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• The Wall Machine : creat your fake Facebook wall

  12 April 2012 ( #build, #facebook, #fake, #this, #wall )

  Hey! Here is a very interesting link to a tool that could be useful for teachers and pupils. Thanks to this Beta version, you can build your own fake facebook wall. Possible Xblogtation: Build the wall of a famous character studied in a text for example,...

• Cover by Sonia (Marx Dormoy)

  03 November 2011 ( #cover, #designed, #dormoy, #marx, #sonia )

  Designed by Sonia The document is a cover of a book. This cover is in black and white. The book is entitled The Fifth Child and written by Doris Lessing. It was published in 1988. The book deals with a family. Harriet and David meet each other on an office...

• Vocaroo: record and send your voice easily

  08 January 2012 ( #microphone, #record, #send, #vocaroo, #voice )

  Vocaroo is a very useful tool that enables you to record your voice with your computer. 1. Click on the button to record your voice thanks to your microphone or webcam. 2. Let the program use your microphone. 3. When you're done, click to stop. 4. You...

• Prezi

  01 February 2012 ( #ideas, #presentation, #prezi, #tool, #user )

  A wonderful tool that could be useful both for you and your pupils. Prezi is a cloud-based (SaaS) presentation software and storytelling tool for exploring and sharing ideas upon a virtual canvas. Prezi is distinguished by its Zooming User Interface (ZUI),...

• The picture of my school - The most beautiful/awful thing around me

  08 December 2011 ( #most, #picture, #pupils, #they, #think )

  Montblanc launched a contest few months ago. It consisted in filming 1 second of beauty. I love the idea and wanted to do the same with the pupils. The idea is still to be determined but I had the idea to launch a pictures contest. Many options are conceivable:...

• Youth homelessness

  17 October 2011 ( #are, #homeless, #homelessness, #need, #youth )

  I don't know you but I'm more and more stricken by the growing number of young people living in the streets with their dogs. Usually, I avoid looking at them. I'm not proud of it. I watched a documentary about the phenomenon and was really affected by...

• Cover by Christina, Joyce, Naomi & Amélie.

  16 November 2011 ( #color, #cover, #hand, #hooked, #there )

  Cover by Christina, Joyce, Naomi & Amélie. Presentation : this is a Black and white drawing of the cover The fifth child that we made Description : the first things which attracts our attention is the hooked hand in a deserted place that is seems to be...

• Cover by Claire & Ateekah (Marx Dormoy)

  10 November 2011 ( #because, #ben, #her, #she, #this )

  Cover by Claire & Ateekah. I’m going to describe and analyze the cover of the fifth child that I created. At the top of this cover we can see the title of the book written in bold and distorted letters which give an information about the atmosphere in...

• Cover by Cassandra, Magarita & Sarah (Marx Dormoy)

  10 November 2011 ( #ben, #family, #one, #represent, #that )

  Cover by Cassandra, Magarita & Sarah. Analysis: We can deduce that on the left side , it's the perfect happy family, and on the other side the family after ben's bith. The artist may intend to denounce that ben is placed in the root of the family tree....

• Iphone's Siri

  17 October 2011 ( #about, #are, #here, #may, #siri )

  You've probably heard about Siri. If not here is a short presentation of the Intelligent Assistant: There are already many funny users who tried to ridicule the application. Here are some examples: You may find other examples here: http://shitthatsirisays.tumblr.com/...

• Pen Pals

  12 October 2011 ( #message, #pals, #pen, #pupils, #would )

  Hi guys! Some of the French pupils would like to become pen pals with pupils from America or Scotland. Are you up to find someone to talk to? What about writing messages on the blog or even using the software SKYPE to communicate? It would be great to...

• Madelyne's cover (Marx Dormoy)

  10 November 2011 ( #child, #cover, #fifth, #madelyne, #teddies )

  Cover by Madelyne. The document I’m going to talk to you about is a cover made by myself for Doris Lessing’s book, the fifth child. The plot is the story of Harriet and David, a British couple who have four children but when the fifth child arrived, he...

