The first delivery of mail I received included three offers of Travel Buddies and a letter from a woman who had worked at my school in 1966 and who is now planning to visit us later this year. A crazed Brisbane Bears football supporter also wrote offering to send us a bear if Brisbane beat Carlton in the AFL final. Travel Buddies I had been wanting to become involved in the Travel Buddies project from the moment I first stumbled on to it. It is an exciting project which uses the Web and email. Travel Buddies are soft toys or puppets which travel to another school on behalf of the class.
Children are able to communicate with their Buddy as often as they want via email.
The Buddies project is suitable for 5 - 14 year olds. Information about how to join and find other teachers and students around the world to work with your class is on the oz-TeacherNet website. There are also online mentors to help you get started. After joining the Travel Buddies mailing list and locating another teacher to work with, our travel buddy was born. Peekybeak the Platypus has flown off to the east coast of Canada.