These projects have extended to include sending all kinds of things through the mail including stuffed animals, models, fossils, artwork, videos, and all kinds of other products and objects. Students often read books and write in journals before sending the materials to the next school on the list. Information is often posted on an Internet site so students can track the movement of the project. The Farms Around the World project is a Flat Stanley project were Stanley visits farms. In the Sands project, students share vials of sand.
Email is one of the most popular technologies used in projects.
Although you may think of email as text, students can also send attachments including sound, graphics, and video files. Files made in Kidpix, HyperStudio, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and other formats are common. With the growing interest in digital cameras, you'll find increasing numbers of photos being sent over email. Kidlink contains many email projects. You can also find projects that involve sharing graphs and charts .