Line Rider Contest

I'm starting a Line Rider Contest.
I'm posting the rules and the game itself here. To use the game load it on Mozila Firefox or Internet Explorer.

Winner gets a chocolate bar and the video will be posted here.

What was the No1 song the day you were born?

Check any date. What was the no.1 song in the American, English and Australian Pop Charts the they you were born?
Birthday No 1

Mine was "I will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor. And the legend continues....

Light Greens making Muffins

Jokes to get your friends:

Here are some links to make fun of your friends (they are all virus safe):
Let's start with:
(name of your friend).justgotowned.com
Example: Khoza.justgotowned.com

Then you can try the monitor picture:
http://topsurfer.com/camera.cgi?khoza

Finally, you can make your friend feel better with:
(name of your friend).youaremighty.com
Example: Khoza.youaremighty.com
Enjoy!!

Congratulations Dark Blue Students

A nice presentation by my Dark Blue Students. They made a project talking about the dangers of using drugs.

Great site for Students

A simple post this time. It's a site of an old friend of mine. She's a great teacher from São Paulo and she's been remaking the site for a while. She's got great material or students mostly
Cyberteacher
say hi to Wilma for me people ^.^

Idioms for everyone! Come get your idioms!

As promised, a great book about idioms:

Idioms for Everyday Use

enjoy!

Aplisc meeting

Since I went to APLISC yesterday, I had no time to post anything at all. Sorry...
However, I posted the pics I took here(click on pics to see a larger version):

Also, I made a small (and very incompetent) video of Lucy Chrichton's Presentation. No, I didn't film the end of the story. My batteries died ^.^'
The idea anyway is to witness the genius of the inglesinha...

For Teachers and Students alike

I found this teacher that recorded his classes and posted them all in quicktime videos on this page:Chalk and Talk

His explanations are pretty much like mine, and I must admit I felt really tempted to do the same thing. What do you say people? Should I record some of my activities and grammar explanations?

Do you know what is a WebQuest?

WebQuests are a new way of dealing with project work. Also, they offer a great opportunity for integrating skills through the Web!!! I love them and have used and made some with a fair success. You can get more information here:
WebQuest ORG
Also, there is a sample webquest here:
Film maker WebQuest

Remember WebQuests can be about anything, and that you can find them for free online. There are great Brazilian Quests, but of course they are in Portuguese. WebQuests were primarily made for schools and not directly for language teaching. However, that can be used to our advantage because the integrated skills help make the class memorable.

Cooking Class - Ceasar's Salad at Rockfeller

Pronunciation for Techers and Students and more Phonetics

Here is a fantastic site that teaches both Phonemic symbols and the correct pronunciation of each sound with the help of videos and sound: University of Iowa Phonetics
Those in College might want a complete chart with the names and sounds of the Phonemic symbols, so without further ado, here it is: Paul Meier IPA Charts
Now for some exercise and practice, try this one for size: Okanagan College Pronunciation
And finally, for some quizzes and activities, Eva Easton's Authentic American English Pronunciation

Fantastic site with classplans

Discovery Education ofers fantastic lesson plans and a great tool, the Puzzle maker with which you can create puzzles with any kind of vocabulary online.
Enjoy

Great Vids for you hardcore gaming fans

I found these a few months ago. I'm anxiously waiting to see what else these guys will come up with.
Street Fighter the Later Years:

Street Fighter the Later Years pt II:

Street Fighter the Later Years pt III:

And there is atrailer. Are they making a movie???

Flash games for students

I came up with a tiny list of games to practice vocabulary and grammar:


Scrambled words
Download 10 games in one
Really cool games
Nice games - not only flash

For those who have to write the PHONEMIC symbols:

This tool is fantastic. I used it a lot in my ICELT:
Jan Mulder's Phonomap

For Rockfeller Students only

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW BRAZIL?

We challenge you to search the web sites bellow and answer the 10 questions that follow. The first 3 people to answer all of them correctly will get a prize!!!

Independence of Brazil

Geography of Brazil

History of Brazil

1 - How do you say "Tiradentes" in English? And “Pau Brazil”?

2 - Brazil was the only Colony of the world to____________________________

3 - Dom João decided to make Brazil:

a- Equal to Portugal

b- Colony of Portugal

c- Dominant over Portugal

4- Why did D. Pedro have to return to Europe? What is the name (in English) of the day he said he would not go?

5- Who helped D. Pedro in the first months of Brazililian Independence?

6- What are the dimensions of Brazil in Miles?

7- What is the percentage of Mullatos that live in Brazil? What is a Mullato?

8- What are the products that Brazil exports most?

9- Brazil is famous for having or being the greatest in:

Soccer - Brazil has won __________ world cups

River - The Amazon is the ___________ river in the world

Religion - Brazil has the biggest of ________________________ in the world, _______% of the population.

10- There were three products that were mainly explored in Brazil. In order, they were:

1^st __________________

2^nd __________________

3^rd __________________

Grammar Book

Little by little I will upload some grammar books I have here.
The first is:Cambridge Grammar in Use Initial

A Lesson Plan for conversation

Here's a lesson plan on Alternate Medicine
It's pretty interesting and it's up to 10 Ss

Video for teens

If your teens (like mine) are crazy for M.M.O.R.P.G.s, show them this World of Warcraft video. One of the best.

Here is the High Quality Version (my subtitles):
W.O.W. Big Blue Dress (HQ) Subbed by Khozanostra
I will up the Portuguese sub version I made on YouTube and post it here later this week

Spiders on drugs

Very funny and interesting video to have a talk about drugs

Interesting Article about Translation (portuguese)

Really cool article from "Super Interessante" about translation in Brazil.
Tragedias da Tradução - Super Interessante

Downloading video from Youtube

There are ways of downloading videos from Youtube.
If you use Internet Explorer, download this program:
YouTube video downloader

If you (like me) use Mozila Firefox, then it's a lot simpler:
Go to the Plugins page and install any of the following:

I myself use UnPlug

The video is in .flv format, so I suggest you use Total Video Converter to change it to MPEG --> format read by most dvd players.

Another great video to use in class

More Comics

These are comics for people people who love RPG
The Order of the Stick
8-bit Theatre

GREAT VIDEO to discuss the war in Iraq

This is a supposed talk between father and son. It's fantastic and raises MANY issues. Fantastic for conversation classes:
Daddy, why did we attack Iraq?