Patrick Henry High & Guangxi University of Technology - We learn more about ourselves when we reach outside of ourselves!

an online French lesson today

Yaodong — Thu, 9 Oct 2008 06:57:04 -0400

From 5:30 (11:30 in France)to 6:10 on October 8,Yaodong met Vincent and his class on Elluminate and Yaodong sat in Vincent's class for about 30 minutes,listening to Vincent teaching though Yaodong's French is practically nil. The kids were very attentive and active during the class.Yaodong saw them raising hands before answer the teacher's question.During class break, a few students were brave enough to ask Yaodong some questions about Liuzhou,about the most famous Chinese food,etc.Yaodong taught them how to say 'Good morning' in Chinese.In return, they taught Yaodong how to say 'Good day',"Good bye',etc in French. Then,Yaodong introduced Liuzhou to the French students by showinng a website of Liuzhou.

BLC ePALS Conference Interviews

cpauchnick — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:33:03 -0400

Kevin Honeycutt created interview podcasts of the ePALS executive staff and teachers during the Building Learning Communities ePALS conference on July 15, 2008. To view these interviews open his website: http://kevinhoneycutt.org then click on "Driving Questions in Education". Kevin is an extremely talented educator and he has fascinating lessons and resources on his website. You will definately benefit from seeing what he does. Do yourself a favor and save his site as a favorite! - Candace Pauchnick

China and U.S. Web Conference PowerPoint Presentation - June 3 & 4, 2008

cpauchnick — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:03:12 -0400

It is with deep appreciation to Professor Chen Yaodong and his dedicated students, along with my faithful students, that we were able to have this educational and meaningful opportunity for this web conference between our two schools, Guangxi Polytechnic University in Liuzhou, China, connecting to students from Patrick Henry High School in San Diego, California, U.S.A. To view the PowerPoint presentation that shows photos of all the participants in the conference please click on this link: http://henry.sandi.net/staff/cpauchni/ChinaConf08.ppt Thank you, everyone, for participating.

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

cpauchnick — Wed, 4 Jun 2008 02:54:32 -0400

This was an exciting day. Please read everyone's comments on our web conference. Since that day Yaodong and I have created a PowerPoint presentation that is posted on this blog page. Please view this to see what we did.
Candace Pauchnick

Chelsea Connecting to China

cpauchnick — Fri, 30 May 2008 09:26:49 -0400

Chelsea was one of the key students who tested the Internet connections with Professor Chen. She verbally talked, typed chat messages, and did a lot of smiling as she tested Wiz IQ and Skype. She was bursting with enthusiasm. Yesterday she said, "This is so fun!!!"
This screen shot photo was taken by Professor Chen from his computer during the test session and he sent it to us via Skype. You can see Chelsea's winning smile and Professor Chen in the smaller picture at the bottom.

Video Conference Practice Session

cpauchnick — Fri, 30 May 2008 01:54:18 -0400

Yaodong and I have been practicing with our equipement and trying out the Skype and WizIQ programs to see which ones work best with our computers. My students were having a lot of fun talking to Yaodong while he was at home. Our plan is to have our students join together in a live video web conference next week.

Keen Anticipation for the Web-conference

Yaodong — Sun, 18 May 2008 00:51:41 -0400

Students from GXUT and PHHS will soon start a web-conference led by Ms Pauchnick and Mr Chen as a supplement of the epals Boston convention. What preparation should be made to facilitate this online conference? What questions do you would you like to ask your epals from GXUT and PHHS?
Feel free to add your comment.Your contribution is appreciated.

Xu hui

cpauchnick — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:36:32 -0400

Xu hui attends Guangxi University of Technology and is writing to many students in San Diego, California.

More students in the e-class

Yaodong — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:27:19 -0400

First row( From left to right)
Zhou Hongli Yao Tanwu (with some girl students in the background)
Second row:
Wang Yanling, Chen Qiutong, Yang Xiaojuan, Xu Lu, and Xu Mingmei
Third row:
Yuan Liu, Lan Biaoli, Zhang Pingfeng, and Tan Liu
Four row:
Wu zicong, Yao Tanwu, and Zhou Hongli

All about China from National Geographic

cpauchnick — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:08:02 -0400

Please go to this link about China:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/featurehub

Click on the top menu "Photographs" and feast your eyes on beautiful photos of China and learn all about this great country. This article give background on this country and how it is becoming greater. Please make comments about things you learned from this website.