Russian Collaborator? (fwd)

[Devin P Browne]

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Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 14:11:12 +0000
From: Michele Whaley <MWhaley+ at mail.asd.k12.ak.us>
To: Multiple recipients of list FLTEACH <FLTEACH at UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU>
Subject: Russian Collaborator?

Dear Listniki:

A collegue from Iowa and I have been working on a wonderful exchange with
our Russian students. We were put in touch by a conference presenter who
had met us both, and I'm hoping that I can work the magic again.

We started out by having level II students exchange e-mail, on proscribed
topics and sharing projects developed on HyperStudio with more advanced
levels. The e-mail students could add whatever extra information they
wanted. Several kids ended up writing back and forth a lot, and one such
pair inadvertently suggested to me that they do something with
descriptions.

We ended up sharing two major HyperStudio projects each: the Iowans sent us
a wonderful murder mystery, recycling all sorts of activities and house
vocabulary. We sent them a scavenger hunt for a missing hedgehog. In
between was the e-mail, and then both sets of kids put their pictures and
descriptions into a puzzle for the other school. (You should have seen my
kids today: "This one plays basketball! Which one looks tallest, and also
runs? I was happy to realize that they are learning to scan text because of
working on these projects.)

This has been wonderful, but now the other teacher is returning for a
Master's degree, and I am very sad to lose such collaboration.

We both have Cyrillic fonts, Eudora, Claris Works, and HyperStudio 2.0. I
am hoping that there is another Russian teacher out there who wants to
exchange projects.

I have to mention that one of the delights of working with Ericka was that
she and I agreed that, while it was nice to try for correctness, getting
the projects out was more important than perfection. I'm hoping for another
person whose kids aren't always perfect!

If you know someone who isn't necessarily on this listserve, would you mind
sharing my search? It has been a wonderful semester!

Michele




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Michele Whaley, East High School
4025 East Northern Lights Blvd.
Anchorage, AK 99508
907-263-1297