A 5 minute teachmeet style presentation given at the #redefinlearn conference for Microsoft Innovative Expert Educators

1. …Everyone Loves a Mystery…

2. The Magic of Mystery Skype
Anne Mirtschin
Hawkesdale P12 College
Skype Master Educator
@murcha
mirtshin@gmail.com

3. It starts with……
……..over the webcamera
…..determines who goes first

4. @murcha

6. Goal
Determine where the other class located!
@murcha

7. Ask questions with …….
Yes
or
No
answer

8. Skype with small rural school in Kenya
@murcha

9. Document collaboratively
@murcha

10. • Our questions of Dave:-
are you on earth
• Are you in the northern hemisphere? Yes
• are you in france
• Are you on a island near Australia
5 . are you in a communist country? no
6. Are you in a heavy populated area?
7Are you in a country where British had established colony?
8 are you in europe
10are you in africa
9 are in in asia
Do you play any sports?yes
do you like to play basketball? yes
Are you in Europe? No
Do you live in South America? No
Do you live on a coast line? No
Do you live in the capital city of your state? No
Do you have 52 stars on your flag? No See full
document
@murcha

11. Reflections…

12. Reflections

13. Skills practiced with Mystery Skype

14. Speaking skills

15. Listening Skills

16. Geography skills

17. Cultural awareness

18. Practising a second language

19. Collaborative problem solving skills

20. Higher Order Thinking skills

21. And much more…..
•Increased self confidence
•Using Body language to communicate
•Global workforce skills
•And we learn more about ourselves and our
country

22. Australia’s engagement with
Asia

23. Mystery Skype with Malaysia

24. Bing maps app

25. Alternatives
• Mystery Number
• Mystery Animal
• Mystery Biome
• Mystery Reader
• Mystery Career
• Mystery Pastime
• Mystery Food
• Mystery element
• many other variations

26. Mystery Book Character

27. Video messages

28. Our clues……..

29. 9-10 clues from a
school in Portugal
1. North of equator
2. 18 districts
3. In Europe
4. Borders Atlantic Ocna
5. Famous sport = football
6. Flag has red
7. Famous food = sardines
8. Famous music = funk, folk or was it
fado???
9. Famous river through it
10.Western part of Europe

30. What you need
•download skype, username, password
•internet access - reasonable bandwidth
•webcam
•a clean wall, screen or interactive whiteboard
•microphone
•skype account
•a professional learning network

31. Where to find people
DJFBJZGV
https://education.microsoft.com/skypeintheclassroom

34. http://www.bing.com/explore/mysteryskypeonenote

35. Share and celebrate

36. Student blog posts