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= Welcome to 9B8AS wiki space!=

We will use this space to practise writing, create links to other useful web sites for reading practice etc, and also for me to post material that you might miss if you don't come to class. We will continue to use the Young Learners Community class group for multimedia elements etc and this wiki will be linked from there and vice versa. If you missed the class on 17th January, for example, the video clip that introduced the theme of the North American Prairie can be found there, along with the questions that you were asked to answer.

You can also create pages of your own to start off an interesting topic for others to add to if you like. Click on the link 'How to start your own pages' to find out. This will also explain how to create links in the 'Navigation' bar so that others can find your pages. All contributions to the wiki will count positively towards your grades - remember to indicate your contributions by adding your name.

Finally, consider this declaration from the students of Auburn University in the US about their own wiki: "//Those who do not wish to edit, erase, enhance, beautify, dullify, nullify, derange, arrange or simply change the wiki space should then accept the fact that they will always be complacent and easily controlled.//" You can comment on this by clicking on the 'discussion' tab at the top of this page.

Second Life
You may remember me mentioning this in class. Those of you who are under 18 years of age are being given avatars on the British Council Teen Island. When you become 18, your avatar will then be transferred to the adult Second Life. You will hear more about this very soon; in the meantime, you can get an idea of what this will entail by visting this web site http://teen.secondlife.com/ N.B. **don't** join via this link as we are creating an account for you. You can also find out more from the Wikipedia page [|here].


 * Podcast exchange**

I am in contact with a school in Atlanta, Georgia in the US that would like to do a podcast exchange with us. This will involve recording short interviews with various members of the class and placing them on the internet. You might like to think about the kind of things you would like to talk about. In the meantime, take a look at the [|school podcast site here]. You might recognise one or two members of the class in the video podcast section :).