Monday, January 10, 2011

Read Around the Planet - Video conferencing






Here is a great activity for your teachers in video conferencing and it is open right for registration.

Greetings K12IVC Members:

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/

How to Review Your Registrations:
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.

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 Read Around the Planet Committee

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


Fred Sharpsteen
Unionville-Sebewaing Area Schools
Director of Technology