How to use Windows Movie Maker to edit your video

This video gives you step by step instructions:

Video tasks

• Convert your audio files to MP3 format in Audacity
• Familiarise yourself with the video camera
• Familiarise yourself with the video editing program Movie Maker
• Record your interviews/presentations with the video camera or the MP3 recorder
• Decide what material you need to import into Movie Maker
• Discuss in your group how you are going to order and edit your material

Supplementary activities

If you are at a loose end while you're waiting for other members of your group to finish their tasks, work through the following activities:

• Read this article on Breaking News and then do the exercises below it
• Practise your spelling with this fun game
• Practise your pronunciation and improve your best score with karaoke party
  

Barack Obama's inauguration speech

What does he promise and pledge to do?
What do you think about his promises?

Deusto (nestor)

I have always lived in Deusto, which is a district of Bilbao. Deusto is well known for its university, for its tomatoes in the old times, for its bridge, and also because it's a big neighbourhood. Deusto has 52,000 habitants and include the neighbourhoods of San Ignazio, Arangoiti and Zorrozaurre.

Deusto was an independent town until it became a district of Bilbao in 1925. My family has always lived in Deusto since they had moved to Bilbao from Dima (a small town of Bizkaia) long time ago.

Deusto has got a lot of schools like "La Salle", "Salesianos", "Ibaigane"... And there is also our beloved British Council, where we learn a lot of English and spend very nice moments.

As I said before, Deusto it's very famous for its university, which is one of the most important Jesuit Universities and it has got a lot of prestigious in economic careers over the world.

This district of Bilbao is near the "Nervion", the river of the city. In the old days there was a little port near Deusto but the ships tied up in the other side, in the district of Indautxu.

Another famous building of my neighbour is the "Deusto's Bridge" (as we can see in the previous photo) which can be opened so that the ships could pass, because long time ago a lot of boats went to the "Casco Viejo" in order to sail and buy products. This bridge connects Deusto with Indautxu, but there are also more bridges wich connect both districts like the "Euskalduna Bridge" and the "Pasarela Pedro Arrupe", in front of the university.

In conclusion, I recommend everybody to visit Deusto so as to visit the university, walk over the "Deusto's Bridge" and have a walk around the neighbourhood in general.

Bilbao

I´m Naia, and I´m going to speak about my hometown. I'm seventeen, and I've lived here since I was born. In my opinion, Bilbao is the perfect town. It's not big, but it's neither small and the metro goes just everywhere, and everything is near by. The tram is also another transport you could use if you come here, and it's very fast, i mean, you don't have to be long time waiting to it if you want to go from one place to another.

The most popular place of this town, is the museum. Everyone who comes here, can't go without seen it. It's well known because of the dog that it's in the outside, which is done with flowers. And there are also shows from time to time, like concerts, flashes shows..

If you like party, good music, and relate with people, you can't miss Bilbao in august. For a week, you would live all day in celebration. Drinking, dancing, singing... They could not be the most popular parties from Spain, but in mi opinion, they are the best and I enjoyed them the most. It all started with the "chupinazo", and then you're gona spend a very good time.

I hope you enjoy it.

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This week's tasks

Check carefully through your hometown post make sure:

• that it's organised into clear paragraphs and that each paragraph presents one clear idea
• make sure there are no spelling or grammar mistakes

Then work through the following websites and think about what you've learned and liked about each:

• Planet green game make a note of your score when you finish
• A Norwegian game, Throw a shoe at Bush
• A crossword
• Mock election game
• Some documentaries on science and history
  

BILBAO. Where amazing things could happen

Bilbao is a city of the Basque Country, where I've lived since I was born.
In the old ages,Bilbao was an industrial city.However, now Bilbao is a touristic city and also it is involved in the third sector ofthe economy.

I lived in the centre of the city,in a neighbourhood called Indautxu.
I really like to live there because it's very near from the shops area and because I live very near from my friends.
Also I like it because in the morning it's a quiet area.However,at night it is one of the most popular meeting zone for the young people.
So if you come and you like going out,I recommend you to go to "Poza40" or to "Grafit".

Bilbao is one of the most tourist
city of Spain.It's famous for the several monuments that it has; some museums, Arriaga theatre, Euskalduna palace, the university of Deusto... This image is of one of the most popular buildings of Bilbao and also which is one of the most famous museums in the world, The Guggenheim.







If you come you will know a different and a very rich culture,as you do always you visit another country.

One of our customs why the peopple of other parts of Spain know us, are our traditional "PINTXOS". They are made by traditional ingredients ,like vegetables, meet, and the codfish,very popular in the Basque Country.

As I have said at the beggining of the article, in the old ages,Bilbao was an industrial city. There were a lot of factories and a lot of people who lived in the countryside came to Bilbao looking for a job in one of the multiple factories that were in the city.
Now, the times have changed. Nowadays we are having bad days in the economy, but Bilbao continue growing in all the senses. Today you will find a city implicated in the third service of the economy, you will be in a city dressed with a more brigth colour, more alive.

Definitely,if you come to Bilbao you will find a different world.
Maybe you will live moments that you never have experimented before, you will know a new culture of living of eating and in the relationships between people.You will be in a world where you will feel out of the real one, a smile will appear in your face everytime peolpe ask to you about your trip.

BILBAO

I have lived in Bilbao since I was born. My intention is to keep living here because I really like it and I am absolutely delighted about the people and the city. The people here is very friendly and particularly in the area where I live because I have know a lot of people for many years and I know them quite well, so it makes me feel comfortable.


There are a lot of tourist places in Bilbao and they are many types as museums, parks or just the Old Town. In my opinion, the greatest thing here in Bilbao is that it mixes modernism and old places and both of them are really beautiful. The Old things are obviously the Old Town or Begoña and the modernest things are the Guggenheim, Euskalduna, the Underground or the Tram. The modernest one are the communications: Underground, Tram, Bus and the airplane located in Loiu.


As everybody know, the gastronomy is one of the main things here and we have the bests restaurants in the world and one of them has been among the the best restaurants all over the world. You can also visit foreign places to stay.


It is also known for the several universities located here in Bilbao (Deusto or San Mames) and I think that it is one of the reasons which make us stay here when we study a grade.





In conclusion, Bilbao is a good place to live and for everybody who is thinking about coming here I would recommend to spend a lot of time and if you have enough time you could see a football match or a match of "Pelota".

Bilbao

As we are talking about hometowns, I'll tell you about the city where I was born.

I was born in Bilbao, in a hospital which is found in Deusto, but I've lived in Basauri since I was a child. This village is 8 minutes far from Bilbao by car. But I'm going to talk you about Bilbao, because I stay most of my time here.

Bilbao is in the Basque Country, it's a very attractive city so I'm sure you'll enjoy my article, and you'll want to come!

In Bilbao you can visit a lot of places like

the Guggenheim, which is well-known.

The Guggenheim was made by Frank Ghery, an american man.

However, there are other many places to visit, like the museum "Bellas Artes", the seven streets, the "Euskalduna" and the "Arriaga" theatre.

"Bellas Artes" actually is one of the best museums of paint and sculture of Spain.

Also, many students come to Bilbao because here we can find a good university which is called Deusto. It was founded in 1886 by the jesuits.

Bilbao is a tourist place because its traditional gastronomy. For example: "Bacalao al pil-pil", "Marmitako"...In all Bilbao's restaurants you can eat well without spending too much money.

Bilbao's fiestas are in summer, august. Although I'm out during those days my friends have shown me some photos where I can appreciate that they have good time.