schedule a Skype podcast in the coming weeks
initiate a WizIQ session with as many people as possible
introduce a few new ideas

If you are wondering what to do while you wait, here are a few ideas:

work on We Are One story or setting
meet a few new people as well as the new adults on the Ning
work on the Edupunk assignment due on the 26th of this month

I hope you are enjoying your free time and are ready to get active with Intrepid Classroom.

What if we were aware that we are co-authors of this story? What if we actively wrote our part and shared it with others. What if we weren’t confined to write our stories alone? The teacher in me thought PROJECT!

Let’s write an ongoing collaborative story by the members of Intrepid Classroom. I have created a page on the wiki page for this project. The rules are simple: Go to the wiki and add your part. Most of you are good enough writers to know that the story should maintain some sort of coherent thread, but if there are times when you must be non-linear then work you part into the existing plot somehow. You can add parts before or after existing text. If you want to flush out a character you did not create simply add flashback or find some other technique to add information. Feel free to experiment with voice, point of view, time…..whatever. Have fun. No rules, no grades, just write!

I think it is okay to edit other people’s work, but I suggest you do not erase entire passages. If someone edits your work, you are allowed to go back and change things back, but let’s not get into a back and forth. Rememebr once its on the wiki it is no longer yours, it is ours! You can write as little as one line or ten pages. (For those of you who have never worked with a wiki page please read this.)

There is a website called Lulu that will publish our book when it is done. So let’s get to work. Go to the wiki, ask for an invite, and write your part of the story. I hope you don’t mind but I have started us off. I couldn’t help myself. Let’s see where our story will take us….