Empire State VC Collaborative Registration

Hey! Registration has begun for Empire State Video Conference Collaborative.

Online Registration: http://esvcc.pbwiki.com/

Hurry! Space is limited!!

Date: April 2 & 3

Time: 8AM-3:30PM

Place: GST BOCES

Registration Deadline: March 18

LUNCH PROVIDED at GST site by SCT/C & Bath Teacher Centers!

If you are interested in learning about interactive video conferencing and strategies for using it in your own area of expertise, please consider attending this 2-day conference.

During the training you will be immersed in a variety of virtual learning experiences and play with video conference equipment. You will also have a chance to discuss the video conferencing strategies you're learning with participants at GST and participants at other BOCES around the state!

For more information, please contact us at DL@gstboces.org and we will be happy to answer your questions!

More CAPSpace Projects

Please create a user account and log in to CAPSpace to find out more information about the following IVC Class-to-Class projects...

Title: 6th Grade Social Studies
Status: Open
URL: http://projects.twice.cc/?l=collaboration&id=220
Connections: H.323
Grades: 6
Dates: 9-10 A.M. EDT Thursdays and Fridays, or 9 A.M.-12:30 P.M. on Wednesdays
Description: I am a 6th Grade Social Studies Teacher from Newport News, VA. I would like to VC with another school from around the country, to give my students a different perspective on the issues that we are discussing. We could contact one another and compare curriculums and then come up with a plan.


Title: Francophone Week VC Event - Call for Participation:
Status: Open
URL: http://projects.twice.cc/?l=collaboration&id=222
Connections: H.323
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Dates: Friday, March 20, 2009 from 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. MST
Description:The VC Regional Leads Network in Alberta, Canada, is hosting a VC event on March 20, 2009 to celebrate French language and culture during Francophone Week. Currently we are looking for classes who wish to do a short creative presentation or performance (predominantly in the French language) sometime during the day on March 20 (all times MST). Poems, songs, plays, puppets - any type of creative presentation is welcome! Please email Danny Maas maasd@me.com to receive an information and registration package, or download it from http://files.me.com/maasd/ttyh2p .
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If you have any questions or would like us to look into any of the projects we share from CAPSpace for you, please let us know! DL@gstboces.org

CAPSpace Flat Stanley Project - Grade 1

I love Flat Stanley, but I really enjoy the idea of making it an activity you can do with video conferencing! Here is a project that a first grade teacher posted on CAPSpace:

Title: Flat Stanley:
Status: Open
URL: http://projects.twice.cc/?l=collaboration&id=218
Connections: H.323
Grades: 1
Dates: middle of April through middle of May
Description: I am a first grade teacher in Newport News,Virginia and am looking for a classroom that would like to collaborate on a Flat Stanley Project.

Log in to CAPSpace to find out more about this project! Please contact the GST BOCES Distance Learning Team if you have questions or need more information! DL@gstboces.org

More CAPSpace Collaborative Project Possibilities...

Please click on the links below for more information. You will need a CAPSpace account to access more information about these projects!

Title: Flat Stanley Project:
Status: Open
URL: http://projects.twice.cc/?l=collaboration&id=210
Connections: H.323
Grades: 1
Dates: During the month of March
Description: A first grade class is looking for classrooms to participate in our Flat Stanley project. We hope to exchange a class Flat Stanley and connect with each other to discuss the exciting things that Flat Stanley can do while visiting the school and community.

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Title: Data Collection and Graphing:
Status: Open
URL: http://projects.twice.cc/?l=collaboration&id=212
Connections: H.323
Grades: 4, 5
Dates: February 10-28
Description: Students will create survey questions to ask their partner class. Data will then be tallied and organized. Students will then create graphs to reflect their data. These graphs will be shared a second video conference. During this second video conference students will analyze, discuss and write about their data.

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Arkport Grades 2-4 DL Intro

I had the best time on Wednesday, February 4, working with Arkport teachers and students in grades 2 through 4! The students were so well behaved and worked hard to follow directions and answer all my questions. They were awesome!


The goal was to introduce the students to interactive video conferencing and to do an activity with them to practice their best video conference behavior.

With grade 2, we did Pictionary Vocabulary. The teachers provided me with 15 science vocabulary words that they have been studying. I showed the students pictures representing each word and they competed to see who could answer first. The student who answered correctly picked 2 classmates to try the next one, and so on... They did an impressive job remembering their science vocabulary words!

Grade 3 did an excellent job with the Geometry MysteryQuest with terms and definitions provided by the teacher. I used SMART Notebook to present different mysterious geometry-related questions to the students based on the information provided to me by their teacher. Their geometry knowledge is just super!

The fourth graders had fun practicing their listening skills by following directions I gave and drawing the monster I described. I did this activity with them as an example of a kid-to-kid project they could do with another classroom somewhere in the world. They were a very focused group and did a wonderful job, too!

If you are interested in doing a connection like this for your class, please let us know! DL@gstboces.org

Congratulations to the T-Shirt Winner!

Hi everyone! I guess it pays to read our monthly newsletter, because Jim T. from S-VE High School posted 2 comments on our blog already and won the fabulous t-shirt. We hope he will cherish it forever!

Stay tuned! We're looking around our office for more give-aways!!