WebQuest: A Fresh Start

TASK

Firstly, the Board of Directors has entrusted you and your team to build a brand new music festival. Your festival should represent the personalities of you and your team. Below are listed the requirements for your music festival.

REQUIREMENTS

Activity 1: A Fresh Start

1. You must think about an original name for the festival. [Resources:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_festivals ]

2. You must select a duration of the festival. [Resources:http://matadornetwork.com/nights/how-to-prepare-for-a-summer-music-festival/  ]

 
3. You must pick up a geographical location. [Resources:http://maps.google.es/maps?hl=en&tab=ml ]

WebQuest: A low-budget production

Secondly, a  Board of Directors has entrusted you and your team to build a brand new music festival. Your festival should represent the personalities of you and your team. Below are listed the requirements for your music festival. 

REQUIREMENTS

Activity 2: A low-budget production

1. You must choose at least three different sponsors, keeping in mind the limited budget. [Resources: http://findasponsor.com/music-sponsorship.html ,  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10120490]

2. You must select what merchandise (other than band shirts) you wish to sell. This merchandise must also appeal to your target market. [Resources: http://readingandleedsfestival.firebrandstore.com/, http://www.ultramerchandise.com/home.php, http://www.ehow.com/way_5210022_event-marketing-ideas.html, http://www.campuscustoms.com/ifai/ ]

3. You must decide on no fewer than 15 musical acts to play at your festival. [Resources: http://www.musicals101.com/alphinde.htm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists ]


 

WebQuest: A Music Festival

TASK

  Finally, this is just to remind you of the fact that a  Board of Directors has entrusted you and your team to build a brand new music festival. Your festival should represent the personalities of you and your team. Below are listed the requirements for your music festival. 

 

REQUIREMENTS

Activity 3: Promoting the Festival

1. You must set a ticket price. You are allowed to sell both a standard festival pass, a single day pass, and a VIP pass (make sure you stipulate what will be included with the VIP pass). [Further info: http://www.wychwoodfestival.com/tickets/ ,  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_festival ]

2. You must make a promotional poster that will be distributed to radio stations, record labels, etc. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Santa_Cruz_de_Tenerife#Promotional_posters ,https://www.andersondesigngroupstore.com/portfolio-posters.html]




3. The completed project will take the form of a presentation made to the Board of Directors during class. Your presentation must include audio and visual elements.

Feedback and assessment

Please feel free to share your comments using the commentary box below. After viewing all presentations, you must vote along with the rest of the Board on which team will receive the start-up money. In order to vote, please follow the following link:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1-n8gyQd1ZBYTA5N2ViYjQtMDAxZS00MjQ0LWE4ZTctN2YxZTE0YmVjNzg1

This is end of the WebQuest. I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have, specially all over its creation. 

Teacher's notes, objectives and sources: https://sites.google.com/site/musicalfestivals/

Be careful with the cat!

Let's now put a good example to understand the last post on Stop and think. Animals also think before they move or walk. Today we've got a cat and a goldfish in its tank. Before we play the video, what do you think the cat will do with the goldfish? Please, Stop and think before saying the answer.

Stop and think

As you can read through the  post entitled

Welcome to this language blog  below,  here we'll spend some time thinking about English learning. As you are speaking in English, you don't normally translate from your mother tongue what you're trying to say to someone, because this means a lot of time and the other person is waiting and listening to you. So, before you speak, please Stop and Think.

Real English

As you can see from this picture, you need real English to practise every day. Not only in the classroom, but also outside the classroom and using this blog too. I will also tell you what to do in every task or activity to communicate and express yourself with better English each time. So, we need to talk about your improvements and learning needs regularly.

To begin with, let's have a look at this web page from the BBC. Through this section, you'll learn how to express your passions, using real English. Please, click on here to find the BBC Learning English section.

Welcome to this language blog

Hello, language bloggers!

This is me, Danny, your new language teacher and mentor for the entire course. Welcome to our blog! I’m truly pleased to help you to keep up with your English as longer as possible.

You’ll find plenty of real language situations for you to practise. Not only activities, but also useful English tips and comments all through the learning process.

Every now and then, I’ll be thinking and reflecting upon your language learning and my teaching practice, trying to put our ideas in common, so that we can become better autonomous learners of the English language.  I hope you enjoy all this never-ending learning process.

Yes, I know. Too difficult for you to understand. Let’s say this with simple words.

Thank you very much. More coming soon.