Christmas at Tels

Eccoci qua, questi siamo noi… O meglio, una piccola rappresentanza della grande squadra che fa vivere I Viaggi e Il Mondo di Tels ogni giorno.
Eccoci qua con auguri un po’ stravaganti, un po’ creativi, un po’ insoliti, sicuramente ricchi di affetto e ironia, come noi e la nostra idea di viaggio.
Dunque, dalla cucina di casa Tels, auguri speciali a tutti voi che date sapore e freschezza ai nostri piatti e un augurio ancora più speciale da un personaggio che nel 2012 farà molto parlare di sé.
Buon Natale di cuore. Merry Christmas.
I Viaggi e Il Mondo di Tels

From Mr Tels:
Cari Amici,
quest’anno ho deciso di farvi gli auguri di persona; tutto lo staff Tels è molto preso per la fine dell’anno e i festeggiamenti natalizi, così approfitto della loro distrazione per scrivere di persona i miei specialissimi e insoliti auguri di buon Natale e di un grandioso 2012!
Avete sentito di quei matti che dicono che finirà il mondo il prossimo anno? Matti un po’ come noi che crediamo che il 2012… [continua a leggere in italiano] [Read the English version]

Who is Mr Tels? – John Peter Sloan

Here’s our Xmas gift for you all: straight from Zelig, the hilarious John Peter Sloan!

Forget about Santa Claus, this year you’re getting something from the Men in Black… have you been good?

Make sure you don’t miss this video of our new series of interviews Who is Mr Tels?, where Jack and Simon try to find him with the help of well-known or completely unknown people!

Give me more!

Click this link to download Who is Mr Tels – John Peter Sloan – listening comprehension, and use it to test your level of English!

Are you a teacher? Please comment to ask for the listening comprehension keys!

Who is Mr Tels? – John Lasseter + Listening Comprehension

We shook John Lasseter’s hand! (and asked him some questions, since we were there anyway).

Wait a minute!

Oh yes, it’s not a mystery anymore that our ex-students Simon and Jack pushed their own way through the crowd at Pixar’s Press Conference in Milan to interview John Lasseter, Director and Producer of many Pixar films, and Chief Creative Officer of Pixar Animation Studios.

Here they are! Our Men in Black carrying out their mission. [click for full view]

Make sure you don’t miss the first video of their new series of interviews Who is Mr Tels?, where they try to find him with the help of well-known or completely unknown people!

Give me more!

Click this link to download Who is Mr Tels – John Lasseter – listening comprehension, and use it to test your level of English!

Are you a teacher? Please comment to ask for the listening comprehension keys!

Who are the two mysterious Men in Black spotted near Pavia?

We found a mysterious picture this morning. Seems that someone is sniffing around to find out more about our friend Mr Tels. Who is that person looking for him? Why is he holding a card with that logo?

We don’t know anything about him, the only thing we can tell is that he’s not alone. Which leads us to the first rule.

Rule #1: A Man in Black is never alone.

And what about that strange background?

We sent our whistleblowers to the area where we found the first picture; they confirmed that the Man in Black is not alone. They are sure there is a second collaborator, and they are leaving a trail of breadcrumbs behind them. They may want us to chase them to the place where they’re hiding something big.

Rule #2: Follow the breadcrumbs to find the big thing.

We are close to our target. In a couple of days we are pretty sure we’ll discover more.

Where are they hiding? What are they hiding? Why do they know Mr Tels and what do they know more about him that we don’t?

Rule #3: Trust a Man in Black: he always has something interesting to show you.

John Lasseter, art director of Pixar Animation Studios. Livestream tonight @21.00

John Lasseter, art director of Pixar, director of movies such as Toy Story, Cars and Cars 2, will speak at “Meet the Media Guru” tonight.

Il Mondo di TELS/The World of TELS has something VERY special in store for you.

We know you can’t wait to know what it is! Meanwhile, make sure you don’t miss John Lasseter speaking tonight.

Follow the Livestream here. Get inspired.

Happy Birthday WEB – Tim Berners-Lee speech Live @10.00am on 14-11-2011

Il Mondo di TELS/The World of TELS is proud to host on its blog the Live Stream of Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s speech, on air at 10.00am today.

Tim Berners-Lee is well known as he created -between 1989 and 1991- the World Wide Web, the Internet service we use everyday to work, get informed, buy stuff, keep in touch with friends, play games, watch videos and shows, communicate with the world.

Don’t miss it! Watch the Live Stream, online from 10.00am on our blog.
If the video doesn’t play, you can watch it on the official site: www.happybirthdayweb.it

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Photographic History Hunt – The Winning Team

A storm welcomed our students at the Count Me In Party last Saturday.

Most of you chose to stay indoor, nibbling, chatting and meeting Tels friends, welcomed by the comfortable warmth of the lounge bar Loft 10, in Piazza Cavagneria, Pavia.

Who could blame you! It was a pleasure to see you and your cheerful participation with the people you befriended this summer.

It has to be said, though, that a couple of diehards have been brave enough to face the challenge we launched: umbrellas taken up, they jumped into puddles and shot the 4 pictures required to win our Photographic History Hunt.

Well done Giorgia and Camilla, led by Giulia, of the “Fashion Stalkers” team!

You won the prize we raffled off, a special t-shirt designed by the Creatives of threadless.com

Below the winning pictures:

Marble placque commemorating the entry of the Longobards into Pavia (Corso Garibaldi)

Mr Francesco Petrarca

Mr Alessandro Volta

The space where a bronze dog used to be (Piazza del Duomo)

London Flashmobs – The Videos!

Back-to-school sadness today?!
Cheer up with the videos of the 2 Flashmobs we did in London!

Well done everyone!

London Fashion Freezemob

The London Fashion Freezemob was performed by Winchester Classic and York students in Trafalgar Square, London, at 11.00 am, 1st August 2011.

The aim was to cheer up Trafalgar Square, freezing in various motion poses or acting like models on a catwalk. Everyone tried to be original and creative, choosing different poses and frozen movements to perform.

London Fashion Freezemob - Monday, 1st August 11am @ Trafalgar Square

Videomaking Workshop

Camera training on our 1st day of videomaking

1 week to learn how to use a videocamera and edit a video, to discover all the secrets behind special effects and film making.

Let's pretend to be BBC journalists for 1 week!

That’s what the students in York have been doing this past week under the supervision of John and Stephen, professional videomakers who helped them achieve a real knowledge of this “art” and all its fascinating techniques.

How do you decide what will go inside a video? You prepare a script.
How do you put together different shots to make one videoclip? By computer editing them.
How can you add new elements to your video (and these elements don’t even exit)? Try with a green screen and some other amazing special effetcs!

Here are some examples of what the students have learned and produced.

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More videos coming soon!!!