Now that you have connected to your mentor and learned about his or her opinion of Web 2.0 tool, it's time for you to connect using Google Hangouts, Facebook or Skype and plan to bring your mentor as a guest speaker into your classroom virtually.
Step 1: Learn about Google Hangouts from the video below.
Step 2: Schedule a Google Hangout with your mentor. (If your mentor doesn't have a gmail account, you can plan a Skype or Facebook video conference instead). Use the PDF instructions posted on Scribd.
Step 3: Meet with your mentor "face to face" online and discuss the following:
a) Tell your mentor what age level and subjects you teach.
b) Ask your mentor what part of American culture, lifestyle or history he or she would be more interested to talk about with your students.
c) Decide, together with your mentor, how you can connect him/her with your students: via Skype, Google Hangouts or Facebook.
d) Choose one of the topics from the textbook you will be teaching by the end of November and ask your mentor if he or she would be willing to be your guest speaker. Post your "plan" below, as a blog comment. For example:
"My mentor will be available to meet online with my students on November 19th, when we will be discussing US history and the Declaration of Independence. He / she will talk about the importance of this event for American citizens and then my students will ask several questions they will have prepared ahead of time. We have a computer lab in our school and will be using Skype to connect online. Our IT teacher will help us set up the Skype connection." "Both my mentor and I are active on Facebook, so we will use Facebook video chat to connect to my students. On November 24th my mentor will be our guest speaker - my students will read about Mark Twain and "Tom Sawyer"and share their impressions with the mentor, who will tell them about other American books he/she recommends. I will bring my own laptop to class and set up the online connection myself." |
One very important thing: please take pictures of your students interacting with your mentor during the live Skype or Google Hangout conference and send them to [email protected]. We will place all pictures on our project blog and then invite your students to share their impressions. |