Senegal / USA Videoconference 4 June 5, 2003

9:30 a.m. (Tukwila); 4:30 p.m. (Dakar)

Program Schedule

8:30 a.m. Students arrive at Museum of Flight Auditorium

8:35-9:10 a.m. Set up room; practice questions and responses

9:15 -9:25 a.m. Students seated and in order

Mesdames Pike & Fertakis: Housekeeping Details

9:25 a.m. Welcome: Madame Fertakis, Director, Tukwila School Board

9:30 a.m. Videoconference #4 Begins!

- Greetings in Wolof (led by Foster student Ya Koumba Diallo, The Gambia)

- Introduction of Moderator(s): Madame Pike, French teacher, and Moktar Batibure, student from the Republic of Congo.

9:35 a.m. Begin questions (start with 1^st and 2^nd Senegal questions)

· Both classes have created a video clip to share. The Foster video is 3 minutes, and we have been told the Dakar video is 10 minutes.

· Both video clips will be shown after Question #11 (asked by the Tukwila students).

· A student song from Tukwila will be shared in between the video clips.

10:25 a.m. Exchange of poems (1^st = Mlle. Saleh; 2^nd = Mlle. N’Diaye)

10: 29 a.m. Thank-you’s and acknowledgements (Mary Fertakis):

· Students & staff of Thierno Saidou Nourou Tall and Foster High School

· Madame Pike and Madame Mbodj – French and English teachers

· M. Dieng & Mr. Gary Moed, School Principals;

· The US Embassy in Senegal & Mr. Michael Pelletier, Cultural Affairs Officer

· Ousmane Coulibaly, US, Embassasy

· Samba Guisse; World-Links & Ministry of Education in Senegal

· Sandra Bruckner, US Department of State

· The Boeing Museum of Flight Distance Learning Center, Tukwila

· Tukwila Children’s Foundation

12:00 – 12: 15 p.m. End videoconference

De-brief with students (Mesdames Pike and Fertakis)

(* Reminder: Student evaluations to be completed in class)