7-16-01 to 7-30-01
This project will be repeated during the 2001-2002 school year.

Through this project children will learn to perform a variety of computer tasks in the areas of desktop publishing and web page development. Participants will express their unique views on friendship and conflict resolution. This project will be meaningful to people of all ages and cultures while promoting an awareness of the need to get along with others.

This project incorporates technology, arts, community interest, language, history and social studies.

This project is appropriate for students in all grades and can be modified to accommodate various academic levels. Homeschoolers are welcome!

Students from around the world in classrooms, public and private schools, and homeschools will create a collaborative multimedia web book project. Participants will send a home page containing a collection of pictures and words that give advice on how to get along with others. Submissions will be added as chapters.

Many. The more the better!

To register please send an Email to kschlappi@pekin.net with the subject 'Friends' and include the following information:

Teacher name
Teacher Email address
School district
School name
School address
City
State or province
Country
Continent
URL for school web site (if applicable)
Subject and/or grade level
Number of students participating

Kathy Schlappi
kschlappi@pekin.net
Learning Center Teacher at Dirksen School in Pekin, Illinois, U.S.A.

July 12, 2001:  Project begins. Call for Participants.
July 16, 2001:  Website posted.
July 18, 2001: Start acknowledging participant responses via Email.
July 20, 2001: Official "Welcome" message to participants via Email.
July 23, 2001: Start posting participant submissions. 
July 30, 2001: Project ends.
July 31, 2001:  Email a project summary to participants.

Participants:
1. Through literature, web sites, and/or discussion children will generate their thoughts about friends and getting along with others, for example: how to make friends, how to keep friends, how to make up with a friend after a disagreement, what to do when their friend or someone else isn't nice to them, and so on.
2. Students will design a postcard that includes a picture and words of advice on how to get along with others. The postcard may be designed with any computer program that can be saved as a web page. Images used may be computer graphics or student drawings that have been scanned. Image type and format is left up to the participant.
3. One web page will be created containing the class collection of postcards. At the bottom of each postcard please include the following:
First Line - student's words of advice
Second Line - student's first name, age, city & state or province, country.
A sample page has been created to help clarify this.
4. Please do not send any photographs of individual students or the class.
5. Send the Internet address for the home page that is created in a class or school to kschlappi@pekin.net along with a brief description of the group and their surroundings. The Email subject heading should be "Friends Chapter".

Project Coordinator:
1.  Will create a web book that includes chapters submitted by all participants. Each chapter will include a brief introduction about the class or school. The school name and address will be posted. If the school has a web site a link to that site will be included.
2.  Will keep all participants informed and provide project updates.
3.  Will provide technical assistance.
4.  Will provide a list of resources.