Using Blogging and Wikis in MFL Learning

1. Making Use of Blogging and Wikis in the MFL Classroom Alex Blagona Language College Coordinator Northgate High School, Ipswich 25th February 2008 www.northgatemfl.co.uk

5. Can we keep up with the kids?

15. “ Es war ziemlich gut, aber die Musik war sehr langweilig. Bob, Sam und Alpal war lustig, und ich habe Pizza gegessen.” Callum “ Funky music!!! It was well good. Well done to all the people who did it!!! Oh and I loved Sam, Alex and Robert’s laugh! “Hahaha, Oh Alex!” However some people could have tried to do it in a clear German accent.” Sophie “ Mr Cobbold's class thinks - very good! Jack B. liked the music, Billy said it was funny - but the challenge is now set - can 9BGn1 do better? We will see…” Anonymous It was very good because everyone took it seriously. The music was really good, but some of the other people could have tried to do it in a German accent! Alex It was very good and I liked the accents everyone was doing - it made it sound really German. I didn’t like the music and I don't think that it went with the kind of thing that we were talking about so that could be changed and I liked it how everyone was talking really clearly and greeting them and saying goodbye. It was really good and I really want to do another one soon!! Louise

21. Making your blog funky!

22. Make your blog more interactive!

23. Make your blog more interactive!

25. Using a wiki to get your students working together A ‘wiki’ is a simple to use website that allows users to create their own entries, which can then be edited and changed by other users. In MFL we can use ‘wikis’ to get students to create, share, correct and discuss their work with each other in a secure and personalised environment.

28. Useful examples of MFL wikis edgehill-spanish.wikispaces.com northgatemfl.wikispaces.com irsdeutsch.wikispaces.com langwitch.wikispaces.com

34. New, corrected text in green, deleted text in red.

36. northgatemfl.wikispaces.com