Podcasting in mussic!! Beethoven is with us!!

Hi guys!

I hope that you are having a good weekend. I don't think that I told you before, but my master's dissertation is about how to use the radio in bilingual schools. I created a podcast for music lessons and the goal is to introduce my students to Beethoven's life and future activities.

I created the podcast with Audacity. This tool is my favourite in terms of podcasting, and it's because it's very easy to use and it's totally free!!! Also, Audacity has many effects to play with your voice and add songs. I strongly recommend you to use this application!! I've added it to Ivoox, it's very useful for uploading podcasts and it's totally free, you just need your email.  :)

At the beginning of the podcast I have "Mi gente" from J Balvin, my students love this singer and I did it to get their attention from the beginning. Soon after, the music changes to classical music. I want to show them that all types of music are compatible with different types.

I'm sure that this podcast will be very helpful for my students.

Long live the radio! Long live the URJC radio!

Using Easy.ly in my primary school

Hi friends!

I hope everything's going well. Due to the quarantine, I have had a lot of free time and I have discovered a new tool! It's called Easyl.ly.

This application has everything and is one of my favourite tools to use! Why? Because most of the options are free and the only thing that you need to access it is your e-mail. You can insert videos, images and funny icons. The most common use is to create infographics. I really recommend this tool!!

I have created an infographic for students at my school to promote the importance of drinking lots of water. This poster shows that if you are doing a lot of exercise (like our students) you need to drink a minimun of eight glasses of water per day.

I'm sure it's going to have a positive effect on them.

You can use it for your schools! I highly recommend it. 

See you soon :)

Mindmeister is useful for the subject of music!

Hello everybody!!

How are you all? This week I've been really busy working on my ICT tools. Today I want to show you how you can create a cool mindmap with Mindmeister. I have used this resource in Music (my favourite subject by far).

Sometimes for our students it´s difficult to understand what the musical textures are. For this reason, I designed a mindmap where the main characteristics of these textures appear: Monophonic, Heterophonic, Biphonic and Poliphonic. My students will see the main points from these music textures using the mindmap that I have created. Also, I've added videos that show clear examples. I'm sure this idea will be very useful for them.

Mindmeister is a tool to create mindmaps and can be used for everybody and is useful for all professional fields. You can add images, videos, emoticons and songs (yes, songs too!).

I hope you enjoy the scheme I've designed and that you enjoy Easter!

Musical textures por Christian López

Discovering Storyboard!

Hi guys!

I hope that you´re all doing well. Last week I was thinking of creating a comic as a resource for my students. I chose a comic which deals with self-esteem as a helpful resource to be used for the Value's subject.

I was inspired by Jorge Bucay´s short stories which helped me come up with the topic of the plot. He is a Spanish writer, and he has written some short stories with philosophical messages for children and adults.

This story can be a good resource for teachers and students. I created this comic with "StoryboardThat", this page is very useful and it is very easy to use. You can create your own story without any problems. The only inconvenience is that if you want to design a large comic with many strips you must subscribe to premium (which can be quite pricey!) StoryboardThat is a great application because it provides many facilities such as emticons, very funny characters and it is very easy to use. I will undoubtedly use it more in my lessons.

I hope you enjoy the comic and that it´s useful for you!

Made with Storyboard That