Tell me about your country

Today's activity was a kind of integrated skills activity - you can see it here. Students selected a country they were interested in and researched it on the internet, with the aim of telling everyone else about it later. We got some really good conversation out of this, both around the computer and during the subsequent interactions, when students were comparing 'their' countries. Just for the record, the countries chosen were:

• Thailand
• Japan
• Australia
• Brazil

Later, students posted a message about their country to the whole group, though these varied in sophistication. Some students were content to provide a hyperlink - I hope that the look of complete horror on my face conveyed the complete inadequacy of this response. I've asked students to respond to the postings as well, but we'll see if anyone is keen enough to follow this up...