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Mario's overview:
At the moment, the students of 2º BCH B are nearly finishing off the school year's english proyect. When the teacher told us in the beginning of the year that we will be creating a news programme, most of us became very excited, although it was obviuos from the first moment that we were going to come across with certain problems.

Personally, I decided not to focus on all the possible long-term problems that might appear ahead so I started creating up with my team the basis of the International News section. I have to recognise that if it hadn't been for the teacher, who prepared in detail the scheduled phases that all the groups had to follow, we wouldn't have managed to get so far with the proyect. As strange as it may seem, starting from the beginning can be the hardest part.

Apart from arranging entries in padlet at a particular time, the work could easily be done in class and you didn't need to carry it to your house. On top of that, team leaders were responsible of making sure whether their teammates were using time efficiently or not. That's something positive considering that 2ºBCH is a difficult year and students are more worried about other subjects.

Once we moved to the recording part, I realised that many groups didn't comply with the 10 minute barrier that had to last their section and went over it. This is why it has taken us a lot of time to record each section. I think the rest of the team leaders should have eliminated the least relevant pieces of news and interviews when it was time to or made the dialogues between news presenters a bit more dinamic.

In my view, this proyect was aimed to working in team because it boils down to searching for information together, discussing whether to use one piece of news or another, working the padlet out, etc. It was certainly an original idea but still 2º BCH is not the best year to expect the highest yield of the students in this type of proyects.

Angela's overview:
First of all I would like to say that this project has gave us a big opportunity to learn a lot about new technology. In my experience, it has been very useful in order to learn about how to use Padlet and Touchcast. Padlet is a very good way to expose your ideas originally and clearly, about Touchcast, I would say that I would never have believed that I was going to be able to create such a good video with those amazing backgrounds that we are using.

About the idea it self, I think it is very creative and we can develop our english capacities very well, however I do think there is a disadvantage when we talk about political problems, for example, when we first started we chose the EE.UU elections (we did not know the result and we were exited about it), however, now that we do know them we have lost the enthusiasm in that specific piece of new. Therefore I think that for the next time it would be great if the student instead of talking about politics, economy... they could talk about places, movies, books, apps... Then, the students and teacher could learn more things that they could use in their personal lives.

Finally, as we all know, 2BACH is the worst year for students. We are all very stressed out and we do not have any time to do creative projects. We have to be all very concentrated in the PAU, it is quite sad, but if it was in our hands, we wouldn't be all the time studying and doing exercises that are only useful for the PAU. I think it is a better project for secundary students.

Magüi's overview:
This year has been a difficult year concerning english classes since there are no groups and the level is high compared to the level required in PAU.The idea of having a project was amazing since we would spend time in class preparing it instead of only doing grammar exercises.

This project itself it is really well proposed and the idea is great because we can play the role of an interviewer or presenter while we practise our english. The idea of the phases I think is essential so as to organise it properly and do a thorough job.
In addition, the research that we had to do was interesting since we got to know different points of view and different issues that were taking place around us.
The part that I found most "boring" was summarising each piece of news and making the whole script taking into consideration that everyone had to appear but I understand it is part of if.

On the other hand, the part in which we had to record was the best part since it's the most interactive and the whole aim of the project. The problem comes now, when we have to put everything together. It is a really difficult task in terms of time and complete control of the situation. If it could be done by more than one person it would be great but,unfortunately, it has to be fully edited on the same device. It is, obviously, not impossible but it is the only inconvenient I have found to this project.

I would like to finally add that I really like group work and it is a project where all of our capacities are involved from reseraching properly to the use of new apps such as Touchcast, which I found amazing.

Martin's overview:

In 2nd Bachillerato’s English class, we have worked, throughout the whole year, in a project that at first seemed pretty simple, but that has turned into a quite complex one at its very last steps. It all consisted in producing a TV News program, writing down all the script and searching for real information. We separated the class into different groups. Each of these groups would work in the different news section. Thus every group searched for the information in relation to their news section, and then a member of the group, previously selected, would notify the rest of the class about what the group had done and had achieved in every single step.

