Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Recommended websites in my area (Sociology)

Geez... that's a hard one. I don't relly very much on the internet when it takes to my career subjects, but i'll make a try. I could tell some websites that had been useful to me sometimes, mostly for reading especific subjects. But they're not very good for an overall information in sociology.

The first one I could recommend is http://www.nodo50.org/dado/textosteoria.htm. In this website you can find a lot of complete texts that are requiered on our courses, so you don't have to buy expensive books or get photocopies. If you're ok with reading on a computer this maybe very useful. If not, well... I don't know... print it!

Then I could also tell someone to search something in http://scholar.google.com/ because sometimes you can find some good books or references in there. This site has come in very handy sometimes for doing some of my assignments.

Last, but no least, if you're in highschool and you want to know what Sociology is you should take a look in http://www.wikipedia.org/, because it makes a very good sinthesis explaining what it is and has some very useful links.

1 comment:

*Pu!* said...

Here are all the assignments. I don´t have all of the neither. so here they are...

List of Assignments (level 3)
* Creation of Students' Blogs / Intro to the use of blogs and its different tools (14 - 18 April)

Assignment 1: My first Post! (21 - 25 April)

Their first assignment is to write a short description of their blog in the 'Settings' section of the website (3-4 sentences) and then write their first post. In their first post, they should introduce themselves (description) and write about expectations with blogs.(about 100 words).

Assignment 2: A song I like (05 - 09 May)

Students will be posting the lyrics of a song in English that they like. In the introduction of this post, they have to explain why they have chosen that song and talk a little bit about the band or singer. (About 80 words). Make them try to include the audio or video of the song…

Assignment 3: Tell me about your last weekend.. (12 - 16 May)

1. Ask students to make a 100 word post, with a couple of photos, telling you about their previous weekend activities.
Important: The week before you do this activity, you should remind them of taking and bringing these pictures to class. (on pen drive or sent by themselves to their own mails)

2. As second activity, ask them to visit one of their classmates blogs and correct the English from their post.


Assignment 4 "Recommended Web Sites in my Area" (26 - 30 May)

Students have to look for good websites in English, connected to their area of studies. They have to pick up 2 or 3, explain why they have selected each, and make the link to visit them.(120 words)
Then they have to visit their classmates posts, check their selection of websites, and write a couple of comments to those students whose websites they have found interesting.



Assignment 5: About interesting career-related topics….. (02 - 07 June)

Students select a career-related subject/topic, which they have been working on or studying this term. It should be something they have liked or found interesting. They have to:

- in general terms describe the subject or topic.
- describe what they have done or learnt about it so far.
- say what else they’d like to know (or do in connection) about it.
- explain what attracted their interest in it.

Finally, they have to look for two websites connected to this particular topic, and make them available in the post.


Assignment 6: Summary Writing (16 - 20 June)


Look for a short article (1 to 2 pages) connected to your studies.
Read it
Make a summary of it (100 -120 words)
Take a look at: http://homepage.smc.edu/reading_lab/writing_a_summary.htm for ideas on how to write a summary and to take a look at a sample summary.