Toy story
Children around the world come together online to play
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Children are able to share their toy-making experiences around the world via videoconferencing
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December 1, 2000
Web posted at: 9:50 AM EST (1450 GMT)
By Cintia Orth and Maya Nessouli
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georiga
(CNN Student Bureau) -- A child in Kenya teaches a child in Brazil how to make a toy tractor out of chicken wire live on the Internet.
This scenario is possible as a result of WorldPlay, an Atlanta, Georgia, nonprofit organization co-founded by Dr. Neil Shulman and Sharon Mnich. The coalition was created for the purpose of bringing peace to the world through play and toys.
Through videoconferencing, young people from all over the world will teach each other how to make toys from recycled materials, thereby aiding the environment.
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Students from Robert Shaw Elementary School in Scottdale, an Atlanta suburb, helped demonstrate the project by giving tips on toy creation -- over the Internet -- as part of a technology conference in late October.
Worldplay's videoconferencing project aims to promote communication and friendship between young people of all backgrounds and cultures.
CNN Student Bureau's Cintia Orth and Maya Nessouli have a report from Atlanta.
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