Toto steals the show in our musical The Wizard of Oz

Click on the arrow to hear what Toto the puppy has to say about her acting experience in our musical The Wizard of Oz. This was made using a free Web 2.0 programme called Blabberize.

Using Wallwisher - an online notice board!

I had a lot of fun trying out Wallwisher.com with my classes today. Wallwisher is an online notice board where everyone can contribute at the same time. First I started with the Grade 2s and asked them to write down what they remembered about their weather theme. Next I asked the Grade 6Bs to write some story starters. The Grade 3's recalled interesting things they have learnt about dinosaurs. After that I asked the Grade 6Gs to write down some of their memories of the world cup. Oooh, I love exploring with Web 2.0!

Here are the links to the walls:
Weather (Grade 2): http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/fiona-weather
Storystarters (Grade 6) http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/fiona-6Bstorystarter
Dinosaurs (Grade 3): http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/grade3ginosaurs
Refections of the Fifa Soccer World Cup (Grade 6): http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/fiona-6Gcountries

Skyping with Bob Greenberg from the USA

Today I had a Skype video chat with one of my PLN (Personal Learning Network) colleagues from the USA. His name is Bob Greenberg. He likes to interview teachers from around the workld for his ONE World: Ready. Set, Skype series. What he does is he takes snippets of what they say and makes an ONLINE VIDEO with these snippets. Here are the links to his Parts 1 - 3 videos:
Part 1 http://got.im/KAy
Part 2 http://got.im/nBy
Part 3 http://got.im/Nxz
He is currently busy Part 4. He wanted to ask me especially about the Soccer World Cup that was hosted in South Africa this year. What an amazing, happy and unforgettable time for us in South Africa that was. Internal problems faded into the background and we became 'one nation'. Our infrastructure was vastly improved - our roads, stations and airports especially. If you are wondering what Bob saw on the Skype screen...this is it!