Here's a copy of the web page of the fifth grade e-mail project of the
Millcove school district.  As they have been flooded with e-mail, causing
one computer to crash and school staff kept busy answering phones and
receiving letters, it is asked that no more e-mail be sent and that the
message not be forwarded any more.  Currently, the project as described
earlier on the list has concluded.  the school's announcement is below.

kelly



URL: http://www.glinx.com/~millcove/Project.html


                           Grade 5 Email Project

                            Updated May 4, 1999

   On Wednesday April 7, 1999, the Grade 5 class embarked on a whirlwind
   adventure. We sent a letter to 15 people we knew, asking them to send
   back their location, and to forward our letter on.

   The response has been absolutely overwhelming! We received 9 000
   messages within the first week alone. They were coming in at a rate of
   about 150 per hour!! Our inbox was flooded, and our computer was
   unable to handle the tremendous amount of Email.

   It was at this point that the class decided to end the experiment
   early. We are no longer ab;e to accept Email, however, if you sign our
   guestbook your location will still be noted. We will also continue to
   sort through our responses and update our results at this site.

   The class would like to thank all those who responded....through
   Email, "snail mail", FAXes, phone calls and Guestbook entries.
   Everyone has been very kind, and the information we have received is
   incredible and current!

   Thanks also go out to our principal and secretary, who have been kept
   busy answering phone calls and noting locations. We have also been
   fortunate to have several volunteers who are helping us with reading,
   and sorting through our responses.

   This experiment has had many positive spinoffs. Besides integrating
   Technology with the Social Studies and Language Arts programs in Grade
   5, the students have:

           - become more adept with keyboarding and webpage work

    - read Email and discussed issues regarding the Internet (use of and
                                  Safety)

                  - spelled, charted and mapped locations

              - learned interesting facts and made conclusions

       - done mathematical calculations, read graphs and created word
                                  problems

                   - were interviewed for the newspaper

   Below are some of the locations we have received messages from. Not
   all are listed yet. We hope to have everything tabulated by June,
   along with our conclusions (and hopefully a picture of our map!)

   Again, many thanks to all participants. We hope we didn't
   inconvenience anyone too much.

                              [INLINE] Africa

                               [INLINE] Asia

                            [INLINE] Australasia

                              [INLINE] Canada

              [INLINE] Mexico, Central America & The Caribbean

                              [INLINE] Europe

                           [INLINE] South America

                           [INLINE] United States

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