JPPSS Celebrates Local Authors

On Thursday, April 22^nd, our class participated in the project JPPSS Celebrates Local Authors. Grace King HS students from Mrs. A. Costanza's STAR Teaching Academy chose four books written by Louisiana authors to read to elementary students using Skype. My class listened to P is for Pelican by Anita Prieto. Thanks to Heidi Alexander, a JPPSS technology integration specialist, for setting up this project.

Since my fourth graders have had a lot of experience with Skpe, we invited a first grade class from our school to come join us for the event. Mrs. Bonanno and her students arrived shortly before the Skype call and I explained to them what a Skype call was. When the call came in their eyes really lit up. I had one of my fourth graders handle our web cam. The first graders loved seeing themselves on the video screen.

We had a great time and enjoyed the experience. The first graders want to participate with my class using Skype, so Mrs. Bonanno and I are going to work on this.