Melville Intermediate - Skyping wtih Appleby School

Yesterday we started our Maori Language program by using Skype to make contact with Appleby School in Nelson. They are learning about Maori Language and we had a group of students talk with them and Skype with them to help them with their pronunciation. The students really enjoyed the interaction in a creative way.

We'd like to thank Allanhk and her classroom of students at Appleby School for making us available for our first Skype contact of 2011.

We made a short video of our Skype call which you can watch by clicking on the link here. You can also make sure that you check out Appleby Schools wonderful classroom page by clicking on the link here.

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Melville Intermediate - Linking with Appleby School

Over the past week or so our students have spent a considerable amount of time taking our first Skype steps online. We've made contact with Appleby School in Nelson, and helped them with their Mihi work. Today in class one of the school Deputy Principals Mr Barlett stopped by and we were able to show him what we were up to, and he was able to help out as well!

A Mihi, for those of you who don't know is a Maori introduction or greeting. In this instance Allanhk's Class have all learnt their Mihi and our class is helping them by checking the pronunciation. What's great about it, apart from the networking, is its allowing our students to share knowledge with students within New Zealand. Room 8 students who are participating in this are really enjoying the mentoring role and were really grateful for the opportunity!

If your online and your class would be interested in collaborating or communicating please just drop us a line!

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