First the clarification : What we faculty types planned in Ithaca was that by the end of this week, each of the 36 students would gather in "mixed groups" with the other six As, Bs, Cs, Ds, and Es to talk about their ideas. (This has nothing to do with the "mixed teams," which refers to all teams except Kansas and Nevada). Each student on every team was assigned an A, B, C, D or E in Ithaca, and it looks like most of the students remember their letters. We set up the Google group so they could sign up under their letter designation and contact each other to arrange to meet and talk about their ideas.
It looks like that is going reasonably OK, although I don't know if Marjorie's team is in there. I'm getting email addresses from Brandy to make sure they're looped in.
(The pages show we We have 3 As, 7 Bs, 6 Cs, 4 Ds and 5 Es, for what that's worth. That adds up to 25, which is a far cry from 36 ;-)
I'm also getting digital copies of our calendar and project plan to post in the Google Group for handy reference.
Now the question: How about we (faculty) have an actual real live (audible) conversation just to touch base and do a reality check? The generous and all-knowing Brandy has offered up Park School's Webinar account so we could all dial in at once ... (I could arrange for virtual margaritas on the River Walk in Second Life.)
Does 3 p.m. East Coast time Friday work for anyone else? I can't remember when Sam's leaving for Kenya, but if he's still here next week we could do it Monday or Tuesday at 3?
What say you?
Sam -- What's your sked?
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I'm available!
i have appointments at 3 est, but i'm on campus tomorrow morning (anytime before 1 est.)
I also think a faculty mentor pow-wow is a terrific idea at this stage in the process. I am not free on tomorrow afternoon (Friday), but am definitely available on Monday morning or any evening after 7:30 p.m. (East Coast). Do evenings work for folks? Our team has had great success with Skype chats. Unfortunately, I am having difficulty accessing Second Life.
I'm working orientation so Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 3pm eastern time and Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8:30 to about 11 am eastern time (depending on how many students in a group). otherwise I"m available. And evenings are always good (tho if we can avoid Monday at 9pm eastern that would be great - Big Love started back up and we're hooked on it - haha)
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