Saturday 7 December 2013

Theme one: the Networks

The most popular network at our country is the Facebook. But the Twitter, Google+ and Tuenti are so popular too. In the fact, are a lot of people who have one account in each network, also, is very common to one person have more than one account for each. There are people who spend an hour or a couple of hours daily, but we have friends who spend minimum 4 hours on it!




We use this for everything. For all we do. We use these networks for chatting with our friends who are far where we are; for asking and resolve our school doubts and sometimes we use to uploading photos and share it with our friends. It’s a good way to set moments and experiences. 



The Information in Networks


The people, generally, puts information about their personal life, how the state about relationship with someone, their situation in the moment, their country, studies and other things with photos, comments, texts or vídeos. A lot of people puts too things about their lives without think about the persons who see this information. Maybe isn't would be important if we add persons who we know at the reality in ''friends list''. But we add everyone who send a request. In some cases, people show all their actions each five minutes in their lives and this can be dangerous. In other cases, people lie about their sex, age or appearance, all for dubious goals. Limit the access it’s a good idea, because undesirable persons can’t see personal information about us, only our friends who are trusted to us can see it. The members in this group are very careful with what we say and post, but we know about people who have had a bad experiences.



The Bad Experiences


The humans are a social animals, is our nature. We need to share everything with others and networks is the  The most part of our friends on Facebook are acquaintances. We normally use to speak with a few little part of them, so it’s clearly that they are not our real friends. We haven’t got a close relationship but they are people who we get on well. best tool for it. Also, the people use the networks for get in touch with other persons who, for example, live far.


Sometimes, there are people who want make hurt to others with networks. Can be ''Trolls'' or persons with you don't get on. Fortunately, in this group, the members haven't had any problem with anybody in the networks (since this moment). If we have to explain a situation about this type... We can talk about the attaks that the schools in Catalonia suffered the last year. The people started to create groups on Facebook where anyone could write anonymously about their school and their students. The students started attacks to other classmates and teachers. This situation finished very soon, this made enough hurt.


We must bear in mind that Facebook don’t tell lies, the people who are there write lies, stupid unreal things which can produce confusion and many problems. We don’t felt deceived by anything you have seen or read on this sites because our friends in this network don’t tell lies to us, because, in this case, they aren’t our friends.


Statistics


Although it was believed that the latest revelations about the  lack of privacy in the United States  may affect the use of social networks, it is certain that the number of users does not stop growing. The 80% of Internet users  in Spain  using social networks, and in 2012 growth was 5%. 




Comscore is an Internet measurement company. Your data are useful because they provide a good approximation of the number of annual active users of different social networks in Spain .

According to data from Comscore , Facebook had  17 million users only in Spain  in December 2012 . In this report we can see how Tuenti has lost a million active users, down to the  9.6 million . On the contrary, indicates that Twitter has now reached 5.6 million  and LinkedIn's 2.7 million . This indicates that both have grown by more than a million users in 2012.




Alexa is another tool for measuring Internet traffic and your ranking is establishing itself as a reference.
In this ranking, Facebook is the first website  in the world and the second  after Google , in Spain.
The most important social networks in Spain, according to Alexa are:

  1. Facebook
  2. YouTube
  3. Twitter
  4. LinkedIn
  5. Tuenti
  6. Badoo.com
  7. Instagram
  8. Tumblr
  9. Pinterest
  10. Flickr


Although a survey does not seem the best way to measure Internet research company The Cocktail Analysis Question 1,500 netizens on those social networks you have an account. In the graph you can see the percentage of active users in Spain. Again Facebook is clearly the leader, followed by YouTube, forums, Tuenti and surprisingly Google+.





Advices


Andreu- We would recommend him to pay attention for the things that published and the information that he gives on social networks. Internet is a dangerous place and more unsafely the social networks.

Meritxell- Social networks are useful to keep a relation with people. But we must have a safe use and behavior if we don’t want to get problems. It the Internet there are a lot of people who we don’t know who they are. We must take care with these sites. So I recommend not uploading a lot of photos and no speaking with strangers.

Rita- You try to don’t write stupid comments the kind of: “This weekend my parents are going to a travel and I am being alone, I will do what I want!!”. You won’t write this if you don’t want any problems… Don’t use this sites to tell important things, you say face to face them.

Glòria- Please, don't post any photo for revenge if you argue with anyone, you can regret tomorrow. Maybe is a strange advice, but think about it. The public abuses in timeline can be reported at police.




The Interview

This is an interview with some friends from another school:




An Oppinion Essay

Maria Armengol, one of the girls in the video, made an opinion essay about phones,  theme relative with the networks, for her class. We asked she for publish her essay in the blog and she gave us permission. She talks about phone overuse, another popular tool for networks and communication:


''Some people believe that life without mobile phone would be very difficult and, even, impossible. But I think that this is, principally, because the media is giving, more and more, publicity for mobiles. In my opinion, we should live with only the essential things and, of course, the mobile isn’t.
Firstly, I think that life with mobiles isn’t very healthy. For example, our grandparents have grown up without a mobile phone and they are happy nowadays and I’m sure that they live happier and less stressful than we do. But, it’s true that life is different now and the world has changed.
Secondly, if we think more, we realize that the mobile phone is sometimes only an absurd necessity. Certainly, it’s only necessary for call someone. But I think that we use the mobile phone because everything is faster with it and nowadays we are so impatient. We’ve got internet and some more chats in our mobile and, therefore, we are hooked on them. But for this causes, the mobile phone is bad because is lowers academic achievement on young people at school and the performance of workers at work.
I agree that the mobile phone is necessary but in moderation. And, of course, we can live without mobile phone. We only need courage to do it. And I think that we don’t separate of the mobile phone because we are a little comfortable.''

