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Globalization? Only 4.74 degrees separate any two people in the world.

2011-11-22T14:34:00.003+01:00

There used to be a theory saying that anyone in the world was, on average, six steps away from any other person on Earth. This means that a chain of 'a friend of a friend' can be made to connect any two people in six steps.
There was a play and even a film about this.
But globalization has changed this too: Facebook and the University of Milan have carried out a new research that proves the new distance is now only 4.74. The results were published on Facebook site last Monday.
To calculate this, they used the 721 million active users of FB (one tenth of the world's population) and the relationships between them (69 billion).
It's a small small world... and getting smaller!

LCP ON FLICKR

2011-03-30T18:47:00.000+02:00

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

MY PICS ON FLICKR

2011-03-30T18:38:00.001+02:00

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

Science Valentine

2011-02-06T21:27:00.007+01:00

Romance isn't necessarily red roses and poems, it can also be seen from a more 'logical' or 'scientific' way. Do you know who all these people are?
Ada Lovelace, one of the two women in the group, was the only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron (with Anne Isabella Milbanke) and is considered the world's first computer programmer. Alan Turing, mathematician and cryptanalyst, played an important role in the development of computer science. Tesla, who was Serbian, contributed significantly to the birth of commercial electricity.
Heisenberg, a German theoretical physicist, made essential contributions to quantum mechanics. Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, well known for being a science communicator and for making space and natural sciences popular.
Brian Cox, the youngest in this group (born in 1968) is a particle physicist who works on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, CERN, near Geneva.
I have not written anything about Stephen Hawking or Marie Curie, but you know all about them, don't you?

You can buy the cards here

Assange and Zuckenberg

2011-01-30T21:20:00.004+01:00

THE DIGITAL STORY OF NATIVITY - ( or Christmas 2.0 )

2010-12-20T11:22:00.001+01:00

Merry 2.0 Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
(Our Secretary P.F. has sent me this video. Thanks)

Radio Jandula: Singing, Raindrops and Umbrellas

2010-11-05T17:36:00.000+01:00

Radio Jandula: Singing, Raindrops and Umbrellas

Singing, Raindrops and Umbrellas

2010-10-06T20:34:00.017+02:00

Rain will be here any minute now. Anticipating the rainy days to come, here are three well-known songs...
First Raindrops keep falling on my head, Oscar winning song written by Burt Bacharach for the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. In the video you'll see a very young Paul Newman (it was back in 1969) trying to impress Katherine Ross. Click for lyrics here

Now the classical video from the American music comedy film 'Singing in the Rain' with Gene Kelly singing -and dancing in the rain. Lyrics here

Finally, a recent revision of this recurrent theme. Here is a vid that the boys will love... Rihanna's Umbrella. Lyrics

Space Oddity (Ground Control to Major Tom)

2010-09-27T17:41:00.021+02:00

You may have not heard a word about David Bowie, but he is one of the most influential musicians the British Isles have produced lately. This is "Space Oddity", David Bowie's first big hit back in 1969. Major Tom is a fictional character Bowie created. He is an astronaut, his departure from Earth is successful and everything goes according to plan, but he then cuts off contact with Ground Control. His last transmission is "Tell my wife I love her very much" and the response is that "she knows"...

Space Oddity lyrics found at elyricsworld.com

After some archaeogogical search, I have found Space Oddity original video, with the very Bowie playing Major Tom. Or if you click here you will get to see an interesting vid too... Enjoy!

BackToSchool (cont.)

2010-09-16T22:08:00.003+02:00

No matter how hard you think going back to school is, it would be just 'a piece of cake' (a very easy task) if you compared it with Elizabeth Eckford's experience 53 years ago.

