Content Curation Tools

Image by Alex Molina. CC0 Creative Commons

Hello visitors!

My mission today is related with content curation tools. As you already know, searching on the net can return thousands of results. There are several sources, search engines that may be useful, but it is necessary to filter and select what is really important to you, and moreover, curate it.

Once you find what you need and want to keep it for later use, you need some tool that stores your digital resources and which you can access by just one click. For this task, you have different tools that you can check here.









For years, as a secret agent, I've been using SYMBALOO.
But there's no use in showing you my secret webmix (you know, FBI, CIA, MI6 or MOSAD secret reports are not of your concern) but I've created one Symbaloo webmix that might be useful for the CLIL teachers. Oh, I'm sorry!! I forgot to explain what a webmix is.

A webmix is a Symbaloo board made by tiles each of them containing a link to your favourite tools, websites or resources. It's very useful to have all of them in just one look, allowing you to compile your favourite sites into one visual interface. Try it and share your results!!


Here's my CLIL webmix. You can find resources, activities, theories and useful tools for your CLIL lessons.

See you in my next mission!

Image attribution for a CLIL lesson

Image by Alex Molina. CC0 Creative Commons

Hello visitors!

As my first mission I've been told to uncover the image attribution for a CLIL lesson and I'm going to show you a practical use of images, too. If you are wondering how can you use images that are not your own, I will show you right now.

It's important that every time we use images or photographs we need to cite and attribute the source of the image. As you can see in the photographs that appear in this entry, I have included the name of the owner and the licence they are under. So this is the way to use others' images in your posts!!

These photographs can be used in a Social Science CLIL lesson and I have chosen them to introduce the different means of transport.
Students need to have the visual support to recognise the different types of transport and talk about their own experiences.
It creates the link between what they are going to learn and their own reality and could also be linked with Road Safety Education.

Photograph by hpgruesen. Licence CC0 Creative Commons

Photograph by Emslichter. Licence CC0 Creative Commons

They will be asked about the different means of transport they know and discuss about how to behave in public transport. Using a whiteboard, the different photographs are displayed as they name them, and adding extra if they are not mentioned. It's important to set questions to promote oral interaction, such as the following:

- What means of transport do you know?
- How often do you use public transport?
- Where did you go on your last holiday? What means of transport did you use?
- Do you know what can you do when you're using public transport? And what can't you do?

Another uses are:

• The images can be used to create an image bank (flashcards) the children can access to play memory games, matching images and words.

• As we are going to classificate transports into air, land or water, the photographs are included in a chart as a visual support to complete statements on every means of transport. E.g. "The bus is a type of ___________(land) transport."

• A whiteboard activity where children match the photograph with the sound of every means of transport is another use of images in the unit.

Well my dear visitors, I hope you understand better with this example how to proceed with images that are not your own.

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Image by Alex Molina. CC0 Creative Commons

Simon Secret Agent (avatar)

Hello! I would like to introduce my avatar... Have a look! His name is Simon.


https://www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/et8yPOtxiIk/?mode=movie#/

Image by Alex Molina. CC0 Creative Commons

I've made it using POWTOON, an online video presentation maker. It is useful because it offers different pictures and templates for you to use or modify.

Pros: Not very difficult to use. It offers lots of features and allows presentations to be shared. You can use a previous presentation and modify it.

Cons: Several options and features not available in the free version. You have to pay to export in video format. Each slide is limited to 20 seconds. Presentations cannot be saved automatically.
You can't record the audio while the presentation is playing to fit the text.


The avatar was created using BITMOJI. It's a free app (also pc version) to create your own personal cartoon avatar. The first step is adding body features and outfits. Once the avatar is finished, the app automatically creates different bitstrips, some of them hilarious, in which your avatar is the main character,
Unfortunately, you can't add  voice or sounds, but you can use your avatar to communicate on Gmail, Whatsapp, Messenger, as well as easily share it on your social media platforms.