Author Archives: Janine Lim

Kindergarten Story from Read Around the Planet

At NECC 2008, I interviewed Sue Porter, Read Around the Planet coordinator for 2008 and she shared this cute story about a kindergartener from this year’s RAP sessions.

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A Poem About an Author Videoconference

At the SIG IVC Forum on Sunday at NECC 2008, people shared their programs in quick 4 minute presentations. This one is a poem by Sue Porter telling about the Polycom Special Events with blind author Jim Stovall.

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TX – Canada Read Around the Planet Story

Still interviewing people at NECC 2008. In this video, Angela Conrad from Humble ISD, TX tells about a Read Around the Planet connection with Alberta, Canada.

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Natural Dyes with the Cleveland Museum of Art

IVC Showcases have been going on all day today at NECC 2008 and they’ve been mostly packed! I couldn’t get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame one, so you can get a flavor of the popularity of the IVC sessions at NECC this year. Why are they just on one day?

In The Cleveland Museum of Art‘s program, we participated in their new program on Natural Dyes. The participants colored a bookmark using spinach, just like we did in Jazz two weeks ago. I’ll add a couple pictures here from the Jazz workshop so you can see what it’s like:

Here’s a new thing! Someone asked how to get access to the programming if they don’t have access and CMA answered that they’ve done their programs with tools such as Skype etc. So they are willing to work with you on getting access to their programs. Cool!

KC3 Project Interview

Last night at the poster gallery, I recorded an interview with Bev Mattocks from CILC about the KC3 project. Learn about the impact on the students in this cool project.

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NECC Tip: Show Up Early!

Well this morning I thought I’d run over and blog the presentation by the Learn2.ca crew from Canada, but the session was full! It seems if you want to get to a BYOL session (or even the others), you have to hurry up and get there early!

Anyway, take some time to check out the Learn2 website to see the online tools they have for collaborative projects.

The International Teddy Bear Writing Project

Sunday night during the global poster gallery at NECC, I thought I’d interview the presenters and post the interview online. Yes, I asked them for permission!

The presenters were Cathy Timpone, Park Ridge Public Schools with Agnes Zaorski.

The Teddy Bear project is described online, and this Moodle site is used to support the project.

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Is it just my computer or my hotel Internet connection or did YouTube pull a lot of frames out of this video? This is my first try with this idea and I may need to tweak the process a bit.