On the one hand, the way this project has been programmed and the topic of this project hasn’t displeased me. In fact, I have found it pretty instructive, because in my opinion it has helped us develop, or also improve, skills to look for information and be able to select the important parts of it. In addition, we didn’t only have to look for it and carry out a selection, we also had to put into our own words what all the pieces of news said.

Nevertheless, on the other hand, I have also found this project a bit overwhelming at sometimes. It is true that there wasn’t asked much to follow out. However, we must take into account the stress that 2nd of Bachillerato is for the students. Furthermore, the English subject in 2nd of Bachillerato isn’t actually the hardest one, specially talking about Colegio Base’s students. That is why, clearly the students aren’t really keen on working in a subject where they know they won’t have a problem at the end of the year, when they find themselves in front of the EVAU exam.

In conclusion, I truly find this project a great idea and I would even encourage and recommend to put it through in years like 1st of Bachillerato or 4th of ESO. But, as far as I’m concerned, I would avoid making the 2nd of Bachillerato students work “that hard” in a subject like English.

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Background:
Refugees camp showing the situation: tents, families, people giving out resources such as food, water, blankets, medecines, kids playing... To summarise, we are going to show the precarious situation of Lesbos.
Meanwhile, the reporter is sitting on a blanket with Fatima (the refugee) on her tent. She is carrying her baby in her arms, with a mixture of sadness and impotence.
Clothing:
-Reporter: jeans and a jumper with Converse. Ponytail. Informal.
-Fatima: covered with a blanket, a veil on her head and the baby is also wrapped up with more blankets.
Media:
The news presents talks and afterwards the interview takes place.

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Background:
The reporter is going to be in the city centre of Bogota in order to make it more realistic (claxons, people working, traffic jam...). Meanwhile is raining.
Clothing
-Reporter (Susan): she'll wear gloves, a big coat, a scarf... She is going to be wearing an umbrella simulating a very cold day as well.
-News presenters: suit. No make-up,  different hairstyles covered with hair gel.
Media
Firstly, while the news presenter is introducing the news with the graph we talk in the chunk that is in beside this one.  Afterwards, a video os the city with the reporter and the interview.

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News presenters:
Both presenters are going to have the same attitude towards the programme. They are going to be proffesionals and present each piece of news without giving any personal opinion. They are going to be sitting straight with both hands on the table and looking with a serious look to the camera. However, as they are not going to speak at the same time, when one of them finishes informing, he can pretend to be organising his/her papers.

Katie (reporter of the Dengue):
As she is a reporter, and her clothes are semiformal, her attitude must be serious but trying to connect with the audience since the topic is medical and needs to rise awareness between the society as well as sympathise.

Laila ( reporter of Syria):
As Fatima (the refugee who is being interviewed) , has not a high level of english, she is going to talk slowly, and making pauses. She is going to establish physical contact touching her and trying to calm her impotence.

Fatima (Refugee):
She is a nice strong young woman with a lot of physical energy with a huge will power but her feelings are destroyed. She is going to show this attitude towards the reporter as she is going to lower the voice when he talks about her family and make emphasis on her disappointment with the Eurepean Union.

Harry (the interviewed in dengue news):
He is at first with a sad voice trying not to cry due to the tragic experience he has experienced but, on the other hand, he is happy with the situation and trying to express his concern and his hope so as to get rid of Dengue in the world.

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Angela Moreno Funes

1. The first tutorial I have watched is about four minutes and it talks about how to add images and the tittle, the different types of vamps, how the whiteboard, how the editor works, all the options we have in the privaccy setting. To be realistic, this video was not very useful as at the begining of Phase 4 I watched differnt videos that,. by the way, are in a chunck right obove this one.

