1. It’s a blogger’s life - A year in the life of a Web 2.0 beginner

4. “ If school is to be a truly rewarding experience for today’s students, it must be relevant to them.” Connected magazine, Learning and teaching Scotland

7. Blogging

12. The last 100 visitors to the Spanish blog

13. International dimension for languages?! - Also ideal for projects e.g. eTwinning / Comenius / www.edgehilleuro08.typepad.com Blogging

19. That’s the theory- how have I actually used the school blog? Blogging

20. Listening Blogging

22. Music video - great cultural input - an interesting homework to find body parts/ weather types / places in town - Year 8 pupils were mostly humming the song round school for next few days Blogging

23. Reading Blogging

27. Podcasting

28. Podcasting What is a podcast? - effectively an audio file which is then put onto the Internet

33. Podcasting Grammar series created to help reinforce grammar learning OUTSIDE of the classroom - responding to a request by a pupil - FANTASTIC for audio learners

36. Podcasting Pupil recordings - selected recordings again put onto iTunes (EdgehillCast / year 10 work) - huge motivator- notable impact on quality - great revision tool - pupils listen to their recordings repeatedly whilst editing

37. Podcasting Pupil grammar explanations - benefit of explaining to others - need for script - peer assessment on podcasts - minimal teacher input, maximum output - pupils then have an immediate revision tool

38. Podcasting How to record a podcast... 1) Recording material

43. Using mobile phones

48. For example, directions: - in pairs, pupils decide which room they will give directions to - write script - walk around the building and record the directions - swap phones / bluetooth to each other and follow the instructions - find out whether they followed instructions appropriately FOR EXAMPLE Using mobile phones

49. House and home - pupils build up to estate-agent style description of their house - free choice of recording manners - mobile phone - voice recording - video on camera Using mobile phones

50. Using mobile phones Moblogging - the ability to update a blog from distance e.g. During a trip - no need to wait a week to get back to the classroom www.shozu.com – allows you to send materials to the blog from mobiles www.gabcast.com – an answerphone with a national number, avoiding expensive phone calls.