Operation Christmas Child Several members of Solway School online G&T team delightfully set out to add a 'wow factor' to Christmas, for a group of Pacific Island students.
Enrolled in a Learn-Now International Community Service programme, one could wonder 'where were the online elements to this very hands on project'? While their virtual office housed forums to contribute to and study sites to soak up requested details, videos, skype and email created the additional authentic touch. While this team was in Masterton, they had online peers working from Canterbury, Otago, Hawkes Bay and Bay of Plenty join the project as well. In total, Learn-Now members contributed 34 boxes to Operation Christmas Child, with an alternative meaning to Christmas, not so far from their own reality.
Team Tapu, NZ to Team California...
Meanwhile, further north and east, Tapu School in the Coromandel and Valley Preparatory School in Redford, California, went global together. Videos fly in from California on a regular basis and the introduction to email for students at Tapu School has them buzzing with the communication potential it promises. Forums and a wiki will follow and thanks to http://www.onetruemedia.com, videos will fly back to California.
The Highlight?
The exchange of care packages! Amidst the gifts, clocks in California time sit proud on a Tapu classroom room, and as for marmite? This definitely didn't go down well in California! From a NZ angle, the programme integrated Te Reo, cultural inclusion, profile descriptions, photography and also maths with regards to timezones, parcel travel and cost comparisons. Learn-Now brokered the exchange, facilitated the online connectivity and will foster further exchange within wikis next year.
Enrolled in a Learn-Now International Community Service programme, one could wonder 'where were the online elements to this very hands on project'? While their virtual office housed forums to contribute to and study sites to soak up requested details, videos, skype and email created the additional authentic touch. While this team was in Masterton, they had online peers working from Canterbury, Otago, Hawkes Bay and Bay of Plenty join the project as well. In total, Learn-Now members contributed 34 boxes to Operation Christmas Child, with an alternative meaning to Christmas, not so far from their own reality.
Team Tapu, NZ to Team California...
Meanwhile, further north and east, Tapu School in the Coromandel and Valley Preparatory School in Redford, California, went global together. Videos fly in from California on a regular basis and the introduction to email for students at Tapu School has them buzzing with the communication potential it promises. Forums and a wiki will follow and thanks to http://www.onetruemedia.com, videos will fly back to California.
The Highlight?
The exchange of care packages! Amidst the gifts, clocks in California time sit proud on a Tapu classroom room, and as for marmite? This definitely didn't go down well in California! From a NZ angle, the programme integrated Te Reo, cultural inclusion, profile descriptions, photography and also maths with regards to timezones, parcel travel and cost comparisons. Learn-Now brokered the exchange, facilitated the online connectivity and will foster further exchange within wikis next year.
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