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The Flat Stanley Project is an educational project started in 1995 by Dale Hubert, a third grade schoolteacher in London, Ontario, Canada. It is meant to facilitate letter-writing by schoolchildren to each other as they document where Flat Stanley has gone with them. Dale Hubert received the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence in 2001 for the Flat Stanley Project. The Project provides an opportunity for students to make connections with students of other member schools who've signed up with the project. Students begin by reading the book and becoming acquainted with the story. Then they make paper "Flat Stanleys" (or pictures of the Stanley Lambchop character) and keep a journal for a few days, documenting the places and activities in which Flat Stanley is involved. The Flat Stanley and the journal are mailed to other people who are asked to treat the figure as a visiting guest and add to his journal, then return them both after a period of time. The project has many similarities to the Travelling gnome prank except, of course, for the Flat Stanley Project's focus on literacy. Students may find it fun to plot Flat Stanley's travels on maps and share the contents of the journal. Often, a Flat Stanley returns with a photo or postcard from his visit. Some teachers may prefer to use e-mail. In 2005, more than 6,500 classes from 48 countries took part in the Flat Stanley Project. The project was featured in a 2004 episode of the animated TV series ''King of the Hill'', in which Nancy Gribble received a Flat Stanley doll in the mail. Peggy Hill and Luanne Platter photographed it in a number of dangerous situations, resulting in the school's Flat Stanley Project being cancelled. According to the February 26, 2009 broadcast of ''Countdown with Keith Olbermann'', Flat Stanley was on board US Airways Flight 1549 which landed safely in the Hudson River. He was carried to safety in the briefcase of his traveling companion. In 2010, St. Louis Cardinals fans were asked via the team website, to petition President Barack Obama to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Hall of Famer Stan "The Man" Musial. A "Flat Stan" downloadable cutout figure was made available, to get Cardinals fans to take their pictures with Musial's caricature, and send them in as petitions. ==Flat Stanley goes hi-tech== In 2006, four schools in rural Chesterfield County, South Carolina implemented a year-long technology-rich project as part of an E2T2 Federal Grant, called, "Flat Stanley Goes Hi-Tech." The project was administered by John Wagnon, Director of Educational Technology and involved nine teachers and over 200 third grade students. A middle school film and production crew chronicled the project under the auspices of Pat Hendrickson, producer/project director, and Brenda Lyles, director and editor. The students read the Flat Stanley books, and used digital cameras to create their "Stanleys." They then used computers to write letters and e-mails to students in corresponding schools. A major part of the project involved the use of webcams to promote cultural exchanges between Chesterfield students and those attending schools in Nova Scotia in Canada, and Chile in South America. Several celebrities participated in the project including NASCAR drivers Joe Nemechek and Richard Petty, Vice-President Dick Cheney, Animal Planet's Steve Irwin "the Crocodile Hunter" and actress Carly Schroeder. Dale Hubert of the Flat Stanley Project also appears in the film. Flat Stanley Goes Hi-Tech won the coveted TIPS (Technology Innovation Programs in Schools) Award for South Carolina in 2006, presented at South Carolina Ed-Tech in Myrtle Beach. The broadcast version of the documentary is available online.〔( Flat Stanley Goes Hi-Tech )〕 Photos of Flat Stanley can even be found on Facebook. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Flat Stanley Project」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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