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Collaborations around the planet. SCHOOLS SEEKING PARTNERS FOR VIDEOCONFERENCING A real time video session between two or more users or between two or more locations. Although the first videoconferencing was done with traditional analog TV and satellites, inhouse room systems became popular in the early 1980s after Compression Labs pioneered digitized video systems AND curriculumcollaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. have a new, free way of finding them with CollaborationsAround the Planet, sponsored by Polycom Polycom is a manufacturer of teleconferencing and videoconferencing equipment. Their best selling teleconferencing range of systems are called Soundstations. History , a media solutions expert. Thisglobal social-networking directory is designed to bring educatorstogether to exchange ideas, conduct resear ch, build curriculum, createprograms and find the right classroom partner with the right expertise. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "One of the main obstacles for teachers interested incollaborating is finding partners who have access to technology and areinterested in collaborating," says Roxanne Roxanne is a female given name. It was originally an alternate spelling of Roxane, the French form of Roxana, but it has been regularly used in English speaking countries since the 1930s. Glaser,distance-learning coordinator with Education Service Center Region 12 inWaco, Texas For the Branch Davidian siege in Waco, Texas, see .For other uses of "Waco", see Waco (disambiguation).Waco (pronounced: /ˈweɪkoʊ/) is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. . "Increasing videoconferencing collaborative projectscan provide students a window to the world." Educators alreadyparticipating in the Read Around the Planet program, which leveragesvideoconferencing as part of the National Education Association'sRead Across America (www.twice.cc/read), will more easily get expertadvice from teachers, who are veterans of classroom videoconferencing.Additionally, educators who have never participated in suchvideoconferencing but would like to start can find a support group. projects.twice.cc www.polycom.com