Help Flat Stanley See More Sights!

My kindergarten daughter, safely known to the internet as Mancub2, is working on her Flat Stanley project and mailed him to a family friend out of state.  Our discussion was, "Could we send him to other people?" and my Twitter-mind kicked in. 

What a great way to show the power of Twitter and the educators that use it to share resources, ideas, questions, and answers. I am hoping to get some response from those in and connected to my Twitter network. I'm not going to post this on my blog(s) or announce it anywhere else. You may feel free to do so, but I want to show the teachers in my district (and anyone else who is along for the ride) one example of how a network of people can support each other even if they have never met face to face.

 

Mancub2's Plea:   

"Please take a picture of Flat Stanley at an important place near you. We want him to see something that we don't have here in Austin."  You can print out Stanley and take a photo of him and then email us a copy of the picture.  Or, being that we are 'mailing' him to you via this wiki, feel free to bend the rules a bit. You may want to 'pose' with Stanley using a photo you already have and a photo editor.

stanleyaudio.mp3

 

We are sharing this with her teacher, Ms Kruger, and all of the students in her class. We really hope you will join us and share in Flat Stanley's adventure this year.  It all starts with downloading Flat Stanley from here!

 

Howard J Martin - @mrmartinsclass on Twitter

(ps: friends are sending in their Flat Stanley adventures too! Click here to see our friends' Flat Stanley Adventures!

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 (Click here for instructions for posting a photo on this wiki)    OR     (Click here for email instructions)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen, start your Stanley's down here.  :)

 

 

 

 

This picture was taken in Gove County, Kansas - which is in western Kansas.  It is called 'Castle Rock' - completely made of limestone - you can even find fossils of ocean life when Kansas was just an ocean:)

 

Hope you enjoy!

Good luck with your project!

Melinda Tilley

Technology Integration Specialist

Southeast Kansas Education Service Center

 

 

 

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  Here is Stanley enjoying the view from the observation tower at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.

  It's one of the best places to see a whooping crane in the US.

  Check it out on Google Maps!

 

  Much love,

  Leslie Sessions

  Technology Coordinator

  Austwell-Tivoli ISD

 

 

 

 

 

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Here is Flat Stanley with me at Mount Sunday, which is on the South Island of New Zealand and was used for the set of Edoras in the film trilogy "The Lord of the Rings." This photo was taken two days ago on Tues Feb 24th. I wrote a bit more about this on my blog.

Wesley Fryer

Dad, Educator, Digital Storyteller

Edmond, Oklahoma USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Here is Flat Stanley in one of my favorite places -Yosemite National Park in California.

Sean Williams

3rd grade teacher

Yorba Linda, Ca

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Here is Flat Stanley at Waitakaruru arboretum & sculpture park in  Tauwhare near Hamilton , North Island, NZ.  I heard of it on twitter, reading Wesley Fryer’s twittering.

Tracy Olorenshaw.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bill Lewis

Director of Instructional Technology

Seguin ISD

 

 

 

 

 

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Great Project.  Thought I would send Flat Stanley on a little trip to Lijiang China. He is pictured with me and a falconeer in Lijiang City. We (Western Oklahoma State College) have a cooperative agreement with Chuxiong Normal University   and spent several days in June 2008 in Chuxiong working on the agreement, touring and testing video conferencing technologies.  We actually did a video call from Chuxiong to my office in Altus Oklahoma  There is a link with more pictures and commentary about this trip on my site

 

Kent Brooks

Chief Technology Officer

Western Oklahoma State College

 

 

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Here is Flat Stanley welcoming us to a wonderful creperie in the Bretagne region of France.  I guess he convinced the restaurant owners to let him try his hand at baking crepes, which are pancakes that are just about as flat as he is.  They were delicious (the crepes, not Flat Stanley).

 

Denise Collier

mom, graphic designer

San Francisco, CA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Flat Stanley and Yoshi hung out in Washington DC for the Inauguration of Barack Obama.  It really cold.  They enjoyed drinking hot cocoa afterwards to warm up. 

 

Denise Collier

mom, graphic designer

San Francisco, CA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Flat Stanley loves San Francisco.  It was a beautiful day to check out the Golden Gate Bridge. 

 

Denise Collier

mom, graphic designer

San Francisco, CA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Flat Stanley ventured to Iceland and enjoyed seeing many geysers and hiking the rocky countryside.  Here he is standing tall with the Icelandic flag. 

 

Denise Collier

mom, graphic designer

San Francisco, CA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Flat Stanley definitely has a lot of stamps in his passport!  He just loved exploring Kyoto and these tunnels of orange wooden gates.

