cultural elearning adventures

CULTURALe-LEARNING

ADVENTURES

VERONICA  WOO  EU  CHENGTESL  Teacher

ICT  Coordinator ( MALAYSIA )

ANNE  MIRTSCHIN Accounting and ICT Teacher

Web Conference Coach( AUSTRALIA )

OUR  SCHOOLS

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA MALAYSIA

TOWN / CITY

SIZE OF TOWN / CITY

POPULATION

MAIN OCCUPATION

SCHOOL PARTICIPATION IN SPECIAL EVENT(S)

IPOH

643 SQ. KM

710,798 ( Yr 2007 )

Business, SM Industry, Professionals, Govt. Employees

-2011 Innovations Showcase ( Australia )-2011 Melbourne Writers’ Festival- Visit Perak Year 2012- Prime Minister’s State Visit- State Mid-Autumn Festival

Hawkesdale

150

Farming

2010 Listen to Learners2011 Melbourne Writers Festival2011 Innovations Showcase

Australia MalaysiaHawkesdale Ipoh

White caucasian MalayA few Maori students ChineseOne aboriginal family IndianIndigenous peopleEnglish MalayMandarin Chinese (ESL) Chinese Indian etc

AUSTRALIA

Perak Tourism Logo Launch

Northern Writers’ Gathering

Perak Tourism Newspaper Launch

School Excellence Day 2011

Skype to Indonesia, Pakistan and Australia ( Rehearsals )

CHORAL SPEAKING PERFORMANCES( ‘Jom! Let’s Visit Perak )

‘VISIT PERAK YEAR 2012’ PROMOTION

Skype to Austria

Skype to USA and The Philippines

Skype to Pakistan ( Testing Connection )

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Skype to Australia( Melbourne Writers’ Festival )

Skype to New Zealand( SMJK Poi Lam / Cosmospoint College )

Skype to Austria, Australia, Pakistan, Indonesia, USA and the Philippines‘Visit Perak Year 2012’ Promotion

Skype to Indonesia( Prime Minister’s State Visit )

Skype to USA and The Philippines( Northern Writers’ Gathering @ Garden Villa )

Technological and Global involvement

Anne Mirtschin :  

YEAR 2005

Veronica Woo

ONCE UPON A TIME…GLOBAL CONNECTIONS 2005…

‘OUR EARTH, OUR HOME’( Promoting Green Tourism &

Malaysia )

20/8/2007Thanks for your response.  Right now, I'm in New Zealand attending an AFS Educators'Program.  I'll be returning to Malaysia this Saturday.  I will definitely get back to you when things are more settled once I get back to Malaysia.  Say, give me about a week's time before I discuss anything with you regarding any collaborative project that I might carry out with your school. Veronica 

( Registered with Globalschoolnet.com in Year 2005 )

Does Veronica speak English  much at all?

1. email conversations

Fast forward to...... 20/7/2010

It's been quite a long time since I last e-mailed you. How's life in Australia? I was just wondering if you would like to get connected with me and my students via Skype video-conferencing. I'll be doing just that with a school in New Zealand this Thursday.  Veronica

Malaysia Day16 Sept, 2011

Band Rehearsal

YEAR 2010

‘The World Is Your Classroom. The Classroom Is Your World’

Traditional ‘Lion Dance Welcome’

to welcome invited guests to the school.

‘SELAMAT DATANG’

‘WELCOMETO

SMJK POI LAM!’

School Canteen ‘Roti Canai’ seller flipping a pancake to make ‘roti canai’ .

13 MAY, 2011

Australian Educators watching live and online in Melbourne via Skype Video-conferencing.

Feedback from Veronica 

Thanks Anne for giving us the opportunity to be part of your presentation.  I could see right after the performance how motivated our students were.  I suppose that’s the reality and impact of having performed in real time to a real audience in another part of the world.  And all this despite the fact that they could not see them, the real audience in the hall!

25 – 27 September, 2010

Veronica working in collaboration with Anne

PHOTOSCourtesy of Ipoh Echo

http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2011/11/01/hello-australia-ipoh-is-ready-for-the-next-class/

2011 INNOVATIONS SHOWCASECERTIFICATE PRESENTATION

AT SMJK POI LAMMALAYSIA

ON 6 OCTOBER, 2011.

http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2011/11/01/hello-australia-ipoh-is-ready-for-the-next-class

• emails• Skype• wikispace• YouTube• Google docs• Blackboard Collaborate• Collaborize Classroom

email

chat

• bandwidth and internet access• different school years/terms• different holiday periods/festivals• exam periods• Accents• Shyness of students• Cultural differences

• Anne and Veronica (and Yewyankoon) are passionate about teaching and learning on a global scale

• Both are ‘wired’ and have similar interests• English is spoken/taught at both schools• Regular communication• Experienced with videoconferencing and technology• Similar time zones• Work ethic – willing to overcome any barriers and issues• Both risk takers etc • Established a trusting relationship• Collaborate as a team

•  Learning beyond borders•  Global awareness       -  cultural awareness and       -  language awareness •  Global competencies•  Fostering goodwill and better understanding•  Friendship knows no boundaries •  Celebrating diversity and promoting peace

• Sharing a common school curriculum via project-based learning.

• Expanding the idea of learning beyond borders to include all levels of schools and society.

• Taking learning into local and global communities • Organising programmes and workshops to reach out

to more schools locally and globally about the benefits of working with technology and others.

• Possibility of implementing twinning school plan between schools for better working relationship and addressing the issue of equity in education ( rural vs. urban, developed vs. developing, etc. )

• Use teachable moments and possibilities wherever and whenever possible.

mirtschin@gmail.comanne.mirtschin = skype

@murchahttp://www.murcha.wordpress.com

veronicawoo09@gmail.comveronicawoo2002@yahoo.co.uk

radiant3 = skype