My geography students are busy researching about a Canadian province or territory. They’ve used Brittanica Online, books from the library, Provincial web pages, and now we are using Twitter.
Yesterday we tweeted asking other classes or teachers in Canada to Skype with us. Author Joanne Levy retweeted our message.
Sierra, realizing that she is from Ontario, the province she is studying, asked Joanne a question.
@joannelevy How does the environment effect you, in Ontario? And how do you adapt?
— Mrs. Krebs’ Class (@KrebsClass) January 24, 2013
Joanne sent a resource to Sierra.
@krebsclass You should be able to find lots of info on environment starting here: bit.ly/149Ugpl
— Joanne Levy (@JoanneLevy) January 24, 2013
MaKenna, studying Nunuvut, asked @NunavutWatch about transportation and received a comprehensive, albeit 140-character, reply. We all learned about a new boat, an umiak.
@krebsclass on land: snowmobile, ATV, car, truck, walking, running, dog sled, on sea: kayak, umiak, boats, vessels by air: airplane
— NunavutWatch (@NunavutWatch) January 24, 2013
Thank you to Joanne Levy, Anne-Marie Middleton (who asked if I was writing a blog post) and our other northern neighbors for helping us learn about Canada.
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