Skype and OneNote in the classroom
One of the great things about Skype is that you can bring
other countries
into your classroom real-time.
A group of 5 educators from South Africa,
Canada, Singapore, China and
Croatia have been working on a project about fear.
As a class we discussed what fear meant to each of us. We realized that fear and
overcoming our
fears was unique to each individual. We
created a shared
Microsoft OneNote file that the students were then able to
share their own fears.
We used a guest
login so that the students could type in their own personal
feelings allowing
them to keep their own anonymity.
Click below to view the OneNote shared file
Today we conducted our first Skype session with these countries.
Each
of the different classes from around the world had turns in discussing
their
fears and how they could overcome them.
It was really an awesome session!
One of the students commented:
“It’s comforting to know
everyone around the world has fear,
and our fears is like different shades of
the same color.”
The WOW factor is amazing!
Bringing different countries into your class
and let children share their experiences!
