Monday, March 28, 2011

Goldstar

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Friday, March 18, 2011

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Using Google Voice in the World Language class

We all have students in our World Language classes who are shy or very nervous about talking in front of the whole class. It becomes a challenge to help them develop appropriate oral communicative skills. Sometimes even answering a simple question like "¿Cuál es tu color favorito?" produces a strong reaction and inhibition from these... continue reading at Paulino Brener

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Bottineau Jig: Untold Tales of Early Minnesota

Check out my new show   Bottineau Jig: Untold Tales of Early Minnesota. April 1 and 2 7:30pm Intermedia Arts 2822 Lyndale Ave. South Minneapolis, MN 55408 Buy online tickets at BrownPaperTickets 24/7 Ticket Hotline: 1-800-838-3006 General $ 15 Children $ 12 For more information visit:  www.janepeck.com or follow us on Facebook Bottineau Jig:  Untold Tales of Early Minnesota Welcome to a world of French, Ojibwe, Dakota, mixed-blood, Swedish, Yankee, and... continue reading at Paulino Brener

Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Women and Carnaval

In honor of International Women's Day (March 8th) and Carnaval here is a video of one of a wonderful woman!   continue reading at Paulino Brener

Sunday, March 06, 2011

Stripgenerator.com for storytelling

Pregúntame mañana by paulinobrener Intro to Strip Generator by mrsenorhill I have just found about about stripgenerator.com from a tweet from @mrsenorhill (who learned about it from  @josepicardo) The online application is very simple and super easy to use. It doesn't have many options (in terms of characters, templates, etc.) but I think that's the beauty of it.  Students (or teachers)... continue reading at Paulino Brener

Friday, February 25, 2011

Tris, tras (rhythmic verse)

Tris, tras tris, tras. tris, tras. Zapatitos por detrás, tris, tras tris, tras. No los ves, ni los verás, tris, tras. tris, tras. Zapatitos Por el frente tris, tras. tris, tras. Los verán toda la gente. Click here for audio: tris_tras continue reading at Paulino Brener

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Todas las mañanas (song)

Todas las mañanas Sueño al despertar Que un ángel del cielo Me viene a visitar Y cuando despierto Yo veo a mi mamá Click here for audio: todas_las_manianas continue reading at Paulino Brener

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Sale El Sol (song)

Sale el sol, sale sol, Buenos días, amigos. Vamos todos a jugar, Juntos vamos a cantar. Click here for audio: sale_el_sol continue reading at Paulino Brener

Monday, February 21, 2011

Ángel de mi guarda (verse)

Ángel de mi guarda, Dulce compañía, No me desampares, Ni de noche ni de día, No me dejes solo, Pues me perdería. Click here for audio:  angel_de_mi_guarda continue reading at Paulino Brener

Hola Amigo (song)

Hola amigo, Hola amigo, ¿Cómo estás? ¿Cómo estás? Yo muy bien gracias, Yo muy bien gracias, ¿Tu qué tal? ¿Tu qué tal? Buenos días, Buenos días, ¿Cómo estás? ¿Cómo estás? Yo muy bien gracias, Yo muy bien gracias, ¿Tu qué tal? ¿Tu qué tal? Buenas tardes, Buenas tardes ¿Cómo estás? ¿Cómo estás? Yo muy bien gracias, Yo muy bien gracias, ¿Tu qué tal? ¿Tu qué tal? Hola_amigo continue reading at Paulino Brener

Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Bilingual tour of Buenos Aires by Pat Verano

My friend Pat Verano made this wonderful bilingual tour of Buenos Aires as an instructional aid for her TPRS novel "Pobre Ana Bailó Tango".  You can learn more about her at patverano.com I help her put it on youtube.   I hope you enjoy it. It comes in two parts. continue reading at Paulino Brener

Monday, January 31, 2011

Reciclado De Papel con Paulino Brener

I am working on a CBI (Content Based Instruction) unit on Papermaking.  I will post more details and activities later but here is a preview of one of the videos I use to help the students learn the process. Enjoy! continue reading at Paulino Brener

Izquierda Derecha

Izquierda, derecha, Delante, detrás, Cerca, lejos, Y ya los demás. Abajo, arriba, Enfrente, encima, Y ahora muchachos, Se acaba la rima. Izquierda Derecha continue reading at Paulino Brener

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Bienvenidos banner

In my current job as a Spanish teacher in different school (before and after school programs) we are required to do a presentation for the parents to show what students have learned. I enjoy this presentations since my students learn a lot of verses and songs for me that it's fun to see them "perform"... continue reading at Paulino Brener

Monday, January 17, 2011

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Paulino Brener at 2010 Choreographers' Evening (Walker Art Center)

On November 27, 2010 I had the pleasure to share the stage with many great dancers and choreographers at the Walker Art Center for the 2010 Choreographers' Evening Here is the piece that I presented: "Credo" continue reading at Paulino Brener

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Steps to make a video using iPod Touch and iPad

In my previous post I talked about the idea of using iPod Touch and iPad for the whole process of shooting, editing and posting a video (on YouTube, for example).  A few teachers were interested in more details of the process so that they have a better idea on how to implement it in their... continue reading at Paulino Brener

Sunday, January 02, 2011