Create+a+Follow+Me

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**How to Get Started:**

 * Talk with your group about the name of the project you will create
 * Have a naming contest
 * If this is a classroom project, give your students' ownership of the project.
 * Think of a cause/purpose for your project
 * What idea/cause does your animal want to spread to your students, the community or the world?
 * Determine where your project will travel
 * Local vs. Global

**The Birth of Your Project:**

 * Go to Build-A-Bear Workshop or a local stuffed animal maker and create an animal or creature
 * Be sure to have your name ready to get a birth certificate!
 * If you don't have a Build-A-Bear Workshop nearby you can order online (http://www.buildabear.com/)!
 * Feel free to use any stuffed animal that you find!

**Create Sites for Your Project**
* Note: Use the same name and password for the different sites. Do not use a password you use, make it unique to this project!
 * Create a wikispaces account for your animal
 * (Educational without advertisements http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers)
 * Create a Yahoo Account for your Photo site
 * Create a gmail account for...
 * Email
 * Blog site
 * Calendar
 * Google Docs
 * Create a twitter account so you can micro blog about your animal
 * Use any other site you know of to share and collaborate!

**How and Where is your Project Going to Travel?**

 * Travel Ideas
 * Within your school
 * Within your classroom
 * Within your family/friends
 * Within the state
 * Throughout the country
 * Global travel

**Ideas for Teachers (Connecting your project to the everyday classroom)**

 * Promote Student Writing
 * Blogs
 * Daily Journals
 * Create books for your project
 * Enhance social studies/science lessons
 * Discover countries your project has visited
 * Look at the ecosystems where your project has traveled
 * Incorporates technology seamlessly into your classroom
 * Video Conferencing
 * Blogs
 * Updating wikispaces
 * Encourages group collaboration within the classroom on a variety of topics
 * Scrapbooking
 * Digital Media projects
 * Songs
 * Theater performances
 * Creates unique opportunities for math enrichment
 * How far has your project traveled?
 * How many hours has your project been on the road?
 * What is the annual cost of the project?