Howard Wolinsky, Skype’s USA blogger, contacted me a few days ago to ask if we could talk about the Around the World with 80 Schools project.
He recorded the skype conversation and wrote about it on School ‘langwitches’ teacher to reach out with Skype Video to 80 schools around the world.
I am hoping it will help spread the word of the project, especially to schools in Europe and Africa.
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I am honored to be able to cross-post Stephen Wilmarth’s blog post below on Langwitches. If you are interested to read more about Steve’s International Experimental program at the Number One Middle School in Wuhan, China take a look at: Take a Peek into China’s First 1:1 iPad Class Learning…Young …
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Heather Durning who blogs on Mrs. D’s Flight Plan has graciously allowed me to cross post her latest post here on Langwitches. I believe her blog post is invaluable as it fulfills the need to document, summarize and assess learning outcomes when leading your students with new forms of teaching …
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I am thrilled to be publishing a guest post by Andrea Hernandez, cross posted from EdTechWorkshop Blog on Langwitches. In an earlier post, The Science of Play, I shared my ideas about the importance of playful learning, the type of learning observed in very young children. In my personal experience …
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I have been blogging for 6 years now… I have written extensively about blogging (131 posts categorized “blogging” on Langwitches) I have shared two guides for teachers to start blogging with their students “Stepping it Up: Learning About Blogs FOR your Students” Part I: Reading Part II A: Writing Part …
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This is Part VII in the series “Stepping it Up: Learning About Blogs FOR your Students” Part I: Reading Part II A: Writing Part II B: Student Writing Part III: Commenting Part IV: Connecting Part V: Reciprocating Part VI: Consistency Reading, responding, assessing and monitoring our students’ progress on their …
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This is Part VI in the series “Stepping it Up: Learning About Blogs FOR your Students” Part I: Reading Part II A: Writing Part II B: Student Writing Part III: Commenting Part IV: Connecting Part V: Reciprocating I have seen many teachers start blogs (professional and classroom ones), only to …
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I previously published a chart of Bloom’s Taxonomy and iPad Apps, which I use regularly when planning projects or look to reinforce certain skills and literacies. Since I also rely heavily on The Digital Learning Farm concept (based on Alan November’s work), I felt it was time to create a …
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In an attempt to document the trials and errors of using a classroom set of 20 iPads in our K-8 school, I am adding a new post to the collection of iPads in the Classroom: Transliteracy- QR Codes and Art Working on iPad Fluency with Lower Elementary Students Step-by-Step: How …
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This is Part VII in the series “Stepping it Up: Learning About Blogs FOR your Students” Part I: Reading Part II A: Writing Part II B: Student Writing Part III: Commenting Part IV: Connecting Part V: Reciprocating Part VI: Consistency Reading, responding, assessing and monitoring our students’ progress on their …
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I previously published a chart of Bloom’s Taxonomy and iPad Apps, which I use regularly when planning projects or look to reinforce certain skills and literacies. Since I also rely heavily on The Digital Learning Farm concept (based on Alan November’s work), I felt it was time to create a …
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Teaching ourselves, our students and other educators how to use screenshooting (images) and screencasting (video) tools is a relevant skill to have that integrates in so many areas. Think Tutorial Designers (A role from the Digital Learning Farm) or the Flipped Classroom model. Being able to create, share and take …
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Should Teachers Be More Like Conductors? This bog post from 2009 took me to the following TED talk by Itay Talgam. Although I am not a musician, nor listen to much classical music, I was mesmerized. This TED talk was geared towards organization leaders, but I so agree with Tania …
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I have been blogging for 6 years now… I have written extensively about blogging (131 posts categorized “blogging” on Langwitches) I have shared two guides for teachers to start blogging with their students “Stepping it Up: Learning About Blogs FOR your Students” Part I: Reading Part II A: Writing Part …
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I had the opportunity to speak to Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay. Two educators who are making a difference in their students’ lives as well as thousands of other students and teachers from around the world. Vicki is a teacher from Camila Georgia. She blogs on the Coolcatteacher blog and …
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This is a short TED talk by Raghava KK, the illustrator of the iPad book POP-IT – Raghava KK Inc. This video is not a commercial about the artist’s iPad book though, but shares a message about the importance of raising our children with PERSPECTIVE. In his book, children …
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I have been blogging for 6 years now… I have written extensively about blogging (131 posts categorized “blogging” on Langwitches) I have shared two guides for teachers to start blogging with their students “Stepping it Up: Learning About Blogs FOR your Students” Part I: Reading Part II A: Writing Part …
