A page for collecting and commenting on the names for concepts or things in the SchoolGrid arena.

Usage guide: use level 2 headings (---++) for the concept and level 3 headings (---+++) for the proposed name.

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Contents:

Project Name

SchoolGrid

A new name is needed rather than schoolgrid - this is already in use by a commercial education portal - see http://www.schoolgrid.net/.

SchoolSpace

SchoolSpace: everyone okay with this one?

My suggestion would be School Space and I suggest that PPARC register http://www.schoolspace.org.uk as soon as possible. I think this is nicely represents the idea of putting space science and astronomy into schools, but at the same time represents a 'virtual' space for schools which enables online collaboration. -- Nic

EdGrid

EdGrid^?: this keeps the 'grid' idea which might be nice; short and easy to say
-- TonyLinde - 21 Nov 2003

SpaceGrid

SpaceGrid^?: the domain http://www.spacegrid.org is taken but looks like by a project which has just finished. We might see if we can take it over. They might like to see the name live on if we agree to host the existing site.
-- TonyLinde - 21 Nov 2003

VOSpace

The VOSpace concept relates to providing each registered user (every school student, teacher etc) with personal storage space for files, database tables, worksheet templates, job results etc.

MySchoolSpace

MySchoolSpace: proposed by Nic (maybe good for a possible future KS2 implementation) and sort of ties up with AstroGrid's implementation called MySpace

SpaceJunk

SpaceJunk: okay, a bit naff but short, jokey - might appeal to secondary school kids

CollaboratorySpace^?

another suggest (from Nic) - idea of a space for a project team to collaborate in

bit of a mouthful
or, simply, CoLaboratory^?: there's been some work on this in other e-Science projects
-- TonyLinde - 21 Nov 2003

DeepSpace

DeepSpace^?: another spacey idea; easy, short and memorable; idea of limitless space which is sort of what we want to get across in the VOSpace concept (okay, so they'll only get a few Mb each but it's nice to dream)

non serious ones

BlackHole: might be more appropriate considering the usual state of my own disk drives

SpaceSpace

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-- TonyLinde - 21 Nov 2003