Hi, Carla

I just posted my lesson plan there. Its actually something I plan to do with the only begginer group I have, as soon as I get them to watch the tutorials and find their way around our wiki - which I am still working on. Im afraid Im running out of time as some of my groups will move into final term assessment and that will add some extra work into my already manic agenda. But thats old news.. :) Please let me know if I need to do something else - or make changes in my lesson plan. Thanks a million,

Hello Carla...
I have just started too and I'll try to connect my favorite tools Voicethread and Glogster AND my greatest passion :MUSIC. I'd like to know why the description I wrote does not show in my front page the way we have in the page you have created for this course.

@Maria Claudia I'll soon get back to you with my feedback on your lesson plan.

@Gilmar aha! My trick to have it nicely displayed? You need to add a Table of Content. Click on insert plugin when you're editing, and you'll see the option. Also, you can cheat a bit! Just click on Edit this page here, and you'll see how it looks like.

Carla, I've just created a page with my lesson plan. I don't know why I can't add the information on the table, as I said the LP is in our wiki. I didn't create another one.

I'll add it to you, Cecília. No problem. The ideas was exactly this. You could create a page here in our class wiki, or use your own. Your choice! Did you click on "edit" to add to the page? Sometimes I forget myself and just want to add it! Then, I remember, first edit, then scroll down to the table. Let me know if you have any questions.

Carla, I've decided to travel two roads at the same time. I had already developed that Advanced Grammar Project with my groups at CTJ, using Toondoo and getting them to post their comments using the verb tenses we had studied. I am contributing on to our final project with the Pats and Ana Albi... but I also want to try a new project. I'm planning a writing project with my 3B. I'm setting up a wiki for that, but I'm not sure how to get everything ready for them when we go to the mall on Monday. I haven't managed to create folders... is that what I should do for them to write their compositions? The idea is peer revision+teacher revision... in the end, I'll use everything in the wiki to create a blog for them. Heeeeeelp!

Lueli, you're more excited than I am!!! Great! I'll check your blog in a minute. The wiki your planning with the girls is just an incredible idea and the great thing is that as I was accepted in the wiki, I receive the notifications when you edit it, so I know you're all working hard! As for the wiki in the MALL, there's a tricky thing...You cannot put students to work at the same time on a wiki. Otherwise they "steal" the lock to edit the page. Or are you just taking them to the MALL to show them how the wiki works? If you plan to work with them at the MALL using the wiki, some suggestions: have them write first in an open office doc at the Mall, and then copy and paste to the wiki, but not at the same time! Another way is to create different wikis (you can create as many as you want), and have a central class wiki with the links for each other's wiki. That might do the trick. Another option is Google Docs, a wonderful collaborative tool as well. You just need students' emails to invite them to collaborate on a google doc. It's great for peer review!

Do you have skype? Skype me and we can talk.

You don't need folders on the wiki. What you need to do is to create different pages for each student. On the settings of you wiki, click on "users" to register all of your students there so they have access to the wiki. Keep asking here. I'm sure the others profit from the questions!

Hi Carla !
I´´ve been thinking about this final project all the week. I´d like to prepare something about a class which we had weeks ago. We talked about natural disasters and I took the students to the computer room and we watched about 3 you -tube videos about natural disasters. It was really nice and I believe they will never forget the scenes and the new vocabulary. How could I start ?

First, Cristiane, watch the tutorials on this page to create your wiki page. Then, start writing your lessonplan there.Think of ways you can add the youtube videos and then have your students as creators of content. If you need help, shout! I'm around.

Hi Carla ! I do need help . How can I add the videos ? I usuallly don´t do you . I just go straight to youtube.

I can't understand why my link to my wiki with the final project is the only one that can't be clicked directly! =(

Here's the link to the lesson plan!

http://viniciuslemos.pbwiki.com

Here's a direct link to real project I worked on with my students!

http://www.vuvox.com/my_vox/show/0c2a43813

Ok. Everything is ready. I added the lesson plan on my wiki page.

Hi Carla ! Thanks for the help . I managed to add the video. Please could you tell me what else I have to do for the project and how I can add my information to the list above. Thanks, Cris.

Dear Carla and all marvellous colleagues,
Have you seen how wonderful we are? The projects are amazing! I am checking one by one. I was thinking a minute ago.... the end of the year is now... next year we have so much outstanding options to develop a great work with our students. We have an ocean with waves coming and going... an ocean of ideas, sharing, projects... Congratulations to every participant who refused going to a party or delayed a nap to complete the e-tivities. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!
I was trying to find the equivalent word in English for AMPLEXOS but I didn`t get to a final end. if anyone know it, send it to me.
Amplexos to you all.

OOOOPS... Amplexo is an electronic hug...:)

Carla,
Are you going to leave the course "opened" for some more days? I still want to look at the stories I haven't had time to see and make comments and I want to look at all the lesson plans and revise some of the weeks.

Dear all,

I have been to some wikis in a last attempt to learn a bit more :). .. and learn I did! Point is, not all I've visited so far will let me post a comment there. So I only left a comment on Cecília's lesson plan. If you try mine, let me know if I have the right settings for your suggestions and comments are most welcome.
See you around!

@Kelly we're great, aren't we, Kelly? Bright minds together can have such collective outcome...Just amazing. Certainly tons of possibilities in the year ahead.

@Cecilia this wiki is an open space. It's OURS and will be there. Also, our virtual classroom will stay there for some time. So, you can keep exploring things. Take your time.

@Claudia Thanks for your feedback. Guys, please, check your settings and leave your wikis open so that others can add their comments.

@Cristiane. To tell us where your final project is, click on "edit" on the top of the page, and add the address of your wiki page on the table. Let me know if you need help.

Dear all,
I've just finished reading all the lesson plans that have been posted up to now (Daniela and Elaine's). Really nice! We all have our different styles but we all have very good ideas. I would like to comment on each one but I don't know why there's always a message saying that I can't make any comment (including your wiki Maria Claudia). Carla do you know why? Lilian I loved your idea! Must be so good to read a book and then to be allowed to use your imagination to create an illustration. Vinicius, I have to tell you that while I was reading your LP I kept on asking myself if you'd manage to really do it, but you did it! Besides that it's so very cute. Your students look so happy and you do too.

Cecilia, I've asked everybody to go to the setting of their wikipages, go to "security" and change the wikis to open. Thanks for taking your time to take a look and add your feedback here. Isn't that exciting to see our uniqueness in the way we chose the topics and prepared our plans?

Hi, Cecília

Thanks for your feedback. I checked my access settings and its open to anyone. Hard to figure out why it wont allow comments.
If you find out, please let me know.

Hi, Cecília

Thanks for your feedback. I checked my access settings and its open to anyone. Hard to figure out why it wont allow comments.
If you find out, please let me know.

Hi Cecília... Thanks for your comment! I hope my students also like the idea!
I have also checked many of the lesson plans and I have to say that I was amazed! So many interesting things created!
Congratulations to all of us!!!

@Maria Claudia and cecilia, if the options in the wiki are set to open. Then, on the sidebar of the wiki, on the right, you'll see "join this wiki" just click there and you'll be able to comment.