Tamara's "Ah Ha!" Moment

I've been struggling to come up with a topic that I could do as a project with kids as collaborative learners. Not having my own classroom, and finding myself in classrooms that use tech on a minimal basis, my creative skills were tested as I struggled to come up with a topic that would interest kids in an after school program. All of the topics I came up with fell on apathetic if not completely deaf ears... online book reviews, creative writing projects, even multi media life projects such as life stories...

Then in a conversation with a director, it was suggested I create a website for the club in collaboration with its young members as a sort of technology club. Viola! Instant perceived audience and instant interest.

Maybe I've bitten off far more than I can chew; website design is more than a little out of my comfort zone, if I want to do it right. But if nothing else, it drove home the potency of technology to draw otherwise unreachable students into dialogue.