Gallipoli

I have to say that I do not like these kind of movies because most of the time they are really far from what really happened.
Although, I did not like the movie I have to admit that Mel Gibson's performance was outstanding, and he really deserved all the good reviews he got.

The best thing about the movie was that it was adapted to the 1950s and it showed how terrible the attitud from England was towards its colonies, in this case Australia, because they forced the inhabitants from those colonies to take part of wars in other coutries, that was totally unfair.

Mauro's presentation

Diversity was the topic chosen by Mauricio Lillo and the first thing that came to my mind is that this was a very good topic because when we are teachers we will have to deal with peoplewho have their own views about life and that is an issue.
Now, Talking about Mauro's presentation I have to say that this was nota microlesson but he tried to make us participate as much as possible during his presentation, and that was a good thing.
There were some problems regarding accuracy but Im sure that he can make some improvements in order to solve those problems.
In general terms it was a good presentation not th best I have seen but I think he did a great job and I seemed that he cared about details because his ppp was briliant.

Pending presentation

Maria Teresa Buch's presentation was about friendship and I think that she tried to make us think about the importance of having friend around us and the positive effects it brings to our lives.

Although Maria Teresa did a nice presentation it was not a microlesson because she spoke all the time and that situation was detrimental for the audience. The idea of a microlesson is less teacher talking time and more student talking time, so that was an aspect she should have considered at the moment of planning her microlesson.

But generally speaking she did a nce job and I think that she tried very hard in order to make a great presentation even though there were some aspects about English she should have paid attention to her presenatin worked out well.

Sports in education!!!

I carried out this presentation but I wanted to introduce another way to get my students involved, I tried to do a debate where two big groups gave their opinions about the topic I showed them, obviously one group agreed with the idea of practising sports while studying and the other group disagreed with that idea.
The important thing there was the fact that they had to give their points of view by presenting solid arguments to support those ideas.
I tried to carry out a very interesting microlesson and I think that it worked out because almost everyone in the classroom took part of it.

The teachers' strike

Teachers who are taking part in the current strike are asking the gorvernment for the payment of the money they owed the teachers since 1981, teacher have been asking for the money for several years so far but the Chilean state has not showed any attempt to reach an agreement with teachers.
Accroding to my point of view this strike is completely fair because the money owed by the Chilean state is something they have to pay, they reached a sort of agreement with teachers 28 years ago, that it is why I think this is totally fair.
If somebody asks me if this is ethical, I would answer "yes, it is", in this case the government has not showed to deal with this situation ethicaly.
Although students are the most affected people with this unpleasant situation because most of them could fail in their attempts to succeed in their academic year.

Now the future is uncertain because it seems hard to reach an agreement because the government refuses to solve this problem and they only say bad things about teachers and everybody thinks the same. But the only thing I must believe in is that teachers are great.

Only one presentation today but the best one so far!!!

Francisca Nuñez gave a great microlesson and she called it "Games as educational tools", this time was a totally different microlesson from the previous ones, it was time to play, and the game was "who wants to be millionaire", the lesson was very engaging because everyone in the classroom took part in it, and Francisca did a great job by controlling every aspect of the game.
Francisca was worried about the time of her lesson which was brilliant, and she felt very comfortable in front of the class using a good tone of voice and trying to be in touch with her students, it was just a fantastic way of giving a microlesson.

A very good job by my classmates!!!!!

First, Mariluz taught us about a very important topic nowadays, which was called "how TV affects teenagers", Mary did a great job during her presentations because she showed us some videos which were very touching, also she mentioned the effects of being in front of the tube the whole day, and the most important thing was that she gave a very clear conclusion at the of her microlesson, great job!!!

Second, Romina Bozan's presentation was about Management strategies for teachers. I think that Romina did an outstanding job because she created a very clear ppt presentation, she used good colors, provided clear some pieces of explanation about the topic, and the info she gave was intended to be very important for us, future teachers of English.
Another important aspect about Romina's presentation was the fact that she always wanted to be in touch with the audience, brilliant.

Third, Studying abroad from Camilo Opazo, he showed us some test required to study abroad which is very important for young teachers of English, good topic.
He did a mock TOEFL test, which was a good experience because I had never done a TOEFL exercise before.
Although he made a great effort to carry out a good presentation this was not a microlesson.

Two more presentations...were they real microlessons???

