Grades 2-6: Money Around the World

Description:	I have 2nd-6th grade gifted/talented classes who are studying money and different features of money in the United States and around the globe. We would like to partner with schools from different parts of the nation (we are in the Southeastern region of the U.S.) to share the products that we have produced and information that we have learned as well as with different countries to learn about your currency. We also plan on starting student blogs to continue any discussions on our unit.
Dates:	Oct. 29th -Feb. 29th Times vary with each grade (please email for details)
Sign up method:	Exploding Collaboration
Grades:	2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Subjects:	Social Studies/History

Elvira Deyamport, Ed.S.
edeyamport@aol.com
Phone: 601-582-6655
Cell: 601-868-0929
THAMES ELEMENTARY SCHOO

Grades K-4: The Naked Turkey

Description:	1. Read the story A Plump and Perky Turkey by Lisa Bateman to your class as a whole group. 2. Each Student receives a copy of the "Naked Turkey". The students disguise or camouflage the turkey 3. Students fill in dialogue bubble. Can provide sentence starter if desired "I am not a turkey".... 4. When we meet for video conferencing, our students will take turns sharing their turkeys.Older students can write a descriptive paper and the best 4 or 5 can share with the other class. We have the following grades in our district interested in finding a partner class of the same grade. 2-Kinder 5-1st 1-2nd 1-3rd 5-4th Please join us!
Dates:	Nov. 15-19th and 22-23. Each session is around an hour. 9-2 Central Time
Sign up method:	Exploding Collaboration
Grades:	K, 1, 2, 3, 4
Subjects:	Fine Arts, Language Arts/English Alicia Jackson aliciajackson@frenship.us Phone: 806-866-2410 ext 248 Cell: 806-252-6262 FRENSHIP ISD

Grades 11-12: Stress Management - How does it affect your health?

Description:	We are a Stress Management class of 11th and 12th graders in Phoenixville, Pa looking for a class to collaborate with using ePals and possibly a face to face meeting using videoconferencing. Some of the topics we will be covering are: migraines, tension headaches, ulcers, TMJ, High blood pressure, stroke, and other related issues in which stress is the culprit.
Dates:	October 28th to June 10th
Sign up method:	Email: barrong@pasd.k12.pa.us
Grades:	11, 12
Subjects:	Health

Gary Barron
barrong@pasd.k12.pa.us
Phone: 484-927-5183
PHOENIXVILLE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT

Read Around the Planet

February 23 - March 11

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. Many ideas for connecting to your curriculum are shared in the teacher packet.

TWICE provides a matching service for point-to-point videoconferences between schools. Teacher matching is done based on your registration information. Participating schools are responsible for making the connections work successfully.

*Disclaimer. While we are using this name to be inclusive to our international friends, this name does NOT guarantee U.S. schools an international connection. They will be matched randomly in this project with over 90% of the participating classes from the United States.

This project is open to all K-12 students in public and private schools. The school must have access to IP (H.323) videoconference equipment to participate (i.e. Polycom, Tandberg, LifeSize, Sony, etc.).

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Important Dates

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* Now through Jan. 7 Verification: Preparation by Coordinators & Techs

* December 1 - January 13: Teacher Registration (Verification Required)

* January 14-22: Leftover Registration

* by January 31: Login and view your matched partner details.

* February: Techs do test calls & teachers talk to each other.

* February 23-March 11: Connections occur.

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Three Step Process:

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1. Coordinators, get your account at http://projects.twice.cc

2. Get Videoconference Equipment Verified: Read about it:

http://www.twice.cc/verify/ Get it done by December 1!

If you’ve already verified your equipment, make sure you have self-certified it for this school year – your grey IP icon turns to color!

3. Get Teachers Registered: Starting December 1. Coordinators can register for teachers or teachers can register. Pick the times & language for your connection. ***Be sure to select ALL the days and times you can do. If you only pick one day/time, it\'s very hard to find a partner for you.***

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Questions?

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Troubles with verification? email Janine, TWICE Verification Coordinator:

verification@twice.cc

All other questions please contact Sue, Polycom Sponsored RAP Coordinator:

sue@twice.cc

We look forward to another great year of Read Around the Planet!

