(Got a kick out of
the Flat Stanley photo.)
I kind of felt like
Flat Stanley this week, trying to keep smiling in spite of that tire looming over my head!
We got in on some of
Flat Stanley's travels for about 3 weeks for my nieces in Cypress, CA; took pictures from Texas of various things of interest and mailed it all back to them!
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Flat Stanley was sent to our farm here in Massachusetts, by our granddaughter Alexa, as part of a school project.
Please tell your friends; kids love to keep up on the silly things
Flat Stanley does!
From the moment we received it, our office was divided into two types of people — people who knew of
Flat Stanley and were excited, and people who didn't know what the heck we were all going on about.
Schools can download or make
a Flat Stanley and send him to visit other places.
This is where
the Flat Stanley Project comes in.
Flat Stanley is about a boy named Stanley Lambchop, who is accidentally flattened by a bulletin board.
possibly due to the ability of teachers to combine this technology with author studies and with
Flat Stanley projects.
In the percentage data analysis, Voicethread lost its spot in the top five technologies to Google Earth, possibly because the participant presentations showcasing Google Earth focused on combining the use of this technology with author studies and with
Flat Stanley projects.
One of the reasons
the Flat Stanley Project has become the longest - lasting literacy project on the web is due to the simplicity of the concept.
My students are continuing to make
Flat Stanley travel videos and we will have many more posted this year.
It contains a variety of comprehension activities for the book
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown.
When Pastore traveled recently to the American School in Paris, he met several senior boys who instantly lost their «cool» affectation when he asked them to take a photo of him with
Flat Stanley.
Pastore recalled how the second graders took the school's first graders on a «field trip» to see
the Flat Stanley display.
At the International School of Trieste, second - grade teachers Karen South and Brenda Markin have covered a wall in the school's lobby with their yearlong
Flat Stanley Project.
«It turns out that they had done
a Flat Stanley project years ago and still remembered it like it was yesterday!»
Flat Stanley look - alikes have even been photographed with Clint Eastwood on Oscar night, soared aboard a space shuttle, and visited heads of state around the globe.
Citing legal challenges from the estate of Jeff Brown, the late author of the original
Flat Stanley book, Hubert posted a message on the project home page that reads, «Sadly, the
Flat Stanley Project may be forced to end.»
Skinny Dipping: Dale Hubert, creator of
the Flat Stanley Project, and Flat Stanley wade in the Arctic Ocean.
Self - Image: Students use digital photos of themselves to make their own versions of
Flat Stanley.
«But when you've got
Flat Stanley, it's as if you have a mutual friend.
Now
Flat Stanley has his own apps for iPhone and iPad, along with new online resources.
«As many advantages as
Flat Stanley provides, he happens to be a little, white, male character,» notes Hubert.
«If
my Flat Stanley can make it to the prime minister's office,» she told her local newspaper, «then so can I.» — SB
A seven - year - old Canadian girl, for example, was so inspired by the adventures of
her Flat Stanley — which included a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper — that she says she has decided to go into politics someday.
Observes Hubert, «
The Flat Stanley Project can be a gateway to new technologies.»
For teachers new to technology integration,
the Flat Stanley Project offers an accessible entry point.
Hubert runs
the Flat Stanley Project almost single - handedly through a charitable foundation called the Literacy Community, and he says he has never earned a penny for his efforts in building what he calls the «flatlands.»
The wide range of songs, videos, and photos featuring
Flat Stanley illustrates the many ways teachers can customize the project.
Therefore, it would be a terrible loss for our school and students if
the Flat Stanley Project were to be terminated.
«
Flat Stanley for world peace — it's not too far off,» he says.
My students begged me to read the other
Flat Stanley books to them.
Hubert says the two qualities that have made
the Flat Stanley Project a success — its flexibility and its simplicity — are the same ones that would make it easy to redirect the focus of the project onto families.
Where does
Flat Stanley the book end and
Flat Stanley the nonprofit project begin?
(Marc Ginsberg, spokesperson for the trust that owns the rights to
the Flat Stanley character, did not respond to requests for comment.)
For instance, there's now a musical about the charming character, an expanded line of
Flat Stanley books, and even talk of a film deal.
In this rural county, where school buses still sometimes travel on dirt roads,
the Flat Stanley Project allowed students «to see things they would never see,» says Pat Hendrickson, a district technology coach.
For instance, the online photo - sharing site Flickr has more than 10,000 digital images with the tag «
Flat Stanley.»
«These girls are writing about
Flat Stanley getting involved in romances and having his heart broken,» Hubert says.
If you're an Internet novice or beginning a new and challenging assignment, consider a less intensive project, such as a travel buddy,
Flat Stanley, or a class e-mail project.
With the notable exception of
Flat Stanley, we all live, and are shaped by, a 3 - dimensional world.
No, it's not
Flat Stanley.
Decorate the MMB Flower and take a picture of it in some place interesting —
Flat Stanley Style.
The Stoneham Theatre Winter Festival concludes, featuring performances of Mary Poppins, The Emperor's New Clothes, Sweeney Todd, and The Adventures of
Flat Stanley Junior (Stoneham)
Not exact matches
Assuming Morgan
Stanley's long - term forecasts are met with average levels of volatility, investors are looking at a much
flatter efficient frontier.
The «efficient frontier» will be much
flatter across most assets and regions, Morgan
Stanley strategists predict.
The ratio between Morgan
Stanley's Cyclical index and its Consumer index has nearly
flat - lined in the last few weeks and has been exhibiting a third of the volatility this year as in years past.
When I asked
Stanley Hauerwas about the main ethical challenge for us pastors, he replied, «Don't
flatter yourselves.