 

 

Denise Collier

mom, graphic designer

San Francisco, CA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dear Mancub2,

Flat Stanley had a great visit to PBwiki this week! He helped our engineering team code a new project, wrote a newsletter with Kristine, helping Emily with some filling, sold a wiki with TK, and even answered a few support questions. Here's a picture of Flat Stanley with the whole PBwiki team - he really loved that PBwiki t-shirt!

Because he worked so hard, and because we love your wiki so much, we're sending you a free gold-level PBwiki subscription for one year! We hope Flat Stanley can visit again soon!

Rachel Pennig                            

Director of Support & Services

PBwiki, Inc.

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Cindy Lane, Twitter Name: clane

St. Louis, MO USA

 

Dear Mancub2,

Flat Stanley had a great time in St. Louis, visiting the ARCH! We are the "Gateway to the West" and he rode all the way to the top in a little egg like elevator and looked out to see the beautiful city! He was disappointed the Cardinals weren't playing, because the stadium is nearby, but he did get a chance to see the beautful Clydesdale horses --part of Anheuser Busch. Thank you for letting him visit the great midwest!

Your twitter friend, clane

 

 

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This is Stanley, my best educator friend, Mercedes and I. My friend and I are having a drink at a table in a seaside restaurant located in Santorini, Greece in June of 2008. The view is spectacular and Stanley is standing at the top of a hill waving to us.                                         

We had the most amazing time and Stanley was a great travel companion.

 

Sincerely, Nelly Cardinale

 

Associate Professor, Computer Science

nycrican2 on Twitter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi, Mancub2: This is a picture of me and Stanley enjoying the Virginia Beach surf!   Your friend, McKenzie (daughter of Katie Knapp, VA Beach DEN STAR, TwitterName: StlrFan)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Stanley must really like VA Beach because here he is with me enjoying the fresh air during the VSTE conference in February. Heather H (twitter: H270), VA DEN Star and Technology Coordinator - Arlington, VA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Here I am with Flat Stanley playing at the Elgin Hogeye Festival. Stanley got to be a road and run sound during the day.

 

Marc Thrall

Instructional Technology Facilitator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This is a picture of Stanley with one of our 6th grade classes and their teacher (that is me on the left). The students had fun telling me all sorts of stories about where their Flat Stanley went when they were in Kindergarten!

 

Robin Beaver

Instructional Technology Spec.

Rosemont School of the Holy Child

Rosemont, PA

 

P.S. I heard about your project on Twitter! My Twitter name is robinbeaver.

 

 

 

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Stone Mountain in Dupont State Forest in the summer. - Cedar Mountain, NC

 

The mountains in the background are part of Pisgah National Forest.

 

Good luck,

John Dorner

North Carolina State University

 

My twitter name is 'jdorner' :)

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi Mancub2!  Stanley has come to visit the beautiful New River Valley in Southwest Virginia. This is the New River.  It is different from most rivers because it flows NORTH! 

Great Project, I look forward to seeing everywhere Stanley goes.

Blenna Patterson

First Grade Teacher

Radford, VA

twitter name @blenna

Class Blog

 

 

 

 

 

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Stanley visiting the Statue of Liberty at dusk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Stanley resting on the patio of our rooftoop apartment, enjoying the view of the New York City skyline as the sun sets behind the Empire State building.

Nancy Males

Science Teacher - Englewood, NJ

Twitter name: Nancy_Males

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Stanley had a great visit to Fort Gratiot, MI. However, he forgot his coat and was very cold.

He is staning on snow and ice in front of Lake Huron. Thomas Edison lived about four miles

south of this point when he was a youngster. Stanley should come back in the summer to

swim and play on the beach.

Jim  Wenzloff, November Learning, consultant and former teacher

Twitter: jimwenz

Fort Gratiot, MI

 

 

 

 

 

Since Stanley was so cold we decided to take him on vacation with us to Key West.

Stanley is standing at the southern most tip of the continental United States. He wanted

to go swimming but he had the wrong suit.

 

Jim  Wenzloff, November Learning, consultant and former teacher

Twitter: jimwenz

Fort Gratiot, MI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Corpus Christi Bridge

Corpus Christi, TX

Corpus Christi Bridge

 

Martha Thornburgh: Texan in Mount Vernon, Washington 

 

I love showing Stanley and his friends the sites around Washington.  I knew that I would be going to Seattle today so I saved my photo until today.  I wanted to make sure Stanley actually got to go to the place in the photo. 

This is the famous Seattle Space Needle.  It was built for the 1961 World's Fair.  My husband's dad was a brand new iron worker when he worked on this landmark.  Since then, he has had his hand in the building of several buildings and landmarks around the world.  It is fun to take an elevator to the top of the Space Needle.  On a clear day you can see the Olympic Mountains, Mount Baker, the Puget Sound and the mighty Mount Rainier.