Christchurch, New Zealand October 2008

Ulearn08

Collaborative Triumphs and

Planning Tensions: the

Tohatoha StoryDavid Kinane and Helen Hardie

Motives

Initiatives/Tools

•Where in the world

•Guess the sound

Initiatives/Tools

•Your world through my eyes

Initiatives/Tools

•International Education Week

•Dial an expert

Initiatives/Tools

•Guess Who

The Effects

Students“It's great to work with someone else on projects - it's like having a penpal.”“Unusual to not have your teacher stood in front of you.”“Unusual to be taught by a teacher on the other side of the world but this was good as he was able to teach us different skills.”“Learnt new graphic skills which we didn't have before.”“I like comparing our favourite subject / hobbies to see how similar / different we are to children in other countries

The Effects

•Colleagues

•Personally

The Tensions

•Balance – inbalance

•Planning

•Asynchronous collaboration

The Future…

•Mogulus

•Dimdim

•Second Life

Contact us

http://tohatoha.blogspot.com

http://dakinane.wordpress.com

http://hhardie.blogspot.com

dakinane@meadowbank.school.nz

helen@willowthewisp.com