Winter Holidays Videoconference Registration Deadline Approaching!

Winter Holidays Videoconference Registration Deadline Approaching! Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Posted by Rebecca Morrison in Classroom Technology, Collaboration, Distance Learning, VLC Programs, Videoconferencing, Web 2.0.
Tags: New Links to New Learning, Kwanzaa, Christmas, Hanukkah, Chinese New Year, Patricia McKissack, holiday traditions, Ramadan
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World renowned children’s author, Patricia McKissack, teaches students how to write over distance learning. During hands-on and highly interactive videoconference sessions, participating students discuss plot, themes, character development and more. Patricia will also post to her blog and answer students questions during her series. Next up on her three part writing series: Winter Holidays Around the World.

Chinese New Year

In the first videoconference, the author meets with the participating teachers to discuss the goals of the author visit and refers them to the book she will be discussing, Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters. In the second, the author dialogs with the students, discussing winter holiday traditions and how she wrote her book about Christmas on a Virginia plantation in 1859. In the third videoconference, she gives feedback to students about the writing and illustrations the students have done. Past winter holidays students have written on include Chinese New Year, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Ramadan.

We hope to see you this holiday session! Here are the dates – please register no later than November 1 with Rebecca Morrison:
Teacher Session: Thursday, November 5 at 4 pm CT
First Student Session: Tuesday, November 24 at 11 am CT
Second Student Session: Tuesday, December 15 at 11 am CT

The cost for this three part series is $650 for New Links to New Learning members, $750 for nonmembers.