Flat Stanley
What it is: Everyone is going iDevice crazy! Want proof? Flat Stanley has traveled around the world and now finds himself in the app store! Flat Stanley is a project that schools around the world have participated in, generally it consists of sending a flat, paper Stanley through snail mail with the goal of getting his picture and story with others around the world. Flat Stanley has been used by educators around the world to help students learn about travel, while discovering different cultures to develop a love for reading. With this new app, students can learn about the world through the eyes of Stanley in a way never before possible. Way cool! Students can create their own Flat Stanley (or Flat Stella), they can change Stanely’s features and clothes and even give him a name and bio before sending him out into the world. Students can share photos through Facebook, Email, Twitter and Flatter World within the app. In Flatter World, new Flat Stanleys have been spotted. If students take enough pictures, they can unlock the new Flat Stanleys to take photos with.
The Flat Stanley app is COPPA compliant, which means that it is happily usable for kids under the age of 13. An approval crew monitors and approves images shared through the app for an extra layer of safety for students.
How Demibooks Composer can enrich learning: There is no easier way to get involved with a Flat Stanley project! The Flat Stanley app makes it SO simple to take pictures with Stanley and re-post them that you are bound to get nearly 100% participation. The integration of social networking tools means that Stanley can travel the world in no-time and expose your students to more corners of the world than ever. Using Flat Stanley with your students can introduce them to geography, world cultures, languages and landmarks. Your students can use Flat Stanley’s travels as a creative writing prompt, making up stories about where Stanley has been. Read the Flat Stanley books for a great literacy tie-in!
Devices: Compatible with the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, requires iOS 4.0 or later
Price: Free (iTunes Link)
