**FREE** Polycom Special Events

2008-2009 Polycom Special Events

Special Events include connections to renowned authors, experts in the field, famous locations and many other events that provide FREE rich content to Polycom customers to enhance curriculum and increase student achievement.

Times of the events are listed in Eastern Time (ET) followed by the other time zones - Central Time (CT), Mountain Time (MT) and Pacific Time (PT).

All events are free, but author interviews require a book to be read for the event. Author interviews use the ASK Process (“Authors Specialist and Knowledge”) - an organized process that provides students with the opportunity to interview an author or a subject specialist in the topic they are reading about.

Click on the event below and you will see a page that contains the details of the event. There will also be a link to the registration page. Registration for second semester events will open on December 1st. Please check your calendars carefully (teacher conferences, vacation days, state testing) and make sure your class is available before registering. Cancelations are requested 5 weeks in advance to give another class a chance to participate.

In the side bar on this page is a link to the student permission form needed for your students. Please print it out, have one filled out for each student and send them to Elaine Shuck, 2209 Thompson Dr., Sturgis, SD 57785.

Each event will have an equipment test date scheduled 3-5 days prior to the event. You will be emailed the date and time of the test.

October 21st - Jump Start Videoconferencing in Your School with Sue Porter
Teacher Training designed for grades 5-8
October 22nd - Getting the Wiggles Out with Sue Porter
Teacher Training designed for grades 2-4
November 7th - Conflict in Africa: The Situation in Sudan
November 13th - Celebrating Veterans Day with POW Dave Carey
November 13th - Happy Birthday NASA!
(Event is full, but click above for information about streaming)
December 5th - Writing Rules! (5th-7th grade) with author Janie Panagopoulos
December 9th - Scrambled States of America - Author/illustrator interview with Laurie Keller
December 10th - Clever Beatrice Christmas - Author interview with Margaret Willey
December 18th - The Ultimate Gift - Author interview with Jim Stovall
January 14th - Do Unto Otters - Author/illustrator interview with Laurie Keller
January 22nd - Belinda the Ballerina - Author/illustrator interview with Amy Young
February 4th - Writing Rules! (3rd-4th grade) with author Janie Panagopoulos
March 12th - The Ultimate Gift - Author interview with Jim Stovall
March 12th - Ultimate Productivity with Jim Stovall - Higher Education
March 24th - Cesar Takes a Break - with author Susan Thoms
April 23rd - Scrambled States of America Talent Show - Author/illustrator Laurie Keller

Grades 9-12: Live Surgical Broadcast

!!!Free to NORT2H Members!!!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 800 AM (EST)

Live Surgical Broadcast – Innovations in Renal Surgery – 6th Annual Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit

Link to information on the Medical Innovation Summit: www.clevelandclinic.org/innovations/summit
Link to the Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute including Virtual Surgeries: www.clevelandclinic.org/urologyVisit the online registration form at the link below to register: http://survey.ccf.org/Survey/TakeSurvey.asp?SurveyID=84K7m4LHl98L12. You will be sent a registration confirmation via e-mail at the address provided. Establishing and Testing Site Connections: All schools (Ohio and non-Ohio) must contact eTech/Ohio Videoconferencing Services at videosupport@etech.ohio.gov or 1-877-VIDEO-40 as soon as possible to register and/or test your school’s site connection. Make sure to establish and/or test your connection no later than one-week prior to the distance learning event. Disclaimers: Cleveland Clinic and the Office of Civic Education Initiatives are responsible for facilitating content only. All technical questions regarding broadcast connections should be directed to eTech/Ohio. Schools and districts are responsible for establishing and testing their connections through eTech/Ohio in advance of the broadcast. Live Surgical Broadcasts may be delayed, postponed, or cancelled by Cleveland Clinic at any time. Please plan accordingly. Two-way broadcast may not be available to all schools for all programs. Distance Learning programs and accompanying curricula are the property of Cleveland Clinic and may not be reproduced in any form without the expressed consent of Cleveland Clinic. Please contact the Office of Civic Education Initiatives for further information at 216-445-6600.===================================Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

Grades 9-12: Human Body CSI

!!!Free to NORT2H Members!!!

