"Flat Doodle"

[shelly]

All of this 'talk' about traveling and what's to see  and do where we all live got me thinking (Clark's inspiration) .... Have you guys ever heard of "Flat Stanley"? ( I know you teachers and moms probably heard of it).  For those of you who don't know who "Stanley" is... 

Flat Stanley is a children's book written by Jeff Brown.  Stanley Lambchop was flattened when a bulletin board hanging over his bed, fell on him, flattening Stanley  in his sleep.  One special advantage about being 'flat' was that he could now be mailed to his friends in an envelope.  The Flat Stanley project was started by a teacher in Ontario who wanted to improve on letter writing skills.  Each student had to mail their 'paper' Stanley to someone they know.  That 'someone  had to take him around with him or her and take pictures of Stanley and write about his adventures while staying with the 'friend'.  Usually we, as teachers, make a map and plot just where our Stanleys visited.

So it got me thinking.... (although I would LOVE to visit all of you personally myself, there just aren't enough days free - for me - lol)  so... what if we do our own version of "Flat Stanley" - but do it with 'a doodle' - our very own "Flat Doodle"!  We could either use the generic one like in the logo, or incorporate our own doodle. We could identify the location, sign and date it, and see just where "he/she" goes and how long it takes.... 

I don't know... maybe I have too much time on my hands this summer (not) and my 'teacher brain' is working overtime, but...What are your thoughts? Be honest... have I just forgotten to totally remove my "teacher hat" for the summer????

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

I say very cool.  In a Geographic Information System program we could map the location and his travels.

The recipient would need to include the Latitude Longitude of their location.  Then when you click on that location ( it could be a picture of a doodle) you would see additional pictures and stories

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Wicked cool!!!!

[Linda and Murphy]

GeoDood

[shelly]

GEO DOOD!  Love it!!!  BTW ~ LOVE the 'name change'  ;o)

[Donna K & Quincy]

Groovy idea! I was going to say cool but Joanne got there first.

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Groovey is a much better word but today, COOL( it is now 90 and climbing) is on my mind

[Donna K & Quincy]

Come on over, I`m going out but I need a sweatshirt, good thing I just got my ``It`s all about the doodle`` loot.

[shelly]

A SWEATSHIRT???!! Wow... Being naked (oops did I just say that? NOT a pretty sight - lol) wouldn't be cool enough here.... we're with you Joanne.. getting into the 90s for the rest of the week! DONNA - I think Tori would LOVE to come 'home' to her Canadian roots!

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

Well, not all of Canada is chilly all the time. Today it reached 47C where I live, which apparantly is like 116F in American. record breaking hot. I hate to say it, but I almost would rather it be -30.

[Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom]

Oh Donna ..... on a day like that that remark could almost be considered mean ...... It it going to 97 today and the humidity was at 89% at 9am ...... not an enjoyable day here today.  Enjoy that sweatshirt!

[Donna K & Quincy]

Just back from our hike, lots of uphill, no sweatshirt needed.

[F, Calla & Luca]

Bah humbug. My car thermometer read 102 at one point this afternoon.