Elizabeth Eckford, Of The Little Rock Nine, Tells Her Life Story
by The Huffington Post News Editors
It was a school night, and Elizabeth Eckford was too excited to sleep. The next morning, September 4, 1957, was her first day of classes, and one last time she ironed the pleated white skirt she’d made for the occasion. It was made of pique cotton; when she’d run out of material, she’d trimmed it with navy-blue-and-white gingham. Then she put aside her new bobby socks and white buck loafers. Around 7:30 a.m. the following day, she boarded a bus bound for Little Rock Central High School.
Other black schoolchildren were due at Central that historic day, but Elizabeth would be the first to arrive. The world would soon know all about the Little Rock Nine. But when Elizabeth Eckford tried to enter Central, and thereby become the first black student to integrate a major southern high school, she was really the Little Rock One. The painfully shy 15-year-old daughter of a hyper-protective mother reluctant to challenge age-old racial mores, she was the unlikeliest trailblazer of all. But as dramatic as the moment was, it really mattered only because Elizabeth wandered into the path of Will Counts’s camera.

You can read more about the history here.

photo by Will Counts/Arkansas History Commission

Back to School

2010-09-10T16:24:00.012+02:00

A new school year is about to begin! Aren't you excited about it? Well, I know, going back to routines is hard after the summer, but looking at the bright side of it, these days also mean cooler weather, meeting new friends -and new teachers too, learning lots of interesting things... and after all, there is no way around it (resistance is futile), so we'd better keep a positive attitude!

Imagine how happy your parents will be once your start school, your mum will surely feel like dancing!

Believe it or not, we, teachers also feel a bit anxious about the beginning of each new school year, but it's our job and we are ready.

MY BEST WISHES FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR ABOUT TO BEGIN...

(Thanks to my dear friend Rosa http://inglesiesollosgrandes.blogspot.com/ for the ideas and images in this post)

Your Europe Your Say: What a weekend!

2010-04-20T18:43:00.034+02:00

Last february, Radio Jandula informed about the selection of our school to participate in this European event organised be the EESC.

Time passed, the three lucky students were selected, paperwork done, their amendments sent... and last Thursday, the day to fly to Brussels finally came!

Unfortunately for me, I couldn't accompany the students because of an unlucky accident, but our great DOS (=Director of Studies) volunteered and off they headed for Brussels. Little did they know about Icelandic volcanoes of un-spellable name, about how mean airline ground staff can be, or about what kind of eventful experience they where about to go through...

Now that everything is over, I believe the thousands of kilometres driven on European roads, the people they met and the enthusiasm and help from the EESC people will add value to this intense and unforgettable experience.

Congratulations and make sure you spread the news!

A very special THANK YOU to our DOS, who volunteered to go at very short notice, accompanied, guided and drove our students up and down Europe, took them to Brussels in time for the event and then brought them back home safe and sound, and another big THANK YOU to Ms Irini Pari for having this wonderful idea and making it all happen

Humbled by a volcano

2010-04-18T23:32:00.016+02:00

Sometimes our planet reminds us we are not so powerful as we think we are. Look at how the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in such a remote part of Europe has provoked air travel chaos and will have unexpected consequences...

Our school has also been directly affected. Last Thursday, three of our students and our DOS (=Director of Studies) were on their way to attend an event in Brussels. They had to land in Paris and continue their journey from Paris to Brussels by car. And today they are returning by car too!
A bigger group of students is now in Paris...

If you want to know more about the eruption, watch the video below, it comes from Newsy. Go to their page (by clicking here), you will be able to read the text, just click on 'transcript'.

For some images, you can visit the Reuter's website.

And if you want to read the article which inspired the title of this post, go to the digital edition of The Guardian.

Your Europe Your Say

2010-02-15T19:42:00.013+01:00

Our school has been selected to attend a special plenary session of the European Economic and Social Committee next April.
If you want to know more about it you can visit their website
Three students have already been selected to go to Brussels accompanied by a teacher. The goal of this session is to learn about the Committee, get to debate a specific topic with the Committee's other "extraordinary members" – young people of the same age from all the 27 EU countries – and work with them to hammer out a consensus. We'll all be working together in a multicultural environment. The students will get to discuss Europe and a host of other issues. There will be opportunities to find out about other cultures. And the lucky students who attend the session will come back home with some unforgettable memories.
In order to prepare for this visit, next Monday 22nd, our sc)cC and 1BacD students and will inform them about the Committee and about this special session.
We will need the cooperation of all of the students in these two groups to discuss the suggested topic and propose amendments to it. The topic is the prevention of the damage alcohol may cause.
We will make three groups representing the three sectors in the EESC.
Keep checking this blog. We will inform about everything here!

