Office 365 and Skype make International Collaboration Possible
by Jean-Luc Richter and Anjuli Ahooja
Bios of the authors
Jean-Luc Richter is a K-12 physics and Chemistry Teacher at Collège J.J.Waltz in Marckolsheim, France. He is project coordinator for Science on Stage Europe, member of the working group for connected classroom at the French Institut for Education (ifé – ENS Lyon) and Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert. Some of his favorite Microsoft Tools include OneNote and PowerPoint.
Anjuli Ahooja is the AP physics teacher at Appleby College, Oakville, Ontario, Canada. She is the Vice President of Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert. Anjuli’s favourite MS tools/applications/platform are MS Office, OneNote Class Notebook, Skype, OneDrive, SharePoint (LinkedIn/anjuliahooja | Twitter: @anjuliahooja)
Abstract
During the 2015 -16 school year, fifty four students from College J.J.Waltz, Alsace, France, and Appleby College, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, participated in an international collaboration project using OneNote Class Notebook, PowerPoint, and Skype. The aim of the project was to learn about various methods of production of electrical energy in Canada and France. The students also compared the usage and cost of electricity in both countries. The student body of Appleby College is international, and as they communicated with the French students via Skype, Facebook, and other social media platforms, they learned about the cultures in the respective countries. Lire la suite…