Schools are debating wether the use of computer in class would be beneficial for students or a simple distraction. I'll try to analyse it from 3 different points of view: in the classroom, for teachers and towards learning,
One computer and a projector in every classroom is essencial, as in one hand, every school now use their own websites to control attendance and on the other hand, teachers can make more interactive and dynamic classes with videos and power points. This leads teachers, who thanks to the computering, to have a small part of their job simplified and it can help to engage students to follow the class and maintain their constant attention. For learning, computers can have a bright side or a dark side. They can be a really useful tool despite the fact that any device with internet is a easy way of distraction.
In my opinion, there's no doubt that there should be one computer on every class for teacher's use to improve classes. Students, however, should keep the traditional way of learning.
diumenge, 8 de maig del 2016
Is being a Youtuber rentable?
In the past few years youtubers have become very popular and influential items for our society, mainly to the youngest. That's the reason why more and more people are trying to fit in this world of entertainment.
The majority doesn't think that being a youtuber is a serious job although this industry should not be underestimated. A perfect example to support this argument is "Pewdiepie", the most subscribed youtuber. He has over 40 million subscribers and thanks to his gaming videos, he gains over 12 million dollars per year. In addition, recording videos is not their only source of income, knowing that they usually take into the market their own books.
To conclude with, being a youtuber is undoubtedly a rentable job, however we need to understand that it isn't an easy job and not until you don't achieve an important sum of viewers, you won't produce any benefits.
The majority doesn't think that being a youtuber is a serious job although this industry should not be underestimated. A perfect example to support this argument is "Pewdiepie", the most subscribed youtuber. He has over 40 million subscribers and thanks to his gaming videos, he gains over 12 million dollars per year. In addition, recording videos is not their only source of income, knowing that they usually take into the market their own books.
To conclude with, being a youtuber is undoubtedly a rentable job, however we need to understand that it isn't an easy job and not until you don't achieve an important sum of viewers, you won't produce any benefits.
diumenge, 13 de març del 2016
Spanish or english?
I've always handled myself with english pretty decently, although these few years living in Spain made me realize I feel more confident speaking in spanish, and that's not unusual at all, because for me, the environment makes the speaker, above everything. Putting yourself in a situation where you need to develope a language by any means makes you learn faster than going to spanish classes but living in U.K, per example.
I've always admired spanish for its variety in literature and how poetic it can be, but don't misjudge me; I'm not saying english sounds like a dirty idiom but I hate the fact that there are so many meanings and less significants. In the other hand, I'd rather write in english for the rest of my life than in spanish, but that's personal preferences but briefly:
For speaking: spanish
To writting: english.
I've always admired spanish for its variety in literature and how poetic it can be, but don't misjudge me; I'm not saying english sounds like a dirty idiom but I hate the fact that there are so many meanings and less significants. In the other hand, I'd rather write in english for the rest of my life than in spanish, but that's personal preferences but briefly:
For speaking: spanish
To writting: english.
Apple could reveal mini iPhone 5SE on March 21
Apple could reveal mini iPhone 5SE on March 21
NEW YORK
Set that calendar reminder: Apple is about to reveal some new gadgets on March 21.
The company sent invitations to the media for a special event on Thursday, with the words "Let us loop you in."
Apple is widely expected to take the covers off a mini iPhone -- a four-inch "iPhone 5SE."The smaller phone will be about the same size as the existing iPhone 5S, according to leaked images. But it will also have some of the same features as the newer iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S models, including rounded edges, a Touch ID home button and an on/off button on the right-hand side of the device.
Some other products Apple could show off? There have been reports about a possible smaller iPad Pro, new Apple watch bands and software updates for its devices.
Releasing a smaller iPhone makes a good deal of sense for Apple.
The iPhone 7 is expected to be released in the fall, when Apple would typically be expected to retire the iPhone 5S. By that point, the 5S will be three years old.
Though Apple doesn't break out sales numbers for different versions of the iPhone, Wall Street analysts believe there has been a large amount of staying power for the iPhone 5S because of its smaller size.
The iPhone 5S is the last four-inch iPhone on the market.
Personal opinion
Apple must be really confident on their marketing if they're thinking that a mix of iphone6 and iphone 5 but smaller is going to pass by as a new model. They even state "including rounded edges" because that's the top of the innovation!! And they say it like having rounded edges is an achievement...
Vocabulary:
Edges: bordes
Devices: dispositivo
Dross
DrossRotZank is a very interesting youtube channel which I highly recomend to all those people who want to have fun, and learn at the same time. Ángel David Revilla, better known as dross used to upload a lot of different things to his channel, from gameplays to Q&A sessions called "Dross contesta preguntas estúpidas", but now he mainly uploads top 7's and horror stories.
