Why write this blog?


I am writing this blog because when I started to investigate the world of Comenius Projects I found almost nothing that was of any use to me in starting up my own project. Since then things have improved a lot but I would like to think that anyone that finds and reads this blog will get a lot out of it and will be encouraged to participate in their own project. Here I am recording all the steps I take and all the ups and down I experience, the honest unvarnished reality.

If anyone would like to contact me to talk further about comenius projects please don't hesitate to do so.


Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Meeting plans for Poland

Dominika has been wonderfully efficient again and has sent us all a program for the meeting in Poland. She has also sent us room numbers for the Eureka hotel, the details of the transfers to and from the airport and even advice about the weather and what clothes we should take. Basically it will be cold!! This level of planning is a great comfort and makes life easier for the rest of us.

Speaking of planning I have also received a breakdown of the foreseeable costs for our meeting in Germany!! Katrin has also been marvellous and sent us all projected costs so we can start to estimate our costs and how to distribute the money. This is wonderful as I have been asking myself about how to do this. With these figures I will be better able to see what to ask the students to contribute and how much I can pay straight off.

Let me explain. My idea at the moment is that I will allot a certain amount, say 200 euros, for each student right now. This money will go towards the flight costs and hotel etc. The rest of the projected costs they will have to pay themselves and at the end of the project I will reimburse them the maximum amount possible from the remaining money. So say they start with 200 euros from me, each pays an extra 500 and then finally gets 300 more back. Of course I also need to take into account that costs for Germany might be higher than those for Greece etc.

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