Comenius is back

Summer holidays have finished, we have loaded batteries, we are in school again and the most important, comenius is back!! You will see soon new topics and works on the blog, meanwhile keep calm magicians ;) 

Slovenia - Second Magic Comenius Meeting

Hi there!! Almost a month ago of our perfect trip in slovenia and it seems like yesterday. We have been dancing and singing, playing in the water, smiling all time, visiting interesting places, crying when we had to say goodbye... but the truth is that there aren't words to describe the trip. So I've prepared this short video with all that we've done there, you know, a picture is worth a thousand words.  Hope you like it :)

Pd: I know that there are some problems with copyright songs and countries like Germany cannot see the video so don't worry, I'm uploading the video on Dropbox and I'll publish the link when it finish.

Thanks a lot,

the magician Mar

Theme Two: The Advertisements

Hello all! How are you?

Our group have started working about theme two: the advertisements. We have searched some ads with the different characteristics that our teacher said. 

Truth

I have just found an interesting advertisement which it is says the truth. I think that this picture says the truth because there are a lot of people who needs smile and I believe that the happiness is very important and more in this countries where they don't have anything. So I think that this announcement is essential to appear on TV and everywhere because we can help this people who have difficult situations so we can do it! 

           

Done by Patrícia Cases. 

Facts / Opinion

First time that I viewed this ad I didn't think that it used facts and opinion to sell his product, beer. But now, that in class we are analyzing advertisements,  I have realized that it uses. 

The actors begin by praising Barça, which is the brand of beer sponsor ("Leo Messi, the world's best player, Andrés Iniesta, second-best and Xavi, third-best"), so the praise that it say are facts. Then, they ask yourself "What do we have?" and they start to say Catalans have different reasons to be proud of themselves across calling some things (people, traditions, food, products, places, weather, etc.) and facts that Catalonia has. And of course, all of this, to publicize one product of this territory, Estrella Damm. Finally, they say that all the facts are good, so they are saying his opinion of this territory and his products.

P.D.: Sorry, the ad is in catalan but you can activate subtitles.

Done by Mar Sebastià. 

Acceptable

This is a nice and fun video that it doesn't say anything bad or offend us. So I think that this video is perfect for put in the section of "Acceptable".

Done by Aaron Falcó.

Persuasion

Done by Alba Blanco.

Artistic

I've found that advertisement which it's very artistic. I've chosen it because it makes you spend some time analyzing the parts of the draw and the Brand it's so small and it's difficult to see but when you see it you don't forget it because the picture it's beautiful and abstract.

 Done by Teresa Trullén.

Unacceptable

Done by Heura Cartoixà.

Our advertisement

Continuing with the second theme we have made an advertisement. It's simple but at the same time it's elaborate. We hope you like it.

Theme One: The Social Networks

Hello everybody,

Here we have the work that we have done for this theme one, the social networks.

Firstly, Aaron and Patrícia have done an interview to ask to different people in their village (Xerta) what they think about social networks. This is the result: 

Secondly, Mar has done a short video with the tips that we would give to someone who is just starting to use social networks now. View it: 

Third, Alba asked two children from our school if they ever said, or done anything posted on social networks that they regret.

The first boy replied: I have never put any publication or any photo that I don’t like now or regret it because when I upload a photo I  make sure the consequences it may have.

The second girl said: Personally, I have not uploaded any photos on any social network, but I was very confident with a child and spent a photograph taken that would not happen because now in the motives of many people… so never come over an intimate picture because after you will have the whole world and evil will pass.

On the other hand, Heura has been asking people about what people think about the question "Why do people share the information they put on social networks?". Majority of them think that in one side, people upload photos and share information just to share it with their friends and it’s a way to have contact with your relatives or your acquaintances easily than for example in other times that the communication wasn’t as good as in nowadays  is. 

This is a good way to use social networks but for example in the other side, there is people that use this way of comunication to be popular, get attention, etc. Here in our school for example we’ve had examples of some girls that they have taken a photo of themselves undressed and after that, the photos have been shared in lots of mobile phones through the WathsApp aplication.

She interviewed to some people asking the question “How many of your “friends” in social networks are your friends?” too. Before start asking, she thought that they would have answered that most of the people  they have as friends they don’t know them. Otherwise it didn’t happen what she thought.

The answers were:

• 74,2% of the people know who they have as friends.

• 25,2% of the people don't know at all who they have as friends 

Thanks a lot,

the magic group one