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¿Qué es una nube de palabras? Las nubes de palabras suelen ser una técnica o recurso de marketing visual que muy interesante para complementar e ilustrar presentaciones y artículos de un blog. Podríamos decir que una nube de palabras es un recurso visual a modo imagen que se utiliza para representar las palabras más destacadas que componen un determinado texto. Estas nubes de palabras suelen presentarse a modo de figura abstracta, en las que son representadas de un mayor tamaño aquellas palabras que aparecen con más frecuencia o son más importantes. Existen herramientas online permiten personalizar la forma de la nube de palabras, el color y el tamaño de los términos principales (para resaltar el nivel de importancia de las keywords o tags dentro de la nube). A continuación comparto contigo una herramientas gratuitas que considero fácil de usar con tus alumnos. Paso 1: Abre el navegador y escribe https://www.nubedepalabras.es/https://www.nubedepalabras.es/ ...

Anualmente, la Red de Universidades Nacionales con carreras de Informática (RedUNCI*) desarrolla el Congreso de “Tecnología en Educación y Educación en Tecnología” (TE&ET). TE&ET tiene por objetivo la exposición y discusión de trabajos relacionados con la educación y la tecnología, en un contexto multidisciplinario. Los trabajos presentados en TE&ET relacionan Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC) aplicadas en Educación y a su vez, se presentan trabajos respecto del enfoque educativo de las TIC. Este año tuvo lugar los días 14 y 15 de junio en el Módulo Campus de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Químicas y Naturales (FCEQyN) en la ciudad de Posadas. Participaron más de 400 estudiantes de carreras afines a la temática y además llegaron ponentes de diversas universidades de todo el país. La conferencia inaugural estuvo a cargo del Dr J.A. Olivas Varela de la Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, España.  E xpuso sobre los mitos y retos que existen...

Though the technology has been around for more than two decades (IWB  was released in 1991), its use has only grown exponentially over the past few years. Fundamentally, an IWB combines a dry erase whiteboard with an LCD projector and is usually mounted on a wall or floor stand. Powered by easy-to-use software, the whiteboard becomes a computer screen viewable by an entire classroom.   The projector projects the content from a onto the surface of the board while the teacher controls the content either with a pointer or a touch of the hand instead of a keyboard and mouse. The combination of software with the projector results in much more than simply a projected image. An interactive whiteboard can be a cost saver as this technology demonstrates how one computer can provide learning stimuli for a whole classroom. This is more cost effective than equipping an entire IT room, or every student with a laptop. Examples of the features available when using an inte...

If you want to understand how English works, it is advisable to learn about English culture. Culture will help you understand expressions. A celebration that takes place in March is St. Patrick’s Day, a global celebration of Irish culture on or around March 17. It particularly remembers St Patrick, one of Ireland’s patron saints, who ministered Christianity in Ireland during the fifth century. Learn some Irish words and phrases. The Irish have their own distinct dialect of the English language, so if you want to sound like a true Paddy on St. Patrick's day, try sprinkling some of these Hiberno-English gems into your conversation: What's the craic ? This phrase can be interpreted as either "How's it going?" or "What's going on?" or "What's up?" and is used in non-formal settings. Craic is a very important word in Ireland and can be used to describe your enjoyment of an event or activity, e.g "How was the party?" "...

Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14th. It is a festival of romantic love when people show feelings of love, affection and friendship. Many people give cards, letters, flowers or presents to people they love.They may also arrange a romantic meal in a restaurant or night in a hotel, while others may choose this day to propose or get married. Background The origins of Valentine's Day are not clear but many sources believe that it stems from the story of St Valentine, a Roman priest who was martyred on or around February 14 in the year 270 CE during the reign of Claudius II for refusing to give up his Christian faith. St Valentine was caught marrying Christian couples. However, another theory says  that the church used the day of St Valentine’s martyrdom to Christianize the old Roman Lupercalia , a pagan festival held around the middle of February. Further reading: Saint Valentine Lupercalia Music: Love is in the air - subtitled How deep is your love 

Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. An abstract, citation, playing time, and word count are given for each of the passages. Many of the passages also have a related reading strategy identified. Each reading passage can also be downloaded as a PDF and printed for use as a read-along or as supplemental reading material for your classroom. Here is the  link  to enjoy literature