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Animated stories using Hopscotch, Coding for Kids

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Hi guys! 

Here you are your animated story using Hopscotch turned into a cartoon video.
Well done! You are very good coders but  excellent actors too!

Congrats! 

Your animation has all the elements of a good story:

•  It has got a title: "Escape on a starry night" 
•  There is a narrator and there are some dialogues. 
•  There is a setting: Where and When the story takes place. 
•  There are heroes and villains, main characters and supporting characters, protagonists and antagonists... 
•  There is a plot that is all the action that takes place during the story. 
•  There is a conflict: the robbers try to escape from the police but the hero stops them. 
•  There is a climax: the villains are defeated and Pod saves Hopscotch City. 
•  There is a resolution: Hopscotch characters go out and celebrate the victory. Everybody is happy. It's a happy-ending.

* Get Hopscotch: Coding for kids, a visual programming language

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Kids react to old computers!

Hi, guys! 

Have you ever seen an old computer like this one on the video? Have you ever heard about old floppy disks?

Check it out on this hilarious video: "Kids react to Old Computers" 

The kids are 6 to 13 years old and they discover one by one a huge and old Apple computer. A computer before the Internet Era!

Before the Internet even existed?!

One of the kids asks: " How do I look up for homework? 

"Go to the library" - The man behind the camera says.

Pretty funny, isn't it?

Enjoy it!

"All I want for Christmas is you" Cute Cartoon Version

Hi guys!
It's Christmas Eve and Lil Bow doesn't want to go to bed. He sits with his dad in the living room waiting for Santa. It's very late so they decided to call Mariah for help.

What does the fox say?

Hi kids! 

My dearest student Lucy Aurora sent this funny catchy video by mail and I decided to share it with all of you. 

 This Norwegian video was supposed to be a joke but people started loving it so it became viral! It's so hilarious!

I think it can be useful to revise animals, the sounds they make and adjectives to describe them.

Sing, dance, learn and enjoy!

Girls want to be engineers, not princesses!

Hello there! 

The toy company Goldie Blox (toys for future inventors) made this amazing commercial with three little girls: Sabrina, Raven and Reese. 

It's a video against stereotypes, against "pink" toys. 

Girls, don't underestimate yourselves. You have got a great potential. You can be what you want to be. It could be great to be scientists, mathematicians, engineers or computer programmers! It could be great to create the things you imagine.

Why the toys for girls are not usually toys that encourage girls to enter in technology or engineering? 

Why do girls always have to play with dollhouses?
At Our school,  we want to change things, so girls and boys are learning  programming language with two free amazing iPad apps:  Daisy the Dinosaur for 1st & 2nd grades,  Hopscotch  for 3rd & 4th grades and Scratch for 5th & 6th grades.

I really love Hopscotch!!

Spring is here!

Hi, dear kids! 

Spring is here again!

Al last, we can see the sun after a long, dark and very wet winter. 

Spring is in the air! Let's celebrate! 

Happy spring time!

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Introducing and meeting people Part II

Hi guys! 

Here you are another funny video with some scenes from different television shows.

Listen carfully because there are many ways to introduce and meet people in English. 

Pay attention to expressions like:  This is ...,  I'm ..., Nice to meet you, pleased to meet you, great to meet you, the pleausure is mine...

My favourite scene is the one fom The Big Bang theory. Hilarious! Those guys are really great!

Enjoy!

Introducing and meeting people Part I

Hi, guys!

Watching TV shows is a funny way to learn English, isn't it.

This is a  movie segment from the famous television show "Friends". 

Here, you can find some expressions used when you introduce or meet someone.

Enjoy the show!

Hector awarded in the 6thYouth Short Film Contest "No te cortes"

Hi everyone!

Last Friday, February 1, people lived an unforgettable night at The Forum Castellana FNAC in Madrid because they celebrated the awards for the Sixth Edition of Youth Short Film Contest "No te cortes"

Our dear Hector was there to accept the award for best actor  for his short film "El rubí robado" (The stolen rubi) and a mention for Special effects for his awesome "Misión: salvar el Mundo"(Mission: saving the world) 

Here you are some photos of Hector, speaking in the gala and with the famous actor Adrián Lastra.

And with his proud parents of course! 

This is what the experts have said about him:

"Hector Rodriguez, doubly rewarded. Originality, brash and imagination with a camera, a pen and paper. Along with the other participants and winners are the future of Spanish cinema!"

Congratulations Héctor! You are a superstar and we are so proud of you!

Learning English through video clips

Hi there!

Voscreen  is a new and awesome web site for English learners.

There are thousands of short video clips from famous Hollywood movies, documentaries, songs, cartoon, television shows and so on. 

