11. What do you need?
• download skype, username, password
• internet access - reasonable bandwidth
• webcam
• a clean wall, screen or interactive whiteboard
• microphone
• skype account
• a professional learning network
18. These are some of 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.
34. • The German food 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
47. From Beatriz (grade 4)
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.
65. • Our questions of 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
80. Skype for professional development
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
89. • Passion
• Ownership of 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