Natural Wonders – Engaging students through global video conferencing about nature
Your Name and Title: Athalo Carrão – EFL Teacher
School or Organization Name: Global English School
Area of the World from Which You Will Present: Lagoa Santa, MG - Brazil
Language in Which You Will Present: English
Target Audience(s): Teachers, Librarians, Educators, anyone interested in nature
Short Session Description: By joining the Natural Wonders project, you and your students will go on an awe-inspiring journey in which you can watch and/or present in international video conferences about great places in your area and around the globe.
Full Session Description:
Natural Wonders is a project that was launched in June 2015 and has provided the participants with the opportunity for consciousness raising and culture awareness, since we learn how people from different countries enjoy their local natural features. Students have learned a lot about the wonders of the nature and participated in incredible video conferences about them, always amazed at how diverse and fascinating nature can be.
Besides all the aforementioned benefits, an interesting outcome of the project will be a website with all the videos made by the students about natural wonders from all over the world. Classes or groups of students can participate in this project via either video conference or recording videos to each other, which eliminates the time difference problem. You and your students will surely enjoy and enhance this project.
Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:
Natural Wonders Blog: http://www.globalingles.com/natural-wonders
1st presentation (from Brazil): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf2GUmTbbaY
2nd presentation (from Canada): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVULjNn22tE
Replies
Athalo, keep up the good work. You lead with your heart. Sajimol Sajeev is the dance teacher I mentor; we shall present at GEC! Her proposal has been accepted. http://www.globaleducationconference.com/forum/topics/social-networ...
"Women Of Wiki" will lead india on to EduconIndia 2016 http://geogebraindia.blogspot.in/2014/03/immediately-after-learning... my dream yet to be fulfilled.
Hi, Sebastian.
I'm sure your dream will be fulfilled. Your hard work and your neat ideas are always inspiring.
Thanks for introducing Sajimol to me. It's a pleasure.
I am getting my Dancers ready to perform for your GEC presentation. Details will be on my blog. Our mutual friend too will be with me as my co-facilitator.
Congratulations dear Athalo. I learned about your country from the presentation your students made - http://geogebraindia.blogspot.in/2015/06/connecting-nodes.html Hope to be there with you as you present; my way of saying "Thank you" for the learning.
Thank you, Sajimol.
I'm glad to hear that you watched and enjoyed our presentation.
Maybe your students can present about the Natural Wonders in India in the near future. If would be great if your students could also perform a nice dance in the same live conference too.