You can create your own call for collaboration by copying and modifying the example below and sending it via email to teachers you know to invite them to be your partner class for a Santa Letters exchange
(NOTE: this is an example, and all dates are approximate only. Adjust the dates to meet your own needs.Subject: [HILITES] Ages 10-16 Newsday February - May Date: 1/22/2023 1:49 PM To: gsn-hilites-list@topica.com SEND REPLIES, questions, comments to mailto:newsday@globalschoolnet.org BASIC PROJECT INFORMATION ------------------------- PROJECT TITLE: -- Newsday 2023 February - May PROJECT BEGIN and END DATES: -- 2/13/2023 to 5/11/2023 NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS: -- 15-20 AGE RANGE: -- 10 to 16 years TARGET AUDIENCE: -- Anyone PROJECT SUMMARY: -- Your students write news articles and then submit them to the "Newsday" newswire on March 22-25, 2023. Then they produce their own newspaper based on the articles submitted by all of the participating classes. You send a copy of your newspaper to all other participants on May 3-7, 2023. You then receive copies of newspapers published by the other classes. It's a wonderful literacy project. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PROJECT DETAILS --------------- PROJECT LEVEL: -- Basic Project CURRICULUM AREAS: -- Arts; Business; Language; Social Studies; Technology; Information Technology; Community Interest; International Relations; Multicultural Studies; English as Foreign Language TECHNOLOGIES USED: -- Email, List server; Discussion Forum; Postal Mail; Text: stories, essays, letters; Web-published COLLABORATION STYLES: -- Information Exchange; Peer Feedback; Electronic Publishing FULL PROJECT DESCRIPTION: -- Newsday has been a long-time favorite project at the Global Schoolhouse since it was introduced on the FrEdMail Network in the 1980's. The complete project description, along with extensive curriculum support materials to help you conduct the project, are at globalschoolnet.org/gsnpr OBJECTIVES: -- This is a great literacy activity for readers of all ages and skill levels. Your students will READ and WRITE: They like to write their own news articles, and they love to read the news articles written by all of the other participatings classes. At the conclusion of the project, your students will publish their own hard-copy newspaper, and receive a copy of the newspapers published by the other classes. We also welcome those who publish their newspapers electronically on the Web. PROJECT URL: -- globalschoolnet.org/gsnpr ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PROJECT REGISTRATION INFORMATION -------------------------------- REGISTRATION DATES: -- 1/07/2023 to 2/16/2023 REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS: -- Review the project materials and guidelines at globalschoolnet.org/gsnpr. Then send email to the project coordinator at: newsday@globalschoolnet.org -----------------------------------------------------------------------