Fairy Tale Rewrite

Let’s put a modern twist on our beloved fairy tales and fables! Participate in a videonference for 3rd and 4th graders or 6th and 7th graders to share our modern versions of yester-year’s stories.
Students can work individually, in groups, or a class story can be developed. Teachers are encouraged to have students work in pairs or groups.
Students should pick a fairy tale or fable that they want to rewrite.
Teachers/classes select rewrites to share with their partner class.
Students are encouraged to create pictures and artwork that compliments their story.
Send date/time/grade level of interest to kfritz@ccisd.net. We will try to find a match for you.
Each class will get 25 minutes to share their stories.

Dates: Between Oct. 19, 20,21, and 26,27,28 from 8:30-11:00am CST
Sign up method: Email: kfritz@ccisd.net
Grades: 3, 4, 6, 7
Subjects: Language Arts/English


Kim Fritz
kfritz@ccisd.net
Phone: 281 284 0416
Clear Creek ISD
League City, Texas

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Looking for a Kindergarten Partner Class

I have worked as a technology integrator teacher for 14 years in a suburban NY school, but in September 2010 I will begin a new assignment teaching kindergarten. I am interested in partnering with another kindergarten class in the US to learn about different characteristics of their area (weather, landforms, animals, etc.), share favorite books, discuss "All About Me" projects with student buddies, or any other activity that would benefit our children. I am very open to suggestions and ideas!




Colleen Drummond
Kindergarten Teacher
Spackenkill School District
Education: Elementary
Poughkeepsie, NY
United States
Phone: (845) 463-7840
colleen.drummond@spackenkillschools.org

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Gr 6-12 Food and Culture - a Global Collaborative Project

Using food as the common entry point, this project will bring together students from every country and every grade level to explore food, cultures, social and environmental issues, health, nutrition, etc.

We will create a number of final products including a global cookbook with information on each country, a global database of children's literature, student-made videos. .

Read more at www.21stCenturySchools.com/Food_and_Culture.htm

Join us at http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/Register_Food_and_Culture.htm

There is a minimal support and curriculum resources fee of $50/teacher or $400/campus

June 2010 - December 2012

Anne Shaw
Director
21st Century Schools
Other
Austin, TX
United States
Phone: (850) 457-2946
Director@21stCenturySchools.com

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Creative Writing Exchange

A rural district in Southwest, LA, is looking for partner classes to exchange creative writing samples on Thursday, June 10, 2010, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon (CST) via IP. Students participating in this exchange range from grades 5-7.

Grades: 6-8

Contact:
Laurie Duhon
laurie.duhon@jdpsbk12.org
337-824-1986
LAKE ARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL

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Grades 9-12: GLOBAL VIEWPOINTS COLLABORATION PROJECT

Description:	1. Ours is a new class at Bay Port High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.A. called Global Viewpoints. Our main goal is to get our students to think in more global terms. To accomplish this we will be: a. Reading newspapers around the globe at least once a week. b. Researching things that might cause culture shock in our students if they were to travel to various locations. c. Learn about hurdles in communication between different cultures. d. Learn how things like religion, language, politics, geography and history influence how a culture develops. e. Learn as much as we can about as many other cultures as we can. 3. To help us accomplish the above we hope to communicate at least four times during each of our semesters with students from other parts of the world. (1st semester runs September 1,2010 – January 15,2011 and second semester runs January 16, 2011 – June 7, 2011) 4. Topics we would like to cover are: a. Holidays, traditions, and festivals b. Current Events c. History and Geography d. Cultural norms, religion and politics. Time Commitment: a. We would like either a live video feed or a recorded video exchange eight times from September, 2010 to June 2011. We are also very open to communicating via the internet in other ways in between. b. Each of our class periods are 45 minutes long. We currently have about 140 total students signed up to take the class. There will be four sections during the first semester (September – January) and two sections second semester (January- June). (Section times are not yet determined but our school day runs from 7:30AM – 2:30PM Central Standard Time. c. Our classes meet daily – Monday- Friday each week – except for one Wednesday or Thursday per month. d. Students on both ends would do some preparation work about their area/country/culture or researching current events before the communication would begin. Scheduling requirements: a. We can be quite flexible as to when we can collaborate. b. Once we know with whom we are going to collaborate we can decide which topic/topics we will work on before our next meeting. Technology requirements: a. We will have access to a webcam and monitors for live or recorded video conferences. We also have a portable video conferencing unit. However, we are more than open to using other forms of internet communication that suits the needs of the collaborating schools. b. We have computer labs we can schedule so each student has a computer. However, it also would work to use one computer for the classroom if the collaborating school wishes to do it that way. Communication: a. We would love to do at least some of the communication real time if others are in the same time zones. However, we also wish to communicate with people in other parts of the world that would make real time communication impossible.
Dates:	(1st semester runs September 1,2010 – January 15,2011 and second semester runs January 16, 2011 – J
Sign up method:	Email: keitschr@hssd.k12.wi.us
Grades:	9, 10, 11, 12
Subjects:	Career Education, Fine Arts, Language Arts/English, Performing Arts, Science (Life), Social Studies/History, Technology/Information Science, World Language
Outcomes:	a. Reading newspapers around the globe at least once a week. b. Researching things that might cause culture shock in our students if they were to travel to various locations. c. Learn about hurdles in communication between different cultures. d. Learn how things like religion, language, politics, geography and history influence how a culture develops. e. Learn as much as we can about as many other cultures as we can. 3. To help us accomplish the above we hope to communicate at least four times during each of our semesters with students from other parts of the world.
Preparation Time Frame:	This summer to prepare for next schol year
Methods and Activities:	a. Reading newspapers around the globe at least once a week. b. Researching things that might cause culture shock in our students if they were to travel to various locations. c. Learn about hurdles in communication between different cultures. d. Learn how things like religion, language, politics, geography and history influence how a culture develops. e. Learn as much as we can about as many other cultures as we can. 3. To help us accomplish the above we hope to communicate at least four times during each of our semesters with students from other parts of the world.
Responsibilities:	We are open to topics listed above or your ideas. We want our students to think in more global terms and understand more about our global society
Agenda:	To be determined by cooperation between sites

