About the Project
Dr. Seuss's Birthday in March has been designated "Read Across America Day" by the National Education Association (NEA). Schools all over the country, and in New Hampshire, choose to celebrate with students in a variety of creative ways. Readers of all ages are encouraged to celebrate!
The Granite State Distance Learning Network, is coordinating a special celebration of the national NEA event by providing students, teachers, and faculty in NH the unique opportunity to connect to readers using two-way interactive video.
Read Across NH will take place during the week of March 10-14, 2008.
How it Works
For 2008, GSDLN is offering two options: classroom to classroom matching and GSDLN sponsored sessions.
For classroom to classroom matching, the teacher submits on the registration form the required information and GSDLN will make every effort to match the school with another school in the state. The two classroom teachers are responsible for setting up a date and time for their session, for testing with the equipment, and for arranging the content of the session.
For the GSDLN sponsored sessions, GSDLN has arranged a reader to provide an interactive reading session with students. Multiple classes may register to participate for the designated date and time. 2008 Confirmed readers are:
- Seacoast Science Center, Perrin Chick, Education Director, Reading "Coralito's Bay"
The following link will supplement the story line: http://www.amazon.com/Coralitos-Bay-Juan-Felipe-Herrera/dp/097428100X
Date: Monday, March 10, 2008
Time: 10:00 am-11:00 am - Audience: Middle School - Heather Krill, Author and Teacher at Lin-Wood High School - Reading her book, "The Brown Cow of Sugar Hill"
Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Time : 10:00 - 10:30 am, Grades 2-4
Getting Started
Do you have the right equipment?
This activity is open to all K-12 and college students in public and private schools who have access to two-way interactive video equipment (ISDN or IP). If you are unsure whether or not you have access to this type of equipment, or don't understand these terms, you should be working with your school's technology coordinator. This project does not work with a web cam hooked up to a computer. Your equipment should be able to do H.323 (IP) or H.320 (ISDN) videoconference connections.
Talk to your technical people
Read Across New Hampshire days can be very time intensive. Planning ahead for support is essential. Talk to your local technology coordinator to see if they have time to assist you. Also, it is of utmost importance that you communicate with your technology coordinator to make sure that no changes are made to the network or equipment setup after successful test calls and before the actual connection.
Do you check your email?
Email is the main form of communication for this event. Please don’t sign up unless you can answer email within 36 hours. Because of the complexity of scheduling, it is essential that you be available via email to work out any scheduling issues.
How to Participate
** Registration Deadline: February 11th, 2008 - Space is limited. Register early!
You will be contacted with details during the week of February 11th.
Please be considerate of limited space availability. If you register, you are making the commitment to participate. If you are unable to participate, notify Sharon (below) so that we may invite a class from the waiting list to participate.
For additional information, contact:
Sharon Sabol, Community College System of NH
GSDLN Volunteer
ssabol@nhctc.edu
"Read Across America" Links
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