Get started on your PowerPoint or PhotoStory exchange!
To get your PowerPoint exchange started, copy and paste the letter below into an E-mail to your partner teacher. Fill in the blanks, add what you like and delete the instructional notes in red.
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Dear ____________,
Greetings from _____________________________________________ [school, city, state/province/country]! My name is ______________________ and I am ________________ [a __ grade teacher/parent]. I will be coordinating our OneWorld Classrooms PowerPoint exchange on this end.
We would like to exchange _____ [#] _____________ [PowerPoint/Photostory] presentation(s) created by and/or featuring grade ___ students. The theme for our presentation will be ____________________. Our presentation(s) will have approximately _____ [#] pages/slides (each).
[Optional -- delete next sentence if does not apply.] We are studying ____________, so we hope your presentation will help us to learn about it.
We would like to complete the exchange by _____________ [date]; so, we will plan to start working on our presentation by ___________ [date] and send it to OneWorld Classrooms for posting on their Web site (or mail it to you via CD) by _______________ [date].
Please inform me if the timetable I mentioned works for you and let me know your preferences.
We look forward to partnering with you and learning about each other through our collaboration.
Sincerely,
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