Teleconference brings children together from Ohio and Australia

Professor Rita Bova of the Communication Skills department hosted an "Aboriginal Author" project last spring, enabling elementary students from different continents to visit by teleconference while listening to readings from two books about their native cultures.

Ohio writer Dandi Daley Mackall read from her book The Legend of Ohio, about one of the ancient civilizations in the Hocking Hills.   Australian author Lorna Little presented her book The Mark of the Wagarl, concerning an Aborigine boy in Western Australia. The children had an opportunity to get to know each other and to sing songs together during the conference.

The Aboriginal Author project was funded by a mini-grant from the Columbus State Development Foundation. Complete details about the teleconference are available through the Columbus State UPdate newsletter.

Posted:  August 1, 2006

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