From Our Window Group 6 (Pakistan-USA-Scotland-Thailand-India)

Dear Lynn and Jen,

Thank you both of you for providing our school an opportunity to learn together. Last year I did the same project with some schools and enjoyed. 

We will discuss the project activities on this page. I hope it will be a great learning experience.

Regards,

Shagufta Asad

Springboard Paksitan

Picture Cube

Today I was surprised to see my name included in Group-6.Thanks for your email:)I am pleased to join your group.

Kind regards

Namita

Hi Namita and welcome to group 6. 

Lynn R and I were trying to delete some files that I'd uploaded incorrectly and accidentally deleted your file as well. I am so very sorry. 

Could you please upload your file again, with a location tag in the title, so the classes know before clicking the link?

Thanks and I am so sorry 

Jen L

Dear Jen and Lynn

Thanks for welcoming us :)I can see my friend Sally too,it would be great to work in your group.Don't worry about the files you deleted by mistake,we can upload them again.

Regards

Namita

Thanks Namita!

The children are so excited! We began making predictions today, and will hopefully be able to view your files by the end of the week.

We hope that you enjoy our posts. There are a number of them, but the children worked very hard on them. We hope you love the winter pictures!!

Jen

Thank you again for the invitation to join this group.  I have posted our class video and added my link to the sidebar on this page.  I've read the outline and want to know if there are any other specific goals to this project other than having our classes make predictions about the other classes and report the outcomes? 

Deb G.
USA - Massachusetts

Hi Deb,

I am sorry, while Lynn and I were trying to figure out things that I uploaded that did not work, we accidently erased what you and another partcipant also uploaded. 

Could you please upload the file again? Then we (my class and I) can go on and see your presentation.

As far as our goals, we were hoping to just gain more insight about different geographical regions. It is our first time doing this project and we are still trying to figure it all out. Do you have any ideas? 

Thanks so much and I am SO sorry :)

Jen L 

No problem.  I've just added it for you. It's actually showing more than a link this time so it worked out for the best. 

According to stage two guidelines, we're supposed to record the student predictions of what they will see, however, I think I may have already violated that since they've looked at some of these images (oops).

I think I'll have my students watch all of the videos and then see what kind of questions they may have and take it from there.

Thanks,

Deb

In trying to delete some projects we inadvertently deleted step 2 projects that you uploaded. We are very sorry.

Please upload your projects so we can comment.

Thank you and sorry,

Lynn and Jen

Dear Jen,

Thanks for your invitation. I am really happy to do this project because I started this with my grade 6 students after I received your first invitation. This is the reason why I was able to upload some pictures and their works at once. Till my next message.

Regards,

Sally

Here we are again, doing one same project together. No matter how very busy you are, you still have time to share information with us. Keep your good work. But don't forget to take care of yourself.

With love and care,

Sally

Hope you are enjoying collaboration.My last three months were terrible as I could not do anything due to viruses in desktop and CCO Forums took much of time,now I am happy that I have found partners for many of new members and I am happy to see them collaborating.I am unwell for many days but now recovering from that exhaustion and fatigue.Great to see you here.You are very cooperative and active too.

Regards

Namita

I really enjoy collaborating. I love to share the works of my students no matter what kind of work they had done. They are not really talented students in terms of drawing pictures and their knowledge in English but what I am proud of is their patience to learn things that they want to know. Take care of yourself. Don't work too much. When time to go to bed, do it. Forget your work for a moment. Next day will give you strength and energy.

Love and care,

Sally

Dear Jen and Lynn, Happy to be working with you. We will try to share things you want to know. Be free asking questions. This will make us to be successful in our project.

Nice collaborating to all of you,

Sally

I am wondering about a good way to get students more engaged with commenting or asking questions. They did make some predictions, but after that, I'd really like to find a way to collaborate and really "discuss" things we saw in the projects. Anyone have any ideas on how we can do this?

Jen 

hi there Jen! We are delighted to join your group! We have already participated in Group 5 and so much of our work is already stored there! Today my class of 11 and 12 year olds is working on Friendship Flowers to send to you and your pupils. We hope you like them. WE have written some haikus and painted pictures of the view from our windows. We shall upload them as soon as possible.

My pupils and I, were very surprised to find that your school is not in Mexico, but in Mexico New York. 

We are really looking forward to hearing from your pupils too.

Linda

hi there Jen! We are delighted to join your group! We have already participated in Group 5 and so much of our work is already stored there! Today my class of 11 and 12 year olds is working on Friendship Flowers to send to you and your pupils. We hope you like them. WE have written some haikus and painted pictures of the view from our windows. We shall upload them as soon as possible.

My pupils and I, were very surprised to find that your school is not in Mexico, but in Mexico New York. 

We are really looking forward to hearing from your pupils too.

