Skype

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**//Mr. Guptill//** Today (28.10.11) we skyped an American Class in North Carolina, they stayed behind after school for two hours so they could skype us. We talked about the two different countries, they asked questions about NZ, and we asked questions about U.S.A. One of the questions was 'Do we copy American accents like they copy ours?' we answered 'some of us'.

Things that we did well: We had just one person going up at a time so that it was good quality and they couldn't see heaps of movement. We also asked good questions about U.S.A.

Things that we could have done better: We didn't have too many questions about their culture.

Things they did well: They had heaps of questions, they had good answers to our questions and they all had their fair share of saying stuff.

Things they could could have done better: They had the laptop so that we could see the whole class which was good and bad because we could see heaps of movement. They also made a lot noise so they couldn't hear our questions and we couldn't hear theirs.

//**Retro Organics**// Mr Robin Greer, Gore, NZ Today Mrs. Stevens showed Room 14 a video of the TV show //Rural Delivery.// We have Skyped Mr Greer and we learnt a lot about his Organic dairy farm. They make Milk, Cheese and Yoghurt.

Skype Session:

I felt that it went very well and we were very well behaved.

Rural Delivery: I think that the big thing that the stir all of the ingredients was very interesting. I saw this big tub thing that some sort of liquid in it and there was cheese in it and then the man there was taking it out and putting it into piles, I found this interesting. There was a lot of machinery that looked very complicated.

Facts That I learnt: -The longer you age cheese it better it tastes. -They age cheddar the longest. -They feed the cows special grass that looks like weeds. -His Father and His Wife's father died of liver cancer. -Someone asked if his income had dropped since he became a organic farmer and they had a little bit. -He switched from being a traditional farmer (with chemicals) to an organic farmer (without chemicals) -Traditional cheese is nicer than organic cheese but they are getting better.

What we could do better next time: We could have more questions and make sure everyone is sure on what they are asking or if they are asking a question because this time one person asked how much money they get at they end of the year but they did not know not to ask that, so next time we should be told questions we are not aloud to ask.