During the Fall and Spring semester, FORWARD schools as well as others who wish to participate may join a one-credit seminar course that uses electronic networks to link students, faculty and mentors on issue-focused, team collaboration projects that stimulate growth and development of valuable skills needed for careers in science, engineering and mathematics disciplines.  The goals of the seminar are to:

• blend research methodology into technical project activities so that students experience doing science, engineering and mathematics as actually practiced today

• provide an accessible forum where participants can actively confer with distant team members and practice achieving goals with teamwork

In several ways, the seminar will go beyond, but not compete with activities pursued within the classroom.  The project activities will:

• be multidisciplinary, reflecting the cross section of participating individuals and schools

• challenge participants and schools to use computer networks and electronic publishing tools in ways that go beyond e-mail

• engage participants with reporting broad as well as narrow issues, professional as well as personal concerns, technical as well as human implementation details

• be directed on rotating basis by participating schools (there will be no central teaching site)

If you and/or your school wishes to join some, or all of the activities, let FORWARD know.  We will be happy to work with you.