If you want to read the text we will be discussing, click here! (It's about a strategy to support Member States in reducing alcohol-related harm)
Or here (to read the document in Spanish)

I Gotta Feeling.The Black-Eyed Peas

2009-12-18T12:21:00.002+01:00

Flash mob in Chicago

Lyrics | Black Eyed Peas lyrics - I Gotta Feeling lyrics

Flash Mob in Chicago. The Black-Eyed Peas

2009-12-18T12:17:00.002+01:00

This is a good example of a flash mob. It happened in Chicago last September. How would you translate 'flash mob' into Spanish?

We're going to Sweden! (Ale-Jándula Exchange Visit)

2009-11-07T22:31:00.009+01:00

(Göteborg, by (-(-Tchi Tcha -)-))

Next Tuesday, a group of 15 'Bachillerato' students from our school will fly to Göteborg, Sweden. While we are there, we will use this blog to publish some of our impressions, experiences and images.
I propose that we start by writing something about our expectations for this trip. Please leave your comments answering the question:
What do you expect from this trip?

21 Accents

2009-10-28T22:50:00.002+01:00

A tour of 21 English accents in 2 1/2 minutes by Amy Walker.

If I were a boy

2009-02-03T09:51:00.005+01:00

- Beyonce Knowles Lyrics

WinterWonderland

2008-12-04T08:50:00.006+01:00

Lyrics | Winter Wonderland lyrics

ChristmasIsComing (again)!!!

2008-12-02T19:19:00.009+01:00

SeeqPod - Playable Search

Get your way, by Jamie Cullum

2008-11-11T20:48:00.002+01:00

Jamie Cullum - Get Your Way
Cargado por Jamie-Cullum

- Jamie Cullum Lyrics

James Taylor sings 'Frozen Man'

2008-04-10T17:13:00.004+02:00

The lyrics

Lyrics | The Frozen Man lyrics

Why can't we live together? Radio Jandula and Peace Day

2008-01-25T18:17:00.001+01:00

Why Can't We Live Together Lyrics

Love and Peace -a language lesson

SeeqPod - Playable Search

Arctic Monkeys in Cuba!! - Dancing Shoes

2008-01-17T19:33:00.000+01:00

- Arctic Monkeys Lyrics

Queen

2008-01-17T18:41:00.000+01:00

We Are The Champions

- Queen Lyrics

Mika. Grace Kelly

2007-12-31T17:16:00.000+01:00

The Song

The Lyrics

MIKA Lyrics
Grace Kelly Lyrics

The video (live)

Coldplay -Cuban style-

2007-12-27T21:13:00.001+01:00

COLDPLAY - Clocks Lyrics

Merry -plurilingual- Christmas!!

2007-12-22T10:29:00.000+01:00

Can you match this?

1. kellemes karacsonyi ünnepeket
2. zhu ni shengadanjie kuaile
3. hyvää joulua
4. buon natale
5. vesele vanoce
6. joeyeux noël
7. id malid magid
8. prettige kerstdagen
9. glaedelig jul
10. moadim leshimkha. schena tova
11. tschestita koleda
12. kurisumasu omedeto gozaimas
13. nollaig shona
14. kala christougenna
15. god jul
16. noel bayraminiz kutlu olsun
17. feliz navidad
18. furaha ya krismasi
19. wesolych swiat
20. wesjolowo roschdestwa
21. sung tan chuk ha
22. feliz natal
23. nadolig llawen
24. cracium fericit
25. jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritto

a. dänisch
b. italienisch
c. portugiesisch
d. spanisch
e. häbräisch
f. ungarisch
g. russisch
h. bulgarisch
i. japanisch
k. arabisch
l. niederländisch
m. tschechisch
n. türkisch
o. walisisch
p. eskimo (inupik)
q. swahili
r. gälisch
s. rumänisch
t. griechisch
u. schwedisch/norwegisch
v. polnisch
w. finnisch
x. französisch
y. koreanisch
z. chinesisch

Merry Christmas to all English (and good music) lovers!!

2007-12-19T20:02:00.000+01:00

Here is my Christmas playlist. I hope you like it!