First, Yara's presentation was about body language in some cultures and its importance for teachers of English when facing students within the classroom, she provided pieces of explanation about how body language is carried out in different cultures, which was just brilliant.
She tried to get the audience involved during her presentation, and the most important thing was that Yara showed that she knew what she was talking about.
She got close to what Mr. Litman wants from us.

Second, Eduardo Maldonado's presentation was called "less words and more action", I have to admit that it was a little bit boring because he gave us too much information about the topic he was presenting instead of making us talk a bit more.
Although Eduardo tries very hard every class he still has some problems regarding fluency and accuracy when expressing ideas in English, and that only means to start working harder.
I think that this was not a microlesson but only a presentation.

A Beautiful Mind

This is an outstanding movie and one of my favourites actors performs as John Nash, Russell Crowe, he just made a great job in this film.

The thing that cought my attention was the fact that Nash was so brilliant that he was able to create his own world but I couldn't realized it till the end of the movie, that was a great job by the director.

Another important aspect about the film is that in spite of suffering from a serious mental problem Nash could achieve great things, for example: love and a high reward in the Nobel Prize. That is very important for us, and we have to thing that despite the difficulties it is possible to achieve great things in our lives.

Finally, it was a great movie and it left a touching message about being determined at the moment of reaching our goals, and just have great expectations about life.

Billy Elliot, just a great film.

This film is a good way to see that our dreams can come true. Billy really wanted to be a dancer, and he just tried very hard to reach his dream, even though he was humiliated by many people including both his father and brother, but when the time went by they started to support Billy in everything he needed.

Another important aspect was the fact that Billy’s father had serious problems regarding his job because almost the whole people who work in the coal mines were on strike, which made it even more complicated for Billy to make his dream to come true.
In spite of all the problems Elliot’s family faced, they supported 100% Billy and that was just fantastic, because that is resiliency, they never gave up Billy’s dream.
I think that this is very similar to what we are doing right now, everybody in the class wants to be teachers of English and we are eager to study, and learn as much as we can in order to make our dream to come true.

High quality microlessons!!!!!!

Today, our classmates did a great job with their microlessons, I really feel that I have learnt something new.

First, Cristobal Jara based his topic on both technology and telecommunication, and how they can be successfuly appplied in teaching.
Mr. Jara introduced twitter to us, which was very interesting because I did not know anything about it, by showing how it really works.
As a result of that, I think that I am going to create a twitter account as soon as I get home.

Although it was a great performance, Cristobal should slow down the pace when presenting something in front of the class, nobody is chasing him.


Second, Evelyn Antillanca's presentation was very engaging, I could notice that almost the whole class was looking at her all the time.
Also, she managed classoom atmosphere and was very practical at the moment of giving the lesson because I was able to uderstand everything she was trying to explain to the audience.

Third and final, Daniela Aguilar's microlesson was excellent beacuse she knew well how to choose the topic, and she suceed in giving some meaningful pieces of advice regarding reciclying to save our planet. As Mr. Litman says, the information she gave was very useful and all the videos she showed were very touching. Great job Daniela, KEEP ON LIKE THIS!!!

Finaly, today's presentations got really what Mr. Litman wants from us, and that is hard working, therefore the next microlessons are supposed to be even better, including mine.

The first microlessons of the second semester

Gustavo Rojas' microlesson was not good at all mainly for three reasons:

Firstly, Gustavo used too much time explaining to the audience the Instituto Nacional’s history, and that was a little bit boring, it looked more like a presentation than a microleson, too much information.

Secondly, Mr. Rojas was not able to make a clear purpose regarding his microleson, he did not teach anything, and I hardly understood a few ideas, as a result of that the concept of clarity was not one of Gustavo’s strengths.

Thirdly, Gustavo was too nervous, apparently he did not feel comfortable in front of the audience, and that is something Gustavo should improve because the next year he is supposed to be in front of teenagers and that is not an easy task.

Daisy Barril’s microlesson, she tried to interact as much as she could with the audience by giving some useful tips in order to get relaxed; However, Daisy did not do a microleson, it was just a presentation about something, and I did not learn anything new. Another important aspect that Daisy should consider is the fact that we as future teachers are supposed to solve problems like audio failures in the middle of the lesson, and we have to solve those problems on the spot by using creativity, that is what it is all about.

Finally, Stephanie Bravo’s microlesson was too long and she was the only person who spoke during the lesson.Also, there are some problems regarding English, and those are not supposed to be problems for 4th year students of English, just remember that the next year we will be working for a school and knowledge is what really matters. There is a long way to go for her, so she had better start working on her weaknesses.