Unit 1 (Technical drawing): Assessment Elements

Hi! This post is intended to remind you the different items I will consider to evaluate your work and attainments. We have 6 different elements:

• Notebook (5-10%):presentation, notes, class exercises and homework.
• Workshop Activities (10-15%):practical activities in the Workshop or in Classroom (individual and in groups) through which we will build a technological object. 2/3 session each unit (section).
• IT Activities (10-15%):theoretical activities in the Computer Room (in pairs, or individual). 2/3 session each unit (section).
• Classroom Activities (20-25%):xercises in the Workbook to do in class (Classroom). 2/3 session each unit (section).
• Exam (50%): individual paper test for evaluating subject content..
• Extra (10%): IT and Classroom Activities done from home through our Virtual Classroom..

As you can see, you must benefit from the classroom/computer room/workshop sessions, I mean, you need work a lot while you are at school. And also, at home, in order to revise and reinforce the things you learn in class. Don't hesitate to ask me if you have any doubts. See you.

Unit 1 (Technical drawing): Classroom and ITRoom Activities

Hi everybody! I expect, by the end of this week, I will have the Activities WorkBook for the classroom and, if so, we will start working on this book next week. Until then, here you have the same activities but in web format to complete at home. Soon you will have the opportunity to do them at "Aulas Virtuales" of our school and get extra points.

Besides those activities, here you have the link to the IT Room Activities we have just started this week in the Computer Room (as I said in my other blog, if the Computer Room does not meet the requirements of space for the whole class, maybe I will have to call off these activities) and we will spend two more sessions working on them. These activities will also be available for you all  to complete in our "Aulas Virtuales". See you..

Unit 1 (Technical drawing): Workshop activities (in the classroom)

Hi everybody! The coming week we will be building a cardboard box to keep the tangram pieces. This is the practical activity for the first two units of the year and we will spend 3 sessions working on it. As I told you in class, you will need:

•  3 cardboard
• scissors
• glue stick
• drawing tools (ruler, set square,....)

If you are willing to practice at home, click here to download the planes of the box. Don't forget to brimg the money to buy the Classroom Workbook. See you.

Welcome to the course 2014/15

Hi everybody!  As I said here, this is my first year in a bilingual school (IES Valdebernardo) and the fact of having to teach Technologies in English is a an exciting challenge for me. Last year I had the opportunity  to teach the technical vocabulary of Technologies in English (in IES Antonio Machado) and, I think, it did not go so bad. However, I consider myself a newly comer in teaching my subject in English.
This blog is for my students of 1st course of ESO (1st A and 1st B) and it has two purposes: to communicate with them out of class and help them with the content subject and the English vocabulary necessary for the class. So, welcome everybody and  I apologize, in advance, for the many mistakes I am going to make. See you.

End of year (course)

Hi! (Is anybody there?). This is my last post for this year. This was my first attempt to teach my subject using English. We are not a bilingual school and for this reason I only taught some technical English vocabulary. If I have the opportunity to teach Technologies in English next year, I will do it. That is all for now, I hope. See you next year.

Unit 7 (Computers and Peripherals): IT Room activities

Hi everybody! The IT Room Activities are posted here and at Moodle website. I have checked that some of you have already completed them. Remember that to do these activities you need to download the required file from here or from Moodle website. We will be taking the exam tomorrow at the last period. Good luck.

Unit 7 (Computers and Peripherals): Classroom activities

Hi! Click here to have a look at the last classroom activities (and here to complete them at Moodle). The animation below tests your knowledge on computers. See you.

Unit 6 (Electricity): Classroom activities (solved)

Hi! For you to prepare the exam here you have the classroom activities solved. These activities include all types of exercises you are going to find in the exam: electrical components, how electric circuits work, electrical magnitudes and their units, calculations, ect. Good luck.

Unit 6 (Electricity): Classroom activities

Hi there! Tomorrow we will be taking our first classroom activities session (out of 3). The same exercises are posted here and in Moodle website. The application below is a sample of the kind of activities you will find to complete. See you in class.