Students are beginning to help each other as well. Correspondence Bill McKee has been sending his students assignments over an email program. The students then complete their work and send it back to him via e-mail. He conducts sessions once a week as a group where he can teach them e-mail, Netscape, etc. Jeff Drake came in and assisted during one of these meetings.
Parent involvement is high and they seem to be learning a lot as well.
There are 6 students on this project. Rural sites In Grayling, Tom has 8 2nd -3rd grade students that are part of the project. They are starting a unit on geology in preparation for the earthquake project. In McGrath, Norv has 33 6th through 8th graders. They are excited about the prospect of having a seismometer in the school.