If you click on the link above, it will take you to a website called Postcrossing. Here you can register (it's all free) and join up to send and receive postcards from all around the world. You sign up and can request to send up to 5 postcards at a time. The site will send you give you a users name and address. After someone has registered that they have received your postcard, then your name gets put in the mix to receive one from another random user. It's really neat. What I love best, is that they give you stats of how far your postcards traveled, including totals of all of your sent postcards. They also have maps that show you where in the world they've traveled with lines from where you are to where they went. Obviously the teachable moments here for a classroom are plentiful, but honestly I mostly do this for myself. The postcards always end up in the postcard collection in my classroom, but this is just a quick and easy side hobby I really enjoy. And best of all, it is very inexpensive and has no time restraints. I don't agree to send a postcard, until I have it in my hands ready to go!
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