In Social Studies 10 this year, we Skyped with a geography class located at a private school in Fayetteville, North Carolina. (I had gone to university with the teacher).
Students were asked to create yes/no geography based questions to find out the province/state, the city and the school of the students we were Skyping with. The students were not given any prior information, but practiced beforehand using iPads and asked a partner questions about a chosen location. For example, the first question asked was "are you in the Northern hemisphere?"
As the students gathered more and more information, they were able to use the resources they had to determine the location of the other class and by the end of the time were successful in their task!
Overall, it was an excellent first attempt!
Sarah McCue
Social Studies, Planning & First Nations 12 teacher
Students were asked to create yes/no geography based questions to find out the province/state, the city and the school of the students we were Skyping with. The students were not given any prior information, but practiced beforehand using iPads and asked a partner questions about a chosen location. For example, the first question asked was "are you in the Northern hemisphere?"
As the students gathered more and more information, they were able to use the resources they had to determine the location of the other class and by the end of the time were successful in their task!
Overall, it was an excellent first attempt!
Sarah McCue
Social Studies, Planning & First Nations 12 teacher