E-MAIL WITH A SMILE : SIMI, T.O. CORRESPONDENTS MEET VIA SATELLITE FEED.Byline: Alicia Doyle Doyle , Sir Arthur Conan 1859-1930. British writer known chiefly for a series of stories featuring the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes, including The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902). Daily News Staff Writer Ten-year-old Kosta Grammatis was looking forward to meeting his e-mail pal George Derk via satellite Wednesday, when both boys communicated face to face on a 30-second bite on the airwaves airwaves Noun, pl Informal radio waves used in radio and television broadcasting . Since February, Kosta - a Hollow hollow 1. a depression. 2. contains a cavity. hollow back backbone has a downward curvature in the center. hollow horn a mythical disease of cattle in primitive communities; treated by removal of the horns. Hills Fundamental School student - has been chatting through e-mail with George, a fifth-grader at Madrona Elementary in Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. . Hollow Hills is in Simi. Their faceless electronic letters were made more personal Wednesday morning as both schools hooked up a satellite feed to transmit To send data over a communications line. See transfer. a live conversation between Kosta and George through television cameras and screens. Though the cost of airtime air·time n. 1. The time during which a radio or television station is broadcasting. Also called airspace. 2. The time at which a radio or television program is broadcast. only permitted a 30-second conversation, the boys squeezed in a chat about their favorite sports teams, what they're doing over the summer and their fears about being in a higher grade next year. ``It was really neat,'' Kosta said. ``I couldn't go over there, and he couldn't come here. So we found another way.'' The boys were among dozens of students at both schools who participated in their first-ever satellite experience, said Hollow Hills teacher Sandy Nash. ``We are making history today,'' Nash said. ``This is making them aware of what the possibilities are through technology.'' Nash shared Wednesday's experience with her daughter, Shealen Nash, who teaches fourth- and fifth-graders at Madrona Elementary. Shealen Nash said that the experience will teach students what technology can offer. ``I want them to learn what there is to see and to do, and what the future has in store for them,'' she said. The two came up with the idea for a satellite conversation with Diane McKay, president of the Madrona Technology Booster Club A booster club is an organization that is formed to contribute money to an associated club, sports team, or organization. Booster clubs are popular in American schools at the high school and university level. . As the owner of a telecommunications service In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings: 1. Any service provided by a telecommunication provider. 2. company - Strategic Television - McKay helped spearhead the project by finding people in the technology industry to donate their time and equipment for Wednesday's student broadcast. ``I wanted them to see a different side of technology, and how it works,'' said McKay, whose two children are students at Madrona. ``They get so caught up in technology at the computer level, that I don't want kids to forget all it encompasses.'' Before the satellite broadcast, each student kept letters from their e-mail pals in a ``computer journal.'' Students also exchanged class pictures. Ending in CONEJO edition Madrona fourth-grader Sarah Cradeur asked Hollow Hills' Sarah Allen Al·len , Edgar 1892-1943. American anatomist who is noted for his studies of hormones and for the discovery (1923) of estrogen. if she liked being her e-mail pal this year, what she's doing over the summer and what she wants to be when she grows up. Sarah also shyly admitted via satellite to her pal that communicating through television was a little ``scary scar·y adj. scar·i·er, scar·i·est 1. Causing fright or alarm. 2. Easily scared; very timid. scar .'' Ending in SIMI edition Hollow Hills student Chanel Roehner said she already knew a lot about her e-mail pal before talking with her for the first time through television. ``She's on a club soccer team, just like me, and we both like jumping on the trampoline trampoline Resilient sheet or web (often of nylon) supported by springs in a metal frame and used as a springboard and landing area in tumbling. Trampolining is an individual sport of acrobatic movements performed after rebounding into the air from the trampoline. ,'' said Chanel, 9, who was paired up with Kaitlyn Kelly at Madrona. Seeing Kaitlyn for the first time, Chanel said her e-mail pal was prettier than her picture. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos Photo: (1--Conejo only--color) George Derk, a fifth-grad er at Madrona Elementary in Thousand Oaks, meets his e-mail pal in Simi via satellite Wednesday. Dusty Locke/Special to the Daily News (2--Conejo only--color) Hollow Hills students react as they meet their e-mail pals. Andy Holzman/Special to the Daily News (3--Simi only--color) Madrona Elementary teacher Shealen Nash awaits the Simi feed. Dusty Locke/Special to the Daily News (4--Simi only--color) With a TV monitor showing their pals in the back of the class, students in Sandy Nash's class speak with Madrona Elementary youngsters. Andy Holzman/Special to the Daily News |
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