NORT2H Teacher Collaboration Opportunities

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Grades K-6: Singalong

Description:	Montreal Quebec Canada Music teacher would like to do a musical exchange for Music Monday with other schools in Canada and the U.S. Would like the students to sing the Music Monday Song together with other schools. We are new to VC so the exchange is intended as an initiation to students (and Teacher) to celebrate Music and try a new technology! We tried this last year and had more than 12 schools participate. Please contact teacher directly for fastest response. Kathleen Walshe Riverview Elementary School Verdun Quebec kwalshe@lbpearson.qc.ca
Dates:	Monday May 2nd at 13:00 EST
Sign up method:	Exploding Collaboration
Grades:	K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Subjects:	Performing Arts

Craig Bullett
cbullett@learnquebec.ca
VC coordinator for 37 schools

Grades 9-12: Poetry Exchange

Description:	Students will have an opportunity to share and celebrate Poetry Month via live two-way interactive videoconferencing! Students will be able to present poetry using various multimedia and technology tools as solo presentations or in small groups. Getting ready is simple: • Students write their own poem(s) • On connection day, students share what they have written • After each presentation, students share what they really liked about the poem(s) and what the poem(s) meant to them. Apr 20 10:30 - 11:30 Apr 20 11:00 - 12:00 Apr 25 10:30 - 11:30 Apr 25 11:00 - 12:00 Apr 27 10:30 - 11:30 Apr 27 11:00 - 12:00 Open to anyone with a direct connection to a Polycom.
Dates:
Sign up method:	Email: evanpate@mancelonaschools.org
Grades:	9, 10, 11, 12
Subjects:	Language Arts/English

Elizabeth VanPate
evanpate@mancelonaschools.org
Phone: 231-587-8551 x437
Mancelona Public Schools
Time Zone: GMT-5: Eastern Standard Time

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Grade 11: The Australia New Zealand Square Kilometre Array Project

Description:	CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science Education Officer Rob Hollow will talk to your class about the Australian and New Zealand Square Kilometre Array (ANZSKA) project. A pathfinder for this brilliant new telescope array is under construction in Western Australia. Rob Hollow will discuss the deep and fundamental understanding of the early universe which the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is expected to unveil. The SKA will allow us to see back to a time 300,00 years after the Big Bang, revealing the formation of the first stars and the first galaxies. He will also outline the technical demands of this new instrument, the education opportunities it will provide and the career paths open for Australian scientists and engineers. This video conference will enhance VCE Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Dates:	Friday 29th April 9:00am - 10:100am and 11:00am - 12:00noon
Sign up method:	Website Website: http://www.vssec.vic.edu.au/vssec-interactive/video-conferencing/
Grades:	11
Subjects:	Career Education, Mathematics, Science (Life), Science (Physical), Science (Earth), Technology/Information Science

Naomi Mathers
naomi.mathers@vssec.vic.edu.au
VSSEC

Grades 9-12: How Scientific is Science

Description:	Hear from TEDx speaker Greg Hunter as he examines the presuppositions of Science and challenges students to look beyond the apparent concrete and empirical nature of High School Science and into its subjective reality. The highly interactive, informative and inspirational session will have your students scratching their heads and questioning some of their most basic scientific assumptions.
Dates:	April 11, 9:00-10:30 MDT, 11:00-12:30
Sign up method:	Email: terry.godwaldt@epsb.ca
Grades:	9, 10, 11, 12
Subjects:	Mathematics, Science (Life), Science (Physical), Science (Earth)

Terry Godwaldt
terry.godwaldt@epsb.ca
Phone: 780-476-8671
Queen Elizabeth High School
Time Zone: GMT-7: Mountain Standard Time

Grades 10-12: The Ethics of Stem Cell Research

Description:	The Ethics of Stem Cell Research (Tuesday, April 12, 9:00-10:30 MDT, 11:00-12:30 EDT) – Science, TOK 1. Join high school students from across North America as they come together, mentored by graduate students from around the world, to seek out and build consensus on how our scientific communities, local, national and international governments should move forward with Stem Cell Research. Students will hear about ground breaking research and learn about the implications it has on the ethical debate. Students will review and evaluate different aspects of Stem Cell Research and the potential competing interests through our global interactive student portal, networking with their peers across North America, culminating in a video conference on April 12th.
Dates:	April 12, 9:00-10:30 MDT, 11:00-12:30 EDT
Sign up method:	Email: terry.godwaldt@epsb.ca
Grades:	10, 11, 12
Subjects:	Health, Science (Life), Science (Physical)

Terry Godwaldt
terry.godwaldt@epsb.ca
Phone: 780-476-8671
Queen Elizabeth High School
Time Zone: GMT-7: Mountain Standard Time

Grades 9-12: Practice Job Interview Session

Description:

I have a teacher who would like to collaborate with another classroom and practice Job Interviews with high school students. She would like the other class interview our students (for a job) and her classroom would interview the other class. She is looking to collaborate during 2 blocks- 8-9:15 Est and 9:30-11:00 Est. Please let me know if you would like to set something up. Optimally I would like to either work with the 11th-15th of April or the last week of April 25th-29th. Additionally, we cannot host an event, we would have to call you.

Dates:April 11-15th or April 25th-29th- 8:00-9:15 EST/9:30-11:00 EST

Grades:9, 10, 11, 12

Subjects:Business, Career Education, Family & Consumer Science

Brian Adair
badair@fcps1.org
Phone: 540-422-7330
Cell: 540-223-3991
Kettle Run High School

Description:	We are an 11th grade American Literature class. Our class will be reading the story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. I would like to engage in a class discussion with your class that will have read the same story.
Dates:	April 29th to May 2nd
Sign up method:	Exploding Collaboration
Grades:	11
Subjects:	Language Arts/English