Sue Porter

TWICE CAPspace Coordinator

http://projects.twice.cc

TWICE Read Around the Planet Coordinator http://www.twice.cc/read/ sue@twice.cc

616.874.6599

Grades 4-6: Using iTouch in the Classroom

Description:	Our fifth grade class is interested in exchanging ways that the iTouch is being used in the upper elementary classroom, in any or all curriculum areas. Students can share an app that they specifically like and how it has helped them become more interested in the content of a curriculum area. Topic Ideas: App demonstrations, ways that the iTouch provides peer tutoring, or how the iTouch motivates learning. To see what we are doing, check out http://onetoone.wordpress.com
Dates:	Date Range: December 6 - 9, or December 13-16, 9:00-12:00 CDT
Sign up method:	Email: bbednar@esu10.org
Grades:	4, 5, 6
Subjects:	Elementary All Subjects
Outcomes:	Exploration of apps and motivation to utilize handheld technology.
Preparation Time Frame:	You will need to prepare students to share an app with the audience.
Methods and Activities:	This presentation will consist of a demonstration of apps by students as well as a discussion of the advantages / disadvantages of using the iTouch in the Classroom.
Agenda:	5 min. Welcome and introductions. Each class shares their location and brief information about their school. Visuals: Use the document camera or PowerPoint to share a few pictures of local interest. 2 to 5 min. presentation by each student.

Bob Bednar
bbednar@esu10.org
Phone: 308 388 2041
PLEASANTON PUBLIC SCHOOL
Time Zone: GMT-6: Central Standard Time

Description:	Our small 12th grade class read Lord of the Flies by William Golding. We would like to do a video conference for 90 minutes to discuss the book with another class or group of students. We would like to share our impressions about the characters, themes and symbols. Before we connect, please have the students post to my wallwisher: http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/lotf2010 When we connect, we will begin by having students share what they posted. (Hopefully, this will break the ice and allow them to feel more comfortable and not so nervous.) Next, we will play a game called "Guess the Wordle". (I will send all of this to you once created). Then, we will discuss how natural disasters (such as the earthquake in Haiti) often mirror Lord of the Flies. We will watch 2 video clips of shows that mirror Lord of the Flies (LOST and Cast Away). We will then do a cell phone activity (make sure they bring them to class that day), the SMARTBoard activity, and close with the Jeopardy game.
Dates:	November 17 from 11:00-12:30 MT
Sign up method:	Exploding Collaboration
Grades:	6, 9, 10, 11, 12
Subjects:	Language Arts/English

Joanna Jones
joanna.jones@k12.sd.us
Phone: 605-347-4770
Meade School District
Time Zone: GMT-7: Mountain Standard Time

Grades 6-7: Environmental Science Student Presentations

Description:	My class will be presenting on the following topics: *Living Things and the Environment *Studying Population *Interactions Among Living Things *Energy Flow in Ecosystems *Earth’s Biomes Each group member learned what their Multiple Intelligence (MI) was and collaborated to teach one of these topics using a specific (MI). Our class will teach the topic for 30 minutes and ask the partner class to give our class specific feedback about the presentation. Contact: David Clark, dclark@usd259.net, Wilbur Middle School, Wichita Public Schools, Wichita, Kansas
Dates:	Nov. 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22 (8:00-8:45,10:25-11:10,12:00-1:30 CST)
Sign up method:	Exploding Collaboration
Grades:	6, 7
Subjects:	Science (Life), Technology/Information Science

David Clark
dclark@usd259.net
Phone: 316 973 1076
Cell: 316 299 3134
Wilbur MIDDLE SCHOOL

Grade 2: Community Comparison

Description:	Looking for a urban or rural community to partner with to compare to our suburban community located 35 miles outside NYC. This will be aligned with our second grade unit on communities. Both classes will do some simple research on their partner community; formulate questions for their partner class; and compare their communities. Each class will have some kind of presentation for their partner class. Examples would be a powerpoint or photostory. This videoconference will be a Q & A format. Students can "test" eachother on what they know about their community from their research. An extension of this would be: Students may e-mail each other throughout the year if we choose to. At the end of the year, individual students can skype eachother to meet their partner.
Dates:	December 1st-December 12th
Sign up method:	Exploding Collaboration
Grades:	2
Subjects:	Elementary All Subjects, Social Studies/History

Jaclyn Heeney
jheeney@ramapocentral.org
Phone: 845-357-2858 x138
RICHARD P. CONNOR ES
Time Zone: GMT-5: Eastern Standard Time

Grades 3, 8 & 9: Interactive Whiteboard Jeopardy

Description:	Do you have access to an interactive whiteboard? If so, why not use it to collaborate in a videoconference with a school in Alberta? A Jeopardy template will be provided, courtesy Candace Beaton from SMART Technologies and shared with permission. We currently have three IWB Jeopardy VC Collaboration openings: 3rd Grade: Math or Chinese-as-a-second-language 3rd Grade: Language Arts, Social Studies or Science 8th or 9th Grade: Language Arts
Dates:
Sign up method:	Email: jocelyn@2learn.ca
Grades:	3, 8, 9
Subjects:	Elementary All Subjects, Language Arts/English, Mathematics, Science (Life), Science (Physical), Science (Earth), Social Studies/History, World Language

