Twitter Workshop With Gillian's Class

On Monday, we led two more Chromebook Workshops for little buddies! We paired up with Gillian's class to teach them how to use Twitter. They started a Twitter account that you can visit: @the3gggs 

Gillian's Great Graders (the 3 Gs!) are hooked on Twitter now! They Tweeted away while they were on a field trip to the Museum of Science and Tech.

In our workshop, Gillian's students each wrote a tweet introducing themselves. We checked who had media permission and made sure that those who did not have media permission used only their first initial and did not post any photos of themselves. Findley's introduction was very cute! Each of Gillian's students then wrote a second tweet, describing something they are learning. Tom talked about liquids and solids. Finally, each little buddy included a picture in their tweet. Jayme showed some awesome math she is learning!

It's great to tweet when you have a class account and one of the ways for followers to enjoy seeing what is going on in a classroom is for each student to sign his or her name after a tweet.

I know that I am really enjoying seeing Gillian's class, from the inside! Even though we're only across the hall, it's a way for us to feel like flies on the wall in her room and see what's going on during the day!

Third Annual Living Musuem

Time Travellers take a few minutes to read and get themselves focused before the big event.

 Many of you followed along with our Living Museum on Twitter again this year, so these photos will be familiar.

Just three of the Time Travellers, Leonardo DaVinci, an early European boat salesman and an Aboriginal.

The Girl with the Pearl Earring and a European Artist.

Gabby the archaeologist teaches young potential explorers about her adventures.

The Maori and Ojibwa Time Travellers tell young explorers about their lives.

Madi and Hannah were pretty tough Maori warriors!

The inside of a Mayan pyramid. 

Some of the Time Travellers made sure to Skype with our friends in California and share what they had learned.

As always, our very own Genius Baby made an appearance to soak up some knowledge.

Reflecting on our Mystery Skype Call with Ms. Vo's Class

On Friday, we had a Mystery Skype call with a class in Dallas, Texas. They are on Twitter and we can continue to connect with them there.

We had a sneaky-peek of where they were located before our call, so, while they tried to find out our city, we worked to figure out which one of the many, many schools in Dallas they were from. 

After our call (which was their second ever Mystery Skype), we reflected on our work during the call.

Lately, we have been using "Stars and Planets" instead of "Stars and Wishes". We think about "Planning" rather than "Wishing", because that makes us more responsible, and Plan-It, rather than just sitting and wishing.

Mystery Skype

Stars:

-we were all very respectful of their different interpretations

-our questions were really well thought of

-all doing good things on computers

-we listened really well

-people were including others to share laptops

Planets:

-more people participating

-be more quiet, no shhushing needed

-we should have more questions planned out beforehand

-nobody talking unless it’s your turn

-more quiet because ipad picks up noise

-when you’re sharing, speak loudly

-stay more on task

-next time, Shauna should hook to projector once we’re connected

-follow instructions the first time

Photos From Living Musuem

Kate Settle, our amazing Artist-in-Residence, took some great shots of the Living Museum last week. Check them out! 

If you haven't seen them yet, check out the tweets from the Living Museum with the hashtag #churlivmus.