October 2005
Getting to know each other:
We used Nicenet to get acquainted and select topics. We introduced
ourselves through email. Some have become good friends and chat
through IMs or phone.
November 2005
Content Creation:
We decided the content of the web pages would be on health issues as they
relate to us...teenagers. Health issues were very broad so we narrowed
them down to those that we felt were of value or important to us.
December 2005
Researching Topics:
We began researching our selected health issues.
Topics selected were: Drugs, Depression, Smoking, Fast Food, Video
Games, Disasters, Alcohol, and Teen Issues. We began sharing links
through NiceNet to help our 'New Friends' with research. Questions
were posed to each other helping us to narrow our topics.
January 2006
Surveys:
Creation of surveys on on health issue was next. Each group had the
student body of our school take them. The data was collected, tallied
and published. The results can be seen inside the project. We
learned that writing a survey was difficult. It had to be easy enough
for everyone to understand without much explanation, multiple choices
answers were the easiest to gather and that tallying was almost
overwhelming.
February 2006
Webpage Design:
Webpage construction began when research was completed. We needed to
be able to share our findings with others. Learning to use a web
editor was fun. It was not much different than word processing and
building a presentation.
March 2006
Publishing:
Webpage construction completed and ready to publish. Some students
learned to ftp to our GVC website. Watching the website grow was
awesome. We saw the art work of our new friends, saw a bit into their
lives, and learned that though we are different, we are still very much
alike.