Connecticut Connection

Connecticut Mystery Skype on PhotoPeach


Nothing is more fun for my students than making global connections.  We once again had the opportunity to Skype with another school.  This time with a very smart group of 6th graders in Meriden, Connecticut.  We had a great time and were really challenged to know our stuff when it came to the geography of the Northeastern United States.  Connecticut was hard to find, it's a small state compared to Texas, but eventually we narrowed it down.  The students in Connecticut asked some great questions and quickly guessed our state.  Of course our thick southern accents gave them a bit of a hint :).  In all it was a great exchange and we really enjoyed the challenge.  We are now sharing an Edmodo group with the class from Connecticut and look forward to many more opportunities to connect and collaborate with them.  Thank Mrs. D for connecting with us!

Mystery Skype

Mapping, Googling, Skyping, critical thinking, geography, searching and questioning all add up to a fun and successful MysterySkype.  This week two of my classes had the opportunity to participate in a Mystery Skype with a school in Duncan,OK.  A Mystery Skype is a yes or no questioning game that two schools play to try to guess each other’s locations.  Students had to work together as a team to ask questions about the other schools location and then use maps, atlases and Google, along with their reasoning skills to come up with the location of the other school.  My students really enjoyed the interaction and the challenge.  Even though Oklahoma is not that far from us it was still really enjoyable to interact with students from another school.  Thanks to Mrs. Davies 8th grade computer class for the Skype call and for playing along with us!

Mystery Skype on PhotoPeach

Thailand Skype

What a fun day!  Students had the unique opportunity to Skype with a former Kirbyville student who is now living and working in Thailand.   Charity Cucancic is now a missionary in Thailand.  She has been in Thailand for about a year.  She took time out to talk with students about Thai food, culture, weather, and traditions.  Students also got to say hi to our school secretary Mrs. Cucancic who was in Thailand visiting Charity.  Students asked her questions about her experiences in Thailand and about how Americans are viewed by the Thai people.  Charity also gave students a tour inside her home.  She showed them how different her tiny apartment was from most American homes.  It was a great opportunity to get outside the walls of the classroom and visit a totally different country on the other side of the globe.

From our side of the Skype

A view of us from Thailand