Category Archives: Global Collaboration/Skype

5th Graders Skype with Laura Schroff

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Carmen Richardson

Mrs. Ah Hee is an amazing fifth grade teacher at our school.  My entire blog could be post after post describing the wonderful things that she is doing every day with her students. Today was a very special day!  The … Continue reading →

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Using Tech to Connect – 5th Graders Study Colonization

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Carmen Richardson

Fifth grade teacher Nani Pai is using technology to connect her students with other indigenous peoples around the world.  Watch the video below to hear Kumu Pai discuss her goals for the project. The students have been fortunate to Skype … Continue reading →

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Skype, Skype, Skype!

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Carmen Richardson

We are very fortunate at our school to be able to Skype so often with people from all over the world.  This year has been so busy that I have not blogged about our Skyping adventures as often as I … Continue reading →

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Our Read Aloud Skype Session

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Carmen Richardson

Mrs. Derr’s Kindergarten class had a wonderful experience a few weeks ago in technology class, and it was all thanks to the awesome people at Skype in the Classroom. Dr. Jennifer Aaker read Alex and the Amazing Lemonade Stand to … Continue reading →

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First Grade Experts!

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Carmen Richardson

Both Kumu Littrell and Kumu Kaleo’s classes got to be experts for some fellow first graders from Pennsylvania last week. The first graders in Pennsylvania have been studying Hawai’i and they had many questions for us to answer to help … Continue reading →

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Third Graders and Wales!

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Carmen Richardson

What do you think of when hear the word Wales? Do you think of the animal? Well, before we started learning from our third grade friends there that’s what we thought of too! But, we soon learned that Wales is … Continue reading →

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“The Mitten Project” Kinder Videos!

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Carmen Richardson

Our lovely little kindergarteners are part of an awesome project! We are collaborating with classes from Baltimore and Canada to create our own versions of the story “The Mitten” by Jan Brett. Mrs. Derr and Mrs. Nihipalis’ classes are done … Continue reading →

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Tahiti Collaboration Begins!

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Carmen Richardson

We have begun an exciting new collaboration with a school in Papeete, Tahiti!  Our Kindergarten and Third Grade students will be working with them using Skype throughout the rest of this and all of next year. We cannot wait to … Continue reading →

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Our Collaboration with Baltimore Continues!

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Carmen Richardson

Last year we were very lucky to be able to participate in a number of projects with Cromwell Valley Technology Magnet Elementary School in Baltimore, Maryland. We have continued that collaboration this year with many different activities in various grade … Continue reading →

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A video from our friends in Maine!

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Carmen Richardson

Have you ever wondered what Christmas is like in a place that is cold and filled with snow? Well, our friends in Maine made us a great video that talks about what Christmas is like in Maine. Maine is all … Continue reading →

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