Students in K-12 classrooms are invited to participated in an interactive two-way videoconference that supports communication and literacy. <b>Read Around the Planet</b> is a celebration of NEA’s Read Across America. Betweeen March 1 and March 9, classrooms will use interactive videoconferencing to connect with other classrooms and read to each other for approximately one hour. While most collaborations will be in English, there are opportunities to connect in other languages on March 9.

The CTAP 10 2005-06 Evaluation Report is intended to provide the State Board of Education, the State Legislature, and school districts with evaluation information about the regional education technology services offered in the 2005-06 school year. The report also explains the planned modifications to the regional education technology services to be provided in 2006-07 based upon the evaluation data. This evaluation report will be submitted to the California Department of Education, State Board of Education, and the State Legislature. The Evaluation Reports from all eleven CTAP regions will be presented to the State Board of Education at its February meeting in order to secure ongoing funding for CTAP.