Day Six- February 4

Today we used a video conferencing application to talk to 5th graders in Oakland, California. These fifth graders asked questions about Internet Safety and writing autobiographies. The question that they asked me was 'How do I keep my autobiography to a minimum?' I answered that they need to just highlight the main points in their life and not to go into details about everything. This activity is a great example of Standard 3 (Model Digital-Age Work and Learning) Benchmark B (collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation) because we collaborated with other students using the digital tool Skype. I think this would be great to use in my classroom so that students can get opinions from students all around the world and not just from inside the classroom. I think that the students from California really enjoyed and were very thrilled to be speaking with college students and getting our opinions on their questions.