Monday, October 29, 2007

In our class Webquest

1.What is a blog?
A blog is a short word for weblog, it is a personal online journal. Where you can write about your hobbies, thougts,etc

*Who writes blogs in our class?
In our class our teacher Rosa, Svetlana, Summer, Eva, Winnie, Jessica, Cindy, Tony, Lisa, Jin, Claire, Zhi, Fawzia, Ana and me all write blogs.

2.What is a podcast?
A podcast is a digital media file. That is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers.

A podcast is an audio file which is published on the internet and people can download it or subscribe to it. This means it goes to your computer automatically and then you can hear it on the pc or put it into your ipod. 1.What is a blog? Writing, reading, listening, speaking (podomatic, Let’s Talk,

*What is Patricia's surname? Example of how to practise listening
Murdoch .

*What does Patricia say is a good idea for ESL students?
ESOL student could borrow stuff before buy it.

*How many times was Andrew's house checked in Thailand before he could adopt?
Three times.

*Who records the radio programs in Let's Talk? Example of how to practise speaking on the net
The students do it, that students interview each other.

*What is the latest radio program about in Let's Talk?
They are talking about Playgroup Arcoiris.

*What other titles can you see?
Classmates, Ceramics, Envirorment, Playgroups, Transport, Food for eg..

*Who interviews people for Sydney's People Podcast? listening
Teacher Rosa.

*What topics are there?
Travel, Student, Pathways, Dance, Teacher, Course for eg..

3.What is a wiki? Writing and communicating with other people
Wiki is a website of explanations made by groups of people.We can discuss different topics.

*How many colleges are involved in our class wiki?
Two, Kogarah and Liverpool.

* What can we do in the wiki?
We can made explanations and discuss of diferents topics.

4.What is a forum? Communicating by writing
A public facility to meet for open discussion.

*How many topics have we discussed in our forum?
Three topics.

*How many people have participated in our forum?
Some people of our class and some people of Marion class.

5.What is Voicethread? Speaking and writing and photos
Voicetheread is programm where you can do a slideshow of your photos with the recording your comments.

*What can you do with it?
A slideshow of your photos with the recording your comments.

*Where is the koala in a Sydney building? Information about places and writing
There is stons koala on facade on the British Medical Association (BMA) House, 135-137 Macquarie St, Sydney.

*What is the name of the student who found the koala?
A student from Marion’s class

*Who has said this: Be careful when you see them (kookaburras), They're not scared of anything? Rosa

6. What is Walk, Run, Swim? Local information, health information
It is a Kogarah Council brochure with information about an event to make people aware of the health benefits of exercising.

7. What is the meaning of damper, Adam's Ale, fag & fair go? Learning new words
'fag & fair go' is aussie slang. Fag means a cigarette. A fair go is a statement you make when someone is not letting you do or say something.8. What topics cause disagreement between couples? Time4english Listening, reading, news, health,
Discuss, debate for eg..

* What deadly disease is related to arguments between couples?

9.What is 348 metres high, 3.6 kilometres long and 1.9 kilometres wide? Searching information about Australia or anything
Uluru.

10.Complete these sentences with the right article: Learning grammarThe cars use a lot of petrol. (General) A people next door are very friendly. (Specific - people next door)

11.The monitor of the computer should be. Learning about technology and good posture ergonomics, etca. at elbow level b. at eyes level c. clean

12.What is the name of this in a computer screen? Technology
Mouse Cursor in form of arrow.