The Global Virtual Classroom is back online after an extended absence.

The re-launch of the new Global Virtual Classroom project will start with the two most popular programs: the year-round Clubhouse and the annual Contest. After we get started, additional programs will be added to enhance the goals of providing students around the world with experiences in communication, collaboration and developing the computer skills needed in the 21st century.

One of the principals tells me that blogging will be a component of the site in the near future.

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(from Jim McGee)

We live in a world that denigrates thinking. With blogs you can surround yourself with those who revel in it. It’s a gift economy where the gifts are thoughts, ideas, and perspectives that can widen your horizons if you’re willing to accept the gifts as they appear on the threshold of your aggregator.

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I cannot begin to write how absolutely psyched I am right now. Thanks to some help from Mark Fletcher at Bloglines, I’ve created a hack (yes, me, a hacker) to use Bloglines as a personalized news aggregator allowing people to check boxes from a list of my school’s feeds and view them in a Bloglines account. I don’t even know if I’m describing it accurately, but you get the idea. Now I can say to parents or administrators or whoever, you want an easy way of keeping track of what’s going on around here? Go here, click the info you want to track, hit submit, create your Bloglines account (or login) and start reading. WAY TOO COOL!

It takes a little bit of html to update the subscription page, but it’s not much more than copy and paste. And considering what I think will do to promote the concept, it’s well worth the time. Please check it out and tell me what you think or if you have any problems. RSS at HCHRS…Perfect Together! (For the uninitiated, that’s an old NJ promo from the 80s…remember them???)