Gr 9-12 Collaborative Book Talks

We would like to participate in collaborative book talk sessions with high school students, teachers, and library media specialists. Book talks can be done by students and staff members. We'd really like to broaden our audience while learning about books that other teens are enjoying.


January 2011 - June 2012


Abbe Waldron
Education: Media/Technology Specialist
Regional School District No. 6
Education: High School
Litchfield, CT
United States
Phone: (860) 567-7410 ext. 130
awaldron@rsd6.org

Collaboration is from the CILC Weekly updates at www.cilc.org

Gr 5-6 Chalk Art using Bill Peet Literature

We would like to connect with a school to present art creations made by our 6th grade classes with local chalk artist, Rachel Browning. Our students will be focusing their art efforts on The Wump World by Bill Peet. It is advised that your class become familiar with this book before the connection. Local chalk artist Rachel Browning will be teaching our students the importance of saving the environment using chalk as the medium. Students will focus on one environmental issue and depict the world through chalk artistry, both before and after the problem is solved. We invite you to connect with us to see their finalized art projects and listen to the narratives they have written about their drawings. Ms. Browning, chalk artist, will also be present at this connection. This connection is made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts Local Capacity Building Program, administered in Jefferson, Leis, and St. Lawrence counties by the St. Lawrence County Arts Council.


May 10 and 11 from 12:30-1:30 EST


Grades 5-6


Registration is through CAPSpace http://projects.twice.cc 


Direct link -http://projects.twice.cc/?l=collaboration&id=1535

Gr. K Jobs People Do Riddles

I have several Pre-K classrooms located in Newport News, VA looking to connect with other Pre-K or Kindergarten classrooms during the time frame of Wednesday, February 1st – Friday, February 10th on the following project. 

Each classroom will select 7 – 9 jobs, with a total of 14-18 jobs represented in the project. Each classroom will create riddles for the jobs they selected. During the video conference, students in each class would be grouped so 2 – 3 students present a riddle and visual clues. The collaborating class will try to guess the job. 

When classes connect, they can begin the video conference with sharing where they are located and also share information about their school and/or weather outside. Classes can also share a song with each other. 

Please let me know if you are interested in participating with one of the Pre-K classrooms I work with and I’ll connect you via email with a teacher. 

We use a polycom set-up using IP address for our connections. If you are interested let me know and I can match a teacher with a request.

Annette Bruner annette.bruner@nn.k12.va.us DENBIGH EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER Post is from CAPSpace http://projects.twice.cc

2nd Grade Pen Pals

A 2nd grade class in upstate New York would like to create a Pen Pal project where students would be able to learn the proper way to write and address letters. We would like to be able to actually mail letters to some friends across the US. This doesn't have to be a continual project and we could connect via video conference in order for students to meet face-to-face. Each class can just write one letter to send or they can continue to communicate. We are a school in NY so we are looking for collaborators as far away as possible.


To participate please email: kpeavey@madisoncentralny.org

Kurt Peavey
kpeavey@madisoncentralny.org
Phone: 315-893-1878 x285
MADISON CENTRAL SCHOOL

Take from Capspace at http://projects.twice.cc

IB Spanish Exchange

To Whom It May Concern:
My name is Rocio Horzepa and I am a Spanish IB teacher at Linden High School in Linden, New Jersey, USA, a secondary school located about a half an hour away from New York City. The purpose of my e-mail is to make contact with a sister IB school in Spain to initiate an international exchange program.
In our school, exchange programs are highly regarded and are currently in existence with Italy, Germany, China, and France. This program promotes friendship at a global scale in the true spirit of the International Baccalaureate program. Therefore we would be interesting in creating a Spanish exchange for the school year 2012-2013 with Madrid, Barcelona, Santander, Cadiz, or Malaga.
I would greatly appreciate a response to my proposition as soon as possible, whether or not you would be interested in participating in this wonderful, once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Rocio Horzepa

rhorzepa@linden.k12.nj.us
Linden School District
World Languages Department
District of Linden
Teacher of Spanish

Gr 4-5 Global Awareness

I will be reading the book, "The Green Book" with my students in the Spring and would love to read it with another classroom. There are many projects to research and develop as part of comprehending the book, but I am mainly interested in learning about how migrations effect the world and its population.

March 2012 - May 2012

Heather Phillips
Education: Teacher
Crestline Elementary School
Education: K-12 School
Mt. Brook, AL
United States
Phone: (205) 871-8126 ext. 7339
phillipsh@mtnbrook.k12.al.us

Taken from the CILC Database at www.cilc.org

Gr1 Shared Digital Storytelling

I am looking for 1st grade classes that are willing to help us create digital stories.
My first grade students will create the beginning, another class will create the middle, and a third class will create the end of the story.


Each student will draw a digital picture and record their voice telling their part of their story.
The teachers will then send the story on to the next class where their students will add their piece of the story.
This will be done one more time to add the ending until there is a complete story.
Students can then meet and share their stories and experiences with the classes.

Any digital drawing program that can export and image will work; the same is true with the voice recording. I can be help the schools decide programs to use if needed. 


February and May 2012


Arielle Goldstein
agoldstein@watchungschools.us
Phone: 908 755 8184
Bayberry Elementary