Check Out Video Conference Sites
- MAGPI – http://www.magpi.net/Programs-Events (well designed, free, interactive collaborations and educator events)
- READ Around the Planet – http://www.twice.cc/read/ (February / March event for teachers of all grades and disciplines to collaborate with others with Reading as the topic)
- CAPSpace – Collaborations – http://projects.twice.cc/ (Teachers post collaborations and others choose to join them as well as Ask an Author events)
- CILC – experts, content providers, field trips and more – http://www.cilc.org/ (There are some free events but most have a small fee.)
- eMission – http://www.e-missions.net/ (These are highly interactive events that are well designed and challenging but not free.)
- Polycom – http://polycomspecialevents.pbworks.com (offering a few connections to renowned authors, famous locations and many other events that provide FREE content to support curriculum)
- Mariners Museum – http://www.marinersmuseum.org/education/distance-learning (offering a few well-designed interactive events that are not free)
- Video Conference Search – http://www.vccontentproviders.org – Enter $0 in the Search Amount and your grade level in the grade – you will find NASA, Library of Congress, Smithsonian and more. Check out Dino Dan from the Natural History Museum of London. I particularly like Don’t Koala Me, I’ll Koala You! from the Cleveland Zoo.
- NoodleTrip – http://www.noodletrip.com – an interesting site where you can find many different kinds of virtual class trips.