Argentina & Brazil Unite!

I had a wonderful surprise yesterday. First, Claudio Azevedo made a comment on my blog. Claudio is a Brazilian teacher and a friend of Carla and Erika's, who was in Buenos Aires for the ABS International Congress last month. I commented about it in my previous post.
Just after I had sent an e-mail to Claudio thanking him for his comment, I read Carla's message to BAW 06, where she put a link to her school's website. I clicked on it and was amazed at reading her colleagues' comment on their experience at the congress and their meeting with Gladys, Susana, Silvana and me, and a photo of all of us. There's even a link to a photo album with more pictures.

By the way, this morning I told my 9th grade students about Carla and Erika's Scrapbooking Project. I didn't have great expectations, since I know they are not very keen on "extra efforts". But, to my surprise, most of them raised their hands when I asked who would like to participate. Maybe not all of them will write e-mails or posts in the project blog, but at least they might put forward some ideas, bring photos, make drawings, etc. Two of them told me they already had a photolog, which is good news.
Encouraged by my students' positive reaction, I thought of taking them to the computer lab where I give the techonology course for teachers, before we actually start with the course. They could start a blog, open an e-mail account and try Springdoo, among other things. I'm sure they will love it. But this takes a lot of planning and paperwork. Lots of extra work for me! I hope it pays back...