Roger, Claire, Paul (since you asked), et al - Here are a few categorized telecom projects compiled from Judi Harris' "Way of the Ferret". I used these in a presentation back at AppleFest - 1994 (Yes - it WAS Applefest, not VermontFest, back then) Some are a bit dated, but most still seem reasonable even given the technology changes in the past 8 years. When I gave this presentation, we were using the Vermont Ednet. No AOL, no Netscape. No T1! Dialup connecting overnight to a local FidoNet node. And yes, Steve, there were students running a node at CVU, but other educators (me included) were also involved in promoting project-based use of these new technologies. Hope this helps others to see how far, and how not-so-far, we've come. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Three "Genres" • Interpersonal Exchanges • Information Collections • Problem-Solving Projects Interpersonal Exchanges Keypals - Emergent topics Global Classrooms - Focus topic Electronic Appearances - VIP Electronic Mentoring - Topic Expert Impersonations - "In character" Information Collections Information exchange - similar info from diff. geog. regions (jokes, idioms, proverbs, holidays, travel brochure, etc.) Electronic publishing - collaborative planning, creating, editing, distribution of documents Shared Database creation Telefield trips - shared observations & experiences including trip pre-planning Pooled data analysis - similar data collection at different sites (Kidnet, Global grocery list, etc.) Problem Solving Projects Information searches - combining use of online & offline data sources Electronic process writing - asyncronous writing workshops Serial creations - Neverending storyboard Parallel problem solving - sometimes competetive Simulations - Immigrants Social Action Problems ...Gregg