Blog Session 6 How green are you? Instructions

Dear Class,

How are you? Busy studying a lot? I really hope you do well and try not to get so stressed...

As I told you in the class, this is not about what environmental problems does your country/city/campus have but about something similar.
Please write this post in 230 words minimum and include the following:


a) Where do people learn about enviromentally friendly practices?
b) Have you incorporated recycling into your habits? Describe
c) Do you use a bike or your legs instead of a car?
d) Have you joined or supported any eco-organisations? Why/Why not?
e) What else have you done /would you like to do?
f) What have you done to reduce your carbon footprint? 
g) What's missing in our society/Santiago regarding this issue?



Don't forget to make comments on at least three of your classmates' posts plus a comment about mine.


Best,


Belén

Blog Session 6 Sample post

How green are you?

This is 2015 and I can’t believe how people are not yet aware of the importance of taking care of the planet we live in. I think people should learn about “green issues” at school. Sometimes children learn how to make recycled paper and some others have workshops to learn some aspects of recycling. So, environmental-friendly practices can be definitely learnt at school and also at home.

I’ve always tried to be careful with the waste I produce. I use special bins (usually glass, plastic and organic bins) every time I can. Apart from that, I use water wisely; I learnt that in Chiloé when I was 12. It was only when we spent more than 2 weeks with a family in Nalhuitad, where they didn’t have tap water. 
I’m constantly thinking about ways to reduce my carbon footprint and transmitting the information so more people are aware. I use my bike in the summer mostly. In winter it’s too cold for me and too contaminated as well but as in spring and summer is windier I tent to think that I’m not breathing so much smog. Also, as I don’t have a car, I’m always walking and taking the bus or the tube.

I support Greenpeace but only through the internet. I do that by signing emails requesting more laws or an action to stop some stupid objective of a millionaire company. I think we should support any eco-organisations if it’s because they want to take care of the planet. I’d love to make tons of copies of “The 11th Hour”, which is a documentary about the state of the Earth, considering air and water contamination mainly. 

Finally, in terms of the capital city, I think Santiago is missing more laws and public policies so people learn and participate in solving matters related to the environment. Environmental problems are not the same in other regions but in Santiago there's a lot to do...

Whenever you have time, please watch this documentary and share it:
http://freedocumentaries.org/documentary/the-11th-hour#watch-film

Blog Session 5 Second part

Dear Class,

Today, I want you to expand your ideas on what you wrote last week about your future/ideal jobs.
Please reread your post and think about the following to write about problems you could face when finding a job, in 220 words minimum.

Consider these factors:
a) too much experience / lack of experience
b) the job market in the city/country you'd like to work
c) skills or qualifications you need to apply
d) passing job interviews/psychological tests
e) your own fears

Don't forget to make comments on three of your classmates posts' plus your comment about mine.

Best,


Belén

Blog Sample 5 Not my future job but my ideal job

My ideal job

Before I explain my ideal job I have to say I really enjoy the jobs I have in the present because I love active jobs where communication is part of it. I have three ideal jobs but this time I’ll explain the one I would enjoy the most… and “dreaming is free” so this is what I dream to have as a job.

My ideal job would be to teach to read, children and adults, somewhere in Africa. As I speak English I think I could teach the first steps for them to read syllables, words, phrases and then ideas and concepts! I think the traits and skills I would need for this job are patience, enthusiasm, good human relations skills, motivation, and of course to know the contents to able to provide quality teaching. Also, I need to be organised and flexible and to create a nice atmosphere for learning.

I’m always trying to improve all these traits and skills but I think I would be good at teaching to read because I’ve incorporated the most necessary ones to work as a language teacher. Also, as I’m a risk-taker woman; therefore I wouldn’t mind to move far from Chile and I wouldn’t mind not having electricity, the food I eat here, tap water or similar sanitary conditions to what we have in Santiago.

I think it would be difficult to find a job like this because I don’t have the experience –just the enthusiasm – and maybe, NGO’s are going to choose people from Europe before choosing someone from South America. Maybe it’s not as difficult as I think but as I haven’t found out about how to apply for a job like this, I’m not sure.

Blog Session 5 Instructions My future job

Dear Class,

Have you ever thought about your ideal job? Where? Doing what?

Please think about this to write today's post and include the following:

a) What kind of job would you like to have? 
b) Outdoors or indoors?
c) Would you like to travel a lot?
d)What major are you studying /are you thinking of taking? Why?
e) Do you prefer a high salry, job satisfaction or a mix?
f) Add any other related ideas.

Write 210 words minimum and don't forget to make comments on 3 of your classmates' posts plus a comment in my post.


Best,


Belén

Blog Sample 4 Free post: The human brain

The human brain

I have always been interested in how the human body works. One of the reasons to be interested is that I practice sports, so why we sweat, stretch and how we can work out our muscles are intriguing facts about our bodies. Those, among other incredible facts like gestating as to have new generations. Sleeping, dancing, walking and reading are just some of the activities that have to do with the brain.

Biology and Education are closely related if we analyse the brain activity. As a teacher, when we study the way human beings learn, we study Psychology but unfortunately we didn’t study Neuroscience. Therefore, as this science has always caught my attention I wanted to learn more about it. A couple of years ago, because of the Masters programme I was studying, I had the chance to read lots of interesting papers about how the brain works when we read as well as how the way we stimulate the brain affects our learning process.

The human brain is a complex organ and as human beings we are supposed to be the only ones to know something about the way the brain works. With that skill, Pierre Paul Broca (1824-1880), a French pioneer doctor was able to draw a map of the brain and consequently, he discovered a small area in the left hemisphere, which controls the production of language. Thus, 100 billion neurons in our brains* are responsible for language, communication and many other aspects of our lives.

*http://www.factslides.com/s-Brain

Free Post Blog Session 4 Instructions

Dear Class,

This time you can choose what to blog about... Use your imagination!

Write this post in 200 words minimum and don't forget to leave a comment on my post as well as on at least three of your classmates.

Best,


Belén