Events and Projects

Kids Creating Community Content (KC3)
a national contest for middle & high school student teams to develop & present engaging videoconferencing programs about their communities.

Annual Megaconference Event (early November) -- UPDATE: According to www.megaconference.org: 

With Dr. Bob Dixon stepping down from his leadership role as Megaconference chairperson, the Internet2 community will be discussing the future of the Megaconference at its fall membership meeting. If you are interested in supporting this valuable program please contact us.

Read Around the Planet
Annual celebration of Read across America (window: end of February - first week of March)
See website for equipment verification and registration timeline (begins in the preceding fall).

iEARN Projects
Link to iEARN Collaboration Centre Projects (International Education and Resource Network)

Links to Berrien RESA's (Berrien Regional Education Service Agency)
Geography & history projects for 5th grade and middle school. Example of how to set up a project for videoconference collaboration (Teacher Preparation, research questions, research links, media presentation tips, visual examples, sample agenda).

(Linked resources available: Teacher Preparation, rubrics, VC agenda & evaluation)

CIESE Real Time Data Projects
Link to CIESE website of real time data projects that could be used in VC collaborations with other classrooms.

VC Projects Booklet
2010 (5th) Edition of 2004 projects template booklet, "Planning Kid2Kid Videoconference Projects" by Janine Lim & A. Comer.