Melinda

Melinda is a 21 year old university student, major in Physical Education teaching. She lives in inner west Sydney.

Melinda likes to travel. Melinda just traveled to India and Vietnam. She went to India with her mum and she actually hated the place, because she could not get close to the local people. She likes Vietnam very much. She thinks it's beautiful and the motorcycle trip was interesting. She thought Vietnam is changing very fast, which includes the road system and people's life style.

Now Melinda is working as a climb leader for the Harbor Bridge in Sydney. She has a good understanding of the bridge's history.

She likes her job very much. She is a very out-going young woman.Melinda is a very warm hearted and happy young woman and enjoying her life very much.

Webquest

1.What is a blog?
A blog (short for weblog) is a personal online journal that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption.
Who writes blogs in our class?
Marta,Svetlana,Summer,Eva,Winnie,Jessica,Cindy,Tony,Lisa,Jin,Fawzia,Claire,Zhi,Fadwa and our teacher, Rosa
2.*What is a podcast?
A podcast is a digital media file, or a series of such files, that is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers.
*What is Patricia's surname?
Patricia's surname is Murdoch.
*What does Patricia say is a good idea for ESL students?
ESL student could borrow stuff before buying it.
*How many times was Andrew's house checked in Thailand before he could adopt? 3 times.
*Who records the radio programs in Let's Talk?-----The students----
*What is the latest radio program about in Let's Talk?
----They are talking about night dreams.-
*What other titles can you see?
----Students intervies each other( envirerment.transport, food)
3.What is a wiki? How many colleges are involved in our class wiki? What can we do in the wiki?
Wiki is a websate of explanations made by groups of people.
Two colleges are involved in our class wiki.
We can discuss different topics.
4.What is a forum? How many topics have we discussed in our forum? How many people have participated in our forum?
Forum is learn about online forums, discussion areas and bulletin boards. Three topics in our forum.Some people of our class and some people of Marion class participated in our forum.
5.What is Voicethread? What can you do with it? Where is the koala in a Sydney building? What is the name of the student who found the koala? Who has said this: Be careful when you see them (kookaburras), They're not scared of anything?
Voicethread is a place to capture voices.
We can create a VoiceThread and collect the stories behind our pictures;Turn yearbooks ,scrapbooks,or photo-albums into VoiceThreads;Capture the voices of an entire group,on a sigle page;Put our VoiceThread on any blog or web site.
The Koala is in 135-137 Macquarie Street.
Marion's student WeiYun found the koala.
Rosa said: Be careful when you see them, they're not scared of anything.
6.What is Walk, Run, Swim?
The purpose of the event is to get money to buy medical equipment.
7.What is the meaning of damper, Adam's Ale, fag & fair go?
Damper: A movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace.
Adam's Ale: Meaning is water. Origin, Jokey reference to the only drink available to Adam - the first man, in the biblical and Koranic traditions. It alludes to the simplicity and purity of life in the biblical Eden before the fall. This is in contrast to the association of strong drink with evil and the devil. 'The demon drink' was a metaphor frequently used by supporters of the Temperance Movement.
Fag: A cigarette. Not a homosexual man.
Fair go: To give some one an equal opportunity or equitable treatment.
8.What topics cause disagreement between couples? What deadly disease is related to arguments between couples?
I think about teach the childrend will cause disagreement between couples. Neuropathy is related to arguments between couples.
9.What is 348 metres high, 3.6 kilometres long and 1.9 kilometres wide?
------Uluru---------
10.Complete these sentences with the right article: Learning grammar
cars use a lot of petrol. (General)
The Neighbor people next door are very friendly. (Specific - people next door)
11.The monitor of the computer should be The monitor should be .
b. at eye level
12.What is the name of this in a computer screen?
Technology

Bundeena

Bundeena is a small town in Sydney. It's opposite the suburbs of Cronulla and Burraneer. You can drive the car or go to Cronulla by ferry go there. Ferry trips vary from 20mins to 30mins depending on the weather.

Bundeena is surrounded by the Royal National Park. There are many flora and fauna. When you walking there, you can see many wild birds and flowers, they are fantastic.

Bundeena is an Aboriginal word meaning 'noise like thunder'. At Jibbon Head, You can see some drawing on the rock. These engravings were carved by the Dharawal people, who lived in the Bundeena area up to 5000 years ago. Just look carefully to see, you can discover many animal's picutre on the rock, fish, kangaroo, birds.......

Bundeena is a beautiful place. Many people go there for their holidays. There you can go swimming, fishing or relax in the sunshine or camp. Many artists enjoy living there painting pictures, because Bundeena's scenery is spectacular.

Canberra Floriade 2007

Floriade is the annual flower show in Canberra. We were going there for the October long weekend. There're many kinds of flowers, tulips, tyacinths, violets....... They're very beautiful. So I took many photos of them and share with everybody, do you enjoy them? ^_^

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