Mr Cameron, most famous for blockbuster films Titanic and Avatar, is also an explorer and has been part of many deep sea dives including 33 expeditions to the Titanic wreck.
His most recent deep sea exploration in March saw him take the one-man submarine the Deepsea Challenger 11km under the sea to the to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the Western Pacific, the deepest part of the world’s oceans.
Students from years 5 to 7 at Roseworth Primary School have been communicating with Mr Cameron’s crew on board the base ship, the Mermaid Sapphire, using Skype, and now they have spoken directly with Mr Cameron.
Students have followed and created blogs, wikis, e-portfolios and quizzes related to the Deepsea Challenger adventure and now discussed the research footage with experts as well as follow future expeditions and learn about ocean conservation issues.
Principal Geoff Metcalf said students and staff were excited to be part of such an innovative program.
Speaking directly with Mr Cameron about his experiences is creating a huge buzz around the school and the motivation for learning in the four classrooms involved is very high,” he said.
“Classrooms have been fitted with technology for high definition video recording, Skype video capture and webcam so students can work individually on footage captured in the deep sea environment.
“As well as speaking with Mr Cameron this morning, Roseworth Primary School also linked up with Los Angeles school MUSE Elementary founded by Suzy Amis, Mr Cameron’s wife.
“Mr Cameron and his wife are keen to see a partnership between the two schools and have offered their support to develop sharing opportunities using information technology.”
The link between the students of the two schools whilst speaking with Mr Cameron was filmed by National Geographic.
Roseworthy PS was recently announced one of 10 new Child and Parent Centres, allowing the school to expand in area of early learning.
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