Comments About Kaia and Her Father

At first I didn't know what to make of this until I read the blog written by Jabiz Raisdana-Kaia's father- in Quatar. I really didn't understand what this was all about. The whole scenario was started by Jabiz Raisdana-Kaia's father- he wanted to take his daughter outside to explore even though it was not a beautiful place to look at. Kaia's Dad is a teacher after reading Last Child in the Woods he felt that his daughter need to go outside and find beauty in the world that she lives in. So one day Kaia and her dad went outside and he let her take pictures with a digital camera in search of something beautiful. Kaia is a very beautiful 3yr old girl, she enjoyed the experience and enjoyed using a digital camera.

Once the pictures were taken, Kaia's dad decided to create to post the pictures on a his daughters blog. Mr Raisdana was concerned about putting his daughter on the Internet and expressed his concerns about exposing her to the world. There are several pictures of things that they found outside and pictures of Kaia taking the pictures. The album with her photographs also has her voice describing the pictures she took. A teacher from Missouri-Mr Chamberlain- contacted Mr Raisdana and they decided to Skype a conversation with the class about the pictures that Kaia took and why he posted her photos.

During the Skype Kaia's dad explained to the class that Kaia was only 3 and would not be able to read a blog or a letter from them. He suggested that they make a video that she could watch and tell her what they felt about her pictures. The video was very well done and sweet they all talked to Kaia and let her know how much they liked her pictures and how they felt about them.

I can see that this type of exchange can bring things that we read about to life. This can be used in the classroom to bring someone that is a world away to your classroom in real time. I think that it could be used to talk to authors about a book that they read. I can see high school using this a way to talk to experts in different fields and bring a subject to life. Skype can be used to make words on a piece of paper to life and make a student sit up and take notice. It is definitely much more enriching than just reading about a subject.