Translator

Hello! I´m María, the translator of this week, and I think that to understand very well this topic, we would have to know some terms:

- I think we need to know what exactly a MAP, because this word appears a lot of times in this work. A map is a graphic representation of a portion of the earth's surface. The map has metric properties, this means that they can take measurements of distances, angles, etc..

In order to know the world and supported by the philosophical theories, maps today are part of a key source of information for understanding the world.

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapa

- The second one is CARTOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS.

A cartographic projection is a graphic representation system which provides an appropriate relationship between the points on the curved surface of the Earth and a flat surface (map). These points are located on a network of meridians and parallels. 

Map projections are necessary for creating maps, but, however, all map projections distort the surface in some way. Depending on the purpose of the map, some distortions are acceptable and others are not, there are therefore different map projections.

We have studied the Robinson projection, the Mercator projection and the Azimuthal projection, and we have seen how there are a lot of opinions about what is the best to represent the reality. For this reason, we know that there isn´t a perfect cartographic projection without failure.

http://icaci.org/files/documents/ICC_proceedings/ICC2001/icc2001/file/f24014.pdf

-The third is DISTORTION. This word appears a lot of times in this activity, so I think that it is important to know its meaning. Distortion is the deformation of the original state of something, in this case of the maps. 

Accurate criteria for evaluation of cartographic projections are based on numerical values of local distortion in the variety of individual points in a map.

Distortion refers to lengths, areas and angles, and its value is changing point by point continuously.

-One of the most important terms in this work is TREASURE HUNTS. Treasure hunt is an activity engaged in students learning of English. This isn´t a really complex task, they have to find the answers to some questions which are given in the content of a set of links selected previously by the teacher.

A treasure hunt includes some elements: the first one is a short introduction to explain the topic. Second, it includes a set of questions that students have to respond. The third one, there is a reflexion about all information obtained. Then, treasure hunts gather some links of the websites where answers will be. And finally, it has an evaluation of the completed task.

Treasure hunt is a flexible work model because it is not necessary that all these elements appear on it.

http://www.isabelperez.com/webquest/taller/treasure.htm

- In this activity we also have worked with MEDIA. The communication channels through which news, entertainment, education, information or promotional messages are disseminated. Media includes all broadcasting and narrowcasting medium such as newspapers, magazines, television, radio, billboards, direct mail, telephone, fax, and Internet. Media is the plural of medium and can take a singular or plural verb depending on the intended meaning.