viernes, 16 de noviembre de 2007

Blogspots in classroom activities

The blogspots are a very useful tool. It's hard to find any disadvantage, maybe one could be that it's not a tool that works for every classroom activity (I can't imagine practising my Statistics knowledge on a blog, for example). Another disadvantage it's not just about the blogs, it's about Internet: it's not yet a tool for everyone.

But the blogs are very useful to practise the correct use of a language (like our English classes), in a way more free and funny that just answering tests or writing papers. Also, it developes other qualities, like creativity, imagination, and writing skills in general. So, concluding, I think that the blogs are a good tool, and they must be used in more activities.

A film review: "Sangre eterna"


Carmilla, a journalism student, meets a group of friends that play a role-game called "Eternal Blood" ("Sangre eterna"). She gets interested in this hobby by "M", a young man she met in a philosophy conference. "M" gets Carmilla into the role game, but in a strange party at an abandoned house, the group meet "Dahmer", an unusual young guy who makes rituals about vampirism and step by step he begins to influence his friends. "M" realizes that the situation is unusual and that some of them are actually being transformed into vampires. In the investigation of the origin of these myths, "M" finds the way to revert the group's process

"Sangre Eterna" is a chilean movie. But it's also one of the most awful movies that I've never seen. Carmilla (Blanca Lewin) was promoted as the main character, as we can see in the sign above. But it's just in the first 20 minutes; the real main character is "M", and the actor who plays this role (Juan Pablo Ogalde) is terrible! He doesn't have any emotion! Just like a lot of actors in this movie, and that's really annoying on a movie. Also, the special effects are ridiculous, it's imposible to feel the struggle of the situation. I believe that a chilean movie could be as good as any movie from other countries, so I don't forgive this thing just because it's a chilean film.