Last
year each of my ninth grade students got a pen-pal in Colorado. On both ends,
students received letters and pictures from their pen-pal and sent the same
back.
This
year we did a video exchange instead. When I was home in Colorado for Christmas vacation, I met with my old high school Spanish teacher, Dan Gilden,
about his idea. It turned out to be a success! My 11th grade students loved seeing kids in
my old high school stumble through Spanish (as they themselves do in English)
not to mention how different the students, school and dress-code appear. We
selected participants for our video by rewarding students who got the highest
scores on an English vocabulary test. They did a great job!
Unfortunately the video from Colorado is protected and therefore cannot be seen publicly. But at least here is our video from Colombia to Colorado. It's a decent representation of my [chaotic] school and some of my awesome students. Enjoy!
We’re hoping after vacation to
start again with more video-exchanges.
Here's the video:
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