2. I was specially interested in how to share the final video because usually we (students) only focus on how to make the actual video but the, when we finish the project we sometimes have some difficulties to share with our teachers. In this video I learned how to save a new project (right hand corner) and how to make it public, however I had already figure that out from the first video

3. This third video has given me the tools in order to put "guides" (lines) that can help me record correctly and have everything well lined in the video.

4. This video talked about how to read the script while you are recording. This is known as teleprompter. This has been the most useful thing I have learn with the videos, as it is quiet useful in order to make a good representation. It also gave me some tips like for example trying to make eye contact with the camera, therefore it is better to put the script in the right side.

5. Finally, the last video was very short (of about 1 minute) and it was useful in order to learn how to add images from our camera roll to our Touchcast.

Martín López Canalejo.

1. I haven't been watching the tutorials. Instead, I have been working on the diagram, already finished, that will be needed in the actual news presentation.

2. The first tutorial I have watched is about two minutes long and it's about how to put a background on my screen. We can either use an animated photo, which will afterwards during the recording appear repeatedly, or we can also include a video on the greenbackground. This last one will be mute.

3. The second video I have watched wasn't too long. It was about how to orginse my things (videos, photos...) on my camera. To do so, I have to go to my camera and put a guide on it. I will then be able to arrange everything correctly.

4. The third video I have watched talks about the whiteboard. This one has two main uses to intersect information from other sources or also to create diagrams before recording. It also talks about their 5 main instruments, and how to use them in order to intersect information or to create the diagrams that we need. They first tell us how to use the pen, to regulate the width, the coulour, everything. Then some arrows, how to do and undo, how to move things or change their size, etc.

5. The fourth and last video that I have watched talks about the green screen. It starts by saying that with the green screen I can put any background I want and I can take my talent where ever I want. Plus it can be used in a silhoutte mode, which enables me to be inside a vApp. This tutorial has given me some tips to set up a green screen. Moreover it said that if I use a blue screen is also fine. It has also shown me how to turn on the green screen apart from all the different things that I can do with it.

Magüi Balsells

1. The first tutorial I have watched is how to include a background. It can be done in two different ways. The first one is with the camara selecting a video or image from our gallery but those are not going to emit any sounds. The last one is accessing the green screen section and then when touching the film icon there will appear you gallery or defaul backgrounds and one must be chosen. Click the colour dropper and try to adjust the sensitivity and smooth. Finally, we can record now.

2. This tutorial is about how to cut a video and fisrt of all click the video which is going to be reduced, it will be marked with a blue square, click  trim, ccut the video with the bottom bar and click the scissors icon, save the edition on the top right. Now both videos will appear in the clip tray.

3. To duplicate a video or a clip we must select the one we want to duplicate and it will appear with a blue square around it, click duplicate, and now it will appear duplicated in the clip tray. It is a simple tutorial but very useful.

4. How to use the green screen in general. First of all to make the most of the green screen it must be flat. (The tutorial gives us several ideas of how to simulate our professional green screen but we already have ours). To access it on touchcast we have to click on effects and green screen. With the icon of color we can adjust the type of green our paper, in our case, is.
To improve the look of our image in the TouchCast we can click settings and adjust the sesitivity and smoothness.
Now it´s time to choose our background with or the image icon or the video icon at the right part of our screen. When done we can also go back to settings and readjust them.
Afterwards, we can choose the options of degreen(so as to disappear the green areas) or background stabilizatoin so as to give a sense of depth (this option involves zoom).
This are the prior knowledge we have to have in order to use TouchCast.

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We made most of the whole script in class. However, there was  a time when we decided that we had to move on and continue with the project, more specifically with how we are going to organise the video with Touchcast. We had most of the script done but we had to add some details to each part, each member of the group finished their part for homework.

We had some problems specially withh the interview with Fatima because we wanted to show the misery of her life due to the war, the camp..., but as we only had about a minute and a half for the whole "talk", we had to eliminate all the details about how her family survived.

