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Webcast Around the Earth Day 2008-Tuesday, April 22nd

 * [|What is Earthcast08?]** - A short audio promo created by Earthcast08 participant, Jason Robershaw


 * [|Earthcast08 Project]** is the featured Project Partner in the [|National Environmental Education Week's Newsletter!]


 * [|Webcast Archives]** at Webcast Academy

Jose's planning page for It's Elementary Webcast - a great framework to mimic for webcasting

[|Earthcast08 Guestbook] - Be sure to sign the guest book on earth day!

Schedule of Events listed below.

Programs to play if you're tired of talking: http://www.webcastacademy.net/node/1383 (interview by Alice Mercer of her husband about how to set up an advocacy campaign, like walk to school). If desperate, this one with Larry Ferlazzo ([|http://www.webcastacademy.net/node/1570)] is also about advocacy, and although about technology, the basic principals are the same. - Also, my audio links that you couldn't hear are at http://www.ryejrhigh.org/adams/audiolinks.htm (White audio clips =17 min audio; 6.5 min and 7 min each).

Standard tone for kicking off and ending each hour: "You are listening to Earth Cast 2008. Broadcasting live on the Edtechtalk channel of the Wordbridges Network. This is ... with .... . This hour..... Stay tuned coming up next hour will be..." (to be announced at the beginning, at the middle and at the end.. just like in Radio) -- Jose




 * Promotional Flyer** - [[file:WebcastathonFlyer.pdf]]
 * Earthcast promo video** - To add your voice to the Earthcast promo video, [|visit this thread and leave an audio comment]. Please contribute before 4/9 to be included. Instructions [|available in the thread].
 * Earthcast Web badge** - Use this [|optional Web badge] on your Web site to promote the event.



**Earthcast Voicethread**

 * Earthcast Voicethread** - Begin participating in this project now by leaving an audio comment, video comment, or text comment.

[|lorna.mp3]

**Student Voicethread**
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Student Podcast
Skype call between 3rd grades in Carl Junction, MO and Nags Head, NC. Mostly about our communities, but a little is about Earth Day and recycling.[| Episode 4 - Earth Day Skype podcast]

Earth Day Planning
[|Shared Google Doc] that the webcast team is using to plan the event (if you'd like to collaborate on this document, contact Matt Montagne).

Work done by students of Escola Secundária Manuel Teixeira Gomes in Portimão - Portugal
Document produced by the student Danielle Moura media type="custom" key="688135"

Slide show made by the student Joana Nunes media type="youtube" key="Iz46zA6C0u4&hl=en" height="355" width="425"

Slide show made by the student Cláudia Jacinto media type="youtube" key="3hVB3juiFMk&hl=en" height="355" width="425"

Video created by Sue Hellman and students, Surry, BC, Canada media type="custom" key="689427" width="332" height="178"

Blogging teacher, April Warren, Walled Lake, Michigan - reflecting on global warming blogging project.

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About
Earth Day is on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008. To celebrate the day, we will be working collaboratively with people around the world to produce and air a live webcast which will last for the entire 24 hours of the GMT day! This is a HUGE challenge and we're hopeful that you'll participate! At this point we're trying to find a webcast academy intern or a webcast academy alumni to sign up to stream an hour or two of the GMT day. It would be nice to take the skype conversations and stream them out via both ustream and World Bridges.

You could focus your hour long block in any way that you see fit. You could speak with local business leaders, community members, engineers, scientists, school leaders, architects, professors, politiicans, etc. Of course your conversations don't need to be local-you could certainly speak to anyone potentially (imagine if we could speak with Al Gore...how cool would that be! I think we might blow up ustream and the [|World Bridges] shoutcast server if this happened!)

If you are interested in participating, please read the [|blog post that Matt Montagne] put together on this idea. Ideally we would have people from all over the globe moderating the webcast so that we can cover the full 24 hour GMT day (actually, we really want moderators from all over the world to help [|cure tinnitus] all form a more global perspective on this issue).

There will be many ways to participate in the day, even if you are not interested in moderating for an hour. You can help by finding interesting speakers to be interviewed or by simply listening along with your classroom. You can also help by advertising the webcast through your various communication channels and social networks.

//More About the 24 Hour Earth Day 2008 Webcastathon//
 * What:** This is intended to be a 24 hour long conversation about the health of our planet. We hope to have participants from around the world moderate an hour long conversation. This conversation can be planned at the discretion of the moderator(s) for that hour. Potential guests could include local leaders, student environmental advocates, scientists/engineers, politicians, grassroots leaders, etc.
 * When:** Tuesday, April 22nd 2008. We will follow the 24 hour GMT day (et-we'll use the time in Greenwich, England as the standard for planning the time blocks.
 * Why:** The goal is to help our participants (both listeners and moderators) form a more global perspective on the issue of sustainability and the health of the earth.