Jocelyn Littlefair
jocelyn@2learn.ca
Phone: 403-980-0534
2Learn.ca Education Society
Time Zone: GMT-7: Mountain Standard Time

Grades 1-2: Hellos from Around the World

Description:	I am interested in finding classes to connect from around the world with our first grade class via Polycom. Students in the class learn about different cultures each month and would like to be able to speak with students to extend what they are learning in their classroom. Our time is flexible and we are more than welcome to accommodate.
Dates:	Current-May 2011
Sign up method:	Exploding Collaboration
Grades:	1, 2
Subjects:	Elementary All Subjects

Laura Jacob
jacobl@mcguffey.k12.pa.us
Phone: 412.849.4905
MCGUFFEY HS
Time Zone: GMT-5: Eastern Standard Time

Grades K-5: Hometown Traditions and Customs

Description:	We have researched and investigated several traditions and customs in our hometown Natchitoches, Louisiana. We are looking for some classes to share this information with as well as learning about the customs of your hometown.
Dates:	November 5-10
Sign up method:	Email: lwiggins@nat.k12.la.us
Grades:	K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Subjects:	Elementary All Subjects, Language Arts/English

Lisa Wiggins
lwiggins@nat.k12.la.us
Phone: 318-357-6973
N.S.U. ELEMENTARY LAB SCHOOL
Time Zone: GMT-6: Central Standard Time

Grades 9-12: The Poe Effect - Edgar Allan Poe

Description:	Classes will share their insight gained from studying and analyzing poetry and short stories of Edgar Allan Poe. Essential question will be "How does Poe affect contemporary literature and society?" Conference will be student led with teachers facilitating. Literature covered will include "The Raven", "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Masque of the Red Death".
Dates:	November 2nd or 4th, 2010. 8:15 - 3:00 CDT
Sign up method:	Exploding Collaboration
Grades:	9, 10, 11, 12
Subjects:	Language Arts/English

Teralyn Cohn
tcohn@usd259.net
Phone: 316-973-2887
SOUTHEAST HIGH

Grades K-1: Monster Exchange

Description:

Students will create a monster and a corresponding description. Students in partner class will do the same. Then students will share descriptions with partner class and attempt to draw the monsters. Results will be shared with each other via some type of video conferencing. This project is being completed in the Technology Lab with K-1 classes. Each group of students comes for one week at a time, so I need multiple partners that can share results at 9:30 am EST for 1st grade and 10:20 am EST for Kindergarten.

Dates:Fridays 10/29, 11/12, 11/19, 12/3 from 9:30-10:00 EST and 10:20-10:50 EST.

Sign up method:Exploding Collaboration

Grades:K, 1

Subjects:Elementary All Subjects, Technology/Information Science

Leslie Wallace leslie.wallace@gcssk12.net ENOTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Grade 4: Pen Pals

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Status		Seeking Partners
Contact Information		Marsha Erskine Education: Media/Technology Specialist Rockingham County Schools Education: K-12 School Reidsville, NC United States Phone: (336) 342-1863 merskine@rock.k12.nc.us
Objective of Collaboration		Two fourth grade classes in north central North Carolina are interested in finding pen pals to correspond with about the difference in the daily lives and cultures of the participants. Would prefer to correspond with students in a foreign country but would also consider doing so with students in the USA.
Time Frame		November 2010 - June 2011
Target Audience		Education: Grade(s): 4
Disciplines		International, Social Studies/History

Grade 4: Penpals of the World

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Status		Seeking Partners
Contact Information		ELIZABETH LYON Education: Paraprofessional EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM Education: Elementary BATON ROUGE, LA United States Phone: (225) 636-7102 elyon@ebrschools.org
Objective of Collaboration		I am interested in setting up my forth grade classes with penpals from all around the world. I would like for my students to use snail mail with hand written letters.
Time Frame		October 2010 - May 2011
Target Audience		Education: Grade(s): 4
Disciplines		International, Language Arts/English, Mathematics, Problem Solving, Sciences, Social Studies/History

Grades 1-3: Flat Stanley

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Status		Seeking Partners
Contact Information		Curtis French Education: Teacher Brockway Elementary Education: Elementary Brockay, PA United States Phone: (814) 265-8417 cfrench@brockway.k12.pa.us
Objective of Collaboration		Brockway PA, First, Second or Third Grade classrooms are seeking multiple partners from around the country for Flat Stanley to visit. Classrooms can exchange Stanleys and share information about their town via video conference. Teachers can work with their students to post pictures of the travelers as they visit their location. They can through a video conference, talk about their town as they sort through web posted pictures of Stanley's adventures. The thrill of viewing their Stanley live from a distant location would add to the experience. Our school has full video conference capacity using IP address for connection.
Time Frame		October 2010 - March 2011
Target Audience		Education: Grade(s): 1, 2, 3