Wednesday March 12th was Our Day. Sixty-six schools from around the globe took part in this Internet project where each participating class sent details of their school day. Many classes also sent samples of work completed during the day ranging from work with silk worms to work completed specifically for the project. Schools taking part were from all over the world with representatives from Germany, Denmark, Russia, Sweden, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the USA. Classes ranged from an eleven pupil school in Queensland to specialist schools in Russia, to a school on the slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
The Our Day Today project was the first Global Internet project run by the Brixton Connections Project in the London Borough of Lambeth. This project sponsored by Brixton Challenge, links fifteen primary schools to each other and the rest of the world via dial-up connections to the Internet. Since Brixton Connections began, our schools have participated in several email projects making links all over the world. This year, we decided to run our own project involving electronic mail and the World Wide Web. Our Day was chosen as the topic because we felt it would lead to opportunities for Information Handling, Maths and Geography.
Schools were invited to participate by posting details to several Internet educational mailing lists. Altogether, I received seventy-five replies, not including the Brixton schools, although only sixty-six data forms were returned. The participants were then emailed a form to be completed and returned on or soon after March 12th.