That is Shane in the hat with the mustache!
The Numbers: 86 classrooms, 33 buildings, two states, 1,800 students, 172 monsters
Technical, Scheduling, and Support: Shane Howard and Janine Lim, bridging and Skyping–at least 33 building coordinators/teachers encouraging and helping others in the building
Supportive Technologies: Email, Skype, PBwiki, Joomla
Moderators: Paula Yezak (Temple ISD) and Roxanne [...]

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I think we now have about 90 classes in our Monster Match for this year. It didn’t start out that big, but during the matching, I need about 4 more classes. It is quite a story how needing four more classes turned into getting 16 more!
The big change this year is that we are attempting [...]

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Monster Match 2006 was a HUGE success! I really got into the theme this year. Not only is Shane great as our Video Network Engineer, but he is also responsible for the backdrop. (Thank you, SHANE!!!)

The final count–14 campuses, 62 classes with 1245 students. Visit www.edlink12.net for complete project details. I sent a follow-up email [...]

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Monster Match 2006 looms on the horizon. We had 22 classes participate last year with about 400 students and this year the project has grown to 62 classes with over 1000 students! This is so exciting and I am learning some keys to managing larger projects.
It seems so easy at first glance…partner two classes together [...]

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