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

5. 1 blag a blog

10. The last 100 visitors to the Spanish blog

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

17. Pupil-made videos - high level of motivation - Provides for easy review of work which might otherwise be lost Blogging

22. 2 Google Reader

24. Google Reader - Uses RSS feeds to update you when your favourite blogs have changed Blogging

26. 3 Moblogging (across the universe)

27. Moblogging What is moblogging? Mo bile blogging - the ability to update a blog from a distance e.g. on a visit / exchange Seize the moment

28. www.shozu.com - Send media straight to blog from phones Moblogging

29. Uses: Record reports after incidents Allow pupils to create video diaries without your supervision Document REAL conversations Moblogging

30. Allows you and pupils to leave voice messages on the blog Uses: - more detailed update messages - maintain interest amongst those left behind - genuine motivation for oral activities Moblogging

31. Flip Ultra video cameras Video-documentaries Plug into any USB and upload to blog / www.blip.tv - no converters needed Moblogging

32. 4 podcasting

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

34. Podcasting How have I used them? - Grammar series - role-play raps - pupil recordings - pupil grammar explanations

35. 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 Role-play raps Created to strenghten knowledge of key role-play scenarios - each set to a different musical style to aid recognition

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

40. Easy way to change volume levels Highlight sections then delete Podcasting

41. To finish the podcast, export as MP3… Podcasting

44. 5 Add your podcast to i-tunes

47. www.podomatic.com www.jellycast.com Podcasting We need to find the RSS feed

48. In iTunes (free!!), go to the podcast section Podcasting

50. Podcasting Paste in your feed from jellycast or podomatic

51. Podcasting

52. Podcasting

53. 6 Voki

55. Customize your character- allows more timid pupils to hide- but still thrive Blogging

56. Produces an animated character with your voice. Easy to embed in a blog Blogging

57. 7 Using mobiles in the classroom

60. Lasting motivation is about students feeling a genuine emotional investment in the activities they undertake. This will come about through a learning process that centres around rich, real experience with relevance in the wider world. Connected magazine, Learning and teaching Scotland Using mobile phones

63. Issue: how to get the recordings back to the teacher Options- 1) bluetooth them to a computer 2) bluetooth them to teacher’s phone 3) other options? Using mobile phones

64. 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

65. 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

68. For more info… www.chrisfuller.typepad.com (where this presentation will be available to download) [email_address]