BLOG ABOUT FOOD

http://chibbqking.blogspot.com/

This blog is about food, I found it nice, it talks about different restaurants and the best food of each one, why people like to go to them. This blog has the author's personal voice, he for example in one of his entries talks about the dinner his family had last year for Christmas, he includes the recipe of the dishes they made. Besides all the links it has take you to the correct page, it shows a good writing, and he always includes his own opinion about the place, or dish.

TEACHING BLOGS

http://bettereflteacher.blogspot.com/

This Blog helps us to be a better English Teachers by providing tools, and techniques that we can apply in our classrooms. Larry M. Lynch's blog has his personal voice, he tries to transmit the message by talking about companies, or real life facts. Besides he writes very good, and you can link his blog with other blogs and pages in an easy way.

http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/

This is a great blog, which by the way is related with the course I'm currently taken. It's about technology, it has many ideas we can use with kids, adults, and sources for ourselves. eventhough it doesn't have many illustrations and colors, I think it has the author's personal voice, besides he gives his own opinion in each entry; and we can link his blog with other easily. He also writes with good grammar, and his sentences well structured

http://esolcourses.blogspot.com/

This blog has free English lessons online. Games, video listening quizzes, grammar, vocabulary, teaching resources and more. I consider the author add the information in his favorite way, all the extra activities and links are correct. The writing is excellent, and he/she adds his/her own point in most of the practices. I haven't check the rapid response time yet.

Look at it and practice your English in a different way.

CLASSMATES' BLOGS

http://salesianboy.blogspot.com/

I became follower of Michael's blog. I think it's a nice blog, which reflects a little of his personality. The links it provide take you directly to the activity. Besides each entry has his original point of view. And you know what if you comment on his post you'll receive a rapid response.

Take a look at it an enjoy learning about holidays.

http://ellenteachingsite.blogspot.com/

Ellen's blog has her own way to express different comments. even though she haven't finish it yet it has a nice writing, and she uses her point of view in each entry. It doesn't have extra links yet, and I'm waiting for my comment response


http://techsuccess69.blogspot.com/

Lourde's Blog is a very interesting one, it has her tone, some of her is there, she responds to my comments really fast, the extra links it has conduct you to the correct place. The writing is excellent, and she expresses her point of view in her entries. check it out if you want to have a natural experience.

My Free Time

During my free time I like to go to the gym, spend time with my friends, go to the movies, cook, and sleep...

FOR STUDENTS

http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/
link that provides with step by step guidelines on how to do research and writing, it also tells students where the information is, teaches how to research in the library, on the web, tells them about skills they should have for online searching, and what they can expect to find-and not to find on the web.

TEACHING TIPS

http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm#techniques

LINKS

Here you can find different links regading Natural Medicine

1. http://www.healthymedicine.org/html/articles.html
We found this link as an introduction of our project, because it explains what healthy medicine is, and its division. It’s easy to access to the different parts it contain, you don’t need any software to use it, and it‘s free. We can believe in the information it has, it comes from the Center of Healthy Medicine. Something that we don’t like about this link is that is addressed to American population. It doesn’t have a lot of visuals to catch people’s attention. If you want to read articles you have to download them which mean time spending.

2. http://www.naturalmedicine.com/
This is a very useful for our purpose, it has a part about articles where you can find different topics, if you get into one topic it will refers you to more topics for example lung cancer all that you need to know about it: symptoms, dietary, lifestyle changes, therapies, herbs that might be helpful. You will find the same with allergies, diabetes, men health, eye, and more health conditions.
Then, in the same space for articles you might get Natural Dieting where you can choose the right diet, find your ideal weight, and discover helpful weight loss supplements. Besides, if you are looking for an herbal remedies this is the link you have to get in, you will see a lot of remedies how they work, traditional use, and what is helpful for. You can also see herbal terminology.
This link will help students improve vocabulary, and reading skills.


3. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/medlineplus.html
This link is divided in 9 big topics within them Health Topics: Body Location/Systems, Disorders and Conditions, Diagnosis and Therapy, Health and Wellness; all of them with important subtopics to go through. Then, a Medical Encyclopedia which includes pictures and diagrams, and a Dictionary with spellings and definitions of medical words. This is an excellent source of reading, investigation, and vocabulary. Besides you can see this webpage in Spanish. It doesn’t have many visuals; most of the webpage is white and purple. We didn’t find it very user friendly because one topic didn’t take you directly where you want, you have to click in different subtitles until you find your desire option.

4. http://acupuncture.com/index.html
This link is about acupuncturist, a type of Natural Medicine; and Chinese Herbs and Medicine. Here you can find an explanation about Acupuncture, treatment for different conditions, herbal remedies, diet and nutrition and others. It’s useful for our final project, it’s free and you don’t need any software to use it, the information is reliable. Something that we didn’t like about this link is that it doesn’t have many illustrations, and it contains pop up’s which distract our attention. By this link we can improve students reading and vocabulary, and it’s a source of analysis.

5. http://www.wholehealthnow.com/homeopathy_info/glossary.html
This link is basically about homeopathy, another kind of natural Medicine. It offers a brief introduction to homeopathy, articles that will help you to develop a well rounded approach to the subject: History of Homeopathy, Methods of Preparation Homeopathic Medicines. Besides it has a section of frequently asked questions such as What are the physical, mental and emotional aspects of homeopathy ? What is the relationship between symptoms and homeopathy ? Can such small doses be effective ? How can the correct homeopathic remedy be found ? What is the difference between homeopathy and conventional medicine ? Is homeopathy merely psychological ? What is the patient's role ? Then it has a glossary to help students understand homeopathy terms.

VIDEO LESSON PLAN

VIDEO LESSON PLAN

This is a video- lesson plan sample, if you want to do one, it has to include a previewing, while-viewing, and post-viewing

Selected video:
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttt9aUcaqok
Length of video: 4:05
Creators (or published by): The Young Turks

PREVIEWING

Time: 5 minutes
Activity (or activities): gather in peers and share with your partner what you know about cancer.
(Teacher will write the questions on the board)
Does someone that you know have suffered this illness?
What treatments do you know help to cure cancer?
Do you know nontraditional treatments to cure cancer?

WHILE-VIEWING

Time: 15 minutes
Activity (or activities): Students will watch the video twice, after that they will answer a true and false. (See the worksheet at the end of the lesson plan)

POST-VIEWING

Time: 30 min

Activity (or activities): Now we are going to divide the group in two, and have a Debate. One part of the group is going to play the role of Daniel’s parents and defend their position. Why do you think natural medicine will help your son better than Chemotherapy, prove it.

The other half of the group is going to defend what the government and doctors think. Why Chemotherapy should be use to help Daniel to get better.

For this activity you will have 10 minutes to make a research or discuss with your classmates your point of view. Remember apply your previous knowledge.

WEBQUEST

A webquest is composed by Introduction, Task,Process,Evaluation, and Conclusion

Introduction

With the path of years the Halopatic medicine has saved many lives, nevertheless, drugs have a lot of secondary effects and many times do a lot of harm to your body. More and more, people are discovering the power of healthy-natural life styles for enjoying of good health.
We have studied the different drugs that medicines are composed of.
You are part of a multidisciplinary –scientific team in search of alternatives that are not harmful to the body and that can be used without provoking side effects.

Depending on your specialty which would be the best alternative to cure any illness that you are familiar with, either because of a friend or a relative who has suffered it.

The Task

In this WebQuest you will take the role of a scientist in search of an alternative cure for one disease that you choose with your group. You must research the allopathic treatment options and how they work as well as how the specific treated system of the body that the illness affects works. After that, you and the members of your group will analyze and decide the alternative you think is the best one and prove why.

Compile your information and create a power point presentation to share with your classmates on the assigned day. Be ready for a 20-minute presentation.

Welcome

Hello, as a part of a course project I have to make a blog which include different technological tools in order to teach in a nontraditional way.

The main topic is Natural Medicine,and it's address to 12th graders students

I hope you enjoying it

Thanks