Blog Session 9 Instructions

Dear Class,

This is the last but one post and the topic is: Your favourite subject this term.

Please include:

a) Name
b) Describe what you do in classes
c) Mention the main contents you have seen
d) Explain why you like the subject

Write 180 words minimum and remember to make comments on at least 3 of your classmates' posts.

Good luck,

Belén

Blog Session 8 Instructions

Dear Class,

It is time for a free post. Feel free to choose the topic to write in your blogs. This is time you have to write 160 words minimum plus the three comments on your classmates' posts.

Good luck,


Belén

Sample Post

To choose one photograph I like it’s not possible because I love colours but I also enjoy black and white. There are so many choices; photographers round the world have always been “making” photos. I definitely prefer black and white and I miss going to the dark room and developing my own film and pictures.

One of the photos I will always remember was taken by Luis Poirot, a well-known Chilean photographer. In this photo you can see Chilean song-writer, actor, singer and activist Víctor Jara, killed in 1973 by the military officers. That day Víctor and Luis were near Cerro Blanco, in Recoleta. They were trying to obtain a photo for Víctor’s new album cover. Here we can see part of the complete photograph. I found this darkish copy on the internet but it’s not the photo I have on my wall (or the postcard version of the photo I was given). In the portrait I have, apart from Víctor Jara holding his guitar, and the old lady behind him, there’s a boy to the left, next to Víctor, and the boy is looking at the camera. You can also see the entire guitar Víctor is holding. One more difference between this picture and mine is that Víctor is not looking at the camera.

This photo was taken in 1969. According to Luis, the photographer, this photo wasn’t authorized by the Communist party, so Víctor’s new album cover for “Pongo en tus manos abiertas” was the one – you might have seen- with two open palms.

Last but not least, I really like this photo because Víctor Jara is in it and of the various photos where Víctor appears, this one is my favourite portrait of him. I admire and respect everything he was and did.

Blog Sesion 7 Instructions

Dear Class,

This time you have to choose a picture you like to write about it. Say:
a) who took it
b) what it shows
c) when it was taken
d) why you like it
e) Upload it too

Include any other information you'd like to mention in 160 words minimum. Don't forget to make comments on at least three of your classmates blogs.

Good luck,

Belén

Sample Post

Free post: Life without water

Nowadays, one serious problem in this planet has to do with water. Depending on where we are this problem can be related with aspects such as the lack of water (the access to it) or the quality of it. Ancient civilizations needed water just like we do but the problem with this natural resource is that some people think water is always going to be available for us, even if we don’t use it wisely or even if we don’t care about its sustainable management. Considering the lack of water we can find places in Africa where people walk a long way to get just a few litres. And in terms of the quality, there are places where fresh and clean water is not as common as it is in a capital city. Indeed, apart from having difficulties to get drinking water some people also get sick and die because the water they drink is contaminated. More details: http://blueplanetnetwork.org/water/

Similarly, in this long and thin country the quality of drinking water is not the best. Even though we are far from Africa, we can still see this problem in Valle Grande (Región Metropolitana) or in Alto Hospicio where water is contaminated with arsenic. The contamination of drinking water is a problem in more than eight cities in Chile, where regulations have failed to offer people the access to clean and fresh water.

The importance of using water wisely refers to the urgency of finding ideas to make people aware of this problematic situation. This is a vital element for our bodies to function and on an average human being, water makes up 70% -75% of the body weight so why regulations for companies not to contaminate water are not popular? Or why governments are not implementing as many conservation water programmes as we need here and around the world? Read more: http://www.gracelinks.org/437/water-saving-tips-in-the-bathroom

To conclude, life without water is not possible so what are we going to do when we feel thirsty but we’re not going to be able to drink a glass of water? Or when, with no rain and the obvious consequences with crops, we can’t grow vegetables? Water is the most important nutrient for our bodies and because it helps digest our food and to transport waste in our body we really need to take some actions to change, or even better, to solve the problem with the access and quality of water.

Blog Session 6 Instructions

Dear Class,

This is the second time you are free to choose what to blog about. So, choose a topic and write 150 words minimum. Also, make comments on at least three of your classmates' blogs.
Remember to think about ideas to cover or questions to answer in each paragraph. That is, if you want to write about "Animal experimentation", you can answer this in three paragraphs:

a) what does this concept involve?
b) what are the disadvantages of animal testing? and 
c) what is the situation in Chile?


Good luck!


Belén

Blog Session 5 Instructions

Dear Class,

Today the topic is: My favourite piece of technology

Write:
a) What it is
b) When you got it
c) How you use it
d) How often you use it
e) Why you like it
f) What life would be like without it

Remember to write 150 words minimum, include a picture and make comments on at least three of your classmates' blogs.


Good luck!