World Geography Skypes with the Ukraine

Our Honors World Geography students had the awesome opportunity to Skype with a group of Ukrainian students this morning!  Our teacher, Mr. Keith Forkin, is utilizing People to People International (PTPI) this semester to form a collaboration with a middle/high school in the Ukraine. Nick Burdine is a Peace Corps volunteer working in the Ukraine and has an English Club for students after school.  Through PTPI, Mr. Forkin and Mr. Burdine were connected, and the teachers are using this connection to help their classes learn more about each other's school and community.  To kick off the project, we set up a Skype session with Mr. Burdine's English Club.  At 8:30 a.m. EST, we met the Ukrainian students, where it is currently 2:30 p.m.  Despite a few technical glitches (which always seem to happen when it REALLY matters!), the students were able to introduce themselves and learn how to say "hello" and "goodbye" in Ukrainian - "Привіт" (pronounced "pree-veet") and "до побачення" (pronounced "do pobachennya"), respectively. The students will now work on videos about our school, athletics, restaurants, neighborhoods, and more that they will share with the Ukrainian students. Stay tuned for more of this exciting connection!

Introducing ourselves to the Ukrainian students