Unit 6: Padlet

Here we have a lot of interesting and useful links displayed in Padlet. It allows us to share resources and materials and it's incredibly practical for teachers.


https://es.padlet.com/juliacampellop/uep8bjp3qza7

Unit 5: Task 3

Blogs are nowadays an important tool in the classroom since they have many advantages: it is a free, accessible and easy way of sharing content. It allows us also to improve our skills.  They offer different methodologies and accessibility to online resources such as videos or links.  

There are different types of blogs, as it can be appreciated in the different links provided in section 4. In my opinion, a good choice for an English class is The Tutor blog ( https://juanjoromero.es/ ), which is run by the teacher and can contain online resources, as it has been mentioned above. 

I also considered that they are really useful outside the class environment because it can be a daily tool for learning English. For instance, this blog  (https://www.espressoenglish.net/english-tips-blog/)  offers the possibility of learning new idioms, vocabulary or pronunciation tips. 

Unit 5: Task 2

                                      Sharing Links

There are much different Content Management Systems (CMS): Joomla, Drupal, PHP-Nuke, SPIP, Zikula, Moodle, and VLE.

After checking the links provided by our teachers, twelve in total, I consider that the websites offered in the section of Joomla and Mestre a Casa are the most complete. They are well-structured and full of information. Moreover, Addressee interactivity through social is presented on both websites. It means the possibility of users to share information in social media to target people who can be interested in the page content. In addition, both are quick, intuitive and simple so the invite the user to stay without additional effort and paying attention to the content.

Furthermore, I would like to add that I consider really important that Mestre a Casa offers the possibility of using the page in Valencian and in Spanish. Consequently, it is aware of how language delimits the target public because of their bilingual availability.

For those reasons, I consider the following links my favorite ones for taking them as future references.

http://www.iesdoctorbalmis.com/ created by Joomla.

http://mestreacasa.gva.es/web/ieshaygon   created by using Mestre a casa.

Unit 5: Task 1

                               JOOMLA! Discovering new tools.

Joomla! is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) for publishing web content. It is built on a model–view–controller web application framework that can be used independently of the CMS that allows you to build powerful online applications.

It is a free platform that offers the possibility of creating a collaborative environment for students and teachers because provides us tools for creating content, it also offers content management such as editing, archiving, publishing, collaborating on, reporting and distributing website content, data and information. In addition, it presents many advantages for the users, like creating new content and personalize the webpage using different templates and resources.  

Moreover, apart of the education environment, it can be used for many things, such as small business websites, e-commerce, and online reservations, corporate websites or portals and online magazines and newspapers. Consequently, it is one of the most popular website software thanks to its global community of developers and volunteers, who make sure that the platform is user multilingual, responsive, safe, accessible, among other advantages.

Personally, I find a lot of extensions offered by Joomla quite useful and interesting, especially: Joom donation and JA Image HotSpot.

One the one hand, Joom Donation is leading donation extension for Joomla. It is based on getting donations and collecting the donor’s information. The donations can be one-time and recurring and through payments platforms such as Paypal, Authorize.net, Stripe, Eway, Moneybooker etc.

On the other hand, 

JA Image HotSpot is used to produce images or collages which can help our students to understand the content through images.