As a School Board/District there are many ways for you, your teachers and your students to participate in VROC.  Essentially, three levels of participation apply which are listed below:

Website Registrant (free)

• View video clips and VROC session videos in their entirety
• Pose questions "live" to the T-WiSE (This Week in Science and Education) podcast panelists
• Communicate with researchers and other teachers in the Ask The Expert forum.

To register to the website simply click on Create an Account under the Login Form or click here. Individuals and organizations are welcome to register.

request two free videoconferencing sessions per year, have access in a limited capacity to the archives, pose questions online to researchers/experts and access our podcast for real-time science information for your classroom.  As well, you can access the resources section where you can upload and share lesson plans and other material specific to your VROC experience.

Partner (free)

VROC partnership from a teaching perspective is open to any School Board/District in Canada.  By becoming a VROC partner a school board/district is entitled to:

• All of the benefits of a Website Registrant above
• Two videoconferencing sessions per year chosen from the Topic Menu

To become a VROC Partner, School Boards/Districts must sign the partnership agreement and have their participating teachers/students register on the website.

Member

As a VROC member, your Board has access to the full suite of services and programs that VROC has to offer.  In addition to everything that a Website Registrant and a Partner have access to your teachers are also entitled to:

• Education support for your teachers in the classroom
• Technical support for all your VROC initiatives
• Training on how to use VROC technology tools and how to integrate them into lessons that support the curriculum
• Unlimited videoconferencing sessions for teachers/students on any topic
• Mentoring relationships for students with Canadian researchers

Please note that the VROC program and its sub-programs are an educational initiative of the Canadian charity, Partners In Research. As such its programs are offered at a fraction of what they actually cost.