1. Description of Our Community
The Kansas City Kansas area is an area with diverse races and people. There are nice and bad parts. It is an inner city type of place. The KCK area is very diverse, housing many different races of people. The area of the community is teeming with people. There are many work places as well. The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is a place where the negro leagues are honored to their full extent.
2. Summary of Our Project
Our project is all about the museum that honors the people who molded baseball into what it is today. The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum(nlbm)and the people in it is what we made our web site all about.
3. Our Computer and Internet Access
A. Percentage of students using the Internet at home:more than 50%
B. Number of workstations with Internet access in the classroom:2-3
C. Connection speed used in the classroom:dedicated connection
D. Number of years our classroom has been connected to the Internet:4-6
4. Problems We Had To Overcome
There were no major barriers other than time. The students working on the project did almost all the work themselves. We had some problems with saving and some of the work had to be redone.
5. Our Project Sound Bite
Participating in the International Schools CyberFair has been a great experience for the two students participating. They have wanted to do this for two years and have finally been able to complete a project for submission.
6. How did your activities and research for this CyberFair Project support standards, required coursework and curriculum standards?
Students participating in CyberFair used elective time to work on the project. They did research out of class as well as during the elective time. Research and writing are strong elements of our curricular standards and both were significant in the completion of this project.
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