I was recently in Mr. Titzel's middle school classroom while he was setting up a Skype session with another class in Tennessee close to the areas that were hit by the recent tornadoes. The students were excited to be engaging with another class and were going to be sharing their perspectives on their communities during this initial getting to know each other skype session. The teacher connected with the other class through a social studies group in Edmodo, a secure social learning network for teachers and students.
Mr. Titzel also indicated that he wanted to connect with more teachers and plan more opportunities for skyping next year. I recently came across this blog post that is a resource list of contacts of classrooms who wish to skype - Check it out at EduBlogger. Here is the whole list as a webpage. Let me know if you are interesting in connecting with another classroom, I can help with getting a webcam and accounts set up if necessary.
Please share any other resources you have found to connect with other classrooms or experts in your field of study. Enjoy!
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