How to snip / Cómo realizar capturas de pantalla

Some of the 1st years might be struggling when saving their infographic.
Although it is true that easel.ly does not allow us to save high quality images if we don't have a pro account, there are several ways to save our project:

1- We can select the low quality image (which will still be good enough)

2- We can take a screenshot with the snipping tool (Recortes):
This can be done in any computer, regardless the OS. I will show you some videos

•  How to snip in Windows 7:

• Windows 8:

• Windows 10:

• Mac:

I hope this will be easy enough.

Aranjuez

As a reward for winning the first part of the "Aulas de Oro" contest, some of the 1st and 2nd year ESO students from Torrejón and Loeches are going to Aranjuez next Wednesday.

Before going there, it would be nice to have some information about what we are going to see there. It is difficult to think about Aranjuez without some specific music coming to our minds.

Let's watch this video and listen to the music with our eyes closed, to see what it tells to our heart...

Indeed, it is the "Concierto de Aranjuez", composed by Joaquín Rodrigo, and performed Paco de Lucía.

The part that you have just listened to is called the "Adagio", and it is the second movement.




Many musicians have attempted to perform it, but in my opinion,
nobody can beat Paco de Lucía's version, which has brought many people to tears.




In this video, we learn why Joaquín Rodrigo, a blind musician, decided to compose it.

The music you have just listened to is said to be a dialogue between Rodrigo and God, trying to understand why something so tragic had happened to him.

Joaquín Rodrigo and his wife had just lost a child, and she was very ill.

Now, we are going to focus on what we are going to see:

If you click the following links you will be able to access some guides to the palace:

Guia teatralizada - español

Official guide - Spanish and English





Last, but not least, here is a link to a folder with audios that can serve as a guide to the palace. They are in English, and it would be really advisable to download them and save them onto your mobile phones.

Greek mythology project

Here you can have a look at the project that 1st year ESO are working on:

Greek mythology

1st year ESO students are studying Greek Mythology.

Here are some of the videos that we have been watching in class:

- Gods:

- Ancient Olympic games:

- Apollo's tree:

Remember, remember, the fifth of november...

Do you know who Guy Fawkes was?
Have you ever watched V for Vendetta?

In these videos you will learn about the history of Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night:

Would you like to know why this mask has become so famous?

Then, watch this video from 3:00 onwards:

Scientific Study Tips

Simple, nice video to learn some interesting facts about studying better.

Study tips and tricks

When you are at highschool, teachers tend to think that you already know how to study, but many times we find out that we shouldn't give this for granted.

One of the most popular pieces of advice is: stay away from your mobile phone...

but

what if your mobile phone could actually help you study?

In these series of videos you will see how your phones can be your allies when studying:

New beginning

Last year I was working in IES Gacía Morato, in Madrid.

This year I am working in IES Luis de Góngora, in Torrejón de Ardoz.

I will not erase the contents for last year, but I need to modify some sections so that his blog can be useful for my new students.

I hope some of the contents will still be useful for my old students.