Videos about ePals: Set 1. Perhaps some of these will be useful for you to show to others in your school, if you are expected to help others begin to use ePals this fall.
SET ONE: People from ePals: Tim DiScipio, Larry Roth, and Rita Oates
1. Rita Oates "ePals commercial" at CoSN conference, March 2009: http://www.schooltube.com/video/26834/ePals
1:48
2. Larry Roth at NECC, June 29, 2009: two announcements http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOC0eTvpYT4
Larry Roth, executive vice president of marketing and business development for ePals, Inc. discusses ePals new partnerships with the International Baccalaureate (IB) and the Gabriel Piedrahita-Uribe Foundation announced at NECC 2009.
1:35
What do you think of this video technique of introducing your school and your students to their epals? One of these is particularly bad, as you will quickly figure out.
1. March/April 2009 exchange between NJ and Hawaii elementary private school classrooms: http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=90695&title=EPals_Greeting_from_NJ
Greetings from lower school gr. 2 class in Morristown, NJ, at Peck School, all student voices to tour the school, and the last 2 minutes are each student saying his/her first name to the camera, ends in snow
6:47
2. Peck school (above) is paired with: Island School, Hawaii, PK-12 http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=94813&title=iSchool_Aloha
Note this has teacher voiceover, not students. Introduces gr. 3 class. Individual students introduce themselves starting about 1:21.
first group shot and then each child on video with name and some other info
3:11 gives tour of island
3:50 more epals introduce themselves, age 7
6:46
4. Middle School French teacher, Madame Thomas, documenting student work with ePals, videoconference, videos from France http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3zpJi_6aaM
My students get to see video footage of the village they are about to write and make videos for. Argenton-sur-Creuse, with student assignment for French class to use in video for ePals
2:35
Epal Letter and Video Prep
gr. 7 French students working on video, in French and English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSnLsAv-1lA&NR=1
students use Word with spell check in French to write letter first....
Thanksgiving video from France to French class in US http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3lVXSBoLsA
Teacher shows relationship chart with French class and her class
She has some photos of French students.
1:15 and ends abruptly
Videos to preview before July 13
SET ONE: People at epals
Videos about ePals: Set 1. Perhaps some of these will be useful for you to show to others in your school, if you are expected to help others begin to use ePals this fall.SET ONE: People from ePals: Tim DiScipio, Larry Roth, and Rita Oates
1. Rita Oates "ePals commercial" at CoSN conference, March 2009:
http://www.schooltube.com/video/26834/ePals
1:48
2. Larry Roth at NECC, June 29, 2009: two announcements
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOC0eTvpYT4
Larry Roth, executive vice president of marketing and business development for ePals, Inc. discusses ePals new partnerships with the International Baccalaureate (IB) and the Gabriel Piedrahita-Uribe Foundation announced at NECC 2009.
1:35
3. Tim DiScipio, founder, interview at NMSA: with Intel Classmate PC computers (Demo of searching for a classroom match)
http://www.schooltube.com/video/14228/E-Pals-at-the-NMSA-Conference
5:19
4. Tim part 2 at NMSA: Tim sitting in a chair, how it got started, how teachers use it, translation, parental communication, some projects used
http://www.schooltube.com/video/15088/E-Pals-Tim-Discipio-Welcome-Message
5:06
SET TWO: Introducing one classroom to another
What do you think of this video technique of introducing your school and your students to their epals? One of these is particularly bad, as you will quickly figure out.1. March/April 2009 exchange between NJ and Hawaii elementary private school classrooms:
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=90695&title=EPals_Greeting_from_NJ
Greetings from lower school gr. 2 class in Morristown, NJ, at Peck School, all student voices to tour the school, and the last 2 minutes are each student saying his/her first name to the camera, ends in snow
6:47
2. Peck school (above) is paired with: Island School, Hawaii, PK-12
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=94813&title=iSchool_Aloha
Note this has teacher voiceover, not students. Introduces gr. 3 class. Individual students introduce themselves starting about 1:21.
first group shot and then each child on video with name and some other info
3:11 gives tour of island
3:50 more epals introduce themselves, age 7
6:46
3. Iowa grade 4 class introduces their community and fall farming
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=60154&title=Farming_In_Iowa__Meyer_4A
5:34
4. Middle School French teacher, Madame Thomas, documenting student work with ePals, videoconference, videos from France
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3zpJi_6aaM
My students get to see video footage of the village they are about to write and make videos for. Argenton-sur-Creuse, with student assignment for French class to use in video for ePals
2:35
Epal Letter and Video Prep
gr. 7 French students working on video, in French and English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSnLsAv-1lA&NR=1
students use Word with spell check in French to write letter first....
Thanksgiving video from France to French class in US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3lVXSBoLsA
Teacher shows relationship chart with French class and her class
She has some photos of French students.
1:15 and ends abruptly