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  Interactive Video Distance Learning (IVDL) /  Video
WELCOME
Welcome to the LACA Video Services Site:  Connecting your classroom to the World!  Come back often to learn about new class offerings. 

Enjoy the website!
SUPPORT CONTACTS

ivdlorders@laca.org
(740) 345-3400

Scheduling Support: Helen Morris  - Ext. 225
Technical Support: Dave Stein     - Ext. 217
Content and Professional Development Support: Jon Bowers    - Ext. 223
SCHEDULED EVENTS
January
Grades 1-3 "Guess The Character" Collaboration
Location: East Meadow, New York
Description: This will be a point to point mystery quest for second graders. Students will prepare visuals and descriptions of their favorite characters and present them to the other class. Students will guess which character the other class is describing.
Sessions:
1/19/2009 8:00AM to 2:00PM
http://www.cilc.org/search/collaboration.aspx?id=598

VIDEO SERVICE DESCRIPTION
LACA delivers personalized video support services to school staff which include professional development for teachers and technical staff, equipment setup, technical support, classroom content development, class scheduling, as well as registration and testing with state bridging services.
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Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration
Cooperative Educational Service Agency
LACA Video Content Catalog

ON DEMAND CLASSES
As a “Matter” of Fact This 50 minutes session is designed to explore states of matter and how they can be changed. Core questions and topics addressed include: ·What is matter? ·How can I detect matter? ·What am I? ·Characteristics of solids, liquids, and gases? ·How does matter change forms? ·Wonderful Water ·Matter Mixtures

MVESC: All Charged Up! Exploring Electricity (appropriate for grades 4-6) This distance learning event looks at different aspects of electricity. Students will learn the basic principles of electricity. Topics include: ·Electricity in your life ·Natural electricity in our environment ·Current electricity, ·Circuits (parallel and series) ·Switches ·Conductors and insulators

MVESC: Simple Economics During this interactive lesson, students will explore basic economic terms such as: ·Money (currency) ·Barter/trade ·Goods and services ·Wants and needs Literature extensions and video clips will be used to extend student meaning.

MVESC: Elementary Economics Students will learn economic terms appropriate grades 3 - 5. Basic terms will be reviewed, while more advanced topics will be introduced including: · Entrepreneurship · Opportunity Cost · Advertising · Specialization · Competition

NASA DIGITAL LEARNING NETWORK - "Can A Shoebox Fly Challenge" Grades 5-12 All NASA Classes are Free. The Challenge is a 2 PART Class - 2nd session schould be scheduled about 3 to 4 weeks later than 1st class. Join NASA in this a unique design challenge in which your students will apply theoretical knowledge with design limitations to produce a working glider model. Students will experience the team planning and design challenges need to carry through a design concept to a successful demonstration in the world of aeronautical engineering.
http://dln.nasa.gov/dln/content/catalog/details/?cid=276

NEW YORK HALL of SCIENCE - "Chemistry Demonstration" Grades: 3-12 3Available on demand 30 Minutes Cost: $75 Have you ever seen a balloon smashed into tiny pieces by a rock or someone making ice in less than thirty seconds? It sounds impossible but these are just a few examples of activities that will be seen live during the Chemistry demonstration.
http://www.cilc.org/search/content-provider-program.aspx?id=1997

NEW YORK HALL of SCIENCE - "Laser Demonstration" Grades 3-9 Available Monday-Friday 9:00-9:30am Cost: $75 30 minutes Did you know that playing your favorite video game on most game consoles requires the use of a laser? Watching your favorite DVD also involves the use of a laser but what exactly is it? Students will learn about lasers and different uses of lasers in society.
http://www.cilc.org/search/content-provider-program.aspx?id=1998

LETTERS TO THE OLD WORLD Grades 3-4 TCHESC Moving to rural Ohio in the early 1800’s from Germany brought homesickness as well as a sense of hope and new beginnings. Zoar historians will share the development of the first successful communal living society as well as types of tools and affects that were used to build Zoar and maintain it. This program is developed as a writing activity – a letter home to Germany describing this new area of opportunity. Geared toward the 3rd grade level. During this session, the mailed packet will be explored, as students are walked through time as they describe what living is like in this new and untamed land. Cost: $75.00
http://www.cilc.org/search/content-provider-program.aspx?id=2129

MVESC: PATRIOTISM! Good for Constitution Day GR K-2 MVESC Offering Available on Demand Cost: $75.00 Grades: k-2 This distance learning event looks at different aspects of citizenship traits including honesty, self-assurance, respecting the rights and responsibilities of others, persistence, patriotism, and obeying laws. An important social studies lesson for elementary age students. *classroom extensions and academic content standards will be provided to classroom teachers prior to the event

MVESC: CITIZENSHIP: IT'S YOUR RIGHT! GR: 3-6 Good for Constitution & Thanksgiving Day GRADE: 3-6 Available on demand Cost: $75.00 This distance learning event looks at many different aspects of citizenship. Students will explore the rights and responsibilities of citizens, the branches of the United States government, and patriotism. *classroom extensions and academic content standards will be provided to classroom teachers prior to the event

NASA DIGITAL LEARNING NETWORK - "Mapping The Moon with WALL-E" Grades K-8 Cost: Free Video on Demand Many students have the misconception that NASA only sends astronauts to space, when in reality, NASA has 58 science missions concurrently taking place this year in addition to the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station. This module will introduce students to a few of upcomoing NASA missions, with a focus on NASA’s efforts to Return to the Moon with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Lunar Crater and Observation Sensing Satellite (LCROSS). This module will also introduce students to the concepts behind satellite data collection with a hands-on demonstration of the LIDAR instrument on LRO. Be forewarned, for this module may actually make your students laugh when WALL-E tries to help tell NASA’s story.
http://www.cilc.org/search/content-provider-program.aspx?id=2192

