Yackpacking This afternoon, four of my students got a chance to yack with their blogging buddies in New Zealand. They loved it! There is something about having control of the mouse and clicking on that yackpack. . . Also, it forces my children to speak loudly enough to be heard and clearly enough to be understood. (Two curriculum objectives if I ever heard them.) I had a few queries about what the NZ kids were saying, but generally I think that my children are deciphering the NZ accent much better than before. In fact, at the beginning of the year, my kids wondered if they were speaking Spanish.
Someone from Jerusalem yacked in a few minutes before NZ, and stayed around to listen to the conversation. So did a couple of other people who didn't identify themselves. Tomorrow, four more of my children and four of hers will get together for a chat. If you're interested to hear them, we'll be chatting on the Yack Pack on Ms. Hayes' blog at 3:00 Central time for us and 9:00 the next morning in New Zealand.
This afternoon, four of my students got a chance to yack with their blogging buddies in New Zealand. They loved it! There is something about having control of the mouse and clicking on that yackpack. . . Also, it forces my children to speak loudly enough to be heard and clearly enough to be understood. (Two curriculum objectives if I ever heard them.) I had a few queries about what the NZ kids were saying, but generally I think that my children are deciphering the NZ accent much better than before. In fact, at the beginning of the year, my kids wondered if they were speaking Spanish.
