Hello, everyone
I'm trying to record how we work on the project every week so that you can know how our work is in progress.
9/2
Today during the lunch break I discussed with my students about the articles what Andrea has written for my students.
Though they've read the articles in summer vacation, they still enjoy when I read the articles again.
My students were very excited when I introduced Carrie's and Greg's countries and schools to them , and explained what they are supposed to do for the first topic.
This Friday they will discuss what subject they want to present to you. But they seem to prefer the Physical education class, instead of the Chinese class I thought.
9/5
My students said they have different opinions about what subjects they wanted to present to their international partners. Girls want to present Chinese class while boys prefer sports.
But finally they decided to present the subjects both. Next week they videotape how their classes go and scan the cover pages of their textbooks and then present them with slides.
Besides, they will do survey to their classmates about what subjects are their favorite.
They seem to have plan about what to do for next week but I find I'm in a little flurry. When I work with my students, I had to assist their discussion and fix their computer problems at the same time, which made me more nervous ( and cut my finger = =) and therefore the process of discussion didn't go quite well(some discussion details are neglected ).
I think i should do more preparation like writing down what need to be discussed on the board.
Hopefully next week I can really follow my plan.
This is the place where we can discuss the details about the project "A day in my school" and also share some useful software which can be used in the blog!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Hello! Prepare to launch up
Hi Carrie, Andrea and Greg:
Our new semester will begin on Monday!
This summer I appreciate all your amazing ideas.
The blog environment offer everyone the ownership to wok on this intercultural project.
And I can't wait to let my students know how wonderful it is!
And from now on we are going to help our students experience the joy, discovery, and excitement.
However, it may happen when students meet problems during the process such as getting lost in the conversation, getting no response from their partners, or even forming stereotypes becuase of misunderstanding .
I think as teachers we can try our best to help them overcome the difficulties.
Therefore, I will suggest my students to wirte down or share their feeling about the peoject regularly. This way we can know what they think about cultural differences.
By the way....I haven't receive your address so I can't mail my textbooks to you! Please tell me your address soon.
Keep in touch
It's great to cooperate with you.
Ling
Our new semester will begin on Monday!
This summer I appreciate all your amazing ideas.
The blog environment offer everyone the ownership to wok on this intercultural project.
And I can't wait to let my students know how wonderful it is!
And from now on we are going to help our students experience the joy, discovery, and excitement.
However, it may happen when students meet problems during the process such as getting lost in the conversation, getting no response from their partners, or even forming stereotypes becuase of misunderstanding .
I think as teachers we can try our best to help them overcome the difficulties.
Therefore, I will suggest my students to wirte down or share their feeling about the peoject regularly. This way we can know what they think about cultural differences.
By the way....I haven't receive your address so I can't mail my textbooks to you! Please tell me your address soon.
Keep in touch
It's great to cooperate with you.
Ling
Saturday, August 16, 2008
About My School
Hey there Folks,
While I don't have pictures of my students for the current year as of right now because our year hasn't started I'm going to share with you some other photos and information that you can share with your students. I've also included some photos of my students from last year. Most of these students have since left our school for middle school.
Pointers Run Elementary School
Clarksville, Maryland
Howard County
United States of America
Teacher - Carrie Trudden - I teach Technology which students have 1 hour per week.
Our school has students from Kindergarten through Fifth Grade - Roughly 5 years old - 11 years old.
Our school website is http://pres.hcpss.org/
My teacher website is http://truddentechnology.edublogs.org
While I don't have pictures of my students for the current year as of right now because our year hasn't started I'm going to share with you some other photos and information that you can share with your students. I've also included some photos of my students from last year. Most of these students have since left our school for middle school.
Pointers Run Elementary School
Howard County
United States of America
Teacher - Carrie Trudden - I teach Technology which students have 1 hour per week.
Our school has students from Kindergarten through Fifth Grade - Roughly 5 years old - 11 years old.
Our school website is http://pres.hcpss.org/
My teacher website is http://truddentechnology.edublogs.org
Textbook exchange!
Hello everyone:
Andrea and I just think of a idea as an interesting start for the project.
Why not exchage textbooks through postal mail since the first topic is learning subjects?
I can exchange our math, chinese or English textbooks with you!
Of cource if you wanna recieve textbooks of other subjects (Science, social study...but they are all written in Chinese)
Tell me what you think.
Thank you
Ps. Carrie, can you share your students' picture with us?
I will post Andrea's and Greg's pictures in my classroom.
Ling
Andrea and I just think of a idea as an interesting start for the project.
Why not exchage textbooks through postal mail since the first topic is learning subjects?
