[DDN] An incredible Web 2.0 Experience

[Joe Beckmann]

In developing a peer tutoring program between the US and Eastern Europe,
Asia, and Africa, nothing is as clear and as direct a demonstration as a
project by a bunch of 4th graders to include one of their own with a
technology they find comfortable. Congratulations.

Joe

On 4/13/07, kevin Thompson <kevin.thompson at anglia.ac.uk> wrote:
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> Excellent story!  thanks for posting
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> On 1/4/07 19:46, "Elderbob" <elderbob at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Last week, I had a wonderful experience that I think represents one of
> the
> > really useful ways that Skype is being used in the classroom.  Perhaps
> it
> > goes a long way in saying something about Web 2.0 and how it enhances
> our
> > community.
> >
> > Brian Crosby and his Nevada class of 4th graders include a student whose
> > medical condition precludes her from attending regular classroom
> > activities.  So with a little leg-work and hand-shaking, Brian got some
> > community members to provide a home link-up for the child who can't
> attend.
> > The story of how it was done and what the class is doing got my
> attention
> > and I wanted to learn more.  I contacted him, and having talked it over
> with
> > his class, they agreed to be interviewed by Lee Babers 8th class in
> Virginia
> > who man the webcasts at YouthBridges (the student version of
> WorldBridges).
> >
> > WIth a bit of thought and collaboration, we finally succeeded in
> connecting
> > all the dots, and met last Thursday via Skype.  There were a number of
> > connection and production problems but under it all was a humane
> interest in
> > how one class continued to include a student that otherwise would have
> been
> > disconnected.  This was truly a "No Child Left Behind Story".
> >
> > In the end, I was able to edit out most of the technical glitches which
> > eventually resulted in a 21 minute interview of one class by the
> other.  The
> > story is greater than that, and I have tried to piece together most of
> it in
> > a blog post.  You can see any one of three versions of the story among
> the
> > blogs below:
> >
> > Eldertown -
> >
> http://eldertown.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/the-spark-that-drives-web-20-technol
> > ogy-in-the-classroom/#more-109
> >
> >
> > Knowplace Blog ­ http://knowplace.ca/blog
> >
> > (These first two blogs are both my contributions and are essentially the
> > same.)
> >
> > Learning is Messy Blog - http://learningismessy.com/blog/?p=233
> >
> > (This is Brian Crosby's Sparks, Nevada Blog)
> >
> > YouthBridges - http://youthbridges.net/?q=node/35
> >
> > (and this is Lee Baber's Virginia YouthBridges edition)
> >
> > These kids would love it if you would post your thoughts to the various
> > blogs (and I would too).
> > Be sure to watch the videos, one was produced by the 4th grade class and
> the
> > other is news coverage of the same story.
> >
> > Thanks to all those who participated in the actual experience, and thank
> you
> > for reading.
> >
> > elderbob
> >
> > -- Helping folks understand that it's never too late to become all they
> ever
> > wanted to become.
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