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**Collaborative Short Story Project s **

and plot. The stories then evolve. ||
 * [[image:homegrown/tails.jpg width="49" height="52" align="center"]] || **Collaborative Tales** ||
 * ======**Description: **====== || The students work in groups of 3 or 4 and decide on the genre, characters
 * ** Developed by: ** || [|Bucklands Beach Intermediate School] ||
 * ======** Effort/Time Req: ** ======

(1-min.—–5-max.)
|| ====== **1 2** 3 4 5 ====== ||
 * ======** See project **  : ====== || ======http://collaborativetales.wikispaces.com/====== ||
 * ======**<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;">Possible curriculum links: **====== || ====== Social Sciences, English. **Key Competencies**: Participating and Contributing ====== ||


 * [[image:homegrown/tennisball.jpg width="63" height="63" align="center"]] || **<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">Terry the Tennis Ball ** ||
 * ======<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">** Description: ** ====== || ======<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">This project creates through collaborative writing the adventures of a ======

<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">tennis ball called Terry.
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 * <span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">** Developed by: ** || <span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">Mr Pearce - [|Bellaire Primary School] in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. ||
 * ======<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">** Effort/Time Req: ** ======

<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;">(1-min.—–5-max.)
|| ======<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;">**1 2** 3 4 5 ====== ||
 * ======<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">** See project ** <span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;"> : ====== || ======<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">http://terrythetennisball.wikispaces.com/ ====== ||

<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;">** Possible curriculum links: **
|| ======<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;">Social Sciences, English. **Key Competencies**: Participating and Contributing ====== ||

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">// Inayath found the schools, by registering with [|epals] and posting messages on their bulletin boards. This is an education related portal. I also used sites such as [|www.cois.org] (council of international schools) and The Times Educational Supplement in the UK [|(www.tes.co.uk).] // ||
 * [[image:homegrown/globe.jpg width="47" height="47" align="center"]] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Stories Around the World** ||
 * ======**<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;">Description: **====== || <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">//In a nutshell, it is a collaborative short story writing project where children from schools all over the world collaborate (via email) to write short stories. The way it works is this: one school writes the beginning, the next the middle and the last the ending. The stories can be about anything the children see fit (within reason of course). The only ‘condition’ is that each segment of the story must have a character or an icon that represents the country. I have so far coordinated three story circles involving children from schools in NZ, Canada, Germany, Poland, Swaziland, US, Saudi Arabia and Australia.//
 * <span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">** Developed by: ** || <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Inayath Mohamed. Email: inayath_mohamed@yahoo.ca ||
 * ======<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">** Effort/Time Req: ** ======

<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;">(1-min.—–5-max.)
|| <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">1 **2** 3 4 5 ||
 * ======<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">** See project ** <span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;"> : ====== || <span style="color: blue; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">[|http://www.geocities.com/inayathmohamed</span]> ||
 * ======**<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;">Possible curriculum links: **====== || <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Social Sciences, English. **Key Competencies**: Participating and Contributing ||

**<span style="color: #0bea12; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Email Exchanges **


 * [[image:homegrown/art.jpg width="57" height="57" align="center" caption="art.jpg"]] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**E-mail based Art Exchange project.** ||
 * ======**<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;">Description: **====== || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Children from each school provided a description of an imaginary character. Care was taken to ensure the writing provided enough detail and description to enable a child at the other school to create a picture or painting. Descriptions and finished paintings were exchanged via E-mail. ||
 * <span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">** Developed by: ** || ======<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Edleston School]in Crewe and [|Ambleside Primary] ====== ||
 * ======<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">** Effort/Time Req: ** ======

<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;">(1-min.—–5-max.)
|| ======<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">**1 2** 3 4 5 ====== ||
 * ======<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">** See project ** <span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;"> : ====== || ======<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/thegallery/artexchange/exchange.htm<span] ====== ||
 * ======**<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;">Possible curriculum links: **====== || ======<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Social Sciences, Art, English. **Key Competencies**: Participating and Contributing ====== ||


 * [[image:homegrown/email.jpg width="46" height="47" align="center"]] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Our Class Bear** ||
 * ======**<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;">Description: **====== || ======<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The classroom bear had disappeared. Students used e-mail to correspond with the bear. ====== ||
 * <span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">** Developed by: ** || ======<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|NGfl Cymru] ====== ||
 * ======<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">** Effort/Time Req: ** ======

<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;">(1-min.—–5-max.)
|| ======<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">**1 2** 3 4 5 ====== ||
 * ======<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">** See project ** <span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;"> : ====== || ======<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">[|bear project] ======

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[[file:bear_project_outline.doc]]
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 * ======**<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;">Possible curriculum links: **====== || ======<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Social Sciences, English. **Key Competencies**: Participating and Contributing ====== ||

**<span style="color: #0bea12; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Other **
 * [[image:homegrown/language.jpg width="64" height="66" align="center"]] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Learning Languages** ||
 * ======**<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;">Description: **====== || <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Voice thread is used to collect and create a resource of a range of commands in english and other languages. ||
 * <span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">** Developed by: ** || [|South Paris Collaborative] ||
 * ======<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">** Effort/Time Req: ** ======

<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;">(1-min.—–5-max.)
|| ======<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">**1 2** 3 4 5 ====== ||
 * ======<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">** See project ** <span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;"> : ====== || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">media type="custom" key="961775" ||
 * ======**<span style="color: #f11e1e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 8pt;">Possible curriculum links: **====== || ======<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Social Sciences, English. **Key Competencies**: Participating and Contributing ====== ||