 * Please sign up to moderate in the chart below...if you are not interested in moderating an hour but you're willing to help out in some other way, enter you contact information at the bottom of the chart:**

Schedule of Events:
skype: coordinatortwo ||< Yes Class of 2.2. ||< [|Mark Ahlness] ||  ||<   || Bannon Creek Elementary Traffic Tamers ||< alice_mercer@yahoo.com skype: miz mercer ||< Yes Class of 2.2 ||< Other schools using traffic tamers or encouraging walking and biking to school, (esp. the Aussie contingent) ||  ||<   || UK ||< [|BST] ||< Able to moderate in Portuguese and English Will create Podcast interviews ||< cristinacost@gmail.com Skype: navysternchen twitter: cristinacost ||< Yes ||<  ||   ||<   || [|http://core04science.learnerblogs.org/] http://core03science.learnerblogs.org/ http://core2science.learnerblogs.org/ http://core1science.learnerblogs.org/ ||< Yes ||< Student Global Warming Town Hall Meeting. ||  ||< Will be pre-recorded. || 13:00-14:00 GMT ||< Sheila Adams Rye, NH, US ||< GMT-4 ||< [|Rye Jr. High School], Middle School ||< Antarctic photos and journal at [|http://www.ryejrhigh.org/ellwood/]
 * < **GMT**
 * Time** ||< **Your name/location** ||< **Your GMT location** ||< **Your school/**
 * organization** ||< **Your contact information:** ||< **Are you a webcast academy intern/**
 * alumni?** ||< **List out**
 * your potential guests**
 * here** || **Theme** ||< **Any other notes, suggestions or comments?**
 * Intended a**
 * audience** ||
 * < [|0-01:00 GMT] ||< Opening Hour-all webcasters who are available ||<  ||<   ||< Roles: Chat room jockey, someone to do the stream, start with 3-4 on the call, stream monitor, etc ||<   ||<   ||   ||<   ||
 * < [|01:00 -02:00 GMT] ||< Jose Rodriguez ||< -8 GMT ||< [|It's Elementary Webcast] ||< coordinatorsoffice@gmail.com
 * < [|02:00 -03:00 GMT] ||< Alice Mercer ||< -8 GMT ||< Alice's Restaurant/
 * < [|03:00 -04:00 GMT] ||< Alan Acevedo and Jose Rodriguez ||< -8 GMT ||< Maquina 501 -Spanish Webcast ||<  ||<   ||< Environmental Issues in the Developing World. ||   ||<   ||
 * < [|04:00-05:00 GMT] ||< Matt Montagne and Derrall Garrison ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||< Pulling in guests, talking all things enviro-compare /contrast things happening in Wisconsin and California ||   ||<   ||
 * < [|05:00-06:00 GMT] ||< Jose and Elderbob ||<  ||< Unconference ||< skype: elderbob and coordinatortwo ||< yes ||< Join two night owls trying to connect with the world. ||   ||<   ||
 * < [|06:00-07:00 GMT] ||< Jose and Elderbob ||<  ||< Unconference ||< skype: elderbob and coordinatortwo ||< Yes ||< History buffs what will go on a ramble ||   ||<   ||
 * < [|07:00-08:00 GMT] ||< Jose and Elderbob ||<  ||< Unconference ||< skype: elderbob and coordinatortwo ||< Yes ||< All Welcome Webheads encouraged to share Environmental issues in your part of the world. ||   ||<   ||
 * < [|009:00-10:00 GMT] ||< [|Cristina Costa]
 * [|10:00 - 11:00 GMT] || [|Andreas Auwärter] || GMT +2 || [|University of Koblenz-Landau], Campus-Koblenz We ([|AG Podcasting] ) will moderate students results about the topics and plan a smaller interview about green energy with an technical expert. Also we arranged an public - hearing site, where during the opening times all students from university will be able to listen and interact (Thanx to our press chief - who also want to serve the press) || skype is andreasauwaerter aim/ichatAV is andreas_auwaerter(at)mac.com ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * < [|11:00-12:00 GMT] ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||   ||<   ||
 * < [|12:00-13:00 GMT] ||< Pam Shoemaker ||< GMT-4 ||< April Warren's 6th grade class, Walled Lake, Michigan, USA ||< Class Blogs:
 * < [|1:00 pm]-2:00 pm

skype is kmno4s sadamsrjh at rcn.com [|http://www.ryejrhigh.org/adams/] ||< 2.4 intern ||< Audio from [|Barbara Morgan, astronaut]; Students sharing; [|Teacher who has been to Antarctic] (Q&A); [|couple in town trying to go green]. ||  ||< Intend to be live. Looking for Questions from Students K-12+ Adults Educators ||
 * < [|14:00-15:00 GMT]

10am EST ||< Pam Shoemaker-MI, US ||< GMT-4 ||< Walled Lake Schools ||< twitter=shoemap skype=shoemap gmail=pam.shoemaker ||< 2.3 ||< General Motors, Education Division: Chris Clonen

