Web+2.0

 Web 2.0 refers to read/write web technologies such as wikis, bloggs and podcasts which allow us to easily put content onto the web. For an explanation of some of the web 2.0 terms go here. Send your stories to nigel.crawford@creatingdigitalmemories.co.nz

On-line video in Social Studies Sharing websites Wikispaces to share your work Podcasts in French Podcasts in Spanish Youtube clip for Year 12 Biology

**On-line video in Social Studies** Year 9 Systems of Government. Rose Waerea from Bream Bay College discovered that video footage from NZ Parliament is streamed live from http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/Visiting/LiveBroadcast/ and gave useful material for this unit of work. Unfortunately the timing of debates was never useful for this class so exploring the links inviting you to 'see and hear parliament work' eventually led to this TV One site http://tvnz.co.nz/view/video_index_skin/video_index_group where TV One has archived film of question time. We were able to watch this direct from the laptop but also recorded onto video tape to make it easier to use. return to top of page

**Sharing websites** With a del.icio.us account you can quickly create an on-line list of your favourite websites. You do not need to try and organise your favourites but simply tag them with as many different tags as you want. You can then find your favourites simply by searching using tags. More importantly you can search through everyone elses favourites and see their lists. By chosing your tags carefully you can easily share your favourite sites. Those people in our cluster doing ICT related university papers have tagged useful websites edic751 or edic758 (the codes for the papers). Now anyone with a del.icio.us account can search for edic751 and find everybody elses useful websites. Maths teachers have agreed to tag with wghclm (for Whangarei Cluster Maths), Arts teachers with wgharts, Social Studies with wghsocstud, Technology with wghtech and English with wgheng. Use this link to register with del.icio.us. Install the toolbar links (you may not be able to on school systems). Your user name will be visible to others but not your email address. return to top of page

**Wikispaces to share your work** Heather Greaves teaches year 6,7 & 8 students at Oturu School I decided to use a wiki this term because I wanted my students (Yr 6, 7 and 8) to use an online community so that they could document their learning, get access to it from home and show their families what they are doing and learn to critique each other’s work. It is a safe community because you have to accept members to the community and can give them the rights of reading, editing etc. I used wikispaces (www.wikispaces.com) because it is offering free use with no ads for teachers. At this stage it is a teacher-led activity where I am setting the work (mainly based on an English unit on survivors) and organising the time to use the space during the school day. I have also only got one group using it at the moment so that they can become the experts to teach the others. They are really keen and have added extra things like photos that I had not explored. So far they have not used the space from home and need to be prompted to use the discussion. I also had to make a comment about the language they used in the discussion area (have a look at the first comments in the home page discussion). I have added other school wikispaces on a page so that they can look at the things that other schools and students have put on their space. This has already prompted them to think of new ideas for our wiki and to add a page for their Community Problem Solving group which has brought in other students to participate. I would like the wiki to move towards being a space where they can celebrate their learning by opening up new pages for themselves and considering how they can communicate new learning and how they can get more involved in the sharing and commenting – with other students in the class (which is our restriction at the moment) to invited members who can make comments on their work. View the class wiki at http://ngawhetu.wikispaces.com return to top of page

**Podcasts in French** Moira Green teaches French at Whangarei Girls' High school and has begun to use podcasts to give students real language to listen to, not just their teacher. This site at http://www.learnfrenchbypodcast.com/ contains lessons which consist of a conversation followed by explanations of grammar points and repetition of useful phrases. These can easily be downloaded as MP3 files for use at any time. Students could also access the whole site from home or in school computer rooms. The sound files are all free downloads but the accompanying worksheets must be subscribed to. Ultimately, Moira would like to have her students do their own podcasts to give them authentic activities to develop their language skills return to top of page . **Podcasts in Spanish** Huw Turner teaches Spanish to year 10 students at Kamo High School. He uses the Coffee Break Spanish podcast both as an in-class resource and for students to access from home. This is a new addition to his language class but he has already been encouraged by the number of students accessing the podcast from home. Click on the image below to visit the 'Coffee Break' series - not just Spanish return to top of page

 Rachel Harrison found this clip which has great potential for anyone teaching cellular respiration. View it on YouTube or download the video file to keep on your computer.[|celularrespirtion.mov] media type="custom" key="631441"
 * [[image:boys.jpg align="left"]]Youtube in Year 12 Biology**