• Siri - Iphone 4GS

  17 October 2011 ( #are, #examples, #here, #may, #siri )

  You've probably heard about Siri. If not here is a short presentation of the Intelligent Assistant: There are already many funny users who tried to ridicule the application. Here are some examples: You may find other examples here: http://shitthatsirisays.tumblr.com/...

• MTV ad: Band fusion

  11 October 2011 ( #artist, #concept, #example, #mtv, #word )

  MTV 's idea was to design t-shirts composed of two different artists. On the left hand side, the renowned artist and on the other side the artist influenced by the first one. The message is "The music never stops". It could be interesting to use the same...

• The Fifth Child covers

  13 October 2011 ( #are, #child, #cover, #photo, #their )

  The project initiated by Mr Cadilhac and the lycée A. Einstein is really interesting! The pupils had to imagine their own covers. Here are their works! Excellent! Cover designed by Clémentine B, Clara R & Sana E Their Analysis: We chose this photo to...

• The Russian doll: TFC

  05 October 2011 ( #because, #ben, #harriet, #his, #she )

  For our Russian doll, we decided to choose Harriet. So, first, we represented her with a child and a smiling woman because during the entire book, Harriet will try to be happy every time and it is her dream to have a large and happy family. So we took...

• Kafa's campaign project: TFC

  05 October 2011 ( #her, #his, #she, #with, #work )

  I'd like to congratulate Loïs for the important participation to the blog. I really appreciate. Actually I thank every pupil from Lycée Lacroix ;) Loïs sent me her work. She was inspired by the Kafa's campaign. I just let you enjoy the really excellent...

• Detournement (bis)

  11 October 2011 ( #another, #could, #make, #not, #same )

  Well I love the video and want to do the same for the mariage of some friends. By the way what about making the pupils do the same for another purpose? We could for example make them tell a story they've imagined. Recording it is not difficult. Free softwares...

• Fair advert?

  05 October 2011 ( #advert, #could, #google, #hard, #what )

  The following advert is for Google's Street View. The concept is that at the top left hand corner it displays an original genuine advert and it suggests that the hotel's ad is here misleading. The Google's ad plays on the decay which exists between the...

• Parisian love - Search stories by Google

  22 September 2011 ( #google, #link, #recreate, #stories, #story )

  You probably know the famous advert by Google that was broadcast during last year Superbowl. It is really simple but very cute and moving. Possible Xbloggtation: Thanks to the link explaining how to recreate the same kind of story, students can recreate...

• Russian dolls : TFC

  05 October 2011 ( #ben, #character, #child, #like, #show )

  This is a photomontage based on the idea of the Matryoshka doll. Five characters are interlocked into each other. The photomontage intends to show the real character of Ben, to stop judging, and to show the differences between other people. We also have...

• Fused characters in TFC

  05 October 2011 ( #because, #david, #harriet, #his, #picture )

  Here is the explanation of my work : I decided to use MTV's T shirt concept for the 5th Child characters. I took a picture of Guy, Rosemary's husband in the movie Rosemary's baby to represent David, because this movie has many resemblances with the book...

• The Fifth Child equation

  05 October 2011 ( #ben, #child, #equation, #her, #with )

  Here is Claire C’s equation on The Fifth Child. It was inspired by the article on “funny equations” about newmath.com. Here is the explanation of my work : I use the concept of the article "Funny equations" on the blog for The Fifth Child. My work is...

• Mtv advert : Band fusion

  11 October 2011 ( #artist, #concept, #evolution, #mtv, #word )

  MTV 's idea was to design t-shirts composed of two different artists. On the left hand side, the renowned artist and on the other side the artist influenced by the first one. The message is "The music never stops". It could be interesting to use the same...

• Imagine what is beyond the photo

  11 October 2011 ( #could, #following, #imagine, #picture, #what )

  Based on the following picture, we could extract a picture from a newspaper for example and make the pupils imagine what could have happened behind, what could be the hidden truth. The following campaigns proposed by Stéphanie Cialone could be studied...