TIMETOAST

 REFLECTION ABOUT TIMETOAST ACTIVITY

         The learning objectives of this activity is to encourage cooperative work among students in order to reinforce strategies as self-regulation, plannin and, self-evaluation 

     The advantages of using TimeToast for this activity is to approach new technologies to the students, to know a new application to work with in groups  at class, and to show information in a different way.

     First, we have worked on reading texts about their favourite artists in music, given by the teacher previously. After making some comprehensive questions, we put in commons some basic information about these famous singers (Michael Jackson, Adele, David Bowie). I work in a school for adults, that is why we chose these artists from the students' generation.

     We had some problems with technologies, because our classrooms do not have any computers, so they had to use Timetoast with their mobiles phones, what is hard to do when you are a beginner on this area. Anyway, the students felt open-minded to this new way to work, little afraid from the start, but it finally worked.

     I would change the possibility to work at home too, but this is not necessarily a mishap. 

    Timetoast is a great resource to encourage your students to use new applications and technologies, to work in groups and discuss about any subject and, finally, to allow teachers to create and share timelines that help students understand and contextualize history.

Some examples of timelines made by the School for Adults' students are:

https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/adele-81ea4289-1250-46be-ac9d-14e4a7572d56

https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photo/21152097/image/large_square-dd0d3b25374f2facd21c346b968a9201.jpeg

https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/david-bowie-c8605d06-db5e-4e57-b122-c610d1153fb7

TODAY READING HABITS

  Reading habits have changed a lot during last years. What, in the beginning, was only an activity to take into account during holiday seasons, has now become a necessity, as an essential part of my spare time and as a way to find out many resources to be used in the classroom.

Some of the images depict that the texts they are reading obviously have been chosen by others (family, teachers...) The rest show clearly how people are involved in the process of choose in their own and, what is more, so it in the places they find in any moment or their daily routines to be included in.

They might be feeling so nice most of the time, especially in pictures number 1 and 5. The position of your body when you are reading is a good indicator on how much you are enjoying your stories. In pictures number 2 and 4, it seems to be part of an educational process from your family or at school itself.

When the subject is quite interesting to me, I read in both languages. Not the same when I must read about work or other disciplines that I am not rather interested on. Depending on the kind of texts I choose, so then I determine the language I use. For deep literature I usually read in Spanish, but that is not the only reason. If the mother tongue of the author is English I prefer reading in this language more than is Spanish. 

I always read paper books,  and talking about texts includes in other format, most of the times I prefer online ones.

I like reading in the evenings and when I spend time on the bus or travelling.

Presentation

 We are approaching to new applications and resources for English teachers in the classroom to help them how to innovate in our daily routines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y3yssM3q1o

https://oxfordhousebcn.com/en/7-of-the-best-apps-for-learning-english-grammar/

https://www.examenglish.com/vocabulary/index.html