Connection #9 in the AroundTheWorldwith80schools project using skype was with Grade 5 students on March, 18th 2009. We skyped with Tokyo International School at 10:00am here in Bangkok, and in Tokyo it is two hours ahead so it was 12:00pm there. We were surprised how many nationalities there were in their class. 6 Japanese, 1 [...]
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(cross-posted at TeachingSagittarian) We’re involved in Silvia Tolisano’s short, simple yet so powerful Skype project AroundTheWorldwith80Schools. In just two short weeks we have connected with seven different classrooms in four parts of the world. And we’re not stopping there! By the end of our school year, I hope to share with you that we managed [...]
Yesterday morning our skype rang at 8.00am sharp! It was Jacksonville, Florida calling – well the Tech Club from San Jose Episcopal Parish Day School in Jacksonville, Florida to be precise. We learnt that it was Sunday night for them – wow, they were at school on a SUNDAY just to connect with us! This [...]
On Friday morning we made our first connection via Skype (free video conferencing) with a small school in Regina, Canada thanks to Ms Silvia Tolisano‘s fabulous Skype Project: AroundTheWorldWith80Schools We got off to a not so great start with Ms H completely mucking up the timezones (which she is renown for doing) and having students [...]
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