https://barbinnebraska.com/poetry-and-skype-made-for-each-other/ by a Catholic School Teacher Mon, 10 May 2010 01:03:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://barbinnebraska.com/poetry-and-skype-made-for-each-other/#comment-57 Mon, 10 May 2010 01:03:55 +0000 http://barbinnebraska.posterous.com/poetry-and-skype-made-for-each-other#comment-57 Thanks for commenting! Two weeks ago we Skyped together and shared jokes. That was a great way to get use to sharing on Skype and be more comfortable when it was time to share poems.

]]> https://barbinnebraska.com/poetry-and-skype-made-for-each-other/#comment-56 Mon, 10 May 2010 00:54:49 +0000 http://barbinnebraska.posterous.com/poetry-and-skype-made-for-each-other#comment-56 I love the idea of sharing poems via Skype. My students are in the process of memorizing poems for a Primary Poetry Festival at our school, and I think that Skype would be a great way for them to practice their poems in front of an audience. Thanks for the idea! Like you, I agree that 20 minutes is the perfect length of time for a Skype call, and having a good plan helps too. I have also tried small group Skype calls lately, and I think that they work really well also: they offer more time for the students to interact with each other. Thanks for giving me some new ideas to try out now in my classroom as well!

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