To start off my new placement, I really wanted to set up a social networking system for students in the school to use. Many of the students come from a deprived area, but all seem to have access to the internet. So where they may not bring writing utensils to class, they always bring their phone. They also are not usually allowed to take their exercise books home, so therefore don't usually have anything to study while at home either.

I thought adding a social networking aspect to the lessons might help them take more of an interest in French, be more inclined to complete homework since it would be a little different than usual and they might be online anyway, and they would have French at their fingertips in the event they did want to spend extra time with it.

My first self-imposed task was to create a screencast. I had first heard about screencasts while working at the IB. I had never made one myself, but was always intrigued by the idea. I have made a screencast about the pronoun 'y' in French. It is very simple, but in the future, I would like to add my own videos and other interactive media, once I have learned how. Here it is. Let me know what you think!