Does literature come to life in your classroom? Do you integrate technology or would you like to?

I recently came across a great digital project for elementary students.  If you're a school that has mobile technology, this would be a really engaging activity for your students.  However, if your students do not have access to such digital tools, you could do this project with your personal device and share the work as a whole group.  Here's a brief introduction to the project I snagged from their site in the 'about' section:

The basic principle of The Flat Stanley Project is to connect your child, student or classroom with other children or classrooms participating in the Project by sending out "flat" visitors, created by the children, through the mail (or digitally, with The Flat Stanley app). Kids then talk about, track, and write about their flat character's journey and adventures. Although similar to a pen-pal activity, Flat Stanley is actually much more enriching-students don't have to wonder where to begin or what to write about. The sender and the recipient already have a mutual friend, Flat Stanley. Writing and learning becomes easier, flows naturally, and tends to be more creative. This is what teachers call an "authentic" literacy project, in that kids are inspired to write of their own passion and excitement about the project, and given the freedom to write about many things through the rubric of the Flat Stanley character.

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