Friday, March 20, 2015

Skype Call With Kate Kelly From Microsoft

This morning we had a great conversation with Kate Kelly from Microsoft.  She works on the Cortana Project at Microsoft.  The kids had some great questions for Kate.  
Thanks Kate for being our first Skype call in the classroom.




Name
Feedback
Mrs. Bolger
I think it was cool that Kate had so many experiences before ending up at Microsoft.
Randy
I think the Skype was really awesome and that she helped with Cortana she can
tell jokes.
liliana
I learn that we all need perseverance, integrity, and community.
Precious
I learned that Cortana could tell jokes I thought that was really cool.


Zamani
I learned that working is hard and her job is very confusing but
if you use integrity, perseverance and community it will be better.
Edwin
I learned that it takes hard work to do what you want to do.
Kysen
I learned that she has a phone that she can talk to and she made the phone with her friends.
JOHN
I learned that Cortana can tell jokes.
Quinn
I learned about Cortana and her job. I think she is cool because she did all this cool stuff like the bus thing, airport, and space shuttle.
Fiala
I learned that her phone tells jokes.

Maylyn

I learned that it is hard to work at microsoft because you need to learn how to start your project how to finish and you need a lot of perseverance and integrity and its hard to work because sometimes she needs to work on something while she is working on other stuff too.
patsy
l learned that she told us about her childhood    
crystal
She lived in Canada.
Malcolm
I learned that you have to interview to get a job and microsoft has a thing like apple called siri
Kamara
I thought  it was really cool that she and her friends did a bus pull.
Jeremiah

I learned that they make these metal strips that are thin.

Curtise
There is a program called Cortana and it can make jokes and that it can say your name too.


Wednesday, March 18, 2015

First Mystery Hangout!

Our First Mystery Hangout!


On Monday we had our first ever Google Mystery Hangout.  We started by connecting with Sage and her mom via Google hangouts.  We had no idea where they were in the world.  They did not know where we were either.  We took turns asking questions with Sage and her mom.  After asking about 10 questions we learned that they were in Kyoto, Japan.  It was 2:00pm on Monday in the Portland and 6:00am Tuesday in Japan.  Sage was going to be getting ready to go to school after she spoke to us.  After we discovered where she was we asked her some questions about what life was like in Japan and she asked up questions about life int he U.S.  Stay tuned for more Mystery Hangouts from Room 100 and around the world.