final task

Your last task, real late starters, will be to create your own site that is devoted to your hobby.

Create general frame and devote your site to the stuff you find fascinating. 

Here is the tool - http://www.wix.com/

The process: obviously, create new account

1. Choose a template

2. Change everything and add your info via user interface

3. Publish your site

4. Enjoy all the hard work you've done

Publish the fruits of your labours on the blog or Google + page.

8. Timeline

Your home task is going to be to create a timeline.
You may choose one of the following topics

• Timeline of a person (singer, artist, actor, you)
• Crime timeline (murders, assassinations, bank hold-ups)
• History timeline (development of computer technology, history of the English/Russian etc. language)
• Entertainment timeline (history of video games, Twilight)
• Sports timeline.

You may find the needed tools here. 

5. Advertisements

Your hometask is going to be to create an ad (commercial) about a product - it can be anything but try to find some peculiar/unique object to advertise. A broom or sleeping pills, perhaps. 

The following steps should be applied 

1) Create a slongan/tagline that is catchy and humorous. 

2) Highlight the benefits/advantages of the product 

3) Create/find compelling visuals 

4) Create a logo (optional) 

5) Add soundtrack if it is a video. 

In order to create your masterpiece you can use online tools we've worked with, like animoto, goanimate, glogster, or you can create in with pixlr. 

Oh, you may also want to make it in the form of a demotivator or an e-card. 

6. Healthy Lifestyle

Healthy lifestyle time.

So... You are a student of Omsk State University, which means that you don't have enough time to eat properly or exercise...

BUT!

The summer is coming! And, now, it is the best time to think about your health, and the way your body will look on the beach 

Today you will be Fitness Instructors, Nutrition Specialists and Healthy Lifestyle Advisers, and you will create a weekly fitness, meal and healthy lifestyle plan for an average student of our university!

You have to make a real plan - the one that can REALLY be used by any student to get fit before the summer comes - even by yourself! 
Good Luck!

Fitness Instructors find information for an Exercise Plan on the following sites 1, 2, 3

Nutrition specialists find information for a Meal Plan on the following sites 4, 5, 6

Healthy Lifestyle Advisers find information for a list of Tips For Everyday Healthy Lifestyle on the following sites 7, 8, 9

While studying your resources, pick out at least 10 new vocabulary items and  go to quizlet.com and create a set of vocabulary cards for the words you found while reading resources for the webquest last time. Insert your cards set into your blog, then, practise with other peoples' cards. 

Choose a Study ModeScatterLearnFlashcards

Study these flash cards | Study english flash cards

Create you presentation about healthy lifestyle on http://www.slideshare.net/ or http://www.emaze.com/ . Attach your presentation to your google+ page. Do not forget to prepare a short speech for the next class.

7. Stories

You have a choice today. Choose one of the tasks below and complete it in Google Docs. Do not forget to paste a link on your blog or Google+ page.
 1) Write a story using this site as a helper - you can choose characters, places, situations and objects for your story there. Write a short story of 15 sentences or more that is based on data from the site.
 2) Watch this video and think of a beginning or continuation of the story developed in the video. Write a short story of 15 sentences or more of what happened before the events in the video or after them.
3) Create a dystopian story about opressive future of a country. Start with a sentence - It was a halcyon Midsummer day when the Robot became the President of the country. (If you desire to choose another beginning, that's fine with me). Write a short story of 15 sentences or more.

Traveling, Pt. 2

Have you heard? Time-travel has been invented recently.

You are one of the first explorers and your task is to create a Traveller's Guide to any time imaginable.

Choose past or future and create a presentation here on your findings.

Your data should include

1) Where to stay?

2) What to wear?

3) What to do there?

... and anything else you want to add.

Once again, your working in pairs or in groups of 3.
After you've finished editing, click save and share your presentation on your blogs/google+ pages.

Next class you'll have to give your presentations a spin and tell us about the time you've chosen.

4. Presentations

Today we are going to speak about presentations. When and why do people need presentations? Do you know how to make an effective presentation? What are the common mistakes and what are the rules of making presentations?



In groups study the links below and write down the most important information to tell to your groupmates:

Group 1
http://www.slideshare.net/Donna52/effective-presentation

Group 2
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mihaib/presentation-rules.html

Group 3
http://lifehacker.com/5810271/how-to-create-presentations-that-dont-suck

Now exchange the tips that you have found with the groupmates

At home
Go to this site and sign up for a free account.
It will help you create presentations online - like this one.
After you register, create a new presentation and share it with your classmate or two.
Together, you''ll have to make a plan of a surprise party for your friend.
The following things must be metioned:
- venue
- time
- dress code
- food
- music.
After you've finished editing, click save and share your presentation on your blogs/google+ pages.
Next class, you'll have to tell us a little bit about your party plan, be prepared.

1. Films and Trailers

Go to this site and register there (please, choose FREE account, so that you don't have to pay for it)

After registration you might want to watch a short video that tells you what you can do on this site.

Basically, it transforms all your pictures, videos, text and music into a short movie or trailer.

Nice and easy.

Your home task is going to be to create a trailer of the movie that is based on your autobiography.

Create a tagline for your life, put it as the first slide and then add any pictures you want (you don't have to use your pics, just choose a bunch that describe your life best), add a soundtrack and create the vid. Come up with an interesting title for the movie and voila.

Do not forget to share it on your blog. 

After you've finished creating your masterpiece, create the blurb for the movie and paste it into the description box. (What is a blurb? A very good question - you may see examples of blurbs here and definition over here)
You can also use this site