The school in Winston-Salem, was Jefferson Middle and the one here in Namibia is the Omulunga Primary. Both groups that talked with one another were from the 6th grades.
Skype actually works fantastically well here, considering how far out in the bush we are. So last week we got the two schools together for the first time to have a video call. It went really great. The kids here in Namibia did not think it would actually happen. "Mr. Brian, how can we see and talk to people in the United States?", is what two of the kids kept asking me. But to there great surprise it did work.
So at 8:15 EST and 4:15 our time, we went live on Skype and talked for an hour. The kids asked questions back and forth, learned a little about each others cultures, and enjoyed making new friends, even if they are thousands of miles away.
I think the kids in the US were blown away at the answer they got to one of their questions. The question to the class here in Namibia was, "What do you do in your free time after school?". The answers were, we clean the house, wash dishes, go out and find wood for cooking, walk a ways to go get water, and cook food for dinner.
We hope to have more skype video calls with the two schools in the future. Here are a few pictures of what it looked like on our end during the call.
If you are a teacher, work in a school, or have a desire to have a skype session with some of our kids here, please let me know and we will certainly arrange it. It is truly a great learning experience for everyone.
God bless!
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