Here on K12Net projects should relate to academic subjects or curriculum. For example, there are currently coordinated weather readings that are posted weekly - the data collection is to be global in nature, potentially covering the breadth of the network. Other projects have included compilation of Top Ten lists, MathMagic, cookbooks, Global Village News, Composition critiqing, Physics challenges, and private educational sessions for specific groups. Open projects will be available to all users of K12Net. If you design a project in which you want as many people as possible to participate, then you want an Open project.
Closed projects are limited to only a selected set of participants.
If, for example, you wanted to conduct an online class specifically for Jr. High Phys. Start with an idea. Engage other users of the net in conversation about your idea, and see if anyone would like to join you in the project. You can 'advertise' your idea in the Teacher Chat echo, Projects echo, or any of the appropriate curricular conferences. Make sure that your idea would require its own channel, and cannot be carried out in the existing conferences.