Grade 2 has PenPals in Massachusetts. My sister, Kathy Tulp and I matched up kids in our classes and have been exchanging letters since January. My class has received two letters so far from their penpal. As a teacher I think that finding authentic purposes for writing is important. Students are excited about writing friendly [...]
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Skype Call To Michigan
May 24, 2011 · 11 Comments · Uncategorized
Grade One had a great skype call with the Techie Kids today. Although we were experiencing technical difficulties we persevered and Mrs. Moore was eventually able to find us online. We ended up moving to Mrs. Rye’s classroom upstairs where skype was working. We learned a few things from the Techie kids. They are very [...]
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Skpye Call With a Class in Grosse Ile, QC
October 25, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
On October 21st we skyped with a class in Grosse Ile, QC. You might wonder what “skype” is. Well, it is a way to communicate by video on a computer with anyone in the world for free. You can instant message or video chat with them. With the help of an LCD projector we were [...]
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Skype Call to Oregon
June 9, 2008 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
view_video.php?viewkey=5754c52095e930d61e36 view_video.php?viewkey=bc960137cadf0b70cbbc The skype call to Oregon was special, cool,different, super, fun, interesting, exciting, and amazing. We liked when they showed us their chrysalis’. It was interesting to see that their chrysalis looked like ours. It was amazing that they lived far away from us and we could see and talk to them.We learned that [...]
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Our First Skype Call with Oregon
June 8, 2008 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
Wow, what fun it was to skype with a class in Oregon. This happened Friday afternoon, June 6. Check out our blog in a few days after we add our pictures and comments from the children.
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