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//**Example**// Children using VoiceThread as a **//Picture Interpretation/ What am I?//**task as a part of their classroom Inquiry. Original source for this VoiceThread : http://voicethread.com/?#q+inquiry.b1192179 media type="custom" key="9689382"

//**Your turn!**// Scenario: Our class are about to launch into a Literacy Inquiry - //**'A Play on Words'.**// Your task is to look closely at the picture and identify as many popular bands as you can that are represented in the picture.

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Using multimedia to engage students. By embedding YouTube into your wiki/blog, students have the opportunity to look at the clip whenever they like, share with their parents/whanau and have control over reviewing pieces of the clip that interest them. Here is an example of a teacher embedding a YouTube clip that attempts to 'hook' the students into the Inquiry:

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//** Your Turn! **// Take a look at this video clip then contribute to our PMI discussions below: media type="youtube" key="fGaVFRzTTP4?version=3" height="480" width="640"include component="comments" page="Immersion" limit="10"

WORDLE This is another great tool that can be used for brainstorming. The more often a word comes up in the brainstorm, the larger it appears. @http://www.wordle.net or try @http://www.tagxedo.com/ another way of doing Word Clouds with more control over shapes

Free Online Media Galleries Free Online Kids Clipart

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