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=**Earth Week Skyping Project**=

**Objective**: We want the teachers to understand that it is possible in real time to collaborate with someone else anytime anywhere. This will include lower, middle, and upper school.
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 * Video:**

Song in the video "We are the World 2010"


 * Preparations:**
 * Make announcements to lower, middle, and upper school
 * Create promotional video
 * Create "how to" documents with instructions for teachers to Upload Skype, Find someone to Skype with, and prepare their classes to Skype
 * Each teacher only needs 1 computer
 * Topic of conversation is up to the teacher
 * Survey of teachers to see who has already used Skype


 * Summaries**:
 * Show map with all the places in the world that we have connected with as a school (# of classrooms, # of countries, etc).
 * Survey assessment - how many teachers participated, to which location in the world did they connect, and how effective was the project
 * Make this an annual event at our school


 * Focus: Professional Development**
 * Problem/Question: To provide opportunities for teachers and students to connect with classrooms from around the world**
 * Objective: To get as many Kinkaid teachers and students connected with another classroom in the world**
 * Assessment: % of teachers who participate; effectiveness (by survey)**
 * Objective: We want teachers to know that they can connect with other teachers and students around the world, and we want to show them how. We also want them to have a positive experience doing so. We want them to know that it is possible to collaborate in real time with anyone anywhere**
 * Details: Get technology permission and principal permission on all levels**
 * -Send evite to teachers**
 * -Send instructions to teachers**
 * -Conduct help sessions/motivation to teachers**
 * -Be available day-of to help out (Earth Day)**
 * -Be available day-of to help out (Earth Day)**

Here are the Documents that we created with instructions for the teachers