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World Dance Day assignment was anotther challenge from the Celebrate You and Me Digitally wiki. You can check it HERE. Below you'll find only a couple of examples, please, do visit the student's blogs for more. Fabiana Érica Bruno dance day on PhotoPeach Catarina

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Challenged to contribute for Earth Day Celebrations my students once again surprised me with their creativity. You can check the assignment HERE. Please visit the rest of the students' blogs to check what they did. Bruno Lina Earth day on PhotoPeach Paulo Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com. Filipe Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com. Alejandro GoAnimate.com: The Earth

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After a couple of technical problems I was finally able to record and post some of the Book Report presentations on YouTube. I'm very proud of my students. They did a wonderful job both in creating their reports using web2.0 tools and in presenting them to their colleagues.Here are some examples of the work they created. Please, do visit the students blogs for more exemples. You may check the

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Here are some examples of the work created by my wonderful students to celebrate Easter. You may check the assignment HERE. Alexandra & Beatriz GoAnimate.com: our easter story by alexandra olim Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com Catarina & Jéssica GoAnimate.com: Easter by Diana Marina Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com

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You were very creative guys. I know you love GoAnimate and that's just great, but mabe next time you will consider using other tools too. ;) You may check the assignment HERE. Flávio GoAnimate.com: April fools day by flaviorafael Like it? Create your own at Diogo GoAnimate.com: jjjkj by Henrique T Sofia GoAnimate.com: happy fools day by goncalonunesabreu Sérgio GoAnimate.com: fools

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Good work guys. Thank you for trying hard, I know you had tons of things to do and still you came through. :) You may check the assignment given HERE. Cláudia Filipe Hilário GoAnimate.com: Teahter for Zarco student by Admim Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. Margarida

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A while back I asked my students to create a campaign agaisnt addictions. Once more they lived up to the challenge and amazed me with their creativity.You'll find the assignment HERE. Build your own custom video playlist at embedr.com

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Well guys, once again you have made me proud. :) Thank you for doing such wonderful work! I'm placing here some examples, but please, do visit the students' blogs and the wiki. You may check the assigned task HERE. Claúdia Mariana Inês Diogo GoAnimate.com: goanimate's Animation by null Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun! Verónica Create your own video slideshow at

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Well done guys! I loved your book reports, you were very creative. I'm looking forward to your presentations in class.Here are some examples of the work created. Please, do visit the students blogs for more exemples. You may check the assignment HERE. Daniel GoAnimate.com: "The Recruit" by null Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun! Lina Bruno Wilfrid Gordon McDonald

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A while back Nik Peachey suggested creating a music video as a learning activity. I decided to challenge my students into doing that. The result, as you can see below, is pretty amazing. :)Excellent work guys! I am sooooo proud of you! Build your own custom video playlist at embedr.com

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Thank you for participating in our friend's Christmas Challenge.   I'm very proud of you. :) GLOGSTER: mariana marianafg.blogspot.com by ines and clarisse - our favourite Christmas Movies clarisse98.blogspot.com xmas sergio 8º4 alexandreabreu25.blogspot.com Christmas Challenge gzclass86.blogspot.com

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You have made it into English Central's Portuguese users Top Ten! Well done guys! Below you'll find a screenshot of the current scoreboard. Click on it to view it better.

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Good work on your vocaroo recordings guys! Here are a few of them. You can check the assignment on the ZarcoEnglish Blog. Viper´s record gzclass86.blogspot.com Vocaroo ( Catarina Sousa) gzclass86.blogspot.com Vocaroo (cristianotemtem) gzclass86.blogspot.com Vocaroo - Rodrigo Leça gzclass86.blogspot.com Vocaroo catarina cristinasspace.blogspot.com VOCAROO Paulo paulocamaratennis.blogspot.com

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Using your photos and your ideas I created this short Animoto video. With it we were able to participate in the wonderful project Multicultural Uniqueness. Thank you! :)

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Room for improvement, but a great start! ;) Dialogue xaramba79.blogspot.com Travel^^ viacstuff.blogspot.com Build your own custom video playlist at embedr.com

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Here are some of your favourite activities. Good work on creating your word clouds. :) my hobbies xaramba79.blogspot.com MY FAVOURITE THINGS paulocamaratennis.blogspot.com

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Excellent work on your Halloween assignment! <p><p><p><a href="http://www.mystudiyo.com/act98330/mini/go/halloween_quiz">halloween_quiz</a&

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Well I must say that you guys had some pretty impressive holidays! Good work on creating your postcards. I only chose a few, feel free to check the rest of them on our pageflakes page. Gizmoz ana-sofia-95.blogspot.com Gizmoz filipa-greeneyes.blogspot.com   You can check the assigned task HERE.

