cultural elearning adventures
DESCRIPTION
Teachers from two different schools and cultures share their eLearning adventures using videoconferencing and other online tools to connect, communicate and collaborate with each other. This session was prepared for the Global Education Conference 2011TRANSCRIPT
CULTURALe-LEARNING
ADVENTURES
VERONICA WOO EU CHENGTESL Teacher
ICT Coordinator ( MALAYSIA )
ANNE MIRTSCHIN Accounting and ICT Teacher
Web Conference Coach( AUSTRALIA )
OUR SCHOOLS
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA MALAYSIA
TOWN / CITY
SIZE OF TOWN / CITY
POPULATION
MAIN OCCUPATION
SCHOOL PARTICIPATION IN SPECIAL EVENT(S)
IPOH
643 SQ. KM
710,798 ( Yr 2007 )
Business, SM Industry, Professionals, Govt. Employees
-2011 Innovations Showcase ( Australia )-2011 Melbourne Writers’ Festival- Visit Perak Year 2012- Prime Minister’s State Visit- State Mid-Autumn Festival
Hawkesdale
150
Farming
2010 Listen to Learners2011 Melbourne Writers Festival2011 Innovations Showcase
Australia MalaysiaHawkesdale Ipoh
White caucasian MalayA few Maori students ChineseOne aboriginal family IndianIndigenous peopleEnglish MalayMandarin Chinese (ESL) Chinese Indian etc
AUSTRALIA
Perak Tourism Logo Launch
Northern Writers’ Gathering
Perak Tourism Newspaper Launch
School Excellence Day 2011
Skype to Indonesia, Pakistan and Australia ( Rehearsals )
CHORAL SPEAKING PERFORMANCES( ‘Jom! Let’s Visit Perak )
‘VISIT PERAK YEAR 2012’ PROMOTION
Skype to Austria
Skype to USA and The Philippines
Skype to Pakistan ( Testing Connection )
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Skype to Australia( Melbourne Writers’ Festival )
Skype to New Zealand( SMJK Poi Lam / Cosmospoint College )
Skype to Austria, Australia, Pakistan, Indonesia, USA and the Philippines‘Visit Perak Year 2012’ Promotion
Skype to Indonesia( Prime Minister’s State Visit )
Skype to USA and The Philippines( Northern Writers’ Gathering @ Garden Villa )
Technological and Global involvement
Anne Mirtschin :
YEAR 2005
Veronica Woo
ONCE UPON A TIME…GLOBAL CONNECTIONS 2005…
‘OUR EARTH, OUR HOME’( Promoting Green Tourism &
Malaysia )
20/8/2007Thanks for your response. Right now, I'm in New Zealand attending an AFS Educators'Program. I'll be returning to Malaysia this Saturday. I will definitely get back to you when things are more settled once I get back to Malaysia. Say, give me about a week's time before I discuss anything with you regarding any collaborative project that I might carry out with your school. Veronica
( Registered with Globalschoolnet.com in Year 2005 )
Does Veronica speak English much at all?
1. email conversations
Fast forward to...... 20/7/2010
It's been quite a long time since I last e-mailed you. How's life in Australia? I was just wondering if you would like to get connected with me and my students via Skype video-conferencing. I'll be doing just that with a school in New Zealand this Thursday. Veronica
Malaysia Day16 Sept, 2011
Band Rehearsal
YEAR 2010
‘The World Is Your Classroom. The Classroom Is Your World’
Traditional ‘Lion Dance Welcome’
to welcome invited guests to the school.
‘SELAMAT DATANG’
‘WELCOMETO
SMJK POI LAM!’
School Canteen ‘Roti Canai’ seller flipping a pancake to make ‘roti canai’ .
13 MAY, 2011
Australian Educators watching live and online in Melbourne via Skype Video-conferencing.
Feedback from Veronica
Thanks Anne for giving us the opportunity to be part of your presentation. I could see right after the performance how motivated our students were. I suppose that’s the reality and impact of having performed in real time to a real audience in another part of the world. And all this despite the fact that they could not see them, the real audience in the hall!
25 – 27 September, 2010
Veronica working in collaboration with Anne
PHOTOSCourtesy of Ipoh Echo
http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2011/11/01/hello-australia-ipoh-is-ready-for-the-next-class/
2011 INNOVATIONS SHOWCASECERTIFICATE PRESENTATION
AT SMJK POI LAMMALAYSIA
ON 6 OCTOBER, 2011.
http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2011/11/01/hello-australia-ipoh-is-ready-for-the-next-class
• emails• Skype• wikispace• YouTube• Google docs• Blackboard Collaborate• Collaborize Classroom
chat
• bandwidth and internet access• different school years/terms• different holiday periods/festivals• exam periods• Accents• Shyness of students• Cultural differences
• Anne and Veronica (and Yewyankoon) are passionate about teaching and learning on a global scale
• Both are ‘wired’ and have similar interests• English is spoken/taught at both schools• Regular communication• Experienced with videoconferencing and technology• Similar time zones• Work ethic – willing to overcome any barriers and issues• Both risk takers etc • Established a trusting relationship• Collaborate as a team
• Learning beyond borders• Global awareness - cultural awareness and - language awareness • Global competencies• Fostering goodwill and better understanding• Friendship knows no boundaries • Celebrating diversity and promoting peace
• Sharing a common school curriculum via project-based learning.
• Expanding the idea of learning beyond borders to include all levels of schools and society.
• Taking learning into local and global communities • Organising programmes and workshops to reach out
to more schools locally and globally about the benefits of working with technology and others.
• Possibility of implementing twinning school plan between schools for better working relationship and addressing the issue of equity in education ( rural vs. urban, developed vs. developing, etc. )
• Use teachable moments and possibilities wherever and whenever possible.
[email protected] = skype
@murchahttp://www.murcha.wordpress.com
[email protected]@yahoo.co.uk
radiant3 = skype