Post 5 >> "My Favourite Music."

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination

and life to everything.”

Wonderful quote by Plato that reflects what music means for some people In my case Music has always been part of my life and luckily  for all my family music is important too.  I play drums and my brother plays the bass and guitar.  

Since I was a child I've always been exposed to music, specially from the 80's because of my parents, and with the passing years my musical interests have changed, but I'll never forget the moment when it became really important... 

When I was 11 years old I listened to a song from Aerosmith called "Hole in my soul" that just blew my mind, and from that moment on I couldn't stop looking for new similar bands. I like different types of music, but among my favorite bands there are Tool, deftones and Korn and also grunge (alice in chains, pearl jam, smashing pumpkins,tc.) and I'm really lucky to say that I have seen most of my favorite bands live, whenever they come to Chile I always go to their concerts. 

The most amazing one I've ever seen was Roger Waters "The Wall" in 2012, It was so overwhelming that every time I watch the DVD of this presentation again I get goosebumps.
I also love film soundtracks, some of them are Ennio Morricone who came to chile in 2013 with Mike Patton (Mondo Cane) it was a wonderful concert I had the opportunity to see, there is also Jon Brion who composed songs for a movie I like a lot  "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind"  and my favorite one, Danny Elfman, who is a close friend of Tim Burton, so he has composed soundtracks for many of his movies like: Big Fish, The nightmare before christmas, Batman, Edward Scissorhands among many others. I can say that I'm a big fan of movies and music plays a relevant role there.
But I also enjoy other type of music like the Strokes or Arctic Monkeys and sometimes quiet music like Sigur ros, this is one of those bands that helps me think clearly when I need to relax, and similar to this Post Rock style I listen to are "God is an astronaut" "If these trees could talk" "Explosions in the Sky" etc. 
I think that a person can enjoy different types of music depending on their mood and context. 
... And you?... Do you have any favourite band or musician?

Dear all,

Your assignment this week is writing about your favourite music. Please include:

- The kind(s) of music you like and why you like it?

- When you started listening to this kind of music.

- Any information about the bands or the musicians you like.

- Concerts or music events you have attended.

- Any other piece of information you may consider important.

-150 words minimum.

- Comment on at least 3 of your classmates’ blogs.

Post 4>> My Favourite Book

Your assignment this week is to write about your favorite Book.

Please include:

- Do you remember the first book the read?

- What's your favorite author?

- What kind of books do you prefer to read?

- Do you have any favorite book? 

- Are you reading something at the moment?

- Any other piece of information you may consider important.

* Word count: 140

* Leave 3 comments in your classmates' posts.

CA 2*: Web Quest 1

You are going to spend a week in London evaluating tourist locations for an end of year study trip.

Here is a list of things you want to do while you are there.  Follow the links and fill in the table.

Half Day Outings

London Eye

http://www.londoneye.com/

The British Museum

http://www.britishmuseum.org/

The Tower of London

http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/ (including Crown Jewels)

Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum

http://www.madametussauds.com/london/

The Natural History Museum

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

The Tate Modern Art Gallery

http://www.tate.org.uk/

Full day

Kew Gardens

http://www.kew.org/

Camden Market

http://www.camden-market.org/

For each location say:

What day you will visit,

How much you will have to pay to get in,

Which Tube station you will travel to (nearest to location), and the zone it is in.

What will you do on the other days? (2 full days or 4 half days or 1 full day 2 half days)

Search the web for other things to do in London.

What is the total cost?

POST 3 >> My Favourite Piece of Technology

Write about your favourite piece of technology

Say:

What it is.
When you got it.
How you use it.
How often you use it.
Why you like it.
What life would be like without it.

- 130 words minimum.
- Include a picture.
- Comment on your teacher's post and 3 of your classmates’ blogs.




Today I'll talk about my favorite piece of technology. I have to admit that it was kind of difficult at first thinking about only one, as we have many technological devices that we use every day and make our life easier. I realized how important is for most of the people having their cellphones for example. Nowadays everybody spend a lot of time in front of their computers or sending text messages, but to tell the truth I'm not a tech fan. I actually don't use them very often and I've never played those popular cell games, so despite their are useful tools in my life of course, I wouldn't say that I actually "enjoy" using them. But then I started thinking Which one of them I really like? and what first came to my mind was my camera.

I love taking photographs! ... since I can remember I've always have fun taking photos, when I was younger I used a small camera, but two years ago I  bought a professional one with more options to make photographs more precise. When we go on holiday with my family I really enjoy to capture all those beautiful moment with people I love, and from landscapes I don't want to forget.   

For some people is annoying carrying a camera all the time, or they are worried because they want to look good in every photograph, but I like to take them in spontaneous moments, like when people is laughing or they look happy and they don't realize that I'm taking photos, so then they are surprised to see them. 
Some people say that the problem with the cameras nowadays is that you can take hundreds of photos and you never have time to see them all, and that's right but at least in my case I check them and after erase those who are not that good I put them on a CD, so every time we want to see them again we have them there.  

Of course I would like to learn how to use it properly because it has  many options and everything I know I have learned it on my own, so I'm thinking of taking one of these courses so I can take advantage of the full potential of the camera. 

... What about you? What is your favorite piece of technology? 

Post 2 >> Why did you choose this career/study programme?

Write about:

- your dream jobs when you were a child

- other career options that you had at the moment of applying to university

- what made you decide in the end

- your experience at university until now

- the kind of job you would like to have

 > word count: 120 words

 > don't forget to leave comments on 3 of your classmates posts.

Post 1 >> My auto Biography

Instructions for Blog Session 1: "My Autobiography"
You have to include:

- Birth information
- Studies information (elementary /high school/ university)
- Family information
- Hobbies
- Others...

> Number of words: 100 (minimum).
> Remember to make comments on three of your classmates posts.

Hi everybody, in this post I'll introduce myself so you can know a little bit more about me. 

I was born in 1987 in Santiago and I’ve always lived here, although I would love to live in the south of Chile some day, nearby Frutillar as there are beautiful and quiet landscapes.

I studied at Alberto Hurtado University where I made good friends and learned not only about my career but also about myself, so I could say I grew up in many senses those years. At this moment I’m finishing my studies in a MATEFL which makes me really happy. Teaching English is something I enjoy every day and now when I think about the decision I made of studying pedagogy, I realize I just don't regret it at all.

About my family I can tell you that I have a brother, he is twenty four years old and he is a philosophy teacher. We are very close and share the some interests like movies, books and the kind of music we listen to; for that reason we always go to concerts together. Another thing we have in common is that we love animals, that is why we adopted a cat and a dog who get along really well (luckily), and two goldfishes. 

Whenever I have some free time I enjoy painting, playing drums, reading and practicing sports.  I try to go running twice or three times a week as this is something I can always adjust according to my schedule and sometimes I go surfing and scuba-diving with my dad and brother.

In general I really enjoy learning new things specially outdoor sports because I love nature and despite I’m not a talkative person I like meeting people with interesting hobbies. There is always something new to be learned :)

Practice Post

Dear all,
today we'll have a practice session for you to start familiarizing with the use of blogs.This time you'll write about your current career.
Please include:
- Why did you choose to study this career? Are you happy with your choice? why?
- If you had you study another career what would it be?
- Mention one thing that you like and one you dislike about the faculty.
- Include anything else you consider important.

* Word-count: 100 min.
* Write 3 comments in your classmates posts