Two Breakout Room Sessions with Our Korean Sister School

Breakout Room chatting and Padlet video exchange with KNU Middle School in Daegu, Korea, for our sister school partnership

 

With two Zoom exchange sessions on May 4 and June 9, my ICE students and I had fun meeting our Korean counterparts online. Ms. Han and I encouraged our students to introduce themselves and share their hobbies and school life during the breakout room sessions. Many of them shouted "Yes" to the question, "Did you enjoy the exchange?"

 

Padlet video exchange will also help promote the use of English and mutual understanding. Students can show off the beauty of their schools, hometowns, and talents by uploading their homemade videos and leaving comments down below on the platform. Maybe it'll be the start of a friendship. Who knows?

 

KMJH and KNUMS  started a sister school partnership back in 2019 with the signing of the MOU. A delegation of Korean students visited KMJH and experienced homestay and learning with their Taiwanese friends later the same year. However, with the COVID pandemic in early 2020, we had to suspend our school visit to Korea but have continued with virtual exchanges since then.    

Ms. Han and I planned on doing more virtual exchanges next semester. For the 8th graders, however, today was the last chance to speak with the sister school students because they're about to move on to the 9th grade, overwhelmed with endless tests and homework. I hope they'd remember all the international exchange sessions for the past two years then.