Hi,

I teach a group of 3 students aged 14 in Spain. We are willing to start a video about The Way we Are, about 10-20 minutes long. It should be like a short documentary done entirely by our students talking about and showing our traditions, school, food, etc. and we would like to share it with other classes in exchange for their videos.

Please see this other string and reply back if you are interested.

nuriabonet@epals.com

Thanks,

 We can correspond with you about the project. Our school is in Bursa Turkey. Melike Pınar Primary School (kindergarden - 8th grade), Melike Pınar High School (9th-12th grade)

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mpinar@epals.com

Hi Bill,

I'm a teacher from (and in) Hamburg, Germany. I've got a year 8, i.e. the students are 13 or 14 years old. I'm interested in the "way we are" project with a class in the US, but this would be a first for me and I don't know if we'll be able to write 3 or 4 times a month, let alone set up video conferences (due to the configuration of our technical equipment: I don't know if Skype is on our computers, if we have headsets for all students and if the bandwidth would allow 25 parallel video conferences to still run smoothly).

Apart from that I had understood that the project included only four e-mails, so I need some extra information on what you had in mind contentwise.

If all this sounds very hesitant: it's not. I've just seen e-mail-projects not working because of technical problems in the schools or non-availability of the computers (and not on our side), and it was always very disappointing for the students, who had hoped for more, and stressful for the teachers, who were unsuccessfully trying to make the impossible possible, and I wouldn't want to repeat that experience but rather settle for less in the beginning but then do as planned. Might be more rewarding, and one could still aim higher for the next project.

So I hope I haven't put you off and you are still willing to do the project (as your entry dates from two months ago).

All the best,

Sabine

Class of 13/14 Y.O. students in Waterloo, IL, USA are looking for partners to correspond with in Europe, Asia, Australia, or Africa for 2008/2009. Would like to participate in "The Way We Are" project and correspond 3/4 times monthly via E.pals email. Also would like to videoconference via Skype at least once per 9 week period. Please reply ASAP. Thanking you in advance. Bill Theobald Waterloo Junior High School Waterloo, IL, USA billt1@epals.com