Recently we have had a couple of opportunities to Skype with other schools. The first was a Mystery Skype with our Geography Club, which I sponsor. In a Mystery Skype the two classes ask each other yes/no questions to try to determine the other group's location. Our "mystery friends" figured out we are in North Carolina and then we figured out they were in Minnesota! There are lots of helpful tips available online for helping a Mystery Skype run smoothly. We connected with the school in Minnesota by using the #mysteryskype hashtag on Twitter. I definitely learned a lot from doing our first one, and I hope to do it again both with the Geography Club and with Social Studies teachers. The students were very engaged and had fun! Mystery Skype resources: https://pernillesripp.com/2013/05/13/great-mystery-skype-questions-to-get-you-started/ http://psolarz.weebly.com/how-to-set-up-and-run-a-mystery-skype-session.html Our second Skype was between NDMS and Friedberg Elementary School. 8th graders in my weekly IME class read a few picture books aloud to Mrs. Mitchell's kindergarten class as a way to celebrate reading! The 8th graders prepared by reading picture books aloud to each other in small groups so that everyone had the opportunity to practice that skill. Volunteers decided which books they wanted to read to the kindergarteners. We also made bookmarks to send to the students. It was fun for the 8th graders to see how the younger children responded to the books. The Kindergarten class also demonstrated some of their math songs for us at the end. Hopefully we will be able to do this again and choose some additional NDMS student volunteers to share their love of reading with younger students!
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Shanna Leonard
11/21/2017 04:16:18 pm
I love this idea Kristi!!
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