29/09/2009
Grades: K, 3, 4 Title: WANTED: Elementary Pen Pals (Kinder, 3rd, 4th):
Status: Open
URL: http://projects.twice.cc/?l=collaboration&id=407
Connections: H.323
Subjects: Elementary All Subjects
Dates: October 09- May 10
Description: I am the Instructional Technology Specialist in Fort Bend ISD (just outside of Houston, TX). I have several teachers at two different schools interested in pen pals from across the country for the 09-10 school year.
I have 1 Kinder teacher, 2 third grade teachers, and 4 fourth grade teachers. If you are interested please email me and I will get you in touch with the grade level you would like to work with throughout the school year.
We have access to VC equipment as well as skype/webcams.
3rd/4th grade students will have access to Gaggle email.
Grades: 1 Title: 1st grade penpals:
Status: Open
URL:
http://projects.twice.cc/?l=collaboration&id=408
Connections: H.323
Subjects: Elementary All Subjects
Dates: Dates: Late February for the video conference
Description:
I would like to be pen pals with another first grade classroom in different
state or country (we are in Michigan). I would like to have the children
correspond a few times and then plan a video conference so the children can meet
their pen pals
Grades: 3 -Title: Getting to Know You:
Status: Open
URL:
http://projects.twice.cc/?l=collaboration&id=339
Subjects: Elementary All Subjects
Dates: September - April With Video Conference sometime around early Nov. or
else in the spring.
Description: Looking for another third grade class to do a videoconference with and pen pal a couple of times through out the year. The videoconference would be to find out about another state.
Grades: K -Title: Describing weather in your community:
Status: Open
URL: http://projects.twice.cc/?l=collaboration&id=335
Connections: H.323
Subjects: Science (Physical)
Dates: October 12 - 30
Description: Each class will have 10 minutes to describe the weather using words like cool, rainy, sunny, warm, spring, summer,fall, winter. Students may also use hand drawn pictures that may be viewed when held close to the camera. Each class will also have 5 minutes to share anything else for a total of 30 min.
Grades: 2 - Title: Second Grade Pen Pal Project:
Status: Open
URL: http://projects.twice.cc/?l=collaboration&id=338
Connections: H.323
Subjects: Elementary All Subjects
Dates: September 2009 - June 2010
Description: We would like to collaborate with another second grade class that would be willing to write once a month and possibly conference two or three times during the school year.
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Royal Tyrrell Museum Distance Learning Program
(click here for a detailed description of the programs below) Cost: $125/program
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Up Close and Palaeo Jr. /Grades K-3 |
Recommended Websites to check out:
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Planning Kid2Kid Videoconference Projects
http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/dl |
This booklet contains project templates for you to use. The table of contents includes: Exchange Projects, Descriptive Writing, MysteryQuests, Coffee House & Competitions, Mock Trials, Consensus Building, International Videoconference Tips, Preparing Questions for Projects, Evaluation Strategies and a Bibliography. |
| VC Alberta | VCAlberta.ca is an Alberta resource for all things videoconferencing. It helps you find and connect to other sites in the Alberta learning system. |
| Global Leap | Videoconferencing in the Classroom |
| at&t education | Videoconference Adventures |
| BCISD VC (New Programs) | Videoconference Program Database A searchable database of programs provided by video conference with a Search Guide. |
| Canadian Space Agency | The CSA Distance Learning program offers science-based instructional workshops and activities, using primarily videoconferencing technology to K-12 students. |
| Tyrrell Museum | The Royal Tyrrell Museum offers three programs that can be delivered via VC. |
| VC 101 | A Powerpoint presentation by Dr. Nurit Rashif. |
| VC Selected List | Selected videoconference programs (.pdf) |
| Teacher's Guide to VC | This guidebook was written to help teachers and others who are planning to connect classrooms through videoconferencing |
Involve your class in the interactive world of videoconferencing!
Check this website frequently for video conferencing opportunities!
Videoconferencing
Project
GRADE ONE SOCIAL STUDIES
Developed by Black Gold Regional School Division #18
PROJECT DETAILS
Register by April 25th, 2008
Video Conferencing Opportunities
Grade 5/6 class in PEI, Canada looking for similar grade to work on a new initiative of a "green school". My class won the 2007 environmental award for this work and would like to share it and work with another class. We use IP and are new to the video conferencing system. We are also looking to connect with any other grades for various projects.
Thanking you in advance,
Patrick Ross pjross@EDU.PE.CA
St. Teresa's Consoldiated
PEI, Canada