes of your needs. You can also change the shape, color, direction, etc.

At first it is a bit messy to use, but following the instructions given by the pages you do it in less than 5 minutes.
The only bad thing about this app is that you can't soak

I leave you an example of my mind map, it took only 3 minutes.
Tools, easy, simple and productive for these days.

The digestive system por Tania Mateos Romera