PPS Megaconference

hey guys :) jessica here from Pittsburgh Public Schools!! just wanted to let you know about our 2nd Annual PPS Megaconference Event... its modeled after the MegaJr (we cleared the name before we started using it last year). I wanted to extend the invite to all of you to join us on April 21. Check out the Event Schedule to see if you have a class that would be interested in inte…

Anyone in North Carolina?

We are looking for more elementary school partners for our classes. We would like to continue using class to class for 4th graders because they study the state. Check the Carolina Connections blog.

Conduct an Online Class using WiZiQ's Virtual Classroom

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IVC Backgrounds - What do you use?

We have a 20 x 20 foot room for our IVC classroom. We have a banner with our school name and a mural. This is OK, but getting tiresome and when we do special projects, we need more specific backgrounds. What do you use? Art paper or murals? Painted cardboard? We are trying something new (for us) and planning to paint 2 king sized sheets with regular room paint. The art teacher is helping us and we want to paint a beach or island scene. Has anyone tried this before and do you have any tips for us…

Which videoconferencing experiences do you use?

Classroom to Institutions/Museums - free
Classroom to classroom - short term - free
Classroom to classroom - long term (twice a month for a school year) - free
Specific projects like Read Around the Planet; Megaconference Jr.
Paid projects - we use these for lower grade students in Kindergarten and first grade
Others?