I had a great opportunity to talk with the Gems (Year 2 students) from Brisbane, Australia. I was introduced to the Gems earlier in the year (2011) through videos and reading their blogs. In June, their teacher, Mrs. Marrinan, was able to visit our school for a day.

Recently, another NH teacher, Mrs. Knee, and I were able to skype in the evening in order to talk with the students during their day. The students were winding down their school year as it was their last two days of school! We had conversations about their year and blogging in the classroom. They were well versed and articulated their thoughts very well. In fact, we recorded the skype call and used it in our workshop the following day!

The Gems will be moving on to the Year 3 classrooms and we wish them well!