Yesterday we made a second try to Skype with Mr. Fisher's
class. We still were not successful. The connection would start out ok but then
it would fade out. We could hear here in
The day was not a loss though. Here's a quick review. You entered the lab and I did a quick run down of what we needed to do before the call. You were to pick one of Mr. Fisher's students, read the blog post where our questions were answered, and then think about how you would respond if you got a chance to talk with the student who authored the post. You were hooked. We decided to do a draft first in Word so that we could fine tune it later but this thinking and writing would help us focus for the Skype conversation. You got to work! Each of you had different students so each of Mr. Fisher's students would receive a response, if not on Skype later in our blogs. Johnny and M.V. even volunteered to do two so everyone would receive a response. We even squeezed in a couple of practice sessions where you came up front and we role played your “talking”. Now that was interesting. One question, why is it so hard to talk loudly? You even had the teacher's OK to talk loud! I know you can do it. But I also know how hard it is on the first few tries. It really makes you feel self conscious. But speaking a little louder, a little clearer, and with emphasis will help you get your voices heard! We had fun! You regrouped, got right to work and came up with some good blogging.
Then we enjoyed watching the movies I had made of you talking about blogging - with music and accolades for all of you! Another question? Why did most of you bury your faces in your hands when your movie came up? (Grin!) That was your very first try! You did great for a first try. Now you know what to work on to make it better. Those were practice! No we won't publish them all over the net! (Smile!)
Guess what! I have a back up plan that I will share with you Friday! There's another Web 2.0 tool that may let us have those conversations with Mr. Fisher's class and other classes. We won't give up! We will persevere! I just wanted to let you know that I was proud of you and your flexibility!
I thought it would be helpful to give a quick run down of who got what done on the posting so that we can maybe finish up on Friday. We’ll give it a try.
Eddie completed his post to Darren.
Emmy finished her post to Katie.
Mia got all of her post done with the exception of a link to April.
Anni needs to complete her post and make a link to Elaine.
Johnny blogged about Josh and Dustin but needs to add the links to their blogs.
Lindsey needs to do her post and link to Anna.
M.V. had a good post and links to Derek and Matthew but is nowhere to be found? It's probably still on Word? We'll check.
Mary was one of the first to finish and has both post and link to Ashley.
Michael has a tribute and a link to Randy.
Tina has her post ready for Shyla but needs to include the link.
Victoria has both link and post ready for Ashley H.
T.K. needs to finish his post and link for Tyler
I will see you Friday. Can't wait!
Flickr photo credit to http://flickr.com/photos/sposnick/422851157/
Comments