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BATALLA DE FLORES 2009/ BATTLE OF FLOWERS

Billboard Project

On this Billboard students will make comments about the movies we see during the semester in class. Two movies are proposed for this semester: The day the Earth stood still and Forbidden Kingdom.


The Day The Earth Stood Still

A remake of the 1951 classic sci-fi film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth.







In the original movie, a flying saucer orbits Earth, and lands in Washington, DC, on the Mall. Klaatu (Michael Rennie) steps out and is shot by a jumpy soldier. Gort (Lock Martin), an indestructible robot steps out of the spacecraft and proceeds to melt all the weapons, including tanks. Later, the Earth comes to realize that Gort has used very little of his power to make this happen.While lying on the ground, Klaatu orders Gort to stop, and is then taken by the military to a hospital from which he later escapes in order to learn more about this planet called Earth and its human inhabitants. He meets Helen Benson (Patricia Neal) and her son Billy (Billy Gray); takes Klaatu on a tour of Washington, DC; and finally stops in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Klaatu reads the words uttered by Lincoln many years ago and realizes that there might be hope for Earth.When they begin to suspect the alien man, he reveals himself, along with the news that Gort is a member of a race of super-robot enforcers invented to keep the peace of the galaxy and will destroy the Earth if provoked. Klaatu is pursued and shot and killed by the military. Before Klaatu dies, he tells Helen to go to Gort, and say the words "Klaatu barada nikto." If she does not, Klaatu tells her Gort will destroy the Earth. Helen makes her way to the ship and finds Gort. As the robot moves towards her, she repeats the phrase over and over. The robot picks her up and takes her into the ship. It then retrieves Klaatu's body and, through their alien science, resurrects Klaatu.The 2008 remake about an alien and his indestructible robot will star Keanu Reeves as Klaatu, Jennifer Connelly as Helen Benson, Jaden Smith as Jacob, and Kathy Bates. Gort has not been cast at this time and will most likely be created using SFX.The remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still will supposedly remain true to the original movie. However, there is a chance the remake will more likely remain true to the short story upon which the 1951 movie is based. In either case, the alien weaponry seems to have been upgraded. In addition to a city going dark, and a very brief look at the new Gort, the film trailer shows a cloud of black smoke, capable of rapid movement and disintegrating matter on contact.In the 1951 movie, Gort is described as one of a race of robots created by the planets to maintain peace throughout the galaxy. If the 2008 remake follows "Farewell to the Master," the short story by Harry Bates upon which the 1951 movie is based will be used for the ending, which will not be revealed here.

The Forbidden Kingdom

Character Posters for The Forbidden Kingdom
Jet Li and Jackie Chan sorta do battle in their first cinematic collaboration, “The Forbidden Kingdom”, a Hollywood movie about an ancient Chinese tale set in ancient China. So yeah, don’t bother looking for authenticity with this thing, but from everything I’ve seen, it looks like good, clean fun. Head on below for character posters [...]

There was also time for relax

During the course, teachers had also time for relax. We learnt that one effective method to facilitate the learning process is having fun and being relaxing while learning and studying. Here you can see a clip of one of those moments in which we were sharing with fun.

At Alvaro Garcia's Classes

After finishing the sessions at Universidad del Atlantico sede 20 de Julio, we hd to move to the principal settle of the University. Once there, Professor Alvaro Garcia introduced the topic: How to make a Web Quest and How to use a Web Quest meaninfully in our classes. Teachers learnt how to dessign a web quest and prepare class activities in a different way.

Microteaching Samples with Marcelino Torrecillas

During this diploma course, we learnt a lot about how to prepare classes and how to include variation in the classes we prepare. Professor Marcelino Torrecillas, talked about the ways of varying a lesson focussing the activities on: Tempo, Organization, Mode and Skill, Difficulty, Topic, Mood, Stir-Settle, Active-Passive. Here you have some pictures of the microclasses we had to perform during the course.

Some pictures I took during the Diploma Course

Hi everybody...

Here I have posted some pictures of the most remarkable moments of this extraordinary course. I hope you to enjoy them all, and I also hope you to make comments on them.