Mystery Skype: A Collaborative Activity! Audrey Hamel February 2017
Agenda Mystery Skype Connecting Classrooms Around the World (short video); Game Instructions; Let’s Play Mystery Skype! How to Set Up a Mystery Skype Activity in your Classroom (Microsoft Educations Resources); How to Evaluate ESL C1 Using Mystery Skype.
Mystery Skype Connecting Classrooms Around the World: https://grics-my.sharepoint.com/personal/hamela_grics_ca/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?docid=0335371364fca43c898fa5fd6ff57fea6&authkey=AWC9MqDC6IniksEzS3w9a1g Skype on YouTube
Game Instructions With your team-mates, decide what roles each of you are going to play: Moderators: Two or more people to ask the questions. Recorders: Two people to keep track of responses on paper. Mappers: Four people who have a variety of maps to ask questions. … Think about 25 «yes or no» questions you want to ask our special guest, in order to guess where he/she is located in the world. 3. Once you think you have located our guest, write his/her location down, on a piece of paper. (You will be allowed to guess after 10 questions asked).
Let’s Play! Skype on YouTube https://grics-my.sharepoint.com/personal/hamela_grics_ca/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?docid=0335371364fca43c898fa5fd6ff57fea6&authkey=AWC9MqDC6IniksEzS3w9a1g Skype on YouTube
How to Set-Up a Mystery Skype Activity: Create a Microsoft account (Hotmail/outlook) and connect to Skype https://web.skype.com/ Create an Account on Microsoft Education Portal using the same information; Look for a teacher who wants to connect; Set a date and time; Download Skype Enterprise; Prepare your material; Give a few Instructions to your students; Enjoy!
www.grics.ca Thank you! Link to the Mystery Skype OneNote Link to the Microsoft Education Portal www.grics.ca