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Skype in the Classroom
The document discusses various collaborative educational activities using Skype, including Mystery Skype sessions connecting classrooms from different countries. It outlines the necessary tools, such as internet access and webcams, and provides examples of interactions between students in diverse cultural contexts. Additionally, it highlights challenges and offers tips for successful virtual collaborations in education.
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- 10. Sea turtle researchand conservation at Gnaraloo, Western Australia
- 11. What do youneed? • download skype, username, password • internet access - reasonable bandwidth • webcam • a clean wall, screen or interactive whiteboard • microphone • skype account • a professional learning network
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- 18. These are someof the questions we asked • How old are your students? • What is the tempature over in Nepal? • Are people who live in Nepal classified as Asian or Indian? • How do you speak your language? • He taught Taylah how to say some words in Nepalese.
- 19. Skyping with theCheery School in Africa’s largest slum
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- 24. Breakfast with Taiwan Kaohsiungcity. Shannon Huang: school located in Liuguai. Liuguai in Chinese character has the meaning of "six turtles"
- 25. We started offwith mystery Skype, once we had figured where they were, we started showing each other what we eat for breakfast.
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- 34. • The Germanfood day will be on next Wednesday. There will be three dishes on this day they are; • Pork Schnitzel and gravy rolls $4.50 • German pasta Bake $4.50 • Beef goulash with spritzla & German noodles $4.50
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- 37. Skype with Molly theFire Safety Dog Author Dayna Hilton http://www.firesafetydogs.com/
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- 39. Sea turtle researchand conservation at Gnaraloo, Western Australia
- 40. Games developer BharathwajNandakumar Call of Duty
- 42. Lunch time WritingClasses with Christopher Herz – author from New York
- 43. Learning about youtubewith @shamblesguru
- 45. Lana, Grade 6,Boston USA
- 46. Sprites for WorldFriends project on World Museum site
- 47. From Beatriz (grade4) Learning about scratch with Lanna was great I reckon it was magical the way she showed us the snow outside it was the first time I ever saw snow. I asked a lot of questions I was very interested in what we were learning for example…… how long have you been using scratch? she had been using it for 3 years which means she has a lot of experience with scratch.
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- 55. Arianne Jones, aLuge Olympic Champion for Canada. International Womens Day Motivational Speakers
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- 58. You can’t ask questionsof a textbook!
- 59. Mystery Skype startswith……
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- 62. The Goal! Determine wherethe other class located! @murcha
- 63. Ask questions with……. Yes or No answer
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- 65. • Our questionsof Dave:- are you on earth • Are you in the northern hemisphere? Yes • are you in france • Are you on a island near Australia 5 . are you in a communist country? no 6. Are you in a heavy populated area? 7Are you in a country where British had established colony? 8 are you in europe 10are you in africa 9 are in in asia Do you play any sports?yes do you like to play basketball? yes Are you in Europe? No Do you live in South America? No Do you live on a coast line? No Do you live in the capital city of your state? No Do you have 52 stars on your flag? No See full document http://bit.ly/globalclassedutech
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- 68. Do you teachor have any knowledge of the native wars between the americans, seminoles, iroquois, cherokee etc, in the times of george washington?
- 69. Skype with smallrural school in Kenya @murcha
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- 72. Alisa Miller –CEO Public Radio International Mystery Career
- 73. Alternatives • Mystery Number •Mystery Animal • Mystery Biome • Mystery Reader • Mystery Career • Mystery Pastime • Mystery Food • Mystery element • many other variations
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- 80. Skype for professionaldevelopment Educator Virtual PD http://educatorvirtualpd.wikispaces .com/
- 81. Challenges ● time zones ●different languages/cultures ● overcoming cultural/language differences ● accents ● different meaning of words in cultures! ● bandwidth ● confidence of students
- 82. ● Pre-set agenda ●Make contact the day before to remind and confirm ● Check and re-check time differences ● Allocate roles to students o greeters o reporter (live tweets the session) o photographer ● Know your students’ limits. 7-8 yr olds can skype for 15-20 minutes before getting restless. ● Text before you ‘ring’ Tips
- 83. ● Blogs/electronic journals ●Time to search further online ● Collaborative global projects ● Share it out - twitter, facebook, instagram etc ● Work on collaborative projects ● Connect the students beyond school Enable further learning/conversations
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- 88. • Interpreter • Non-synchronousconnections • Skype video messages • Mobile apps The future!
- 89. • Passion • Ownershipof ideas and projects • Connections - networking • Communication • Willingness to take risks • Determination • Necessity of pre-testing • A sense of humour! • Work through all issues and do not judge! Requirements for success
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- 91. eFind Me mirtschin@gmail.com Twitter: @murchaSkype: anne.mirtschin My blog: http://murcha.wordpress.com http://murch.global2.vic.edu.au http://moourl.com/dltvnowalls