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noviembre 30, 2019

noviembre 22, 2019

TIME TOAST https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/2141762 Reflection The pros of this tool are many: They help the students visualize relevant information in a logical time order. This is especially useful if we work with many dates and data. However the non-paying edition is quite limited: it doesn't have the option of sheet printing, something I consider very useful. The process I followed was: give them a webpage on important women (to deal with equality in the working world). Then they had to register and write short extracts on each date. I forbid them to copy from wikipedia. Any sentences copied from there were deleted. They had to reformulate the information and look for photos related to it.

To read or not to read? (Reflection on reading habits)

noviembre 09, 2019

When I was a child, I started reading as most children do: by school impositions. However, I must say, this was the starting point of a delightful relation between reading and me. It is true that not everything I used to read was enjoyable or interesting at all, but I learnt the art of reading to learn something, to extract something useful. Nowadays I read many less thick books, what anyone would call "proper readings" but the reading I do is much more pleasant and thoughtful than it used to be. I plan very well my readings and I devote all the time it requires to make the most of it. Besides this, I have "bits of reading" when I sit every night for the storytelling time with my child. I love picture two that depicts a grandmother and what seems to be her grandson reading together. It makes me think that reading is not always something individual, but that provides beautiful moments of sharing and slow living in this fast-moving world. All these good emotions