A Winter IRC Party
for Olya
On Thursday, Dec. 21, four Delmar students, Ashley,
Amanda, and Megan
, met our Russian
friend, Olya Malykh, for a real time chat using IRC. These four students have
been part of the online course about Maryland that
we are doing for Olya. It was the first time we had tried an IRC with Olya
though my students and I have been corresponding with her for nearly three
years. The girls typed to their Russian friend for an hour the last school day before
Christmas break. While they typed they made a voice cassette tape for Olya
and sang traditional American Christmas songs for her. My lab was full of excitement and
these students crossed an Ocean and several time zones using a technology that is
second nature to them now. Take a look inside.
We asked Olya how much snow is on the ground in Ekaterinburg and she told us the snow is two meters high!
From the IRC -
(Patti) snow still on the ground?
(Patti) we rarely see snow
(serge) Olya's right --a lot of snow here
(Patti) how much is on your ground now?
(olya) of course, snow is all around
(Patti) ohhh... send us some! ;-) we still see green grass
(serge) up to two meters high
(Patti) just like in your picture , Olya
(olya) With pleasure! ;-)
(Patti) hehehee..... here is comes.....weeeee....!!! snow flakes...
(olya) no, not so much
(olya) snow flakes is not very big
Olya drew some winter scenes for our students and sent them as e-mail.
She also sent messages to the girls after the IRC.
