Archive for October, 2007

Getting Ready for Read Around the Planet

Published October 30, 2007 RAP 11 Comments

Quicklinks: Read Around the Planet website and CAPspace login.

It’s that time of year to start thinking about your participation in Read Around the Planet 2008. Keep up to date by subscribing to this blog or checking back often. Here’s the news for today.

Verification is now open. Here’s where to start.

  • Login to Collaborations Around the Planet and set up your profile.
    • Go to My Settings. Under About Me add a description. This helps us know if you coordinate VC. If you do, then we “promote” you so that you have the power to manage My People & My Equipment. We are doing this as fast as we can after you update your account.
    • Go to My Settings, Personal. Check off the areas you’re involved in so others can find you when looking for partners.
    • Go to My Settings, Picture & Websites. Update these areas too if you wish.
    • Go to Search to find friends & click Add Friend and click Home to accept friend invitations from others (if applicable).
    • Go to My Projects and check off big projects you’ve participated in already. (This is how you get stars & badges next to your name).
    • View your profile under My Profile.
  • Set up Relationship Tree for Read Around the Planet projects. This replaces the mess of connecting buildings & people that we had last year. We hope this will work much better.
    • Click Admin, My People. (You will only see this after we’ve promoted you to have this level of access. So make sure you update your paragraph under My Settings so we know that you need to be promoted. If we still don’t get to it after 48 hours, please email sue@twice.cc and let her know that you need coordinator access.)
    • Search the cities you support to find your people in the system from last year (or by name). You should only add the people who are DIRECTLY under you.
    • For example, you might have a tree structure like this:
      • Me
        • My District Coordinators
          • My Building Coordinators
            • Teachers
    • The tree structure should match however support works in your area. It might be flat, with everyone under you, or in a tree structure as shown.
    • So you might add district coordinators under you; they add the building coordinators under them, and finally the building coordinators add teachers under them.
    • Note: At this point, set up relationships for videoconference coordinators in a way that reflects the support structure in your area. When teacher registration opens Dec. 3, you can decide if you will have them get accounts or whether you will register for them.
  • Next. Start adding your equipment. Watch the little overview videos.

We look forward to your participation in Read Around the Planet this year. Thank you in advance to all the coordinators & techs who make this project a great experience for students & teachers!

TWICE Member Edventures Schedule Posted

Published October 8, 2007 Field Trips Leave a Comment

TWICE Member Edventures Collaboranza
Come Share Best Videoconference Experiences
Come participate in these collaborative sessions with other TWICE members. Share your best practices, virtual field trips, experiences and general collaborative events using videoconferencing. This year we are offering three different dates. Each of these dates has a topic for discussion. We will not limit the discussion to the topic only. We are also adding an additional 30 minutes for those who can join right on time or for those who want to continue the discussion. We’ll learn from each other! Only 8 interactive slots are available. Multiple participants are welcomed and encouraged to attend at each interactive site.

November 28, 2007
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Edventure #1: Best Practices in your videoconference experiences. This session will also include a content provider to share observations from their side.

February 13, 2008
4:00- 5:30 p.m.
Edventure #2: Virtual Field Trip adventures. Share your experiences of virtual field trips that you want others to know about.

April 30, 2008
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Edventure #3: General Collaborative experiences. Hear from other educators some of the different types of collaborative events in which they have been a part. Bring your own experiences as well.

Please email Mike Maison, Field Trip Committee Co-Chair, to register.

RAP & Genesee ISD Featured in CILC Newsletter

Published October 8, 2007 General 2 Comments

Read Around the Planet and Genesee ISD were featured in the September CILC Newsletter, as well as new TWICE board member, Martin Jennings. Take a look!

By the way, if you want to get a jump start on your work for Read Around the Planet this year, start getting your techs, coordinators, and teachers logged into Collaborations Around the Planet. The first task is to have a working account. The ability to add your equipment and manage relationships among people involved in the project will be added soon. So get in & get started by updating My Settings, adding friends, and going to My Projects to mark off previous projects you’ve participated in!

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