Last day of Monster Match. Whew! We made it. I had 37 classes participate, which doesn’t sound like too many compared to a few other VC friends. But I’m still pleased with the results. I thought you’d enjoy some “horror” stories from the week. These are some of the interesting things that went on behind [...]
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Another day of Monster Matches and some more pairs for you. This monster’s name was “Mr. Cranky.” It’s fun to hear what the kids name their monsters. One class today said, “what is your monster’s name?” to a class that hadn’t named their monster. They had to think quick! And the other pair…. Also, I [...]
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As I’m listening to Monster Matches today, I hear the students working hard to identify what is similar and what is different between their monsters. In the session I’m listening to now, both teachers are having their students identify things that are similar and different. The teachers also have the students think about how they [...]
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This fall I have three districts who are part of our RUS grant who are having technical difficulties with their videoconferencing. This week I talked to one of the coordinators, who said, “I miss my videoconferencing! When will it be fixed??” She echos the feelings at each of these buildings that are currently not working. [...]
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Here’s a story of persistance for you! Sylvester Elementary’s videoconferencing system isn’t working, but they are in the same town as us. In fact, just across a parking lot and a field. So for one class’ Monster Match today, they loaded up their monsters and donned their jackets for a trip over to videoconference. One [...]
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Whew! Made it through a second day of Monster Match. I had eight classes participating today. I captured monster pair pictures for two of them for you to enjoy. I heard some really careful thoughtful comparison and contrasts today, as well as describing how we might have written a phrase differently to make it clearer [...]
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Today, amongst several Monster Match videoconferences, we have Dowagiac Middle School connecting with Lake Stevens Middle School in Florida for a presidential debate about energy. These are two science classes studying the environment. Our class started with an introduction by two students posing as McCain and Palin, and then some introductions from the “mayor” of [...]
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And, I captured one other set of monsters today from a middle school 6th grade connection for Monster Match. One of the monsters didn’t match very well at all: I’m sure the students learned a bit more about writing directions in this pair! Their second one was a much better match: That’s it for snippets [...]
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This week I have 45 videoconferences, 15 just today! The majority of them are Monster Match connections with Roxanne‘s schools. I’m hoping to collect some examples and pairs, and this is the first post in a series of captured monsters…. First, Lakeshore Middle School, MI and Dew ISD, TX. 6th grade students. Had a little [...]
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This morning 1st graders from Three Oaks Elementary are connecting with students from Kothari International School, Noida, near New Delhi, India. The classes each shared about an October holiday – Diwali for India, and Halloween for the United States. Both schools shared a little about their area, visuals showing the food and dress for the [...]
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