I can exchange our math, chinese or English textbooks with you!
Of cource if you wanna recieve textbooks of other subjects (Science, social study...but they are all written in Chinese)
Tell me what you think.
Thank you
Ps. Carrie, can you share your students' picture with us?
I will post Andrea's and Greg's pictures in my classroom.
Ling
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Once School Begins
Good Evening Everyone,
I will not be able to send a photo of my new students until after September 2.
Ling, I looked over your plan on the Google site. I will use it as a reference in order to stay on the same page as everyone else.
Carrie, I got Animoto to work. It seems too easy!!! I am also going to try out Jing. Keep'em comin'.
Hi Andrea.
Above is a picture of some of my students from last year. Their goal was to get every ball off the floor.
Greg
The updated project timeline
Topic 1. What subjects do we learn in school? 1st ~5th weeks (in September)
(The follwoing tasks are optional. But if possible, we can do these tasks together and then we can compare the result.)
We might have some subjects in common (like math, science) and other different subjects from those of different countries. Please design the materials to share with our partners.
1. Class schedule: Post your class schedule on blog “A day at my school”
2. Choose a special learning subject which you think is not available in schools of other countries. You can present what you learn in the special class through text, presentation slides, pictures or videos.
3. Ask at least three questions to your partners based on what you want to know about their learning subjects.
Topic 2. Our lunch in school 6th ~8th weeks (From October 1st to October 24th)
1. Food is important in different cultures. Tell us what, where and how you eat for lunch in school. Show your answers through pictures, text, presentation slides or video.
2. Ask at least three questions to your partners based on what you want to know about their lunch in school.
Topic 3. Extracurricular activities the 9th ~12th week (From October 27th to November 21st )
1. What do you do out of class? Playing sports or reading? And is there any special school fair or exhibition in your school? Show your answers though pictures, text and presentation or video.
2. Ask at least three questions to your partners based on what you want to know about their extracurricular activities.
Topic 4. School rules: the 13th ~ 16th week (From November 24th to December19th )
Here let’s discuss more details about school rules. For example, in Taiwan, students are always required to wear uniforms. We can compare the school rules in different cultures and analyze the reasons behind the rules.
1. You can make the lists of school rules, or do survey to your classmate how they think the school rules and Show your answers through posts, presentation or video.
2. Ask at least five questions to your foreign partners based on what you want to know about their school rules.
Here is the URL of a more detailed table about what and when I plan to do the project.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dg9krhx_24hk99wmc7
If you can't read it, I can email this to you
Thank you!
(The follwoing tasks are optional. But if possible, we can do these tasks together and then we can compare the result.)
We might have some subjects in common (like math, science) and other different subjects from those of different countries. Please design the materials to share with our partners.
1. Class schedule: Post your class schedule on blog “A day at my school”
2. Choose a special learning subject which you think is not available in schools of other countries. You can present what you learn in the special class through text, presentation slides, pictures or videos.
3. Ask at least three questions to your partners based on what you want to know about their learning subjects.
Topic 2. Our lunch in school 6th ~8th weeks (From October 1st to October 24th)
1. Food is important in different cultures. Tell us what, where and how you eat for lunch in school. Show your answers through pictures, text, presentation slides or video.
2. Ask at least three questions to your partners based on what you want to know about their lunch in school.
Topic 3. Extracurricular activities the 9th ~12th week (From October 27th to November 21st )
1. What do you do out of class? Playing sports or reading? And is there any special school fair or exhibition in your school? Show your answers though pictures, text and presentation or video.
2. Ask at least three questions to your partners based on what you want to know about their extracurricular activities.
Topic 4. School rules: the 13th ~ 16th week (From November 24th to December19th )
Here let’s discuss more details about school rules. For example, in Taiwan, students are always required to wear uniforms. We can compare the school rules in different cultures and analyze the reasons behind the rules.
1. You can make the lists of school rules, or do survey to your classmate how they think the school rules and Show your answers through posts, presentation or video.
2. Ask at least five questions to your foreign partners based on what you want to know about their school rules.
Here is the URL of a more detailed table about what and when I plan to do the project.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dg9krhx_24hk99wmc7
If you can't read it, I can email this to you
Thank you!
The information about Mingde elementary school (Taiwan)
our school logo
(From left to right:Ryan/Gary Lu/ Brian/Daphne/Teresa/Gary Chou)Mingde elementary school
Teacher Name: Ling-yun Chang (just call me Ling)
We're in Taipei city, the captal of Taiwan
We're in Taipei city, the captal of Taiwan
Nice to meet you:)
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