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Skype and Blog your way through Literary Themes
Tanya Chiasson, St. PiusGayle Dauterive, Fatima
2010 Region IV Mini-LACUE Conference
Theme is an abstract concept that is hard for students to grasp.
Involve peers to make the abstract concrete!
Both classes read The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
Exchange concrete details, real world examples, and opinions about given themes
Involve asynchronous and synchronous exchanges
AbstractConcrete?
Answer the call with Skype
Monday◦ Introductions◦ What we expected each group to do (sample post, parts
of a response, how to respond)◦ The parts of a blog screen and cyber safety issues◦ Timeline for completion (Tues.-Thurs. blog posting)
Tuesday-Thursday◦ Open for troubleshooting
Friday◦ Intel Visual Ranking Tool group activity◦ Student-led round table discussion of activity, process,
and product◦ Goodbyes
Skype sessions
Screen sharing
Safety issues◦ Never use full name or school name ◦ Never give out personal information (phone
number, address, IM, Facebook, MySpace information, etc.)
Begin with groups Model everything!
◦ Appropriate responses◦ Affirmation◦ How to disagree
Blog about it!
Moderation
Comment moderation is key to keeping unwanted comments out of the blog
Moderation means that the comments will need to be approved (read and allowed) before the post will appear on the site
Skype http://www.skype.com Blogger http://www.blogger.com Mrs. Chiasson’s Blog
http://www.speakingofliterature.blogspot.com Intel’s Visual Ranking Tool http://
www.intel.com/education/tools/index.htm
Sites used in this presentation
Intel’s Visual Ranking Tool
Think critically!
Use discussion board, Ning, wiki, Google Docs, or email to exchange information
Use another video conferencing software like Windows Live or VoiceThread that may not be blocked
Have quiet students participate through a chat instead
Variations
Students ◦ liked being able to see, hear, and textually
communicate◦ understood theme◦ shared what they did with others◦ wanted to Skype and blog again
Students engaged!
Engaged in learning!
Sources from Around the World in 80 Days http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=481
Around the World with 80 Schools http://aroundtheworldwith80schools.wikispaces.com
Online Projects4Teachers Ning http://onlineproj4tchrs.ning.com
Skype for Educators http://skypeforeducators.com Skype with Other Classrooms
http://edublogger.edublog.org/want-to-connect-with-other-classrooms
Skype in an Author http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com EduSkypers Phonebook
http://skypeintheclassroom.wordpress.com Skype http://skypeinschools.pbworks.com
Need to make connections?
Thank you! Questions? Comments? Handouts: http://
chiassonenglish.wikispaces.com/Handouts Tanya Chiasson, St. Pius Elementary
◦ [email protected]◦ [email protected]
Gayle Dauterive, Our Lady of Fatima◦ [email protected]
