In case you’ve been following the little project we’re developing, Life ‘Round Here is up to 16 schools that have agreed to participate!
Here is a snapshot from the wiki, which lists all the participants.
My original goal was 10 schools, so we’re up six!
I am terrified, to be frank. I’ve never dealt with something like this, so it will be a real good thing if we make it through unscathed.
One note, sign-up ends on September 21, 2007 for Round 1. There will be a Round 2 beginning in February or March, when some of our outside-the-US friends get back from “summer” break.
I’ve got another blog post coming soon about whether the variety of locations really makes this type of a project more beneficial to student learning. At prima facie I’m tempted to already call this a success based on the geographic variety, but that can be fleeting. I’ll get into more detail on that later.
Rest assured, however, the project is in my opinion pedagogically sound and will be well served by such non-US centric participation.
Know someone who would be a good fit for the project? Read the original post and tell them to sign up!
Dave Stacey says:
Hi Chris,
Congratulations on getting so many schools involved already. Will there be the option of signing up to join in for ’round 2′ or will it be restricted just to schools who were involved in round 1. I’m really not sure I get give the pupils a fair crack at it at the moment, but would still love to get involved a bit later in the year once school (and the new IT system) has settled down a little.
Cheers,
Dave
12th September 2007 at 7:17 pm