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 900 AM (EST) - Human Body CSI – Carol Farver, MD & Jeffrey Uchin, MD, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Link to Dr. Farver’s background and interests: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff_directory/2/staff_1694.aspx
Link to the Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Institute: www.clevelandclinic.org/pathology


Participation Instructions: Registration: All schools must be registered to participate in distance learning programs. Visit the online registration form at the link below to register: http://survey.ccf.org/Survey/TakeSurvey.asp?SurveyID=84K7m4LHl98L12. You will be sent a registration confirmation via e-mail at the address provided. Establishing and Testing Site Connections: All schools (Ohio and non-Ohio) must contact eTech/Ohio Videoconferencing Services at videosupport@etech.ohio.gov or 1-877-VIDEO-40 as soon as possible to register and/or test your school’s site connection. Make sure to establish and/or test your connection no later than one-week prior to the distance learning event. Disclaimers: Cleveland Clinic and the Office of Civic Education Initiatives are responsible for facilitating content only. All technical questions regarding broadcast connections should be directed to eTech/Ohio. Schools and districts are responsible for establishing and testing their connections through eTech/Ohio in advance of the broadcast. Live Surgical Broadcasts may be delayed, postponed, or cancelled by Cleveland Clinic at any time. Please plan accordingly. Two-way broadcast may not be available to all schools for all programs. Distance Learning programs and accompanying curricula are the property of Cleveland Clinic and may not be reproduced in any form without the expressed consent of Cleveland Clinic. Please contact the Office of Civic Education Initiatives for further information at 216-445-6600.===================================Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

Grades 9-12: Live Surgical Broadcast

!!!Free to NORT2H Members!!!

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 900 AM (EST) - Live Surgical Broadcast

Steven Rosenblatt, MD, General Surgery

Link to Dr. Rosenblatt’s background and interests: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff_directory/4/staff_3270.aspx
Link to General Surgery: www.clevelandclinic.org/generalsurgery

Participation Instructions:

Registration: All schools must be registered to participate in distance learning programs. Visit the online registration form at the link below to register:
http://survey.ccf.org/Survey/TakeSurvey.asp?SurveyID=84K7m4LHl98L12. You will be sent a registration confirmation via e-mail at the address provided.

Establishing and Testing Site Connections: All schools (Ohio and non-Ohio) must contact eTech/Ohio Videoconferencing Services at videosupport@etech.ohio.gov or 1-877-VIDEO-40 as soon as possible to register and/or test your school’s site connection. Make sure to establish and/or test your connection no later than one-week prior to the distance learning event.

Disclaimers: Cleveland Clinic and the Office of Civic Education Initiatives are responsible for facilitating content only. All technical questions regarding broadcast connections should be directed to eTech/Ohio. Schools and districts are responsible for establishing and testing their connections through eTech/Ohio in advance of the broadcast. Live Surgical Broadcasts may be delayed, postponed, or cancelled by Cleveland Clinic at any time. Please plan accordingly. Two-way broadcast may not be available to all schools for all programs. Distance Learning programs and accompanying curricula are the property of Cleveland Clinic and may not be reproduced in any form without the expressed consent of Cleveland Clinic. Please contact the Office of Civic Education Initiatives for further information at 216-445-6600.
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Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

Grades 7-12: Celebrate Constitution Day

All schools that receive federal funding are required to conduct an event about the U.S. Constitution near Constitution Day, Sept 17. The Center for Educational Technologies® and Wheeling Jesuit University invite you and your students to share our free educational programming and events on Constitution Day and Constitution Week.Dr. Richard A. Baker, U.S. Senate historian, will be at the Center for Educational Technologies at 10 a.m. to discuss the Constitution and "The World's Greatest Deliberative Body." The event is open to the public. His talk will also be available via a webcast on this page. Also on this page during Constitution Week, Sept. 15-19, will be two video programs available through web streaming. These videos are appropriate for middle school, high school, and college audiences.Introduction to the U.S. Constitution, is a 15-minute video featuring U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia. Byrd is the longest-serving senator in history and is widely regarded as the Senate's leading Constitution scholar.Origins of the Constitution is a 10-minute video shot in Philadelphia at Constitution Hall. It weaves artwork and music into a short history of the U.S. Constitution, recapping the events surrounding this bold, new plan in self-governance, which was signed on Sept. 17, 1787.

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