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=Blogs and wikis.=

I recently met up with Mel from Bendigo North who has a fantastic class blog. At the moment I have a class wiki and hadn't really considered a blog however there is a lot more scope in the blogosphere which I have only just discovered. I will be learning how to set one up in a couple of weeks when Mel delivers some PD on it. I am keen to develop a class blog and get the children learning how to write comments, add slide shows and make links to web 2.0 tools. There is so much out there!

So here is the link to my wikipage. Let me know what you think.

http://comethill.wikispaces.com/

I have also set up a class blog. This is proving to be very rewarding and gives the children a world wide audience and a purpose for their creativity. We are currently writing posts for the Edublog challenge and we have had 4 mentions! How exciting is that. Check out our blog on the link below. We love to read any comments.

[|Ms Woodwards Class Blog]

=VOKI=

I came across VOKI at the beginning of the year. It is a great web 2.0 tool that your children can use to create their own avatar. The great thing about VOKI is that you can type in text or record a voice thread. There is also an option to change the voices to different accents which also is fun exploring. Once you are happy with your avatar you can save the code and embed it into your wiki, blog or Ultranet page. Give it a go! Click on the link below. It really is fun especially exploring the accents.

Here is a Voki I created earliermedia type="custom" key="6669321" width="150" height="150"

I find these slides very useful. There are a wide range of slides that focus on different topics.