Maria Armengol Albiol



Thank you very much for reading.
See you!




Tuesday 19 November 2013

Saturday 26 October 2013

The Logo Competition

Hi everybody!

This is the logo for the competition. Comenius to the power!! Okey, okey, it's a joke...

Please, say you know what it is. In the class, the people were asking what supposed what is this shadow. This is a big shock for my dignity... TT_TT

See you!



Friday 4 October 2013

We have a secundary blog

Hi everybody!

In this blog we only put the oficial things about the comenius project. We want make a lot of things for practice our english. For this, we create a secundary blog for another type of post.

The each members of The Traveller Clover team have their hobbies and abilities, and we are anxious for use and show them. 

We love movies, music, entertainment, sports and many other things, since each of us is different from the other. So if you share any of us likes to just come by the blog! See you there.

This is the new blog:


The Wizard's Gallery

See you in the light, baby!

Wednesday 2 October 2013

Welcome to our blog

Hi!

We are the wizards Rita Martinez, Glòria Gas, Meritxell Farreny and Andreu Soler. We are happy to create this blog and show you our creativity.

We have put ''The traveller Clover'' because we love the clover's leaf means, travelling and because we are the group four.

You know that means each leaf?




Faith, love, hope, and the fourth leaf means luck. It's so beautiful, isn't it?

We hope you like the blog's design, is based on the comeniu's theme this year: the magic. Although the elf of the corner not seen...


Bye!


Monday 30 September 2013

The wizard Rita


Hi everyone!



My name is Rita Martínez. I am sixteen years old and I live in Jesús.


In my free time, I like hanging out with my friends. When I stay at home, I like reading books, especially a mixture of fantasy-love or science fiction-love. My favorite books are The Hunger Games, Divergent and The Mortal Instruments. I like watching films, too. My favorite are Incepcion, In Time, Oblivion... Another hobby is the music; I love listening to music and play the tenor saxophone. 

I’m studying science modality at high-school because, in the future, I would like to study medicine.

I am very happy to take part in this project. Comenius project give us a big opportunity to improve our English, which I need a lot, because my English is quite bad. We can meet people to another country and travel, too.

In summary, it’s a fantastic occasion to enjoy!


Sunday 29 September 2013

The Wizard Andreu

Hi everybody!
My name is Andreu, I'm 16 years old and I take part of the MAGIC project. I'm from in Roquetes, Catalonia and I love doing sports especially Basketball, I love them. I'm a basketball player and I'm also basketball coach, I teach basketball to children 5 to 9 years and I enjoy a lot.
In my family are two brothers, me and my little brother Albert who is very naughty. We discuss a lot but we really love the other.
I have wanted to take part of this project because I did some Cambridge exam and I checked that my speaking is very bad, so I’m want to practise it talking with people of other countries who speak me only English.

In conclusion, I’m here to speak a lot of English!


Saturday 28 September 2013

The Wizard Glòria

Hi everybody!


I'm so happy to join in this project. My english is... Well, it isn't good. I'm a little slow with this lenguage, but I hope improve! I'll work hard to complete my objective.

I would love travel more often, but I traveled out of my country only one time. I hope that project can be my oportunity for see more world. However, I have to practice my writting and speaking, and the latter is more difficult for me. Though this isn't my forte, I can do it. Please, take patience with me, I'm chatty when I have more confidence, I just need adapt.

I'm honest and outgoing, but in a new place I'm a little shy, only the first moment!! When I have enough confidence, I can speak a lot. My english it isn't the best, but when I start, anybody can make me shut, even if I said any wrong phrase in english.

I love drawing, maybe this can be very useful if no one understands me. Okay, okay, it's a joke. I have drawn since I was a little. If anybody likes the manga or anime, please talk with me about the theme. I'm going to encourage more!! 


The wizard Meritxell...

What’s up magicians?


Hi everybody!


Exciting is the best word to describe how I feel at this moment! It’s crazy, unbelievable and awesome! I’ve never expected that this opportunity to travel abroad will happen ever! I’ve always wanted it and I still want this, so I must enjoy this thoroughly! My ambitions for this project are improve my English (it’s bad and not much fluid) and travelling, I love it!

I’m a “little shy”… okay, I’m so shy and sometimes in certain situations, I’ve get shame. Although, I promise and I “swear” that I’ll try to be more outgoing.

It seems to me that every single one of us will take advantage of this experience. We’ll practise speaking English which will provide us skills and advantages to increase our knowledge.I can’t wait to start preparing the MAGIC project!



C’mon…Towards Norway,Catalonia, Slovenia, The Netherlands, Greece, Slovakia and Germany! Magic will rule Europe!

And this is me... !



A little more about me...

I like swimming, the photography, going to cinema, listening to music, juggling (I'm practicing), reading,writing, hanging out with my friends... I love foreign languages and my wish is travel around the world. What’s more, I would like to play the piano and the guitar, too. 

I love ... Imagine Dragons, Take That, One Republic, Coldplay, Simple Plan, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Adele, John Mayer, Simple Plan, Cristina Aguilera, Leona Lewis, Robbie Williams, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Train, P!nk, The Beatles, Zas, James Morrison, Phill Collins, Demi Lovato, Katy Perry, Ed Sheran... 

And my favourite books are... La sombra del vent, El joc de l'àngel, Marina, El príncipe de la Niebla, Luces de Septiembre, el prisionero del cielo, Harry Potter (I love Harry Potter)..... I want to read the Hunger Games and The mortal instruments because my friend Rita, who is their big fan I've ever met, was always talking about it. So, I am curious !!!

Meritxell ;)