Another difficulty we had was when we wanted the news reporter to show the information about the results of the Colombian referendum with a graph. Surprisingly, we coudn't find any. All of them were either not easy to understand, or in spanish. Therefore we decided to create a diagram by ourselves with Excel.

This diagram represents the results of the votes that took place in the referendum of Colombia, in which they decided whether they signed peace with the F.A.R.C.S. or not. It will afterwards be needed in the actual news presentation.

Our script (pur Doc): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lo6-z9viTGDHb5_pOtnBV3MKHmiiavhGzlFQNxHCedI/edit
Final script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MwqNtPNZk2o6HRSGrn-JFPqsmPN5zK-GJGgeTVc6MpA/edit

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In order to have an image that represents us we decided to create a logo, which as we said before Magüi is going to be responsible for.
We had agreed that the logo was going to be be the Earth's globe surrounded with cultural building from all  around the world. This globe in going to be painted in black so that the words that are inside the  circle have more attention. Those words (BCN International) are going to be painted with red.

We have not decided yet where the logo is going to appear, we are going to improvise with this matter as we make the Touchcast video because it depends on how we manage the app and on where it looks better (either on the top or on the botton).

We can not figure out why the image right behind this paragraph is not showing so please, in order to see the logo you must click in the following picture. Sorry for the difficulties.

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PHASE 4 (13, 14, 15... October) Touchcast

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PHASE 4 (13, 14, 15... October) Touchcast

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In order to get a first idea of how this app works, we have looked at the following videos:
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNZhCi4Qstk
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OflMLN5w0A
Later on we will summarise the videos we have watched on another chunk below.

We found them useful but we actually read one article (http://visihow.com/Write_a_TV_News_Script)  that explained everything very well.
After we investigated how Touchcast works, we had to make the transcription. So, first we talked about how we were going to distribute the work. We thought that interviews are the best way to catch the attention of the listeners so we finally agreed that having an interview in all every piece of news except the one about the cave was the best option.
Now here is the part of each member:
-Magui: Woman from Syria now in Lesbos.
-Mario: News presenter 2
-Martín: News presenter 1
-Angela: Reporter.
Here there are breaf summaries of each piece of news:
-10 Countries Host Half World's Refugees, Says Amnesty (2 minutes and a half):  here we are going to divide the time in two sections: a brief explanation that both news presenters are going to make and an interview that a reporter from Lesbos is making to Fatima, a woman that arrived 6 months ago to the camp directly from Syria.
-The present Colombian political and social situation (2 minutes and a half): both presenters are going to talk about the results of the referendum, the reasons of these results and a bit of why has this referendum been done.
-Dengue Vaccine (1 minute and a half):  both presenters are going to talk about the countries where the Dengue Vaccine has been licensed. Afterwards, the same reporter of the refugees piece of news is going to make and interview with the
-World’s largest cave that nobody knew it existed (1 minute and a half)

In the Drive document we shared in the first time (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lo6-z9viTGDHb5_pOtnBV3MKHmiiavhGzlFQNxHCedI/edit?usp=sharing)  we have the transcripts of each part).

*It is important to outline that we have put a lot of stress on the timing (we need to keep the interviews short, if not, we are not going to have time to explain them all correctly).

In relation to the backgrounds of each pieces of news, we decided that in order to cath the attention of the audience, we are going to make a sequence of images of about 20 seconds (5 seconds per image). Furthermore, in order to appeal the audience, in the piece of news about the refugees we are going to put in the background a video we searched for in Youtube. In the original Drive's documents we copied the links of th videos we have seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRASAsOSWnU no
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrORPrCTs5I yes

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Now, we have organised how we are going to make our Touchcast. First, we decided that Magi, as she is very creative and she has been going to art classes for almost 5 years, is the one selected to make the logo of our news programme.  The video is going to be made by  Mario because he is good with computers and everything related to editing videos, photos...

