RamsaysEpals

An ongoing technology project between 5th and 6th grade students in Mrs. Ramsay's class at Fultondale Elementary School in Alabama and Mrs. Cooper's 5th and 6th grade project IDEAL classes at Oakwood Elementary School in Arizona.

First correspondence	FES wrote to OES including information about themselves and FES proper letter writing form; adding digital images to Word document webpage of FES for their E-pals in Arizona
Second correspondence	manipulating text in Microsoft Word and directions for Scanner Collage Book Reports FES-Scanner Collage Samples OES- Scanner Collages Book Reports OES- Shares Symmetry Project with FES
Island of the Blue Dolphins collaborative work	Mrs. Cooper's gift to FES OES photos OES sea creature letters FES collaborative work FES ocean poetry OES Ocean Diamond poems FES book publishing OES ocean fables
Next Correspondence	FES' letters and directions for READ posters READ posters
Bud, Not Buddy and the Great Depression collaborative work	FES letters sharing facts about the Great Depression; FES Choose Your Own Adventure Stories; FES- podcasts of Great Depression Radio shows; FES letters with directions for podcasts and Choose Your Own Adventure stories
Digital Friendship Quilt blocks	OES Quilt Blocks FES Quilt Blocks Final Assembled Quilt
Fractured Fairy Tale Book Jackets	FES letters with directions Project template FES examples
Digital Story Telling	How To Video using Jing George Washington Digital Story John Adams Digital Story Midnight Ride Digital Story Paul Revere Digital Story Price of Freedom Digital Story Samuel Adams Digital Story
Wiki Writing Roulette	Collaborative writing roulette using Wikispaces
Book-reviews	FES book reviews
Art Projects	Project inspired by David Hockney Project inspired by Henri Matisse Project inspired by Jackson Pollock Project inspired by Piet Mondrian
A Wrinkle in Time and Space How-To Book	FES Not Lost in Space
Fabric Puppet book reports	FES letters with directions Fabric book character puppets
Student-created WEBQUESTS	Liberty Bell Independence Hall Betsy Ross Sacagawea Abraham Lincoln The Alamo Annie Oakley Theodore Roosevelt
Art and Technology	FES Art and Technology Project
Video Message/Vodcast	FES vodcast of Oh, the Places You'll Go...When you E-pal 2008 FES Digital Story: "Learning Far and Near" poem; video
Compare/Contrast	OES power points Oakwood/Arizona and Fultondale/Alabama
Final cumulative project/activity	FES - publish hard back books about their E-pals using Lintor Publishing products and services. Present final product as a gift to the OES E-pals.