Today we will be Skyping with Economics Assistant Professor Lisa Schulkind, and her graduate student, Mark Whitmeyer, from the University of North Carolina. They will talk about microfinancing with us, so we may have a better understanding of the process as we begin our Kiva project.
Today we will be Skyping with a park ranger from Yellowstone National Park. You will get a chance to ask questions about the geology of the park, including the different landforms that are found there.
Today we will be Skyping with Assistant Professor Lisa Schulkind, from Trinity College. She will talk about microfinancing with us, so we may have a better understanding of the process as we begin our Kiva project.
Today we will Skype with the class that is hosting our Flat Stanley. We have their Flat Stanley below and have created a book of his adventures. In turn they have created a movie of our Flat Stanley’s adventures in Maryland. See our collaboration wiki here.
We have been exchanging information with our friends from Rwinkwavu, Rwanda, and today we will meet them during a Skype call!
Today we will meet our Alien Exchange partners from Bear Creek Elementary in Surrey, British Columbia during a Skype session. Each group will get a chance to comment on the drawings and we will ask several questions of our partners. See the Alien Exchange wiki here.
Today we will finally get to meet our Whangdoodle buddies. After blogging with them and participating in the Whandoodle Exchange we will Skype with them to reflect on our Whangdoodle drawings and share our daily school life with them. Visit our Whangdoodle gallery by clicking below.
Today we will connect with our classmate who is currently in Malaysia. We will celebrate the 100th day of school with him and learn about daily life in southeast Asia.
Today we will be Skyping with Assistant Professor Lisa Schulkind, from Trinity College. She will talk about microfinancing with us, so we may have a better understanding of the process as we begin our Kiva project.
We have taken the Hawaiian Flat Stanley around Sharon and beyond! Today we will meet our collaborators from Hawaii and learn more about their daily lives.
Our Alien Gallery is complete and looks awesome! Today we will meet our collaborators from Hawaii and learn more about their daily lives.
Our Animal wiki looks awesome! Today we will meet our collaborators from Hawaii and learn more about the animals that live there.
Today we will meet the class from Lytton Street School in Feilding, New Zealand. They have just returned to school after their summer break. Over the next couple of months we will be collaborating with them around common curriculum goals.
In conjunction with your Space unit, today we will Skype with NASA Astronaut trainer, Yamil Garcia. Have your questions ready and Houston will be ready with the answers!
Today you will meet the students in Mrs. Shea’s second grade class through Skype. You will find out who drew your snowperson and get a chance to ask a few questions of the class.
You have done your research and now you will get a chance to ask penguin expert, Ron Naveen from Oceanites, all your unanswered questions via Skype. Mr. Naveen, a field scientist, has just returned from Deception Island, Antarctica where he spent several weeks counting chinstrap penguins.
Your learning buddy from Spain and you have created slideshows and movies telling all about our schools and hometowns, which we have placed on a wiki. Today we will get to meet them through Skype!
Captain McCarthy is home from Afghanistan and will be Skyping with us from Tennessee. We’ll ask him some questions and also show him that his flag made it to our classroom!
Today we will Skype with LTC Lee who is training in Fort Hood, Texas. Bring the questions that you have generated for him to the lab.
Your weather unit is in full gear. You have been studying clouds, weather instruments, and weather maps. Today we will Skype with a meteorologist from the Fox 25 television station and learn more from this weather expert about forecasting the weather.
We are finally in sync with our New Zealand friends, since they turned their clocks backward this past weekend. We will Skype with them and share the book we created for them called Good Night, Sharon.
Our gallery is up and we have reflected upon our work. It is now time to meet our partners from the Alien Exchange Project through Skype.
We will meet for a second time with our friends from St. John’s school in Saint Jean Sur Richelieu, Quebec through Skype. We will share our Olympic mascot projects with each other and learn about the different sporting events for the Winter Olympics.
Today we will visit again with our companion class from New Zealand. Since it is also Read Across America Day, we will share with them how we celebrate this day. We will explain our costumes to them and then we will read to them a Dr. Seuss story. Last session they answered our questions, so this session we will answer theirs.
We will finally get to meet our friends from Kobuk, Alaska in a Skype session today. They’ve answered many of our questions on our Wallwisher Wall and we can’t wait to meet them!
Today we will learn about New Zealand, the home of our Skype partners. Use the links below to gather information about the country of New Zealand. Record your information on the research document. Click on the pictures below to visit the sites.
Today we will begin to create a Hello video for our new Skype friends in Virginia, Minnesota. First we will create self-portraits in Kidpix and then combine them with music and voice. We will place our final product on our collaborations wikispace page.
You have learned a little about your friends at the St John’s School, located outside of Montreal, from our messages on Our Collaborations wikispace. Today we will meet them in a Skype session! Have your questions ready as we explore what life is like in Quebec.