Keith Schroeder
keitschr@hssd.k12.wi.us

BAY PORT HIGH
Time Zone:

Grades 9-12: Arizona Immigration Law - Virtual Panel Discussion

Description:	Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona signed the nation’s toughest bill on illegal immigration into law on Friday. Its aim is to identify, prosecute and deport illegal immigrants. The move unleashed immediate protests and reignited the divisive battle over immigration reform nationally. Technology High School will host a virtual panel discussion about this issue on Friday, June 4, 2010 from 8:30 am – 9:30 am EST. We are looking for students from several schools to participate as panel members during this video conference. We are hoping to hear from students that agree and students that disagree with this bill. Panel Discussion A panel consists of a small group of six or eight persons, who carry on a guided and informal discussion before an audience as if the panel were meeting alone. The proceedings of the panel should be the same as those described for informal discussion: volunteering of facts, asking questions, stating opinions-all expressed with geniality, with respect for the contributions of other members, without speech making, and without making invidious personal references. This primary function should occupy approximately two-thirds of the allotted time-say forty minutes of an hour’s meeting. The secondary function of the panel is to answer questions from the audience. The audience listens and is given a chance to ask questions, but for the most part is passive and receptive. Panel discussions provide sufficiently varied clash of opinion and presentation of facts to give even the quiet members of the audience a feeling of vicarious participation. Quality and tasks of leadership in panel discussion are similar to those described for informal discussion. Teachers must take special care to select panel members who can think and speak effectively. Students must prepare themselves to discuss the subject. During the discussion by the panel the leader has substantially the same duties as in informal discussion except that he should keep himself more in the background as chairman of the panel. He can do so because each member of the panel is in reality an assistant to the leader and is responsible for specific contributions to the proceedings. When the subject is thrown open to the house, it is the leader’s job to recognize appropriate questions and to reject those not bearing on the subject or involving personalities. Some questions he may answer himself, but usually he should repeat the question and call upon one of the panel to answer it. By preliminary announcement the leader may also tell the audience that they may direct questions at particular members of the panel if they choose. In any case, during the question period the leader needs to maintain strict control. On many occasions this may be the toughest part of his assignment to carry off efficiently and with good humor. While it is customary to confine audience questions to a specific period, some leaders permit questions from the floor at any time. The members should face the audience. It is important that each panel member adjust his chair so that he can see every other member without effort the chairman will also find that the best places for his readiest speakers are at the extreme ends of the table. He should keep the more reticent members close to, him so that he can readily draw them out with direct questions. If the quieter ones sit on the fringes of the panel, the more voluble members are quite likely to monopolize the discussion.
Dates:	June 4, 2010 from 8:30 am EST- 9:30 am EST
Sign up method:	Website https://spreadsheets2.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGRzdG83Zm03RUJPNVo2ZVh0ekZqanc6MA
Grades:	9, 10, 11, 12
Subjects:	Career Education, Fine Arts, Health, Industrial Technology, Language Arts/English, Performing Arts, Physical Education, Science (Physical), Social Studies/History, Special Education, Technology/Information Science, World Language

Maria I Markatos

mmarkatos@nps.k12.nj.us
973 497 5715
Technology High School

Grade K: Lucy Calkins Poetry Presentation

Lucy Calkins Poetry Presentation Created By: Laurie Ouderkirk louderkirk@oswegoboces.org 315-963-4298 x298 Oswego County BOCES Time Zone: GMT-5: Eastern Standard Time

Description: Our Kindergarten classroom has been working on a Lucy Calkins poetry unit. We would like to connect to a classroom who has also written poems to be shared. Students will take turns reading their poems aloud. Each class will also share briefly about the school and community where they are located. Lastly, students will ask questions of their partner class.
Dates: June 9, 14, 17 or 18
Sign up method: Email: louderkirk@oswegoboces.org
Grades: K
Subjects: Language Arts/English