A teacher through the looking glass

Hi Folks! 👋 Welcome to a new post about content curation materials. Do you know what it is? Let me just introduce you an interesting tip that Marshis teachers do in this planet. In Mars, it is very popular to exchange ideas and teaching methodologies among colleagues. We believe in the idea that sharing is growing . In order to organise all the information and ideas found on the net we, 21st century teachers, use content curation tools.  When we refer to content curation we talk about the act of selecting from large amounts of content on the net, and presenting such content in a meaningful, illustrated and organised way.  Nowadays, there are endless resources for content curation that teachers can use so as to take the most of them inside and outside the classroom. Some of the following ones are just an example of the several opportunities to organise the ideas:  - Symbaloo - List.ly - Pocket - Pearltrees All of them are very visual, which helps us t

How many senses have we got? Photograph by Alexas_Fotos CC0 Creative Commons   Hi folks! It's me again, Martic! How are things going in The Earth? Here in Mars we are celebrating Saint Valentine's Day. Did you know that Marshis people celebrate Saint Valentine's on the 15th of February? Yes! This is because Cupid used to visit first The Earth and the day after he visits Mars.  In my classroom, I am linking this special day to the 5 senses humans have. We are asking ourselves how people interact and make relationships such as friendship or partnership. The purpose of the following pictures is to represent humans acts when interacting with the environment, with other people and with themselves. I have designed this topic to be carried out in a CLIL lesson with 2nd graders. The photographs displayed below will help me to introduce and to explain the topic of the 5 senses. To activate students' talking time, I will ask them some questions

Photograph by OpenClipart- Vectors CC0 Creative Commons 💃Hi folks! Welcome to my classroom in Mars. I am a teacher here in this fantastic planet. My name is Martic and I am 126 years old. Here in Mars people can live up to 270 years old. Amazing, isn't it? Are you ready to know a bit more about us? Just keep reading... I am an enthusiastic CLIL teacher. I love languages and being in touch with people from other planets such as The Earth or Saturn. I love dancing flamenco in my free time, I will show you sometime.  I am interested in travelling as well. I have visited 5 planets in my life. But I hope to travel to many more places in this Milky Way. Now you know me a bit more, I will tell you more about how we live in Mars.  Let me introduce you my classroom. The students in Mars s peak both Spanish and Marsish therefore  we believe in Bilingual Education. It is very important for us because they communicate with Spanish people everyday.  Moreover, IC