[|Recorded Interview here] ||  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||
 * < [|15:00-16:00 GMT] ||< Matt Montagne can take this time, but if someone else wants it, go ahead...we have a keynote speaker that we could stream live. ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||   ||<   ||
 * < [|16:00--17:00 GMT] ||< Drew Buddie, Rickmansworth, England ||< GMT +1 ||< Royal Masonic School for Girls ||< skype: drew.buddie

media type="file" key="lorna.mp3" width="240" height="20" ||< No ||< Student interviews & school staff perspective ||  ||<   || & Dale Jones, Shropshire ||< GMT +1 ||< Royal Masonic School for Girls & Mary Webb School ||< skype: drew.buddie skype: dfjones ||< No ||< Discussions between 2 teachers in England ||  ||<   || derrallg on Twitter derrallg at gmail ||< 2.3 ||< Student presentations ||  ||<   || This will need to be Ustreamed. I'll need help from someone. ||  ||   || Sue Hellman HS teacher Surry, BC, Canada ||  || Earth Day Presentation using Vuvox Collage program, & student interview ||
 * < [|17:00-18:00 GMT] ||< Drew Buddie, Rickmansworth, England
 * < [|18:00-19:00 GMT] ||< Derrall Garrison -CA, US ||< GMT -8 ||< Lawson Middle School ||< derrallg on Skype
 * [|19:15-19:30 GMT] || Pam Shoemaker ||  || Not yet confirmed....
 * < [|19:30-20:00 GMT]) ||< Durff from the halls of school ||< GMT-4 ||<  ||<   ||<   ||< The learners of BCA ||   ||< Asking learners what they are doinng to save the earth... ||
 * < [|20:00-21:00 GMT] ||< Alec Couros and Peta White, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada ||< GMT -6 ||< University of Regina, Faculty of Education ||< alec.couros@uregina.ca and white20p@uregina.ca ||<  ||< Highlights from Earth Day activities from around Regina ||   ||<   ||
 * < [|21:00-22:00 GMT] ||< Matt Montagne-Central USA ||< GMT-6 ||< [|University School of Milwaukee] ||< mjmontagne on twitter mjmontagne at gmail ||< Yes ||< Student panel discussing projects around our school (school garden, composting, recycling, etc) || Student Voices on Earth Day ||<  ||
 * < [|22:00-23:00 GMT] ||< Jason Robertshaw ||< GMT -4 ||< [|cephalopodcast.com] ||< cephalopodcast [at] gmail ||< Sort of, rusty. Class ~1.2 ||< [|Kevin Zelnio], Deep-Sea News; [|Rick MacPherson, CORAL]; Dr. Karen James, [|The Beagle Project] || Ocean conservation ||<  ||
 * < [|23:00-24:00 GMT] ||< Finale-processing of day / reflection with all webcasters who are available. ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||   ||<   ||

EarthCast Bookmarks

 * [|Delicious Bookmarks]** : Be sure to tag all of your delicious/diigo bookmarks with earthcast08 as one of the tags.

Al Gore's TED Talks Speech (16 Min): http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/1

Earth Day 2008 Planning-[|Earth Day Network Site]

Below is a brainstorm of some possible activities for Earth Day week at USM:


 * 2-4-2008 Earth Day Planning Meeting w/Environmental Science Class**:


 * Exhibits dealing with certain topics in a common space-Kelly V
 * Special schedule where we plant trees-Raythan
 * Spring dance on April 11th-perhaps use that as some way to raise funds for purchasing a tree for Earth Day Planting-use some sort of environmental theme.
 * Advising activity
 * Keynote speaker and discussion
 * Wildcat Morning News-in the weeks leading up to this we could have them do a short spot on the Wildcat Morning News

Flower planting...

By Grade Levels

Keynote Speaker-Will Allen or someone else to kick off the week
 * Monday, April 21st**

Blue and Green Day (75% of students wear a blue USM 2008 Earth Day T-Shirt, 25% wear a green USM 2008 Earth Day shirt) Photo taken from tower of students in the shape of planet earth
 * Tuesday, April 22nd (Earth Day!)**

Grade Level Speaker (eg-5th Graders talking with ornaments from everest artist)

Grade Level Speaker for 6th Grade
 * Wednesday, April 23rd**

Grade Level Speakrs for 7th and 8th Grade
 * Thursday, April 24th**

Live, streaming video of environmental summit live from USM Students prepare short little talks relating to important environmental issues...these talks are give live in front of the students and is broadcast out via streaming video online (if streaming video isn't possible, then we look at streaming the audio)
 * Friday, April 25th**


 * For speakers:** I think we should do a call for speakers to our faculty, parents and alumni asking them if they know anyone in this industry who would speak with us. Earth Day 2008 Planning

Keynote Speaker Possibilities: Will Allen-Growing Power

Robyn Beavers - Chief Sustainability Officer from Google Ward Folwer - Owner of Alterra Coffee in Milwaukee, WI Representative from University of Michigan's Solar Power Car Team: Matt's neighbor who is an environmental law professor at Marquette [|Quantum CMS] and [|Quantum CRM] or [|Indsoft]
 * Small Conference Speaker Possibilities (these could be done in small groups in classrooms, or if the speaker comes onsite in Mellowes or the Theater):**