Word of the week - persistent

Skypeathon 7-8 March

I have started the preparations for our Skypeathon in March, as we speak I am booking schools and experts for our Skype sessions and starting to plan the whole organization of it. First step today was a poster with the three main focuses on: #humanrights #media and #climate.

Word of the week - bumfuzzle

Word of the week - eclectic

Word of the week - eloquent

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Good podcasts for high school students

Podcasts appropriate for high school students/ESL learners:

A way with words 

Grammar girl

Espresso English Podcast

The Allusionist

Bear Brook - New Hampshire Public Radio

Criminal 

This American Life

Serial

Freakonomics Radio

The Radio Vagabond

NPR: Youth Radio

BBC Documentary

Scientific American




Articles about how listening to podcasts can improve literacy:

Mindshift - How Listening to Podcasts helps Students Read and Learn


How Podcasts Can Improve Literacy in the Classroom

Happy Holidays!

So it is time to take a break - see you in 2019! 

Happy Holidays!/Pernilla 

We are singing Christmas songs to American students - and vice versa

Word of the week - yuletide

Word of the week - xenophobia

Word of the week - verbose

Short films for Christmas

Snowman: 

Love is a gift: 

The supporting act:

Word of the week - persevere

Snapshot from today - starting to read The Underground Railroad

Word of the week - kerfuffle

Skyping with the Flipgrid team and a school in Budapest during Skypeathon

I have recently started my planning for the 24-hour Skypeathon that we will conduct in March at our school. Microsoft's and Skype's own Skypeathon took place on November 13-14 and we decided to join by taking part in two sessions only, due to our own version coming up in a few months.

The first session was on November 14 with the Flipgrid Team in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Great session with four employees at Flipgrid that were curious about our country and students, while my students had prepared a few questions to ask the staff, regarding their company, city and country. Need I say that Donald Trump also came into the discussion?

The Flipgrid crew in Minneapolis:

Tweet from Jim Leslie from the Flipgrid team

The next session was with a class in Budapest, Hungary. Their teacher's name was Gabriella and she guided her students through the session with a great deal of professionalism. The focal point of the session were the differences between our schools and countries.

Gabriella's students in Budapest:

Word of the week - agog

Word of the week - ameliorate

An oldie goldie - bookmarks with inspirational quotes

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