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Here are some examples of the texts created on Livetyping. You can check the task HERE. Please, visit our pageflakes page to view the rest of the students' blogs. LiveTyping.com LiveTyping.com LiveTyping.com LiveTyping.com

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Great Job on your wordle guys. I only picked four as an example. You can check the task HERE. Wordle ch1n0c.blogspot.com Wordle diogo-place.blogspot.com wordle of  Me:b svanessaaa.blogspot.com The way I am caixadafp.blogspot.com

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I asked my students to write their final assessment of the work they developed in the ZarcoEnglish project. They wrote it in Portuguese because I wanted to make sure they were able to express themselves freely. I also recorded some of them on video, both in Portuguese and in English.Comentário ao projectoComentário ao projectoA ferramenta que mais gostei de utilizar foi o “Vocaroo” porque foi

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Once again you have dazzled me! :) This was your last assignment, and I want to thank you for your creativity. It was a true pleasure to teach you. Hopefully we will work together next year and take the ZarcoEnglish project to a new level. As usual I have placed below a selection of some of your work. Links for the Xtranormal movies: Cláudia, Diogo, Débora, Joana. News

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I am proud of your work. There were a few minor glitches, but the outcome was well worth it. Now that you know you can create your own magazine, I hope you will use Isuu for your other classes too. :)Below you have two magazines, one from each class. You can check out the rest of them HERE.Open publication - Free publishing - More sportsOpen publication - Free publishing - More esl

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Had a good laugh with the animations you created on GoAnimate. You came up with some really creative stories and although some of you still had some spelling mistakes, as a whole I am very pleased with your work. Well Done! :)Strange Love mafalda95.blogspot.comGo Animate! filipa-greeneyes.blogspot.comGoAnimate joanapage.blogspot.comMy animation ''batle on vegas'' cralossilvaz.blogspot.comIt was

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Here are some of the glogs from 8º5. Check out the rest of them here. Great work guys! :)Glogster: giorgio armani nifi-s.blogspot.comDior - the fashion Designer mafalda95.blogspot.comFatima Lopes joana-catarinamartins.blogspot.comGlogster pitalhona.blogspot.com

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Sorry for taking this long guys. Great work on your Gloster assignment. :) Am really proud of you! What you see below is just a few made by class 8º4, please visit ZarcoEnglish and check out the rest. Gisele Bundchen joao1pedro.blogspot.comFashion=) svanessaaa.blogspot.comArmani =D cralossilvaz.blogspot.comA fashion model - Doutzen kroes patricia027.blogspot.comIsaac Alfaiate

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These glogsters are from some of my students in classes that, even though they are not maintening blogs, wanted a shot at online assignments. Good work guys! :) Dayana Kamol Petra and Jéssica Bruno

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Thank you for playing the games guys. Hope you learnt something from them. Here are some of your reviews.Extra Job - Commentary on gamesThe game that I like more is “Stop Disasters” because I think it’s more interesting and more educational. “WaterBusters” is cute and I enjoyed him a lot but I lost in second level. I don’t like the game “The Laser Challenge” because the questions are boring, but

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Great photos guys! Keep that creativity going. Remember that we now have the photo of the month competition.Below you'll find some examples of the photos my students took.Quinta-feira, 5 de Março de 2009 patricia027.blogspot.comPhotojojo ! henrique-space.blogspot.comTerça-feira, 3 de Março de 2009 joao1pedro.blogspot.comSo big!! viacstuff.blogspot.comSegunda-feira, 2 de Março de 2009

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I really enjoyed watchig the videos you created on Animoto. Once again: Good work guys! I chose to place here some of the ones that you made more personal by using your own photos. Click on the names to follow the links.Filipa's AnimotoPatricia's AnimotoLuísa's AnimotoClaudia's AnimotoFabiana´s AnimotoDébora's Animoto

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The majority of you responded quite well to plinky's prompts. We will definitely be using plinky again! Some of you still make spelling mistakes that could be easily avoided if you proofread your texts. However, generally speaking I am satisfied with your work. So, here are the best plinky answers. Well done guys!erica gomes My favorite room is my bedroom.My bedroom is black and pink because

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Congratulations guys! I really loved to hear you. :)Below you have some of the Vocaroos from 8º5 and 8º4.Culture - St. Patrick's Day mafalda95.blogspot.comMy best summer holiday ever joana-catarinamartins.blogspot.comFatima Lopes,a portuguese fashion designer melissagomes.blogspot.comVocaroo pitalhona.blogspot.comVocaroo ana-sofia-95.blogspot.comDecode filipa-greeneyes.blogspot.comSegunda-feira,

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In order to give my students a chance to practice what they had learnt I asked them to create a short role-play where one of them would be the waiter and the rest customers. They made me very proud, because they really got involved in creating the set and even brought all the crops themselves. Well done guys!Below you will find a video player with all of their role-plays. Check them out.Build

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You all did a great job on your Bomomo assignment. There were so many good drawings that it was very hard to narrow it down to 3 choices in each class. But after a lot of consideration I selected the ones below.Todos vocês fizeram um trabalho excelente na tarefa do Bomomo. Criaram desenhos tão bons que foi dificil escolher apenas 3 de cada turma. Mas, após muita ponderação, seleccionei estes que

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Fabiana put together a great film on movie maker about our island. Check it out!Fabiana elaborou um pequeno vídeo no movie maker acerca da Ilha da Madeira. Vejam-no!Madeira pitalhona.blogspot.com

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Below is short video of Funchal, put together in Animoto, from Fabiana´s photos. Thank you Fabiana for sharing this. :)Abaixo encontram um pequeno vídeo sobre o Funchal, criado no site Animoto, a partir das fotos da Fabiana. Obrigado por teres partilhado as fotos Fabiana. :)

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Students had to create a dialogue where they would practice giving advice. One of them plays the doctor and the other the patient. We had a good laugh recording it. Below you will find a video player with all of the role-plays. Check them out.Build your own custom video playlist at embedr.com

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