Teaching to Mastery: Inspire Those Kids

teachingliteracy:

world-shaker:

Here are four:

  1. Art crits:

    Schedule time with professional artists and receive thorough crits about how to improve a piece. Because Skype allows for screen sharing, anyone working in digital media will appreciate the convenience!

  2. Interviews:

    Rather than a lecture, try hosting a Skype interview with professionals and – if the money’s right — game-changes happy to answer student questions.

  3. Tour a museum:

    Many distinguished museums around the world, such as the York Archaeological Trust, digitally open up their collections so students browse and learn no matter where their classroom may sit.

  4. Guest lecturers:

    Many plugged-in professionals these days will gladly offer up special lectures and lessons to classrooms via Skype, and sometimes charge a much lower fee than if they were to travel!

Am totally unfamiliar with Skype. Something to learn…