Just watch the video and test your understanding. You have got subtitles in your own language. 

         Follow the instructions below:

1. Sign up (It's free!) or start as a guest.
2. Select your native language.
3. Play the video where a sentence is said.
4. Click "I understand" or click "Show me the script".
5. There are two versions but only one is correct.
6. Click next and move to the next video clip.

Much more about video on Topics for kids/videos.

Singing and dancing in the rain

 "Singing in the rain" by The Learning Station is a progressive song, adding on actions. 

LYRICS: 

Singing in the rain. We're singing in the rain. What a wonderful feeling!
We're thumbs up ... 

Ceecha cha cha cheecha cha cha cheecha cha cha. 

Now sway ...

 ACTIONS: 

Thumbs up. Shoulders back. Knees together. Bottoms out. Tongues out. Eyes closed. 

And now let's start singing and dancing in the rain. 

It's a perfect song for a rainy day and it's raining cats and dogs outside, kids!


And here you are the original version by the great Gene Kelly. Just amazing!

learning English with Hip Hop

Hi guys!

Using Hip Hop to learn English is not a new idea but no one is as cool as these two guys called Beans and Frank, the cartoon characters who rap lessons.

Here you are two fantastic videos: 

The Alphabet  and  Phonics(Rhyming words) by  Beans-Frank TV .

Enjoy them!

Welcome back to school

Hi kids! 

School days are back once again. 

New lessons, new games, some new mates and a new school year with new challenges.

I know you will be nervous but excited at the same time. 

Don't worry and start this new grade with confidence because everything is going to be all right.

Lyrics

  "Don't worry about a thing
'cause every little thing gonna be all right"

Talking avatar videos

 Hi there!

That's not cool is an amazing interactive application where you can now create personalized talking avatar videos and post them on your blogs.

Read the following instructions:

1.- Create your avatar.
2.- Pick a story.
3.- Click on "sign into YouTube"
4.- Allow YouTube access.
5.- Choose your phone, eyes, nose, mouth, legs, arms and extras.
6.- Enter the text or pick a statement and select a voice or an effect.
7.- Preview and click on "publish to That's not cool".
8.- Wait while publishing.
9.- Download your avatar.
10.- Open your YouTube account and click on "My videos". That's it!!
11.- Open and watch your video.
12 .- Edit your video.
12.- Insert the HTML code in your blogs and post it.

I hope you enjoy, guys!

Learn English with John John in Sesame Street

Hello dear kids in Second Year! 

I know you are big fans of John John. 

Here you are this video playlist with seven funny moments so that you can also enjoy them at home.

Have fun with the cutest kid in Sesame Street!!

Green Lantern Character Creator

Hi kids!

Do you want to become the comic book superhero who uses his magical ring to fight against the crime?

Visit Green Lantern Character Creator, become a new corps member and get assigned to a new sector of the Universe.

Enjoy the trailer with Spanish subtitles.

* Green Lantern  Official Website 

Children see, children do. Make our influence positive

Hi there,

"Children see, children do" is a provoking and amazing television campaing by NAPCAN (Australia's National Association for the Prevention of Children Abuse and Neglect)

Children imitate habits and behaviour they see around: talking on the telephone, smoking, body language... so let's make our influence positive because everything children see, children do.

Think!!

Amazing Inventions of 2010

Hi kids,

Here you are some of the most amazing and coolest inventions of 2010.

Check out my video playlist and have fun!

1.- ROBOTS:

• The English-Teaching Robot. Some schools in South Korea are using these robo-teachers.

2.- NEW MATERIALS:

• Sugru make your stuff last for years.

3.- CLOTHES:

• Spray-On Fabric: your T-shirt can come out of a spray can.
• Woolfiller: A solution for your old sweaters.
• BioCouture: Fabrics made by a bacteria.

4.- TRANSPORT:

• Honda U3-X Personal Mobility Prototype vehicle.
• Straddling Bus: It can carry up to 1.200 passengers, takes up no road space and it's partially solar-powered.
• Edison 2: The lightest car.
• Antro Electric Car: Ultralight car fro Hungary. Electric and partialy powered by solar panels.
• The Terrafugia Transition: Can the cars fly?
• Martin Jetpack: The first practical jetpack in the world.

5.- HEALTH AND MEDICINE:

• eLegs Exoskeleton: For paraplegic patients.
• EyeWriter: To comunicate with your mind.

6.- GREEN ENERGY:

• Power-Aware-Cord: To make the electricity visible and make consumers think about their bad habits.

7.- TECHNOLOGY:

• iPad: You can watch 3rd grades in our school using the iPads!