I don't blame you if at first sight you think that this is a common and boring channel, but I invite you to find out his true talent, narration.
Dross is very talented when it comes to establish a scary/dismal atmosphere to his stories, and that makes him different from the others, apart from the inusual topics of his top 7 videos, like:
Top 7 most disturbing suicides
Top 7 most weird music genres
Top 7 most horrible death penalties
Top 7 scariest places on earth, etc...
Yuri & Jere podcast
Me and Jere discussing about a few important topics, and some weird questions...
https://audioboom.com/boos/4296906-jere-and-yuri-podcast
https://audioboom.com/boos/4296906-jere-and-yuri-podcast
Resident Evil 4
General:
So, I thought it was a good idea to bring some videogame topic to this blog as a "your say", and getting it started with a childhood game wouldn't be bad. Resident Evil 4, first horror-survival game I played when I was young, and the one who introduced into the resident evil franchise as well. This game brings me back so many memories, and nightmares too! I can barely remember the day I finished it, but I felt so happy! The pain was over, because it was indeed a pain in the ass to finish it, considering that a eight-year-old boy shouldn't be playing this hehe. Jumpscares, horrifying enemies, scary atmosphere because of the soundtrack and the environment, charismatic characters and a nice plot made this game a masterpiece.
Plot:
Leon is a US agent who received a mission to rescue the president's daughter, ashley, who was kidnapped by a weird spanish religious cult, who seem to worship a god, called Saddler, created by "Las plagas", which was the virus they used to infect people. Through his campaign, Leon will go through different sscenarios, 3 in total: The spanish village with peasant zombies ( a cool detail about this game is the fact that some of the people who got infected could still preserve human habits, like talk, use weapons, work, plan ambushes, etc...but they were really violent with strangers ), The spanish castle with religious zombies dressed like monks saying "morir es vivir" and The Island with soldier zombies, to rescue Ashley and get her back home.
Most terrifying experience
1 word. REGENERATOR.
My very first encounter with him made me turn off my Ps2, because of how scared I was. Your first encounter with him is in the Island, where you enter a hospital, more exactly, in a surgery room. When you get in, you see him through a window, lying on a bed, but the door is closed so you can't get near. Once you collect a key to progress to the next part of the game, you hear the noise of the jammed door, getting open. The music starts, and you hear his asthmatic breathing. He's an obnoxious enemy because you can only kill him shooting in 3-4 specific body locations, where the virus resides, if you shoot anywhere else (arms, legs, head, stomach), it will explode, but past a few minutes, he will recover from it, in other words, Regenerate it.
So, I thought it was a good idea to bring some videogame topic to this blog as a "your say", and getting it started with a childhood game wouldn't be bad. Resident Evil 4, first horror-survival game I played when I was young, and the one who introduced into the resident evil franchise as well. This game brings me back so many memories, and nightmares too! I can barely remember the day I finished it, but I felt so happy! The pain was over, because it was indeed a pain in the ass to finish it, considering that a eight-year-old boy shouldn't be playing this hehe. Jumpscares, horrifying enemies, scary atmosphere because of the soundtrack and the environment, charismatic characters and a nice plot made this game a masterpiece.
Plot:
Leon is a US agent who received a mission to rescue the president's daughter, ashley, who was kidnapped by a weird spanish religious cult, who seem to worship a god, called Saddler, created by "Las plagas", which was the virus they used to infect people. Through his campaign, Leon will go through different sscenarios, 3 in total: The spanish village with peasant zombies ( a cool detail about this game is the fact that some of the people who got infected could still preserve human habits, like talk, use weapons, work, plan ambushes, etc...but they were really violent with strangers ), The spanish castle with religious zombies dressed like monks saying "morir es vivir" and The Island with soldier zombies, to rescue Ashley and get her back home.
Most terrifying experience
1 word. REGENERATOR.
My very first encounter with him made me turn off my Ps2, because of how scared I was. Your first encounter with him is in the Island, where you enter a hospital, more exactly, in a surgery room. When you get in, you see him through a window, lying on a bed, but the door is closed so you can't get near. Once you collect a key to progress to the next part of the game, you hear the noise of the jammed door, getting open. The music starts, and you hear his asthmatic breathing. He's an obnoxious enemy because you can only kill him shooting in 3-4 specific body locations, where the virus resides, if you shoot anywhere else (arms, legs, head, stomach), it will explode, but past a few minutes, he will recover from it, in other words, Regenerate it.
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