Where are you from? This was the question Mrs. Ah Hee’s students asked themselves on Tuesday as they participated in a Mystery Skype activity with a fifth grade class on the mainland.
Students in each class asked questions and with the answers began to narrow down where the state they were Skyping with might be located. The clues that our friends on the mainland gave us included:
The Atlantic Ocean borders their state;
Crabbing is a major industry;
Another state that borders their state is Delaware;
The Appalachian Mountains are in their state;
They see wild deer;
The National Anthem was written in their state;
With those clues and more (and after much scrutinizing of the maps in front of them) our students were able to narrow it down to Maryland. We think that the fifth graders in Baltimore were able to guess Hawaii a little sooner than we were able to guess Maryland!
This was only the beginning of our partnership with our new friends in Maryland. We will be collaborating with them on a number of projects using different Web 2.0 Tools this year. The Skype session was a great way to kick off our collaboration! A big MAHALO to the wonderful teachers, Florence Falatko and Dana Novotny, and their fabulous fifth grade students at Cromwell Valley Regional Magnet School of Technology in Baltimore.
Check out some pics and video clips of our Skype session below!
Here is a video that one of the teachers took in Maryland! I think it is very neat to be able to see their point of view!
