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Eighth Annual State-wide Videoconference Reading Event
**Registration opens August 5, 2013. ** ====Read Across Arizona (RAAz) partners classrooms across Arizona via videoconference to celebrate literacy and reading! This state-wide event is modeled after the international program [|'Read Around the Planet']. ====

Wanted - RAAz Committee Members ====If you are interested in helping the RAAz committee 2013 with partner selection and e-mail notification contact Lori Nelson at lnelson@fusdaz.org. ====

Registration is now open!

 * 1) Download and read the "Teacher Packet".
 * 2) When you register, you will be providing the best date and times for your to hold your collaborative videoconference. The RAAz committee will select a partner that best matches your grade level, date and time. You will need to contact your partner to make to confirm your videoconference schedule and plan your RAAz videoconference. Due the large number of dates and times available, you may not receive an exact match.
 * 3) Be sure to provide the e-mail address you check most often and the phone number where you can be reached most often.

Schedule for Fall 2013:

 * Registration: August 5 - September 20, 2013 - Registration deadline extended!
 * Partner Selection and Notification: September 21 - October 6, 2013
 * Partner Collaboration and Test Calls: October 7 - 25, 2013
 * Videoconference Collaborations: October 28 - December 13, 2013

The RAAz Committee (join now):
Lori Nelson, Chairperson Jill Dingman Nick Trakas Gabrial Carrillo

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For more information e-mail: Lori Nelson
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Based on Read Around the Planet from Twice Michigan. Sponsored by the Pinal County Interactive Television Consortium, Florence Unified School District and Arizona Education and Technology Consortium.