Connecting classrooms to change the world

 |   Pankaj Kumar Sharma

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On November 29-30, teachers around the world participated in Microsoft’s global Skype-a-Thon to celebrate learning without borders. Over the course of the two-day event, thousands of educators, guest speakers and students travelled 9,811,582 virtual miles.

In Malaysia, MRSM Tun Mohammad Fuad Stephens of Sandakan logged in 174828 miles travelled. The school recorded 32 Skype sessions of 30 hours with participants across 23 countries. One of the Skype session activities had the Malaysian teachers playing traditional ethnic musical instruments such as Sompoton and Kulintang, with the other side dancing along.

The students also learned about programming with an introduction by doing an ‘Hour of Code’.

You may view the Skype-a-thon video recording below.