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=**Global Classroom**= Each Sunday this page will preview upcoming eField trips and Collaborative Projects to expand your classroom beyond its four walls. Hopefully, you will find one that will send you and your students off on a new adventure, introduce you to new perspectives, and perhaps even move you to create your own project on Project Connect.

**TWICE Announces Collaborations Around the Planet**
It's time to start networking with videoconferencing colleagues for projects and events this school year.Start your year off by registering for TWICE's new Collaborations Around the Planet.

"The more people you know, the more videoconferences you can do!"

Collaborations Around the Planet is a large scale global directory and professional network of educators for videoconferencing project collaboration. TWICE, in partnership with Polycom, created this tool on the new registration database for [|Read Around the Planet]. TWICE is Michigan's K12 videoconference organization.

While the site is hosted by TWICE, the tool is open to and designed for all educators using videoconferencing.

There are two URLs for the website: [|http://projects.twice.cc/] [|www.polycom.com/education/PCATP]

Register for a new account. Add websites to your profile, a picture of yourself, and click My Projects to check off big videoconference events you've participated in to receive badges & stars next to your name. Search to find friends and build your videoconferencing network.


 * How many seeds do you think are in a pumpkin?**

This week highlights a one day project for Kindergarten through third grade classes.The Pumpkin Seed Count project is hosted by [|Jennifer Wagner at Technospud Projects.com]Registration is now open for this project which gives your class practice with estimation and measurement skills.Make a connection. Join other classes across the world in submitting the results of your pumpkin seed count.

[|CIESE International Boiling Point Project]
CIESE was founded to improve science and mathematics education through the use of technology.This week highlights their International Boing Point Project. Join people all over the world in boiling water! The purpose of this project is to discover which factor in the experiment (room temperature, elevation, volume of water, or heating device) has the greatest influence on boiling point. It is not too late to join.The project is ongoing with submission of data due by October 26.

**Project Lemonade**
Participation is limited and will close on November 10th! Click on the logo to view the details of this project!**
 * [[image:eduwikius:podcast_logo.jpg width="163" height="132" align="left" link="projectlemonade:home"]]Project Lemonade is an International Problem-Based Learning Project involvingvideoconferencing, blogging and a wiki. Registration is now open.

[|Megaconference Jr.]
Megaconference Jr. 2008 will be held on February 21, 2008**Proposal Submission is now open! Deadline for [|presenter proposals] is November 9, 2007.** Megaconference Jr., now in its fifth year, is a project designed to give students in elementary and secondary schools around the world the opportunity to communicate, collaborate and contribute to each other's learning in real time, using advanced multi-point video conferencing technology. Presenters design and conduct videoconference-based presentations and activities focused on both academic and cultural issues. Participants are able to address questions to presenters and to collaborate with geographically diverse peers in collaborative learning activities, thus building international cultural awareness.