Fake News

Congratulations to all of you for your Final Work for this year, our Project about Mysteries and Fake News.

Before you look at your work, let’s make a reflection. We live in a world where we are surrounded by information and in which technology plays a very important role as a medium to create and share content of all kinds instantly. This takes us to consider both the role of those who create such content and of those who become active readers and spectators. It is very important to turn to valid sources of information not only when creating but also when judging content, especially because as you all know, much of the information you find on the Internet may not be true or based on real evidence, so it could become fake, either on purpose or because the author did not check the sources.

As you prepared your final work you observed different types of fake news I shared with you and you saw the different purposes behind them, for example, to entertain, amuse and make fun or surprise. You also noticed that very often fake news may be intentionally misleading or manipulative, especially in the area of entertainment and politics.

As you worked on the topic of mysteries this year by creating content with fact and personal opinion, now it was time to create fake news based on a real or imaginary mystery. I’m very happy to share them here:

Do you believe in ghosts? No? Then you must check this news by Renata Garriga, Candelaria Saenz, Martina Rómulo and Mara Lasalle:

Talking about mysterious beings, what about the Snowman? Does it exist? What do you think? Read and find out at Joel Villagran’s news.

And if you think of a really mysterious place in the world, the Bermuda Triangle has always attracted the public’s opinion, don’t you agree? Here’s

And if you thought the last piece of news was not strange enough, then, have a look at the news about the Reptilians, written by Valentina Díaz and Pierina Lorente. They look scary, don’t they?

This world can sometimes be strange; if you don’t agree, just read this news from the world of science, created by Bernardo Toledo, Catalina Luzzi and Lisa Vasallo about a Killer gene.

Dealing with mysteries of a different kind, take a look at the following news.

A common type of fake news these days is about a celebrity accused of abuse. Can you detect what’s real and what’s fake in this news created by Jerónimo Rocha?

And here’s a fake news on local politics written by Matías Aroza, related to the recent elections in our country.

 

 

Our Favourite Book Reviews

Congratulations to all of you for your work!

I’m very happy to share your book reviews here.

To finish our Project, I’d like you to read all the book reviews and choose one that you consider interesting. Write your opinion about it: What do you think about the book or story? Would you like to read it after you read this review? Why (not)?

The Little Prince by Sol

Marionettes, Inc. by Dolores and Sara

El Muro by Isabella and Trinidad

Spider Man Back in Black by Juan, Lorenzo and Ignacio

Little Red Riding Hood by Joaquina, Ema and Agostina

Deadpool by Santiago, Thiago and Pilar

Mitos y Dioses Griegos by Emilia and Felipe

Pinocchio by Isabel

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by Lilen

 

 

 

 

 

Lights, Camera, Action!

Luz, cámara, acciónCongratulations to all of you for your Projects! I’m very happy to share them here.

Films are a great way of entertainment but they may often be much more than that as they can teach us valuable lessons in life. This short film called Aberto and Christian created by Fabricio, Alejo, Camilo and Pablo leaves us a really important message. Excellent acting by the way! And great editing skills, too! You can read the script here.

Talking about valuable lessons…what consequences can these things have at school when something like this happens and is shown by the news? Watch and judge by yourself in this film called News New York One made by Lourdes, Camila, Emilia, Valentín and Matías. And special thanks to Luján, History Teacher, Jimena, Joaquín and Matías for your collaboration and participation in the film, you deserve an Oscar Award! You can follow the script here.

If you enjoy film reviews, don’t miss these ones:

Argentine films by Martina M. Classic and modern films with a great insight into human behaviour.

The Hateful Eight by Abril. A well-known film by Quentin Tarantino.

Titanic by Martina G. A., Nerea and Juan. The famous love story that has made many hearts sigh.

Bee Movie by Athina, Ailén and Lola. A children’s animated film with a message.

So, get your popcorn, sit back and enjoy!

 

Project Mysteries 2018

Welcome for our Final Work Project!  loch-ness-monster

People have been fascinated by mysteries since the beginning of humanity.

In groups, choose a mystery you are interested in and create a visual presentation, a video or a podcast about it.

If you like doing research, think about its origin, its connection with culture, an d your own reflection about it. Or, if you prefer, you can create your own mystery and choose one of the digital formats I’ve already suggested.

I really love mysteries and I can’t wait to know about the ones you’ve chosen!

 

Film-making Final Projects 5th year 2018

Congratulations to all my 5th year students for their hard work and dedication!!   I’m very proud of you for your Final work!!

I’m very happy to show your Projects and share them here:Luz, cámara, acción

Ricky IV by Franco Benedetti, Franco Martinez, Jordi Bustos and David Peralta is a short film about the topic of bullying. How does this story of bullying end? Just watch and see!

Quentin Tarantino is a short documentary film about the famous film director. What makes him unique? Watch and find out. It was made by Serena, Lucia, Manuel and Matias.

Camp Rock Film Trivia shows curious facts you didn’t know about the famous Disney film. It was made by Lucero, Camila, Lis, Anna and Luciana.

If you like cartoons, don’t miss Game over about the topic of addiction to technology. It was created by Juliana Tello, Ignacio diez, Facundo Diaz and Franco Bermeo. Voice-over by Juliana. 

As directors and producers of your own films, why did you choose these topics?  You’re welcome to leave your comments!

World Mysteries revisited

If you read about our Project about Mysteries last year, you remember the ones my 6th year students chose.loch-ness-monster

Now I’d like to share the digital collages about the mysteries my students chose for this year:

Group 1 digital collage de María Cecilia Carattoli

Group 2 digital collage de María Cecilia Carattoli

The Zodiac Killer

 

 

Nice Memories in my Life

Welcome to our first Project for this year! box

We all have photos about special moments in our life.

Choose a photo you like and comment about it. What does the photo show? What do you remember about it? Why are those memories special for you?

The digital tool for this project is voicethread. It is a collaborative tool for making text, audio or video comments about an image or pictures.

Are you ready? Let’s start!

 

Hello, nice to meet you!

Congratulations to my Third year students this year for your Project: Personal nice to meet youIntroductions! They are all unique and very interesting!

In this Project we introduce ourselves and talk about our interests, hobbies, people we admire and what we like doing in our free time.

I’m very happy to share our first project in the blog. You can see our introductions here.

I hope we can make more interesting projects together!