FREE Grades 7-12: T. Boone Pickens

American financier, entrepreneur, and philanthropist T. Boone Pickens
will open the Town Hall Speaker's Series on Monday, September 27. Over
the years Mr. Pickens has a political activist, the chairperson of BP
(Boone Pickens) Capital Management, a philanthropist and a supporter of
alternative energy.


Join us as Mr. Pickens speaks on "Ending America's Dependence on OPEC
Oil." Members of the Town Hall Youth Council will moderate the
presentation. Please share this program information with your Business,
Language Arts and Social Studies teachers and students.


Schools interested in participating in this exciting program should
contact my office by September 22.

John Ramicone
WVIZ IdeaStream

Distance Learning Director

john.ramicone@ideastream.org

t-216-916-6360

f-216-916-6361

Grades 1-6: Meet the Author of the Axle Galench Book Series

Connect2Texas is very pleased to introduce one of our newest content enhancement providers Rooster Morris, Author of the Axle Galench book series.

Rooster Morris for the first time ever will be providing multiple opportunities to see his live performance via videoconferencing!

Title: Rooster Morris Makes Reading Fun!

Dates: Sept. 24, 27, Oct. 4, 25, 26, 27, Nov. 10, 16

Times:  See schedule on www.Connect2Texas.net

Target Audience: Grades 1-6
Cost: three options available

$100 (interactive with materials included)
$75 (view only with materials included)

$50 (view only with no materials)
Materials include a book, CD, poster and student activities. Autograph books are available upon request by special order only.
Description: Rooster begins his performance with his fiddle, giving a dramatization of how he taught himself to play when he was young boy. He then plays songs the students will recognize and introduces them to some hand-clapping, foot-stopping cowboy music. The reading program also includes Rooster performing readings and songs from his books. He brings his characters to life with incredible voices, music, and sound effects. This program is targeted to all age groups. Guaranteed to motivate students to read for fun--and do it every day!

Don't wait because dates and times are limited.  To register go to www.Connect2Texas.net.

Lori Hamm

(817)740-7516

lhamm@esc11.net

To unsubscribe, please send a blank message to k12ivc@cilc.net with the word unsubscribe in the subject.

Jan Egeland “A Billion Lives: An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of Humanity”

Your School is Invited to Participate in a Videoconference with Kent State Stark’s Featured Speaker!

Jan Egeland
“A Billion Lives: An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of Humanity”


The video conference will take place on Thursday, September 30 at 1 p.m.

Expose your students to international experts in exciting areas that shape the world in which we live. Your students will be able to ask Jan Egeland questions through a live video and audio feed.

To allow your students to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime experience, please contact Jim Vincent, Stark/Portage Area Computer Consortium at 330-492-8136 or Jim.vincent@email.sparcc.org with your site name, site IP address, and name and contact information of the teacher involved in the session.

Humanitarian Jan Egeland began his extensive service to the United Nations in 1990 with his appointment as state secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His initiation of the emergency preparedness system provided more than 2,000 humanitarian workers to international organizations. He later served as the secretary-general's special advisor on Colombia, prior to becoming under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator. In 2006, he was appointed as special advisor to the secretary-general for conflict prevention and resolution. Currently, Egeland is director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and a professor at the University of Stavanger. Author of A Billion Lives – An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of Humanity, he has received numerous awards for his humanitarian efforts and work with peace processes and conflict resolution.

For more information about the Kent State University Stark Campus Featured Speakers Series, call 330-244-3223 or visit www.stark.kent.edu <http://www.stark.kent.edu/> .

Jim Vincent
SPARCC
2100 38th St. N.W.
Canton, Ohio 44709
V. 330 445 2267
jim.vinc...@email.sparcc.org

Grades 6-12: Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra presents the Music of Ravel

Ravel was a master orchestrator and had a special affinity for the music of Spain. Three of his most popular “Spanish” compositions, Rapsodie espagnole, Alborada del gracioso and audience favorite Boléro will be performed in this concert. It will be conducted by guest conductor Maestro Enrique Diemecke.

One Hour
$150

Program Date Program Time Network Time Registration Deadline
11/18/2010 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM 11/16/2010
11/18/2010 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM 11/16/2010

Clint Dawley
cdawley@basshall.com
330 East Fourth Street
Suite 300
Fort Worth, TX 76102
United States
Phone:
Fax: (817) 336-4804

Grades 6-12: Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Mendelssohn & Rimsky-Korsakov

Concert Master Michael Shih is featured as soloist in this important landmark Romantic composition in the violin repertoire. The elegant, lyric composition is one of the most popular violin concertos of all time. Also on the program will be Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio espagnole. The concert will be conducted by Maestro Miguel Harth-Bedoya.

One hour
$150

Program Date Program Time Registration Deadline
10/7/2010 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM 10/05/2010
10/7/2010 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM 10/05/2010

Clint Dawley
cdawley@basshall.com
330 East Fourth Street
Suite 300
Fort Worth, TX  76102
United States
Phone:
Fax: (817) 336-4804

Grades 4-6: Meet the Author Lane Smith: "John, Paul, George, and Ben"

  Students will have the opportunity to have a live discussion with the California Young Reader Medal Award Nominee, Lane Smith, author of "John, Paul, George, and Ben." During the 60-minute, live broadcast, students will have the opportunity to ask questions on the nominated book, as well as the craft of writing.

$125

60 Minutes

11/17/10 from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline is 11/3/10
  Laura Dellisanti
ldellisanti@ocde.us
200 Kalmus dr
Costa Mesa, CA  92626
United States
Phone:

Grades 1-12: Mutli-Point Meet a Musher (Racing with Sled Dogs)

Have you ever imagined racing your dogs across frozen Alaskan landscapes for hundreds of miles at a time with little or no sleep? Or do you dream of running your dogs out into the forests to gather firewood to warm your cabin on those bitter cold winter nights? Yes!No! Well, whichever way you answer, we are sure you will enjoy chatting with our mushers about their lives in Alaska working and racing with their dogs. This special event will introduce our newest member of our mushing clan, 13 year old Pippin preparing for Junior Iditarod.

$100
45-60 Minutes

Program Date Program Time Registration Deadline
9/9/2010 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 09/08/2010
9/9/2010 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM 09/08/2010
9/9/2010 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM 09/08/2010
9/9/2010 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM 09/08/2010

Christina Hum
chum@kigluaitadventures.com
p.o. Box 1027
Talkeetna, AK  99676
United States
Phone: