The best thing about this project: This project is built around a group of high school students and a few faculty members traveling to Quatemala in late March through early April; studying the country and the Mayan Indians. They have asked for help from other students around the world in researching relevant data about the country's geography, languages, political structures, etc. While in Quatemala the students will communicate with their partners via e-mail. Allows my international relations class the opportunity to do some web-based research and communicate via email. My students are allowed to pose questions for the high school students to report on when they return to the US.
The worst thing about this project: The relatively short period of time involved will make it diffiuclt if the servers at Lake Land College don't function properly. This is not an idle concern, as the college is notorious for having a system that does not work. Additionally, I would have preferred a project that would have been more intensively based on the web; posting to web page, for example.
What I would change to improve this project (and why): There are apparently no provisions for my students to communicate with other students around the world who are also involved. The communication will be limited to a two way dialogue between my students and the high school students around whom the project is built. I would have posted a web page whereby all students involved at the various sites would be able to communicate directly through the web site, or indirectly through e-mail. There also does not seem to be a great deal of follow up with results / experiences of the traveling students being shared with those participating in the US. At least, nothing is formally arranged as a part of the project.
Joined by: Bruce Scism
Date: Wednesday, February 19, 1997 4:47:03 PM