Friday 1 March 2013

Skype meeting on 1 March 2013: starting our project

What a day! We officially started our project Return ticket: Finland & Italy with a skype video meeting today. Rosso di San Secondo middle school called Sääksjärvi primary school at 8.45 in Italian time / at 9.45 in Finnish time. This project is something new for all of us (both for students and teachers), so we were all quite excited about the skype meeting. At the beginning of the meeting we heard that the weather in Caltanisetta in Sicily was summerish with plus 11 degrees  while in Sääksjärvi in Finland the temperature was minus one with lots of snow. You can really say this is a return ticket between north and south.

The meeting was an amazing experience for all of us. Technological devices are amazing. You can see and speak to people that are thousands of kilometres far away in the same way you speak to people next to you. For the students it was also a great chance to put their English to the test and to realise they can use it to communicate with other kids all over the world. This project is a chance for all of us to establish new, positive relationships and build up a bridge across Europe.

After the official meeting was over, the students wanted to say goodbyes over and over again and were asking "when are we doing this again". What a great start for our project :) 

Pictures and video clips from the skype meeting

Teachers starting the skype meeting: Kristiiina in Finland and Angela and Lucia in Italy.

Group leader at Sääksjärvi primary school.


Class 6 at Sääksjärvi primary school waiting for the skype meeting to start.


Class 6 at Sääksjärvi primary school introducing themselves.




Skype meeting at Rosso di San Secondo middle school in Caltanisetta.












Group leader at Rosso di San Secondo middle school in Caltanisetta saying the opening words.  You can say the students actually visited each other's schools. This video clip was filmed at Sääksjärvi primary school.

Class 5 at Sääksjärvi primary school watching class 2 C at Rosso di San Secondo middle school  introducing themselves.


 and listening to Angela saying few words about our project.



After the official part was over it was time for relaxed goodbyes at both schools

Ending the skype meeting 






1 comment:

  1. Wow, that was just great to have meeting through skype. I did try those skype italian schools at http://preply.com/en/italian-by-skype before so I can relate a bit to them. I can really be fun.

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