Linda

Hi Linda,

I was wondering if you have the ability to Skype with us sometime before the end of the year. We end school for the summer break at the end of June, so we were hoping to skype sometime at the end of may or beginning of June

Jen

Dear partners,

At this time, our students are on their holidays since end of February and be back on the 3rd week of May for the beginning of the new school year. So at this time, I can't share yet with you what stage 2 specifies. I will upload my6 students work when they are ready. Hope for your understanding about our situation.

Thank you very much,

Sally

Dear Jen,

Thanks for replying to my message. When our students come back to school on 3rd week of May, 2011, this is a new school year and the class I have for this project will be in grade 7 but I can follow up this topic with them.

You and I have the same problem about our students' interest in doing an activity. It's really difficult to have their full cooperation to do a project. I'm thinking ways of means on how to get their full interest and concern on my projects. If I have one, I will share them to you. Till my next message.

Regards,

Sally

As it turns out, we had not viewed all of the videos on the website as I originally thought.   I was able to record my children's predicions of what they might expect to see outside the windows of the participating schools. After viewing all of the videos, they came up with a few questions to post here. (My daughter has misplaced the notebook of questions, but we are looking fervently for it!)

I expect to have this information posted within the next 10 days.

Deb Grady
USA - Massachusetts
www.ourhomeschool.edublogs.org

Have any of you used Edmodo?  I am currently investigating it now and think it might be an effective means for stimulating student discussion.  What do you think?

My dear partners,

My uploading of information about the 2nd stage that is predicting your images might be slower than what I had expected.  When my students come back to school on the 3rd week of May, this will be a new grade level to them. There are so many things to be done first when organizing their new subjects with different and new subject teachers. I hope you understand my situation at the moment. My uploading of document might be slower and you will not be able to complete the project because of me. I apologize for this. I will be visiting the project page regularly to be updated.  Thank you very much.

Regards to all you,

Sally

We've uploaded our predictions and invite you to join us on Edmodo.com with any comments.

Use Code:  qfymmr

Or you can share them here.

Thanks,

Deb Grady
USA - Massachusetts

Dear Jen

Thanks so much,I have to upload a few things more.We shall have vacation starting from 1st May till June last.Only a few students would be in contact then but my son who is also a student of School can communicate during this time.Deb's and your students are of his age so I can guarantee only about him since he would be free and would have sufficient time.

We hear in News daily that weather is very bad in U.S.A.How is weather in your city?

Regards

Namita

Hello everyone,

Deb from Massachusets has created an Edmodo group! We can have students go there to discuss the project if you are all agreeable to this.

She shared the code as -- qfymmr

You would need to create a teacher account, then join a group if you'd like to have students discuss using this method.

Thanks Deb!

Jen

Thanks, Jen.  I've just assigned you as Co-teacher and created a separate group for you to use in any way you'd like.  

Deb

Dear Jen,

I discussed to our IT manager about having IT equipment in our Internet room and he promised me to set some computers with this facility. I'll check him again and see if I can do it. I really like to have my students doing on line discussion  Our students our coming back to school on May 20th so I'll inform you about this during the 4th week of May if you can wait. I love doing modern technology with our students here.

Regards,

Sally 

The only other obstacle that we may face would be the time difference. We begin school at 9am Eastern Standard Time.We don't have too much flexibility with this as the children are not bussed to school until this time.

Jen

Dear Jen,

Don't worry about it. We will find ways and means to do it and we will try. I am just waiting for our new school year opens and see what will be the situation here. Till my next message to you.

Regards,

Sally

Hi All,

We have been busy preparing for our New York State Assessments. We wil be done this week. The children have been busy viewing all the wonderful pictures, slideshows, and drawings posted here. They are working on creating new photopeach slideshows to share what spring is like in New York State. I will be joining the edmodo group. I would like the children to be able to converse about this project and learn more about your schools and countries.

Regards,

Lynn

Dear Namita,

Aamina, my new friend applied to eLanguages for membership for 2 times already but until now  there's no reply send to her from eLanguages. What advice can you give her? She's really interested to join eLanguages and share her students ' works with us. I invited her and her friends through her to join my project 'Knowing a New Environment' and other projects that will interest them. Our It manager bought camera and headphones already so when your student back to school, we can schedule their online communication again.

Hoping that you are enjoying your vacation now. But I know you are not fully taking a good rest. I can still read the messages you are posting at CCO project pages. Anyway, take a rest so when you're back to school, you are strong and healthy to face the new responsibilities you will be encountering.

Love and care,

Sally

Dear Namita,

Thank you for your message. I actually sent a message to Chris Swift too at the same time I sent you the message. I will wait for his reply. I will send you email for for information. Take care.

With Love,

Sally

This is to tell everyone that this is our final full week of school for this year. We will be leaving next week for summer holidays. When the kids return, they will no longer be in my class. I am hoping to be able to pick up and do some more with the project next year with the new group of children.

I am posting our final posts/shows about what spring (early summer) looks like here in Mexico.

I hope you all have a lovely few months. 

Jen