HEALTHSPACE - "Stress Down; Managing Stress Grades 7-12 Cost: $120 Stress Down-Managing Your Stress by Health Space (now part of Cleveland Museum of Natural History) Know why and how your body reacts to stressful situations and learn techniques to manage your stress response. Distinguish between what you can and cannot control and use that information to bring down the stress in your life
http://www.cilc.org/search/content-provider-program.aspx?id=2188

MAGPI: FLAT STANLEY GR: K-2 What happens when a normal boy finds himself flattened by a bulletin board and is sent through the mail to places all across the country? Your students can find out during this fun project, based on the 1964 book written by Jeff Brown! Classes across the country will participate in this project and send their Flat Stanleys around the USA to visit different students. Every month, one school’s Flat Stanley will visit another partner school. Students will take their new flat friend on different adventures near their school and record the adventures in a journal. At the end of each journey, partner schools will meet via videoconference for 30 minutes to greet one another, discuss their hometown and experiences with their flat friends. At the end of the project, Flat Stanley will have visited 4 places and - - and so will your students!
http://www.magpi.net/programs/flatstanley.html

CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS - "The Gingerbread Boy" Grade: PreK - 2nd Students witness the classic tale of The Gingerbread Boy come to life with brilliantly colored shadow puppets. The story is narrated and performed during the first part of the program. Led by the program presenter, students make their very own Gingerbread Boy Shadow Puppet during the second half of the program. They also participate in a learning activity about gingerbread''s history. This is a great holiday program

CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM - “The Underground Railroad” Grades 1–12 Explore the history of the Underground Railroad using primary sources and artworks from the Museum’s collection. Students engage in hands-on activities and a lively discussion to further their understanding and gain a unique perspective on this important aspect of United States history.

CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER AT UNION TERMINAL - “Ice Age Geology” Grades 4–8 Glaciers scrape and scour the land beneath them, leaving the Earth forever changed after they recede. Participants examine the rocks and geologic formations left behind by the giant sheets of ice and snow that covered much of North America 13,000 to 17,000 years ago.

TCHESC - SPENDING TIME WITH A PILGRIM Grade 1 COST: $75.00 The TCHESC will be presenting an Interactive Video Conference Session about the Pilgrims’ voyage to the America and their first year in the New World. This story will be told through the eyes of Mary Allerton, an actual child of the original Mayflower passengers. It is geared toward the 1st grade level, but can be adapted.

SCKESC - Puerto Rico! The Island of Enchantment (English or Spanish) GR: K-8 Cost: $125 Students will learn basic words in the Spanish language, greetings and "refranes". Several Puerto Rico traditions will be covered: El Dia de Reyes, festivals celebrated in the island, and native dances such as la bomba and la plena. The tiney tree frog, "El Coqui", that has become a symbol that identifies the people from the island and the Puerto Rican Flag will be covered. Many famous landmarks and buildings will be introduced. For more information see link: http://www.cilc.org/search/content-provider-program.aspx?id=2265
http://www.cilc.org/search/content-provider-program.aspx?id=2265

Hong Kong Collaboration - Video Pals exchanging video letters with HK and China The video-letter will actually be quite organized. Partners should follow our format, i.e. a show-and-tell element, an activity element, and a game element. We are currently contemplating publishing the video letter on www.veoh.com so as to cut down on physically mailing videos back and forth. Nonetheless, we can make special arrangements for schools who wish to have the "real thing".   Please note that we are planning to exchange at least 3 video-letters this year. Also, we anticipate that each video-letter will be about 15-20 minutes long.
www.veoh.com

CAPSPACE COLLABORATIONS-Something About Where I Live GR:K Title: Telling something about where I live: Status: Open URL: http://projects.twice.cc/?l=collaboration&id=89 Connections: H.323 Grades: K Subjects: Social Studies/History Dates: Early December from 12:30-1:30 EST/1:30-2:30 CST Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday Description: A simple idea--would like to link three classes of kindergarteners with three other classes (I'm the media specialist. Would have each person tell one thing about their day and hear about the day of others from someplace very different from here. We live in Wisconsin. Would love to find someone in a very different setting.
http://projects.twice.cc/?l=collaboration&id=89

MAGPI: STAND UP. SPEAK OUT. LEND A HAND GR: 7-12 Project is from December 2008 to March 2009. What happens when students get a first-hand view of the Holocaust, investigate the historical issues surrounding it, and then turn a critical lens on social issues in their own communities? Students involved STAND UP. SPEAK OUT. LEND A HAND, will hear from Holocaust Survivor and world-renowned speaker Gerda Weissmann Klein during a special interactive videoconference event. Following the multi-site event, students will embark upon their own four month service learning projects. Each participating school will be tasked with designing and implementing a service learning project that combats social issues in their community. At the conclusion of the three month challenge, all students involved in the project will meet via interactive videoconference to share their projects with Mrs. Klein during a "collaboration collage" special event. This project is being offered through partnership with the Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation.
http://www.magpi.net/programs/klein.html

CAPSPACE COLLABORATIONS - All Grades Connection/Match Service Description: I am a TCIS at an Elementary School and a Middle/High School in Newport News, Virginia. I am interested in any collaborations in any subject in any grade . Email me with an idea and I will match you with a teacher.
http://projects.twice.cc/?l=collaboration&id=83

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