Before you access the application form, please be sure to carefully review the entire Orientation Guide and the GVC Contest FAQ (frequently asked questions section). Commitment to the contest and to your team members should not be taken lightly. Be sure you are prepared to give it the attention your students deserve.

Confirm that you know what you need to know technically to participate in the Global Virtual Classroom in general and in the GVC Contest specifically. If you have any concerns about your ability to help your students build simple web pages or to use simple FTP tools to upload/download files to the web, please develop those skills before applying.

When you first visit the Contest Application, print it out. This will allow you to fully prepare your responses offline as well as review your plan to participate with your principal, headmaster, or appropriate supervisor and/or computer support staff. (Your computer support staff should also be able to help if you have questions on building web pages or using FTP.)

Some of the information you provide in this application will be made available online to the GVC community; the rest will be used by the GVC Project Manager. Before final submission of your application, review and confirm with your school administration that participation is acceptable and that the information that will be shared is OK to be shared. (None of the information on your application will be used for marketing or other purposes not related to the GVC Contest.)

Fill out the on-line application form no later than September 24. Once your application is completely filled in and submitted, the Project Manager will use it to match you with other schools for purposes of the Contest. This same application will also enable your class to participate in the Clubhouse once it is opened up, if you choose, for access to web activity less structured than the contest.