SHAKEN to the CORE - Video Conferencing and Wiki Experience
What did you do?
This story began with a Video Conferencing session between Riccarton and Papanui High Students speaking with Dr. Egbert School in Calgary. There was also participation (at a later date) from both Thorrington Primary and Heaton Normal Intermediate, ages ranging from Year 5 - 8. Students had the opportunity to come together and share their personal stories about Canterbury's September 4th earthquake (and let's not forget the joyous 3000+ aftershocks and counting!).
The theme of the project was on Community Resiliency, where individuals with a variety of backgrounds, ages, and circumstances, talked about how they reacted to and responded to this natural disaster and how it continues to affect people in the community.
The Primary/Intermediate schools shared their stories via Video Conferencing with Pt.England School and Takapuna Primary in Auckland.
The earthquake topic was only a starting point to a much broader theme on coping with adversity and how individuals and groups of people come together in positive and constructive ways.
Learning for Students and Teachers
The learning began and continues on many levels with students choosing the best medium to share their experiences, whether it be via video recording embedded on the Wiki (Shirley Intermediate, Riccarton High) or oral story telling via video conferencing (VC), links to their own school web page, and illustrative images (Heaton Normal Intermediate & Thorrington Primary).
Students have the option of going into each of theWiki pages, seek out new information, participate in discussions, and continue to contribute their own material.
Please have a closer look at our Wiki here:
How did the fibre help?
Excellent clarity in VC sharing both point to point and via the KAREN bridge.
Access to Wiki site was reliable and fast.
Future focus
Students and staff will continue to access the Wiki to work on their own pages, network with schools for future collaborations, and explore further possibilities and examples in Community Resiliency.