Videoconferencing with schools and home learners

We loved how interactive the session was and how the children were engaged. They took so many facts away with them.

Dear Ian, Graziela and Joanna,
Thank you for sharing your vast knowledge and passion, for the Mexica culture, in an exciting and educational presentation. Your rich collection of artifacts captured us!

Thank you for the workshop on Thursday. It was fantastic and the children really enjoyed it.

The girls loved seeing all the artefacts and all the information was clearly presented using a range of media... The interactive parts e.g. where the girls were chanting or stamping their feet was a great idea to break up the sitting down [see main picture, above!]. I loved learning and listening to the musical instruments. It was lovely to be able to give them an experience in the absence for so long of workshops, speakers and trips.

The session was, as you always are, wonderful. It was informative and well-paced. The children were engrossed throughout and how you have adapted the content to match the virtual environment was very impressive. We look forward to welcoming you back to Ferndown next academic year when it becomes possible again.

Your presentation this morning was absolutely PERFECT!! The kids loved it and talked about it all day. They learned so much and there’s nothing I can think of that needs to be changed. All the artifacts and visuals were so helpful and you included so many fun facts about the Aztecs!

What a wonderful session that was! We loved it. We all learnt so much. Extremely informative and very interesting. My colleague tells me her class enjoyed it very much and now want to learn more about the gods, aztec myths and the day of the dead.
Speaking for my own class, the children were particularly fascinated by the musical instruments (they linked it to the myth of How music was created, taken from your website and used as a week’s worth of reading activities a couple of weeks ago), the numbers and their importance within Aztec culture, the calendar and the sunstone and The Day of the Dead (everyone has seen the movie Coco!). They loved being able to ask questions and some of them made copious notes as you were talking. After the session we had an enthusiastic discussion about what we learnt and what we wished to discover more about. You have inspired a myriad of ideas! Thank you again, for a wonderful zoom workshop.

Thank you so much for the workshop - the class (and teacher!!!) really enjoyed it and learnt so much. I feel that the pace was excellent, there was a great range of things to look at on the screen as well as the artefacts you handled. I was delighted that they could still see/hear the instruments and they responded well to the chanting and saying words/phrases at home on mute. The presentation flowed well from you and Graciela to Jo and the children were able to see and hear you all. I was very impressed - it was a very slick performance!

Thank you for a wonderful ‘presentation’. The children absolutely adored their morning and have most definitely learnt lots of new things, as have I! The children’s favourite part was the chanting and so more of this would be welcome, I’m sure. That’s all the feedback I have as we thought it was great.

The children really did learn a lot and enjoyed everything you taught them. They were chanting the [Maya] numbers outside at playtime so that was lovely to see!

Thank you very much for yesterday’s fantastic workshop; staff and pupils alike thoroughly enjoyed your insightful, well-resourced and entertaining presentation!... Most of the pupils put down the event as the highlight of their week!

You engaged the children throughout and imparted your knowledge with your customary enthusiasm. It was also lovely to see Graciella and I loved the message she shared with the children about respecting cultures and valuing everyone.

I only have positive feedback... The presentation was very well structured and informative. The pitch was perfect for the age of the children and the delivery was very warm and engaging!

The students were truly wow’d by the session and it was amazing that it could also be offered to those studying remotely as well! Again my thanks to you, Graciela and Jo for bringing the Aztecs to life!

The children loved it and, as always, very informative! A great start to the topic for them. The talk and slideshow showing images was fantastic ☺ No negative feedback at all! I hope we can have you back on site next year!

Thank you so much for putting on the virtual workshop for us! The children learnt so much about a variety of things and they particularly enjoyed seeing the artefacts. I thought they asked some brilliant questions, too.
The session was great - you, Graciela and Jo did a fab job to incorporate as much of it as you could from our usual visits.
Many thanks again from the Year 4 team. We hope to see you next year (fingers crossed it might be in person!).

As always, Mexicolore never fails to deliver. We have had the pleasure of welcoming Ian and Graciela to our school for many years with wonderful results where children have been engaged in a stimulating array of interactive sights and sounds. The workshops have been loved by all. This year, we were fortunate enough, despite circumstances, to welcome Ian and his family via our computers to a session where children could experience a workshop in a different but just as enjoyable way. Ian and his family brought the story of the Aztecs to life and children commented on how much they had learnt through their presentation. Thank you once again for a wonderful hour.

Thank you so much for the great presentation! It was a pleasure working with both of you. Everything was well explained and was very interesting. I’m sure there will be a few students that will now be teaching their families about the calendar...

Ian and Graciela were amazing! Since our California schools began Shelter In Place, our students have been a bit stir crazy. Mexicolore’s offer of a free Video Conference was music to my ears. Ian’s exploration of the Aztec Sunstone was a fascinating journey that my students and I were able to take from the comfort of our own homes. We can’t thank them enough for their dedicated, genuine and thoughtful approach to teaching children about the ancient history of Mesoamerica. I can’t wait to take my next class on a Video Conference adventure with Ian and Graciela.

We had a thoroughly informative and interesting video conferencing session today regarding the Aztec calendar. The time flew by and the children loved it. Ian and Graciela explained it all so clearly and as we are home schooling at the moment, it really was great knowing the children were learning from people with great expertise. I learned an awful lot too!! Thank you so much for your time.