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      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 02:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Moodle Site]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[ZarcoEnglish now has a Moodle site. The goal is to provide an extension of the classes allowing students to get more practice and extra support. There is a link to it under the Activities section. Check it out! :)]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 02:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[New Academic Year]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A new academic year has just started and another adventure is about to unfold as we are in the process of creating new students' blogs. We should have them up and running by this time next week.
Besides blogging and taking part in international projects, we will also try something different this year. One of the classes will have e-portfolios, so we are really looking forward to see how that goes. :)]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[From sorrow a new project was born]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Madeira went through a terrible ordeal last February. After talking about it with Guido, a fellow teacher of English in Seville, we decided to connect our students, via a posterous blog called Connectors. Visit it and find out how our students dealt with what had happened to our island. 
Madeira passou por uma catástrofe em Fevereiro. Depois de ter falado com Guido, um professor de Inglês em Sevilha, decidimos estabelecer ligação entre os nossos alunos através de um blog: Connectors. Visitem-no...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Earth Day &amp; World Dance Day]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[We have added 2 more celebrations to our wiki Celebrate You and Me Digitally. Join us! :)
Adicionamos mais 2 celebrações ao nosso wiki Celebrate You and Me Digitally. Venham celebrar connosco! :)]]></description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Projects]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[I have updated our projects. Do let us know what you think. :)
Actualizei os nossos projectos. Se tiverem oportunidade deêm-nos o vosso feedback. :)]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Sad Day]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Madeira was taken by surprise. Heavy rain resulted in flooding and mudslides. Over 30 people have lost their life. No words. Today was a sad day.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Updates!]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Getting ready to embark in another project with Eva Büyüksimkeşyan, a fellow EFL teacher from Turkey and an invaluable member of my PLN. We created a wiki called Celebra8U&amp;MeDigitally, "in order to celebrate some special days together and learn about other cultures. We plan to compile all the projects our students create on celebrations here. We also want to give our students a chance to chat on skype with other students from all around world and learn about other cultures and...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Back in school!]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Hope you all enjoyed your brief holidays and are ready to get back to work. ;) I shall be posting your new assignment this Thursday, so keep track of our blog.
Espero que tenham aproveitado as nossas breves férias e estejam prontos para trabalhar. ;) Irei colocar a vossa próxima tarefa esta quinta-feira, por isso mantenham-se atentos ao nosso blog.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Merry Christmas!]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[I wish you all a wonderful Christmas in the company of your friends and family.
Desejo a todos vós um Feliz Natal na companhia dos vossos amigos e familiares.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Long list of updates due]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[I have a long list of updates to make to the ZarcoEnglish site. I have been busy with other projects and even though I have kept the blogs updated this site has been a bit more static. I intend to take advantage of the school break and update several pages. :)
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         <pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Change of blogging Space]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Since the blog provided by webnode doesn't allow commenting on each post I have decided to move this part of the blog to Blogger. Feel free to leave me some feedback. Just click HERE or the thumbnail version of the page below to visit it. However the links to each student's blog are still here.&#160;


Uma vez que o blog fornecido pelo site da webnode não permite comentários a cada post, decidi mover esta parte do nosso blog para o Blogger. Feedback é sempre bem-vindo. Clique AQUI ou na imagem...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:51:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[3rd and 4th Assignment]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Your 3rd assignment is to gather photos of our country and organize them in a powerpoint presentation that should then be placed online through slideshare. This is due on 27th of January.
Your 4th assignment is simply to create a drawing on the Bomomo site, save it, name it, write a short text on it if you want, and then post it on your blog. This is due on the 3rd of February.
A vossa 3ª tarefa é recolher fotos do nosso país e organizá-las numa apresentação powerpoint, que deverá ser depois...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Good Work!]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Good work guys! Most of you have successfully completed your first assignments. Am really proud of you. I know you have a lot going on at the same time so a very special thanks for your commitment. :)
Bom trabalho!A maioria de vós conseguiu completar as vossas primeiras tarefas com sucesso. Estou muito orgulhosa de vós. Sei que têm muita coisa ao mesmo tempo por isso um obrigado muito sincero pelo vosso empenho. :)]]></description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Class 8º5 Blog Entries]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Congratulations to those of you who commited to the assignment.&#160;FRP and&#160;JJG&#160;I expect improvements on your&#160;work.&#160;I have read all your&#160;posts.&#160;Some of you&#160;kept your texts simple which is always good, however&#160;you have made some mistakes that could have easily been avoided if you had proofread your text carefully. I am very impressed with those of you who went the extra mile and not only wrote more complex texts but also added other media.
Parabéns...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Comment Your Classmates' Blogs]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[As we had already discussed, you&#160;are to&#160;visit all of your classmates' blogs and then choose 5 to comment on. Please keep to the rules that apply to all post and comments.&#160;
Tal como já foi decidido, terão de aceder aos blogs dos vossos colegas e depois escolher 5 para comentar. Por favor cumpram as regras que se aplicam a todos os posts e comentários.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Around the world with 80 schools is off!]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Silvia Tolisano's project Around the World with 80 Schools is off. The first schools connected are&#160;from Florida and Nevada. They ran into some technical difficulties,&#160;"nonetheless, the kids were amazed and completely engaged to see, absorb and connect what they were hearing and seeing" as Silvia herself puts it. You can read her full blog post here.
We're looking forward to our turn and hoping&#160;the timezone difference doesn't&#160;raise too much havoc.&#160;
O projecto de Silvia...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Class 8º4 Blog Entries]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Well done! You passed this first test with flying colours! And adding the voki gave it a nice touch! :) I am really proud of&#160;you all! I have read all your&#160;posts.&#160;You&#160;kept your texts simple which is always good, however&#160;some of you have made some mistakes that could have easily been avoided if you had proofread your text carefully. I expected improvements on your next assignments.
Thank you all for the effort you're putting into this project.
Bom trabalho!...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:13:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Around the world with 80 Schools]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wow! We're off to adventure! We have joined Silvia Tolisano's project Around the World with 80 Schools. The idea behind it is quite simple: to circle the globe by connecting, via Skype, 80 schools from all around the world. It is a wonderful opportunity for us to broaden our horizons and, like Silvia Tolisano herself points out, to "develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of  other cultures".&#160;
Uau! Cá vamos nós ao encontro da aventura! Juntamo-nos ao...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[First Assignment]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[As we had already discussed in class last term, you will write your first blog entries this month.
1st one entitled - About me - due January 13th.
Let the world know a little more about you. You can refer the following: favourite food, favourite music, favourite subject, hobbies, sports, etc.
Please re-read the page on online safety and responsability before you publish your work.
2nd one entitled -&#160;Where I live - due January 20th.
You can refer the following: What makes Madeira island...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[First blog]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Our new blog has been launched today. Stay focused on it and we will try to keep you informed. You can read new posts on this blog via the RSS feed.
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         <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
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