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Connecting Beyond the School Walls: Mystery Skype

Connecting Beyond the School Walls: Mystery Skype. Presented by: Katie Chramosta. Preview. What is Mystery Skyping ? How to Get Started Benefits/Outcome. What is Mystery Skype?. Connect with other classrooms around the world through Skype Ask yes/no questions to locate the other classroom

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Connecting Beyond the School Walls: Mystery Skype

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  1. Connecting Beyond the School Walls: Mystery Skype Presented by: Katie Chramosta

  2. Preview • What is Mystery Skyping? • How to Get Started • Benefits/Outcome

  3. What is Mystery Skype? • Connect with other classrooms around the world through Skype • Ask yes/no questions to locate the other classroom • Learn from each other by asking questions about their life styles, agriculture, weather, community, school, etc.

  4. Getting Started Skype Account • Free • Take off your location • Technology • Locate Other Classrooms • Skype for Educators • Websites

  5. Setting up the Skype • Email Teachers • Decide on a time and date • Suggest having each classroom come up with questions to ask at the end • Add each other on Skype • Check connections

  6. Preparation • Divide students into groups • Each group writes one question for the other class to answer. Email them to their teacher. • Each group also answers one of their questions that they emailed us. • Students type up the answers. • Practice • Read our question to them • Read our response to their question

  7. Student Involvement • Every student’s engaged • Student Jobs • Question Askers • Answerers • Think Tanks • Google Mappers • Runners • Documentarians

  8. Question Askers Ask the other classroom questions Write and type the questions we ask them

  9. Answerers Answer the other classroom’s questions Write and type the questions they ask us

  10. Think Tanks Use paper maps to pinpoint the other classroom based on their answers to our questions

  11. Google Mappers Use Google Maps to locate the classroom based on their answers to our questions other

  12. Runners Write down questions that the groups would like the question askers to ask Relay the messages to the question askers

  13. Documentarians Take pictures and videos of our Skype session for documentation

  14. Question Time: End of Skype • Take turns asking each other the questions • Organized • Go back and forth • Break away from questions • Each group has a recorder • Say Goodbye School Climate Transportation Sports Agriculture

  15. After Skype: Quick Discussion • Positives • Negatives • Move the jobs for the next Skype

  16. Scrapbooking • Organize back into job groups • Each group has a different responsibility • Question Askers • Answerers • Think Tanks • Google Mappers • Runners • Documentarians • Put finished pages into scrapbook

  17. Outcomes of Mystery Skyping • Cross-Curriculum • Geography • Social Studies Regions • English • Public Speaking/Communication • Logical Thinking • Teamwork • Creativity

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