Today, thanks to the Skype in the Classroom website, my class Skyped a torch bearer from the 2012 summer Olympics. Mr. Jon Tait was an excellent guest speaker who shared a lot of interesting information in a kid-friendly way. We even got to see the torch he carried, which was very exciting for my students! […]
Skyping an Olympic Torch Bearer Read More »
My hardworking and curious group of Grade 1s has jumped on board for our Olympics learning project. After our Skype call launch with the OLCS Kindergartens on Tuesday, our class did some research together to answer two of their inquiry questions. This allowed me to model some basic research. Students suggested we use the internet
Olympics Project: Modeling Internet Research & Encouraging Digital Citizenship Read More »
