Our China and U.S. Web Conference Today, June 3 & 4, 2008

The web conference was really fun! I had a good time hearing about Chinese life and how good all your students English was! It was fun talking to Ashley and learning about her life and telling her about ours. It was also very fun to sing to you and to hear your wonderful singing. Thank you for participating in the web conference! I had a really great time.
Bree

I was very happy I got the opportunity to practice my Chinese before I head to China. Quitong Chen was very helpful and translated all the words I was not familiar with. I was very suprised at the level of the Chinese students English. They all spoke very well. If there was another opportunity to participate in a web conference, I most definitely would be there.

Dahnny L.

It was an amazing experience, even though I wasn't able to communicate with my own epal. I took a virtual tour and became a part of your classroom. My face was physically in your classroom in China! I wish I was able to visit and be there and see all of our class mates on the computer. I enjoyed seeing the photos you sent of your classroom. I had a lot of fun talking to all of the different students and I was really excited to meet and learn new things. I surprisd me how well they spoke English. I enjoyed the two students who sang to us, they both had beautiful voices and it was very nice of them to sing. I wish I was a good singer like they are. It was very interesting to hear them sing in Chinese. I've never heard that before. It is very unique. Thank you once again for this amazing experience, and I hope to keep in contact with you all.

-Chelsea Petix

The web conference was so cool. Finally getting to see who we had been talking to and interacting with for weeks was a major payoff after emailing back and forth for so long. I felt like I had actually traveled there to China and hopefully they felt like they had traveled to America as well.
It was truly a pleasure =)
~Summer D

I enjoyed the entire epals experience and was so happy that I could talk one-on-one with some of the Chinese students, web cam to web cam. It was so much fun talking to Lena and Bill. It was unfortunate that I couldn't see and talk to my epal but I had fun either way. And I have learned a lot from this experience. I learned that many of the sudents' English was very good and I could understand them almost perfectly. I also learned how big was the huge impact of the earthquake. I wish I could learn even more and I wish the epal exchange and the web conferece would not end.

Thank you Mrs. Pauchnick and Mr. Chen for making this possible. =]
-Debra D.

I definitely learned a lot from the web conference. Even though I did not get the chance to talk to one of the Chinese students, I still took in a lot about their traditions and what not. I was talking to one of the Chinese students on Yahoo instant messenger though, at the same time. I love talking to the Chinese people and I feel I definitely learn a lot from them. The conference also let me put a face to the voice. I did not meet my Chinese student but I did meet the other students in my classes Chinese students. I will continue talking to my Chinese student and I hope that I build a great and healthy relationship with them.

Thank you

Ariel B

This was a really cool thing to watch, even though i did not get to connect to a student personally it was still cool to watch my peers talk to them. It was like they were right in my class room! Its amazing to see what technology can do for people all the way across the world.
-Jenna Jahn

I really enjoyed the video chat.I enjoyed talking to the students in China because I could actually see the people who we were writing epal lettters with. Out of all the talking though I found the singing to be really fun; the students in China had very pretty voices. The only thing that I wished could have happened was to chat one-on-one on our own computers; but I understand that the Chinese lab computers had difficulties with Yahoo and our individual computers had difficulty getting Skype. I really enjoyed this web conference because I could connect with and see the students in China. Hopefully I can talk one-on-one with my own epal at some point.
Hannah M

I had such a great time talking with my epal Song!
I have much admiration for the Chinese students. Learning a new language is always difficult but they seem to be learning quickly. Just knowing that you are looking at someone that is on the other side of the world is AMAZING! I hope to continue talking to epals. I think this program is a wonderful way to connect students around the world and break down barriers caused by language, space and nationality.
--Megan F.

I really enjoyed doing the e-pal connect to china. It's always really fun to have a face to put to a name. Lena was nothing like i expected she was bubbly and had a wonderful personality, but just from emails i couldn't see that. I'm so happy that I could be a part of this experience I feel I really took a lot out of it.

Thank you Mrs. Pauchnick!
Cierra Gray

This is unforgettable day for students on both sides.. ..

It is kind of messy when we both have to help a large class online.but students in our classes did a very good job.I wish my students had brought some traditional chinese musical instruements too. The singers were Yan Liu and Su Li huan.I will tell the names of others students wehn i see the photos from you.
I have more photos from my end to add your ppt file.I am sending them to you today or tomorrow,OK?
I wish my students could speak better English.You know Chen qiutong was anxious while and after talking to Dahnny.She kept asking me how she could connect him or other students on her own.Many other students were trying desperately to install Yahoo messengers onto their desktop but our technician had configurated the machines in a way that no students are allowed to instal Instant messengers.
So,some students said they would do it during the summer at home so that they keep in touch with yours.I do hope this exchange can go on and on even after we finish this semester. New ideas have grown in the minds of my students who have seen the value of on-line English. This can be a revolution in learning English for them.
We all enjoyed meeting Momo.She certainly look very pretty and she speaks excellent Chinese,which impressed the whole class.She worked as a interpretor for our conference,too.We all appreciated the time and effort you have given to make this happen.I wish Kate ( Xu Hui ) and her classmates were able to join us too.In fact,i saw her,Lorraine on Skype while our students were talking to one another but i just couldn't invite them coz i was worried about possible disconnection of Yahoo chat at that moment.
time now for me to go to XU hui's class.I will be with them till 10 in the evening.I want to tell them something about e-conference.I wish I could see the ppt file now on your school page so that i can download and take it to her class.It must be fun for them to see,to share,too.

陈耀东