SeeqPod Music beta - Playable Search

Brazil Radio

2007-12-01T22:58:00.000+01:00

Ladies Radio

2007-12-01T22:52:00.000+01:00

2007-12-01T18:25:00.000+01:00

She's a Rainbow

Course Evaluation

2007-06-01T00:08:00.000+02:00

Please go to the Course Evaluation, read the questions carefully and answer them. Your evaluation of the course is important!

Why should you learn English? Our politicians -in chronological order- try to address international audiences in English

2007-05-24T18:39:00.000+02:00

Joshua Bell post: tasks

2007-04-20T11:27:00.000+02:00

To guide your comments, you can use the following questions:
+ Look for info about J.Bell and write about him
+ Describe what happens in the video
+ What was the purpose of this 'experiment'? Did it work? Why?/Why not?

Joshua Bell in the Washington DC subway

2007-04-20T09:57:00.000+02:00

The Evolution of Dance

2007-03-31T19:42:00.000+02:00

The History of Dance/Music from Elvis Presley to Justin Timberlake -including 'Los Pajaritos' and 'Macarena' and many more- in 6 minutes!!

Ok Go in the Wikipedia

2007-03-21T00:35:00.000+01:00

Would you like to know more about this interesting 'power pop' group? Click here

ok go

2007-03-09T20:58:00.001+01:00

A Million Ways

OkGo Dance

2007-03-09T20:54:00.001+01:00

Here it goes again

James Morrison 'You Give Me Something'

2007-03-09T17:37:00.001+01:00

LIVE!!

Mamma Mia - Abba

2007-03-09T14:49:00.001+01:00

Look at this interesting video. Did you know the song?

Des'ree-You Gotta Be(Live)

2007-03-09T14:42:00.001+01:00

James Morrison + Prison Break

2007-02-23T16:52:00.000+01:00

James Morrison is a British singer. He is not very famous here, but I think he is good. Do you want to see one of his videos?
Click on his photograph and you will discover a very interesting song 'You Give Me Something'. What do you think?
Do you want to take a look at the lyrics?
You can also visit his official website (it's a cool site).
Add your comments or entries -you can use the questions in the Joss Stone entry as a guide.
Finally, would you like to look at some images of Prison Break while listening -again- to 'You Give Me Something'? Click on Michael Scofield's picture.

Introducing Joss Stone

2007-02-20T16:27:00.000+01:00

Joss Stone is a young British singer. She is only 17 years old.

If you want to know abour her, you can visit her webpage in Spanish (click on the picture on the right). You can also go to her official site (which is much better) clicking on the picture on the left, listen to some of her songs, compare both websites and/or read the lyrics. With all this information, you could...

* Create an entry about this artist

* Write about the lyrics, or

* Compare both websites (the Spanish and the official site in English).

Tell me 'bout it is her latest hit -it is the first song you can hear as you enter the official site Do you like this artist? Would you like to have a look at the video? Click here.

Add your comments below!

Welcome to Radio Jandula Blog

2007-02-16T18:18:00.000+01:00

Tras la 'experiencia' del día de San Valentín, y viendo la gran acogida que tuvo la idea, hemos pensado abrir este blog con varios objetivos:
* Compartir música que nos guste ¿Cómo? elaborando listas (de vídeos y de canciones) que podamos ver o escuchar 'online'
* Averiguar qué canciones o intérpretes son los favoritos de las personas del IES Jándula. ¿Cómo? Poniendo los títulos de nuestras canciones favoritas y nuestros grupos o intérpretes preferidos en este blog.
* Hacer listas con estas canciones para que todos las podamos ver/escuchar.
* También podríamos hacer votaciones para saber cuáles son los mas populares.
* Saber más sobre los intérpretes de nuestras canciones favoritas, sobre las letras y sobre música en general. Se podría hacer algún concurso.
¿Te parece buena idea? ¿Qué otras cosas crees que podríamos hacer en este blog? Añade tus comentarios y a partir de ahí veremos cómo podemos organizarnos.
Para terminar esta primera entrada, ¿Quieres oir las mejores canciones de amor?Pulsa aquí.