In relation to how the video is going to be structured, how to arrange the news bulletin,  what piece of news is going to be the leading story... Angela, who is the organiser has decided that the order of the bulletin: 10 Countries Host Half World's Refugees, Says Amnesty; the present Colombian political and social situation; Dengue Vaccine and finally the one that is less important, World’s largest cave that nobody knew it existed. As we said before, the conflict in Syria is very extensive and requires more time than the other pieces of news, that is the reason why we decided to place this piece of news in the first place. We came to this agreement because we all thought that, as the the audience is more concentrated at first, it will shock them more than any other piece of news we have.

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PHASE 3 (19 October) The present Colombian political and social situation

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PHASE 3 (19 October) The present Colombian political and social situation

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Since 1964, Colombia has been through tough times, struggling with an internal war between the F.A.R.C.S. and the Colombian government. The  current president of Colombia has signed peace with this  Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces, nevertheless, the last referendum showed the unagreement of the Colombian population in relation to this decision. However, in this referendum there were a 60% of absentees opposed to the other 40% of participation. Here the problem is that the results shown of this referendum was 50,2% saying NO to the agreement and the other 49,8 % saying YES. But, this 51% is from this 40%, thus it doesn’t represent at all the thoughts of the country in relation to this aspect.

Photo links:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/colombia-referendum-results-uncertainty-1.3788555

http://www.unilad.co.uk/pics/these-incredible-rare-photos-show-life-inside-a-farc-jungle-camp/

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Recent approvals for Dengvaxia granted by health authorities are those from Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore. Mexico, the Philippines, Brazil, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Guatemala, Peru, have already granted it the approval.
The dengue vaccine also prevented eight of 10 hospitalisations due to dengue and 93 per cent of serious dengue cases like the deadly hemorrhagic form of the disease.

The media included with this piece of news is an interview with a man who has Dengue (Mario pretending to be that man). The information will last 1 minute and the interview of 3 short questions, as well in order to have time to expose everything.

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PHASE 3 (19 October) World’s largest cave that nobody knew it existed 

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PHASE 3 (19 October) World’s largest cave that nobody knew it existed 

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Vietnam’s Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park holds the largest cave in the world! Hang Son Doong is located in Quang Binh, province of Central Vietnam. It is a three-million-year old cave. Historically, it was discovered by a group of english archaeologists from BCRA (British Caving Research Association) in 2009. It is locally said that there was a farmer in 1990 who witnessed the cave for the very first time while he was trying to look for shelter in the jungle and, after some years, he returned to it with BCRA members and began the exploration. It stretches more than five kilometers long and reaches heights of 200 meters. The eco-system inside Hang Son Doong is quite unique and we can find limestone caves, dried pools and 80-meter tall stalagmite. Collapsed ceilings have created openings allowing foliage to grow inside the cave and some microscopic creatures. The Quang Binh province has long been one of the poorest regions in the country, due to the Vietnam War bombing. However, since the appearance of Son Doong has become very popular this year, villagers have started focusing on tourism and the local economy is flouring.

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PHASE 3 (19 October) 10 Countries Host Half World's Refugees, Says Amnesty

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PHASE 3 (19 October) 10 Countries Host Half World's Refugees, Says Amnesty

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This piece of news talks about the disappointment and the whole setback we are generating because of not being enough flexible and not doing the best we can in order to help refugees have a decent life. However, the article of this specific piece of news is very well done because it also takes a look at the other side of the coin by reporting the top 10 countries which have hosted more refugees. We believe it is absolutely disgusting how Europe is responding to this huge problem of immigration. We think that, as we are presenting a programme that talks about news that occur in the world in general, we have the obligation to show teenagers how fortunate they are and how we have the responsibility to help others who were not as lucky as us.

Photo links:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/11848875/Refugee-crisis-The-latest-in-pictures.html

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After we had choosen the news we were going to talk about, we realised that we had to divide our time proporcionally to the importance of the news. As the Colombian referendum and the refugees crises are the ones that require more time, we agreed that six minutes for this two news were appropriate. After a lot of thinking, we concluded that the article about the largest cave and the dengue vaccine only needed four minutes in total.

