Flat+Stanley+Collaborative+Project

Flat Stanley Collaborative Project
 In our variation of this collaborative project, each individual in the class acted as a "class that is participating in the project." Flat Stanley visited with me and my classmates so Flat Stanley could "see the sights" and go on an adventure. This collaboration will be the sharing of Flat Stanley's individual visits through a Website.

I received an electronic Flat Stanley that I 'groomed' and 'dressed' and took to fun and interesting places. Two variations were available, one to print and color with crayons. The other to electronically color in PhotoShop Elements (or any photo manipulation software) and print. I chose to manipulate my electronic Flat Stanley in one of my favorite Adobe Creative Suite products: Adobe Illustrator. I was sure to take pictures because Flat Stanley wanted to have a record of his visit, and the class created a wiki to document all the places Flat Stanley went.

The collaborative project is a descriptive writing assignment, but in our case, it was also used to teach how to work with a wiki, manipulate photographic images, insert images in a wiki, insert audio (and possibly video) in a wiki, and miraculously, create a fairly sophisticated Website using a wiki!


 * Check out my Flat Stanley Wiki Page by clicking on the link below.**

**Flat Stanley's Home Improvement Adventure**

I had a lot of fun with this Flat Stanley assignment. I learned a lot on how to upload photos and add captions on Wikispaces. Using visual stimulation through photographs is a great learning tool. Audacity is a new program that I learned how to use. It was fun working and experimenting with it. I also learned how to upload an audio file to Wikispaces. It took a bit of trial and error, but I finally got it and I think everything looks great! If I was a teacher, I would certainly use the Flat Stanley project in my classroom.
 * Reflection**