This presentation was done, in order to learn and apply technology in language learning.

1. MY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY

3. POPULATION
This blog is addressed to 5th grade students
of elementary school located in Medellin city

4. ENVIRONMENT
This blog will contain basic vocabulary for
describing places, taking into account the MEN
guía, 22 set standards for fifth grade “básico 1
(A 2.1)”.

5. METHODOLOGY
Students will receive instructions about My Beautiful
Country Project development. Second, students
will find in this blog games, plays, puzzles, power
point presentations and videos related to
vocabulary for describing places. Third, students
will find video materials, reading materials, web
questions, and audio materials that help students
recognize different ways for describing places,
regions, and cities as resources for building their
powerpoint presentation. Four, students will send
their slides to receive some recommendations,
and finally students will present their power point

6. STRATEGY
My beautiful country project is task-based
instruction strategies, where students will
build slides with a region picture, a famous
place picture of that region, a famous
person picture of that region and a city
picture of that region. Every slide will
contend a basic description (name of it,
where is it? How is it? And who is the
famous person?).

7. OBJECTIVE
The blog
objective is
support
classroom
work, and
engage
students
about use
of
technology
in their

8. TOPIC
The topic of this blog
will be “My
Beautiful Country”.
Language function:
Description of
places.
Purpose: Students
learn the
vocabulary to talk
about places, while
collet information
for their project.

9. RESOURCES PLANNED
This blog will contain images,
plays, games, puzzles, videos,
reading materials, web questions,
audio materials, and powerpoint
presentations with vocabulary
related to describing places.

10. MIND MAP

11. REFERENCES
•Alcaldia de Medellin. (14/03/2013). Colombia presentation video taken
from:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x_K4ANfIIc with educational purpose. (24/08/2013).
•Colombian regions map picture taken from:http://www.todacolombia.com/geografia/regionesnaturales.html with
educational purpose. (24/08/2013).
•Esscuela la Iguana picture taken
from:http://www.medellin.edu.co/sites/Educativo/Docentes/Paginas/Actualidadeducativa.aspx with educational
purpose. (24/08/2013).
•Region andina map taken from: http://conoce-viveacolombia.blogspot.com/2013/04/region-andina.html with
educational purpose. (24/08/2013).
•La piedra del peñol picture taken from:http://www.executiverentacar.com.co/que-sucede-en/semana-santa-en-los-
municipios-de-antioquia-49 with educational purpose. (24/08/2013).
•Medellin picture taken from:http://www.barcampse.org/medellin.aspx with educational purspose. (24/08/2013).
•Marina Pajòn picture. Taken from: http://comunidad.accolombia.com/posts/deportes/1774/Mariana-Pajon-Oro-en-
Londres-2012-BMX.html with educational purpose.(24/08/2013).
•Children picture taken from:http://campusmexico.mx/2013/05/08/las-tic-revolucionan-la-forma-de-estudiar-en-jovenes-
y-ninos/ with educational purpose. (24/08/2013).
•lugares turiscos picture taken from: http://viajeseconomicos.com.co/colombia-se-ubica-entre-los-mejores-paises-para-
hacer-viajes-turisticos-economicos/ with educational purpose. (24/08/2013).