To start up with the largest cave will include several photographs to accompany the information given.On the other hand the dengue vaccine will also cover an interview with a person which has been affected.
The refugees crises is going to be presented with a touching video and a few photographs of the situation to raise awareness of the big problem Europe is going through and, finally, the Colombian situation will be supported with graphs.

On the following chunks we are going to talk a little bit more about them and we are going to link all the media we have used

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A new way of informing

Directors: Martín López (team reporter), Magüi Balsells (lead researcher), Mario Fernández (team leader) and Ángela Moreno (organiser)

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After the big brainstorm, we had to reject most of the articles we found. Here we had a little conflict as there were too many interesting news and we only have ten minutes to explain them all! As you may imagine nowadays we are going through a period of a lot of  changes and conflicts as for example the USA elections, terrorism, Syria's war... We decided to choose four pieces within the political, social, natural and sanitary world. We firmly believe that if we offer a little bit of everything, it will turn the section into a more pleasant and enjoyable programme!!

1. Colombia rejects peace: Since 1966, Colombia has been through tough times, struggling with an internal war between the FARCS and the Colombian government. The  current president of Colombia has signed peace with this  Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces, nevertheless, the last referendum showed the disagreement of the Colombian population in relation to this decision.                                                                                                                                                         http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/colombia-narrowly-rejects-historic-peace-deal-778356803522

2. World's First Dengue Vaccine Now Approved In 14 Countries: Now that more and more countries are approving the vaccine, living in places where this virus is more likely to develop, has become a safer place for people to live. We think that as half of the news we have chosen were negative, the other half needed to inspire more positivity, therefore, including a piece of news that gives recognition to medical development and assures certain health for 14 new countries that have decided to take this measure.    http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/worlds-first-dengue-vaccine-now-approved-in-14-countries-1470051

3. 10 Countries Host Half World's Refugees, Says Amnesty: This article talks about the disappointment and the whole setback we are generating because of not being enough flexible and not doing the best we can in order to help refugees have a decent life. However, the article is very well done because it also takes a lot at the other side of the coin by reporting the top 10 countries which have hosted more refugees. We believe it is absolutely disgusting how Europe is responding to this huge problem of immigration. We think that, as we are presenting a programme that talks about news that occur in the world in general, we have the obligation to show teenagers how fortunate they are and how we have the responsibility to help others who were not as lucky as us.  http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/10-countries-host-half-worlds-refugees-says-amnesty-1469907

4. World’s largest cave that nobody knew it existed: Vietnam’s Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park holds the largest cave in the world! Hang Son Doong is located in Quang Binh, province of Central Vietnam. I'ts vey impressive that word has got around so late about the existance of this cave! It wouldn't be an international topic if it weren't because of the lovely beauty it holds inside! Check the photograph!!  http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/04/travel/vietnam-hang-son-doong-cave/index.html

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Today, we have started with joy this new project which we hope turns into an original way of informing teenagers. Our aim is to contribute to the  curiosity development in younger people and make them see that news programmes are  not boring, incomprehensible or only for adults. Nowadays we live in a very globalized world and it is essential to be updated about what happens around us because who knows what tomorrow will bring us?...

The first thing we did was to set up our accounts in Padlet and create a document in Google Drive. Here, we are writing everything that pops into our minds that we think could be interesting  and necessary for teenagers to read.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lo6-z9viTGDHb5_pOtnBV3MKHmiiavhGzlFQNxHCedI/edit
Then, in order to use Padlet correctly, we did a little digging in how to use Padlet. The following links were very helpful for some information, however, most of the videos were orientated for teachers.
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuzciL8qCYM
*https://padlet.com/fbush/howtousepadlet101
*http://jn.padlet.com/category/38-getting-started