Bruce's+Input+and+Directions

=Project management and goals =

**Project leader (Who's going to be the project leader?):** **Expert specialists** (e.g. collate all photos, text, translations) I would rather suggest one specialist per section (see my section suggestions below) [Cata Pimiento] .
 * Specialist 1
 * Specialist 3
 * Specialist 4
 * Specialist 5
 * Specialist 6
 * Specialist 5
 * Specialist 6
 * Specialist 6
 * Specialist 6

Goals for each week, ending with the presentation on 6 Dec.
 * **September 27**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Choose team leader and specialists [Cata Pimiento]
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Define target audience [Cata Pimiento]
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Select the sections we are actually going to do:
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">I suggest that for the class project do no more than 5 sections in both english and spanish. I sugest the following main sections: Goals and Project Summary; Current Research (including publications); Current Participants; Prospective Students and Countries involved. In addition, I think we could start our social network pages like a blog and a facebook page linked to tweeter. [Cata Pimiento].
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Plan every week [Cata Pimiento].
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">October 4
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">October 11
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">NO CLASS
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">October 18
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">October 25
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">November 1
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">November 8
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">November 15
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">November 22
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">November 29
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">December 6
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">November 15
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">November 22
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">November 29
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">December 6
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">November 29
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">December 6
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">December 6
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">December 6

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Don’t try to do everything. Do fewer things well rather than too many things. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Establish priorities for what must be in the first version; then other things that could be added later if you run out of time. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Possible Priorities
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ability to toggle back and forth between English/Spanish consistently from the upper right hand corner
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Attract prospective students about the research and educational projects available for participation. They need to understand that there are exciting project yet to be done on this PIRE.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Highlight “new discoveries”
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Engaging and exciting home page
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Let the visitor share in the excitement of discovery.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Use a combination of photos and “videos.” I suggest that you import the YouTube video of Dana Ehret talking about Panama fossil shark nurseries (the one that Sarah mentioned).
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">The purpose of the PCP PIRE is research and education. Make sure that the themes (and target audiences) follow form these strands.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Possibly have some Inquiry-based parts of the site (but not all). But, don’t make it too cute.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">I’d like the web site to be interactive where a visitor could ask questions or make comments, or suggestions, etc. This will require, however, more of a commitment to active management (i.e., responding to inquiries).
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">I’d ultimately like an “upcoming events” page, but like the interactivity above, this would require active management to update this page.