Global Read Aloud: One Book To Connect the World

Global Read Aloud Sparks Mystery Skyping & Hanging Out
Classrooms around Spofford Pond School have been busy with the Global Read Aloud.  Using apps like Skype and Google Hangouts to place video calls, students are connecting with classrooms across the U.S. and other countries to discuss their read aloud books.

Grade 4 Mystery Skype:  Guess Where Our Classroom Is

Grade 3 Meeting a GRA classroom to discuss "A Boy Called Bat"

Technology Essential Questions:

How does this digital tool help improve collaboration and/or communication?

How can technology be used to enhance a project and communicate knowledge?

How can technology help us participate in the global community?

2016 Massachusetts Digital Literacy and Computer Science (DLCS) Curriculum Framework:

3-5.CAS.c.4; 3-5.DTC.b; 3-5.CS.b.2; 3-5.CS.b.3; 3-5.CS.d.1