#Kinderchat Archive
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Monday September 12, 2016
3:30 PM EDT
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Hello all :) Nic here from a very sticky, warm but rainy Yorkshire. You all had a good day?
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Hello Nic!! Sticky and rainy and warm eh?! Sounds yucky!! That was us last week!! Finally cooler here!
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Hello All, hope everyone is having a good day! First and first twitter chat from my new home in Russia.
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Ha I never thought I'd be looking forward to it getting colder but I am :) How are you? how's the new job?
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Wow!! That sounds exciting! What's the weather there today like?! Heidi here in PA, USA!
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Hello and welcome great to have you with us- Russia, wow tell us more... Do you teach early years?
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Same here re cold! Tired of sweating all the time! :) New job is weird to be wo kids all day but kinda nice too! :)
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It was cool probably in the 50s. It is 10:30 at night now!
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That was my next question!! haaaa! :) So you are a late owl like me eh?! :)
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I am teaching at an international school not in Moscow but in the middle of Russia. I am teaching first grade PYP.
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2/2 But we will be doing a lot of the same stuff I did last year with my kinder kids.
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I am looking up your location now to see and improve my geography!
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Sounds amazing where were you before this? sounds fab I love when new friends join us- so interesting connecting
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Last year I worked in China, in Chengdu home of the worlds Giant Pandas
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Alabuga or Yelabuga is the city name
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WOW I have a feeling this is going to be an interesting chat tonight :)
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Wow!! You are really in the middle there! How do you like it?!
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Looking now! On a river! Sounds pretty!!
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Errr...It's okay we go into the closest town on the weekends to go shopping at Metro.It's nice to escape the gate
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If I looked outside there is a forest to one side and fields of grass on the other. We are very close to the river!
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Oh wow- sounds like you've got a real adventure ahead of you! :) Where were you located before?
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ooops missed this tweet! Pandas!!!
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Was thinking of chatting about global connections tonight then Jamie popped up!
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Hence my in for an interesting chat tweet :) Sounds incredible, real jet set
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Moving is always hard, my largest box with all of my scarves and thermals got lost in China. But, yes fun!
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So do you connect your class globally? Is this your first chat or just
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Thought we would chat tonight about Global Collaboration
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might pop in and out tonight.Busy creating a BFG costume for my boy for tomorrow.It's been his first full day in Reception 2day
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So last year I did a workshop Get Connected! We had to do twitter chats for that. I did a great project with a class in norway
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Nice!! Are you planning on doing anything this year? I connected a lot a few years ago but fell off!
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Hi Rachel we're going to chat about global connections. How are you? Awww remember that first day well :)
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I cheated a little, ordered giant ears from Amazon!
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Niiice!!! This is beautiful!!!
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Oh me and did this a couple of years ago, it was brilliant.
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Great!! and I did a visiting bear! It feels like so long ago now but really wasn't!! :)
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had a busy Monday with new nursery kids, but lots of fun! It's hard being a teacher mum!
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I used to be well connected via quadblogging- but haven't done it in ages! Still in contact with teachers though
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I am excited for it. I signed up then arrived here and told the principal. Everyone is excited
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It really is, I felt it most when Fin started school and I was settling in other Rec kids but not my own! hope goes well
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we started a penpal project with a pre school in Manhattan in the summer. Love how they think we live in London & know Queenie!
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That's awesome!! I know I fell off the blog wagon as well- want to get back to it but it's hard!!
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RT we started a penpal project with a pre school in Manhattan. Love how they think we live in London & know Queenie!
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I love connecting our classes loved seeing what the bear got up to- even went to Niagara falls!
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I know- that bear was LIVIN LARGE! :)
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Where are you from originally Jamie?!
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Cheating on ears is very acceptable!! :)
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I am from the US. Nebraska which is right in the center... Just like Chengdu to China and Alabug to Russia.
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Here you go the link to Quadblogging stuff led by fab for global connectionshttp://quadblogging.net
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I think back to all we were doing when we were really connecting our classes- it really was tremendous!!! So much learning!!
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love technology and how it enhances those global connections.We scanned and emailed pics instead of posting snail mail
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I just looked at quadblogging. I think that it may be a little much for my studens now. But as we go through the year yes
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was still great to use traditional methods too, but kids love the instant response
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I did it with 4 year olds and we had a ball :) I do miss it
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I am going to try to get some of the others to do a global connections day project at school.
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Sorry am jumping all over tonight researching and looking at links! Dropped the ball in terms of Qs! :)
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Plus tweetchat was acting up on me- back in the saddle here! :)
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Oh yes! I've driven through Nebraska before!
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And now don't tell me you are also a "middle child"! :)
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Me too- head all over the place :)
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It's very hard- I did so much for 2 or 3 years then I dropped off. Want to get back again this year!
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Do you have a class twitter account? Mine is
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Tell us a little about your new job Nic!! I've been dying to hear!
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I think also for the teachers at my school it will be a step out of their comfort zone.
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Diving back into the waters here! :) Excited! Always good to see you Dave!!! Hello!!
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Me too! I really regret that- feel like tech moved on without me ;)
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My twitter that I use for school things is this one. I have too many twitter accounts I couldn't really use it in China
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It can be really messy! But also can start really slow. Always good to start w yourself and work out I've found!
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haaaa I have the SAME FEELING! It felt like complete immersion, then exhaustion, then gone!
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Which I'm not sure is or was a bad thing! Did so much w Outdoor Ed these last 2-3 years
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That's why I really want to try the w
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I am hoping to do more outdoor stuff this year as well. Our school is in a forest type enviornment.
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Well, I'm glad of that at least!! :) haha! :)
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The forest space is not large though. At least not inside the gates. My house and the school are on a compound with a forest
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That sounds lovely! I got so inspired from all the wonderful teachers in England on here
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We usually run a repeating circle of topics just so you know! Tonight is Orange: Curriculum (Global Connect)
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Next week is a Child Development topic (TBD)
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Okay! What is next week? I Will try to be back, we had the day off for Eid today so I was lazy and could stay up late
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We circle around the Rainbow. Outdoor Ed (Green) is lead by
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Also I am the welcoming commity tonight Our last member of staff is arriving and we don't know if they got her a bed or anything
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Oh boy! So you better get to her?! We are wrapping up here anyhow!
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I am looking forward to more in the future! I have found that twitter has great people with great resources!
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hello! Looking forward to talking about all things outdoors soon!
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So let's wrap it up for tonight! Thank you for convo tonight!
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Oh I missed it again! So out of sync with it. Hopefully next week!
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Oh my gosh!! So a really late night?! Are kids there already too? So up early as well?!
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sorry I didn't say much. It always goes so quick!
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Thanks everybody! It was great chatting with you! I will be back for more!
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It does doesn't it?! :) I'm just heading home from school now! :)
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Oh Sue!!!! We need YOU! :) Miss you!! Come next week if you can!!!
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Oh Sue!!!! We need YOU! :) Miss you!! Come next week if you can!!!
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Oh boy!! Well I am just so glad to meet you! Russia! Amazing!! I hope you are up late every Monday night!! :)
