Finally... The last movie: A Beautiful Mind.

I'm glad to write this comment, because is about the last movie of this semester.

A Beautiful mind, is a beautiful movie about a man who wanted to be a genius, but the obssesion with this idea provoke him to develop Shizophrenia, a mental disease that tranformed his life forever.

In my personal opinion, this was an interesting movie. The story was developed in United States. The main character called John Nash was a mathematician who work in a university.

The plot of the movie started when he wanted to be recognised as a genius, so he started doing many things, but finally the obssession and the strong wish made him to think in the wrong way.

An important part of this movie is when the protagonist started seeing allucinations, in relation to a possible attack. This demonstrated that his mental disease was really advanced.

On the other hand, the thing is: the problem that appears when the obssession starts to control your body, mind and everything you do everyday, this is the thing that called my attention.

It was a really good movie, I liked it.

Daniela Rojas' microlesson.

Here again.

Now is Daniela's turn. Her topic was Language Learning Strategies.

In relation to the presentation, she had a complete powerpoint, the information was clearly explained, and her tone of voice was very good. She knew very well how to call our attention.

Finally in this point, the topic was relevant for education, specifically for teachers who have to deal with different kinds of students every day.

Personally speaking, this topic is really important for us as teachers. Because we have to know this kind of contents in order to identify our students' needs and also the methodologies that we have to use in the classroom. Finally, this presentation was very informative, useful and neccessary for our future role.

Nice work Daniela.

The influence of Rock music in the classroom.

Good morning¡

Today I'm going to present my comment about Nicolás' microteaching.

First of all, I have to say that this topic is new in the area of education, but at the same time it was a good idea: a relationship between music and education.

In relation to the presentation, Nicolás presented a nice powerpoint, also he showed us music, lyrics and pictures, so we were really busy triyng to listen music, and knowing something about the different kinds of guitars that exist.

In my personal opinion, this presentation was good, a nice one, the microteaching was organised and with a topic that could be relevant for education. Music is definitely a good way in which students can learn, because classes would be interctive and with a different methodology, learners would be motivated and finally, they would obtain a meaningful learning.

Good job¡

Information Technology Microteaching.

Hello, today is Marlene's turn.

First of all, this presentation was really relevant to education, because we could know information about innovations and important topics in relation to the same idea. Also, She provided us information from the internet, and this was good.Although this, she had some problems with the internet sometimes. But Marlene knew how to take advantage of this situation. Finally in this point, the powerpoint was very clear and with useful pictures.

In my personal opinion, I think that the weakness in this presentation was too much TTT, and Students' participation was missed. Maybe she has to pay more attention in microteachings and not in presentations or lectures. For me, this was the major problem.

IN GENERAL TERMS IT WAS A GOOD JOB.

Leandro's microlesson.

Now we have in second place: Social networks.

This presentation was about the different social networks we can find in internet. Also, the way in which we can use them, and the pros and cons of its use.This microlesson was complete and clear, with a lot of pictures and good explanations, Leandro knew exactly what point he had to analyse and what important information he had to explain.The discussion at the end of the presentation was also interesting because we could debate our opinions based on the use of social networks in education.

In my personal opinion, this was an excellent presentation, I liked very much, because the topic was relevant, known and important if we consider these different kinds of programs in education.

Definitely Leandro you did a good job.

Renato Ramirez's microlesson.

Healthy food and academic performance: Very interesting and relevant topic, taking into account that society has serious problems with fast food and all that things.This presentation was organised and colourful, the powerpoint was clear and well prepared, the topic was well explained and also, the activity was excellent. Renato wanted to know if we were paying attention through questions about the same topic, just like a reading comprehension exercise.

In my opinion, this topic was meaningful for me, because I'm living with a healthy lifestyle, and I know this is not easy, but if we think in our health we have to do it.

This topic is also relevant in education, we have to teach different kinds of students, and I'm sure that in the future I'm going to be worried about my students because the consequences of a bad diet and a sedentary lifestyle can be a complete disaster.

Good job reny¡

Chariots of fire's movie comment.

Here we have another movie in this second semester.

Chariots of fire is a movie about two athletes, who were looking for fame. In this situation both of them participated in the olympics, just one of them could win the gold medal, and the other one could win the honour of a hero, based on the different situations they have to dealt with in the movie. According to the key points: the language of the movie was British english. The powerful idea of the movie was this wish to obtain fame just running in the olympic games in 1924. Also, another powerful idea is the power that the characters put to achieve their goals, they were capable to give everything just to obtain what they wanted. In relation to the context, the country of the movie was United kingdom. The main characters were Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell. The values and emotions expressed in this movie were: motivation, courage, friendship, power among others.

Finally, in my personal comment, I could say that this movie is not one of my favourite ones, but it showed many interesting things about the attitude any person has to have in order to achieve their goals. This was the only point that called my attention. In general terms, is an excellent idea to watch these kind of movies because these situations can showed us that if we want, we can.

And just like the commercial: impossible is nothing¡