Wow. Melissa, What an amazing award that was presented to you. I am impressed.
I enjoyed reading your post. I too am a kindergarten teacher who loves the book Flat Stanley. I have always mailed out Flat Stanley to different people, but how much easier it would be to use a PB wiki. I have never heard about that until attending Full Sail. The students would get quicker responses using the internet. What a powerful tool for the students to be able to share information with family not only at home but miles away! I am sure students were intrinsically motivated by this project.
One thing I did with my students, which they loved, was mark on a big world map where Flat Stanely had been. I had flight attendant friends who would take Flat Stanely all over the world.
It is a shame your district doesn't allow you to use anymore outside servers. I look forward to trying this project in my own classroom someday!
December 13, 2009 3:13 PM
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Katie, you could use Google Earth in conjunction with this Flat Stanley/flight attendent project and they could see where he has been. I believe there is also a picture tracker on Flickr.
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