What small change might I make to my project to increase creativity/innovation?

Erin's Cool Tool Demo makes me think that I could use http://www.scrapblog.com in my unit. I was set on the kids creating a multimedia timeline to display their ideas on how they can accomplish their career goals. I can keep that, but I also think they could use this scrapbooking tool to tell about their career as opposed to PowerPoint. I'll have to play with it some to see how it might work. As with all wonderful online tools, I run into the problem of the students not having email access at school. Some tools I can create a generic login for all students to use, but when having them create a major presentation I run into the problem of deciding if I can trust them to sign-up on their own (and many require an email authorization they'd have to complete at home) or creating a fake email for every student (something that is way too time consuming in my opinion). Still, it's a small hurdle we can overcome to integrate useful technology in their lives!

Project Update 9/23/08

After completing my project pre-plan I feel I have a better sense of where I am in my project, but I still see much room for improvement. I want to do a career exploration unit with my students, because I feel that middle school is a crucial time to begin exploring interests. Too often adults find themselves in jobs they hate, so I feel if my students have the freedom to research dream careers, perhaps they'll have some sort of plan in mind as they go on throughout their education.
So far I have them doing internet research, PowerPoint presentations, and a multimedia timeline. After seeing Mark's cool tool demo, I think I might try to incorporate slideshare into my project if I can.

15/5 #2

I really enjoyed participating in the "Cool Tools" demo last night. I plan on using circaVie in my classes (not sure yet if it'll be part of my project though). I'm going to check out some of the collaborative project sites that Dr. Moore posted to see if that is something I'd like to do as my project. I am limited in time with my students though, only 45 minutes a day per class, so this may not be possible for me. We'll see though!
As I get ready for next week I see the need for me to come up with my own timeline (maybe using circaVie-haha) for my project. I can see how it can creep up on me if I'm not careful, so I'm going to really start trying to come up with a storyboard or something for it.
I have found by taking the LoTi survey that I often have lessons that are level 2, sometimes 3. I really hope to bring my classroom to a whole new level, hopefully at least a 4 or 5.