Big Little Classroom

1. I think it is called Big Little Classroom because even though the school they go to is in a rural area and very small they can make it seem big by using Skype and conferencing to other schools and people around the World, this makes it feel like they are visiting these people and learning new things outside their own area.
2. They used video conferencing and Skype to talk to the classrooms and people around the World. The students also used a technology called elluminate and it lets them all be on the same page and ask questions to the person they are conferencing and the whole class can see the question and answer.
3. The teacher would tweet and would sometimes find people like the writer from New York who was willing to Skype with the class and teach them new things. She also found other classes like the class from Malaysia who also was looking for a classroom to share things with. The class in Malaysia showed them cultural things like the shopping, events they put on for their leaving princpal, music, and books.
4. I think this could be true because students could be more engaged having experiences with people around the World that most students do not get to have.
5. I think it is important to make real-time connections because it is more engaging and I also think it can help you learn more then just reading it out of a text book. It is also nice to be able to communicate with someone who lives far away while you're working on a project with them because it is just more convenient.