I have turned one corner in my work on the final project, and it turned out to be so obvious, but it took the view from another to see it. From my last blog you can see that I was focused on recruiting. I still am, but it has become secondary. My problem is that I was recruiting without any place for people to go. I've been working hard the last week to get a hub up and running. I opted to go with Google Sites and despite some issues with embedding some videos and widgets it has gone well. Right now I feel pretty good about where I am, and now I have something to show prospective collaborators.
I also am figuring that at this point I have myself and the other history teacher in my school, in addition to two history teachers from a middle school in Verona. Even if it turns out to be just the four of us this year, it is still four times as many people as I've collaborated with in the past, which is an exciting idea to me.
Don't get me wrong, I'm still looking for prospects and if you see them please send them my way, but I'm living by the, "If you build it, they will come" mantra and I feel pretty good about it.
If you are interested in checking out or sharing my work it can be found at:
http://sites.google.com/a/oregonsd.net/middle-history/home
Thanks for any help you can give.
I love your site Jason! I'm sending the link to our ms teachers right now - can I include hs teachers too? (One of them is a great resource and has taught ms until just 2 years ago.)
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