LINKS

Useful Links macrons: Copy and paste the macrons below when and where you need to use them on this wiki (you cannot type them here) Otherwise you can type the following code on Word or Powerpoint using alt + number: Ā (alt+256) ā (alt+257) Ē (alt+ 274) ē (alt+275) Ī (alt+298) ī (alt+299) Ō (alt+332) ō (alt+333) Ū (alt+362) ū (alt+363) The glottal stop is another story! Free software you can use with your students!

**Audacity (sound editor)**
Download Audacity here record your voice, your students' voice, music and sounds of the street, and create a compilation of sound file ready for your class. Create fabulous podcasts with your class and why not radio programmes for Sā moan! Once Audacity is installed, you also need to add a little file called [|lame_enc.dll] in the Audacity folder. You will need to locate it the first time you create an Mp3. You won't need to do that afterwards. Watch this screencast [] to review how to use Audacity.

**Class blogs (online journals)**
Your students are off on a field trip, get them to share photos, sound and writing on their class blog. remember to keep them secure for safety (password for access), exchange with other schools, get students to peer review each other's blogs, create electronic portfolios.Free blogs: [|www.blogspot.com] and Wordpress.org other links to use with blogs here

**Class/Group Wikis**
Get your students to work on a project together and upload various media (sound, pictures, powerpoints etc...). Peer-review is also very important to do! Examples here http://smithclass.wikispaces.com/

**Creative Commons**
Find pictures free of use here []

**Wallwisher (web-based brainstorm wall)**
You can get your students to select websites, pictures and sound in relation to a topic for the preparation of a project for e.g. as abrainstorm. Here is one wall about Samoan culture links [] where you will need to add one link you know.