17 Dec 2012
This year 6H along with Mr Heterick connected and began to collaborate with a school in California. To be specific a Year 5 class from Arroyo Grande. The project was first designed to build a collaborative community around the use of iPads on a Problem based project. Mr Heterick came up with the clever idea of the Pacific Ocean and how this joins our nations. Both schools set out to find out what global issues were affecting our local oceans. 6H set out to research, discover and then present their findings in the form of a short stop motion animation of the issues surrounding our Great Barrier Reef.
Both schools have connected via Edmodo to post ideas and information as well as meeting before and after school to connect using Adobe connect. Here are two articles written about the experience from 'The Tribune' and also 'Saint Maria Times' outlining the virtual meeting between California and us here in Fairfield West.
"This project was engaging and provided students with the opportunity to express themselves in a meaningful way" said Mr Heterick of the project. He is looking forward to continuing this project next year.