The International Lunch Box Project

Here is an introduction to the Lunch Box Project that I started a little while ago. It has taken a little while to get going, but we are up and away now! There are three classes involved in this project so far – one from Australia, China and Turkey. Here is the introduction PowerPoint that I uploaded to AuthorStream so that I could embed it here in my blog.


Uploaded on authorSTREAM by jessmcculloch

 

 

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My Other Me

Second Life is a virtual world. You download the software to your lap top and then you can enter this world. When you do, your avatar represents you. An avatar is a digital representation of yourself. When you select this avatar you have to give it a name. I named my avatar Mazarine Rhode. I have just spent an hour or so changing Mazarine’s look from this:

to this:

You can change all sorts of details of your avatar – the size and shape of any body part, how far or narrow set the eyes are, skin colour, freckles, height, weight etc. I must prefer Mazarine’s new look! I hadn’t spent much time playing around with appearance until now. Now I’m ready to party!

A few weeks ago I went into Second Life with a few other teachers from the OZ/NZ Educators network. It was a session for newbies like me. We spent the time on the island of Jokaydia. I took a quick video so you can see a very little bit of what Second Life looks like – in an art gallery! I recorded this with SMART Recorder and the quality isn’t great, but it will give you a bit of an idea if you are interested!

I am hoping to spend some more time in SL and start thinking about using virtual worlds for language learning. I’m a member of the Second Classroom Ning, a social network for educators interested in students using virtual worlds. I’ll keep you updated…

Audio Wordfind and Translation on the SMARTBoard

Here are a couple of short videos of how I’ve been using audio clips on the SMART Board lately. I’ll get back to my Weekly Whiteboard Workouts when I can.

For these activities I recorded words in Audacity and saved them as mp3s. I then simply added them to the gallery on the Notebook software.

If you are interested in SMART boards, you might like to join the SMARTBoard Revolution ning network.


Find more videos like this on SMART Board Revolution


Find more videos like this on SMART Board Revolution