Today was another exciting linkup with the students from Taman Bukit Maluri Secondary School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Our technology was more stable, so we were all able to enter the room within a reasonable time frame. Skype was used as the back channel.
Here is the recording link to the third session in elluminate.
Zainuddin, the [...]
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Malaysian Connections no.3
April 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Asian connections, connections, skype, videoconferencing
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International Friendship Day
April 26th, 2010 · No Comments · skype, videoconferencing
Friday, April 16th, was International Friendship Day in Singapore.
“International Friendship Day is a day dedicated to the understanding of Singapore’s relations with neighbouring countries and beyond. It aims to sensitise our children towards the geo-political realities inherent in Singapore, as well as nurture in our students the spirit of friendship and collaboration among different people.”
The [...]
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On Russian TV! – such an exciting day for a small rural school
December 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Collaborative work, globalprojects, skype, student prompt
From Russia to Australia
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We had so many exciting activities today, that took us from one end of the earth to the other, and so much in between. Above are some of the photos of our linkup with Russia that brought us onto Russian TV. Read all about it at [...]
Look who I just talked to…
November 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments · skype
Tonight I was on the computer late, trying to get organized for my two days in Melbourne, when a foreign language popped up on my screen, from my skype window. However, the text was in English and my first name was used. I quickly realised that this must be my newly acquired friend from classroom20 who was [...]
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Show and tell – skype with vegemite!
June 13th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Collaborative work, connections, skype, videoconferencing
Today, we experienced an amazing session. It was Friday 13th, in the school library with a combined year 9/10 info class and the grade 3/4s (as it was too wet to play sport outside). Our principal had just left on a plane for the US, but we beat her there as we had an appointment [...]
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My Flat Classroom
April 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments · flatclassroom, globalprojects, reflections, skype
Lesson Plan for Tue 8th April, 2008
Topic: Oceana – Australia – our culture, country, school, town, farm
Length of lesson – 60 minutes
Class size: 110 students, several staff members!
(A New Brunswick student asking me a question via skype.)
Time of lesson: New Brunswick 8:45am, Australia 9:45pm
Teachers involved: Jeff Whipple, Chad Ball and other interested Canadian staff; and [...]
Who has the most entertainment gadgets
April 7th, 2008 · No Comments · flatclassroom, globalprojects, google docs, skype
Periods 3 and 3, my year 7 and 8 IT students filled in a simple online survey form re entertainment gadgets in their home. The teacher who had set it watched the results come in.
The extroadinary part of this statement is that my students are in SE Victoria in Australia and the teacher watching the [...]
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My virtual classroom
February 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized, classroom _impact, flatclassroom, skype, web 2.0
Today the students were going to have a guest teacher, Mr Jeff Whipple, outlining the nature of a wiki and explaining the nature of the 1001 flat tales global project. Grades 4 and 5 will work on the elementary wiki with China, Thailand, US, Canada etc whilst grade 6 will be involved in the middle [...]
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Blue tongue lizard, vegemite and cricket. What the…????
December 7th, 2007 · 6 Comments · skype, web 2.0
I was walking down the corridor, when I passed a year nine boy carrying a box with straw in. When I looked to see what he had, it was a blue tongued lizard. So, I suggested he see if he could be dismissed from his usual class for 10 mins or so, as we were [...]
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Skype is the limit with Korea
December 5th, 2007 · 3 Comments · skype, web 2.0
Today, we continued to enjoy sharing our cultures, languages and new found friendships with Korea. Two sessions were scheduled but as I had two primary classes, the Korean students talked to these students. We continue to learn more about each other.
Our students said pizza or roast meat was their favourite food cf Korea where kimchi [...]
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