Friday, December 3, 2010

Grades K-12: Read Around the Planet


Read Around the Planet REGISTRATION closes JANUARY 13, 2011!

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Read Around the Planet 2011: A Project Matching Event!

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TWICE invites you to participate in a celebration of reading using videoconference technology!

Classes can participate in English, or a variety of other languages, or special education.

Classes share skits, raps, original poetry/writing, songs, game shows, and more.

This is a CAPspace Matching Event. You sign up and we provide you a partner class.

Do NOT post a collaboration called Read Around the Planet.

Flyer: http://www.twice.cc/read/RAPflyer.pdf

Easy steps to register:

1. Teachers: Talk to your VC coordinator about participating.

2. Coordinators: Complete the verification process by JANUARY 7: http://www.twice.cc/verify/ 3. Teachers/Coordinators: Register your class(es). Do one registration per class with all the times that class can do.

Full information online here:

http://www.twice.cc/read/

NEW UPDATED Teacher and Coordinator Packets:

http://www.twice.cc/read/RAP-CoordinatorPacket.pdf

http://www.twice.cc/read/RAP-TeacherPacket.pdf

Watch for RAP Emails:

1. Watch for an email after registering for RAP that confirms your registration.

2. You can also see your registration under My Projects, My Events.

3. Partner matches will be sent out the last week of JANUARY - please be patient.

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Reminder: Collaborations vs. Projects

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Remember there are two kinds of connections between classes in CAPspace:

1. Collaborations:

Teacher created

Post under Projects, Collaborations

Find your own partner

Create your own support materials

2. Projects (or Matching Events):

i.e. Read Around the Planet

Centrally managed and coordinated

Dates & times are already set

A partner class is provided for you

Support materials are already created for you

You sign up for all the times you can do; when the match is run, partners & times are assigned

We hope you can participate this year in TWICE\'s signature event, Read Around the Planet, which was the event that started CAPspace!

-The TWICE Projects Committee

Questions regarding Verification: verification@twice.cc Questions regarding Read Around the Planet: sue@twice.cc