Thought I left a comment earlier but maybe it was on the classroom blog?

Anyway, I did a workshop with a Hong Kong local school today and took them to your kids blogs. They are hearing impaired so you can imagine the fun of trying to get them to do as you wish when you don’t even speak their mother tongue!

Anyway, many have made comments, albeit poorly considered ones on your kids blogs. I am hopeful that the kids can do some writing of their own and we can get some sharing going. The teachers commented that your kids language was too advanced so we may try to find a primary to connect with but see if there is interest amoungst your kids.

Cheers

Paul

Just sent a tweet about this – reading through all those lists and commenting was great fun. At the very least, your kids should know that it was both interesting and entertaining to read through the lists.

Could you partner up with an American educator who is using blogs to do exactly the same project, ie. a ‘ten unique things?’ Even if a class made a single list together and compared it to all yours, I think all the students would find some of the similarities – and unique differences – remarkable.

It’s incredibly interesting to note how we do so many similar things but do them our own, unique way. I was struck by several of your students mentioning Anzac Day and Anzac biscuits. Hardtack is basically a simplified version of the Anzac biscuit and played an important role in many of our wars – and people in Alaska still eat hardtack [also called pilot bread there, I think] regularly.

They might be surprised to know that up in the Alaskan tundra, people are still eating what is essentially an Anzac biscuit.

Great project – look forward to following it all.