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This is Part VII in the series “Stepping it Up: Learning About Blogs FOR your Students” Part I: Reading Part II A: Writing Part II B: Student Writing Part III: Commenting Part IV: Connecting Part V: Reciprocating Part VI: Consistency Reading, responding, assessing and monitoring our students’ progress on their …
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This is Part VI in the series “Stepping it Up: Learning About Blogs FOR your Students” Part I: Reading Part II A: Writing Part II B: Student Writing Part III: Commenting Part IV: Connecting Part V: Reciprocating I have seen many teachers start blogs (professional and classroom ones), only to …
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I previously published a chart of Bloom’s Taxonomy and iPad Apps, which I use regularly when planning projects or look to reinforce certain skills and literacies. Since I also rely heavily on The Digital Learning Farm concept (based on Alan November’s work), I felt it was time to create a …
(23 Comments)
In an attempt to document the trials and errors of using a classroom set of 20 iPads in our K-8 school, I am adding a new post to the collection of iPads in the Classroom: Transliteracy- QR Codes and Art Working on iPad Fluency with Lower Elementary Students Step-by-Step: How …
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Transliteracy is defined on Wikipedia as The ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks. The modern meaning of the term combines literacy with the prefix trans-, which means …
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Transliteracy is defined on Wikipedia as The ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks. The modern meaning of the term combines literacy with the prefix trans-, which means …
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I posted a few weeks ago about the ongoing Teddy Bears Around the World (now in its fourth year) project. The project blog and hub can be be found at http://www.langwitches.org/blog/travel/teddybearsaroundtheworld/ I have created a How-to-Guide in order to articulate how and why to join such a project, to make …
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I am honored to be able to cross-post Stephen Wilmarth’s blog post below on Langwitches. If you are interested to read more about Steve’s International Experimental program at the Number One Middle School in Wuhan, China take a look at: Take a Peek into China’s First 1:1 iPad Class Learning…Young …
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This was a great presentation. It has motivated me to see more value in this project.
[...] this clip, Howard Wolinsky interviews Silvia Tolisano, technology integration facilitator at San José Episcopal Day School in Jacksonville FL about her [...]
[...] this clip, Howard Wolinsky interviews Silvia Tolisano, technology integration facilitator at San José Episcopal Day School in Jacksonville FL about her [...]
HI,
I work at a Dual Immersion school in the mountains of Colorado. We would love to connect via skype with your program.
Thanks,
Leslie Davison
Looking forward to connecting with you and your students too.
I am a library media specialist in Guilford, CT and would love to connect via skype to your program….
teresag70
[...] the World with 80 School Projects http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/01/10/skype-interview-around-the-world-with-80-schools-project/ (Sylvia Tolisano, Langwitches, 10 January 2009.) The author, a technology integration facilitator [...]
I have carried out an eTandem exchange via Skype with a Scottish high school and we had a lot of connectivity problems. Although we had a bandwidth of about 4Mbps, we didn’t manage to connect more than 8 learners simultaniously. Has anybody skyped in a classroom setting with a partner class?
Switzerland
@Ben
We have skyped with many different classrooms around the world, but at this point had only one connection open at the time. I would also be interested in hearing if anyone else had experience with having multiple skype connections open.
We use Skype on a regular basis with 16 students at a time, and it has worked fine. Skype clients will use extra bandwidth that is available to improve sound quality, so you first few connections may be using far more than are necessary. We use a packet shaper on campus and set all our Skype clients to connect on a specific port.
That being said, 4Mbps sounds like an awful lot. Was the other school on a similar connection. What else is the 4 Mbps supporting at the time on either side?
I would like to Skype, during school hours (8 am through 2 pm PST)with other middle schools across the country. I teach 6th, 7th, and 8th grades at Child’s Way Charter School, in Culp Creek, Oregon (Near Eugene). Any Subject and have a Knowledge Bowl. You may contact my school at 541-946-1045 or contact me via email at alberto.martinez@cwcs0809.com
Alberto Martinez,
Middle School Teacher
I too would like to Skype during school hours (CST or GMT-6) with other classrooms around the globe. I teach 7th grade social studies in rural Illinois. jhitchcock@mail.coalcity.k12.il.us
@Jim,
The best place to get started is to join the Around the World with 80 Schools. That will put you in contact with 350+ educators from around the world.
[...] for Education Classrooms participating in programs like Around the World in 80 Schools, could benefit from five way calling in Skype. Now more classrooms can connect in less time. [...]
[...] erzählt und danach haben wir an einem Projket mit ihrer Schule in USA gearbeitet. Durch Silvia´s “Around the world with 80 Schools” haben wir viele Kinder  in USA und Spanien kennengelernt, wir waren mit SKype – [...]
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