I want to know how many teachers are using ePals.com, if you're not you need to consider making it a part of your classroom. What is ePals? It is the largest K-12 Social Learning Network. You can set up School blogs, school email accounts, and connect with another school close by or far away to establish learning partners outside of the classroom. You can also partner with the Smithsonian to create educational projects, or you can participate in one of the other projects set up through ePals.
ePals "offers K-12 students and teachers around the world a safe environment for building and exchanging knowledge based on protected connectivity tools, evidence-based curriculum and authentic, collaborative learning experiences" (ePals.com). Their mission is to support lifelong learning through collaborative experiences that empower and inspire.
My students have found ePals to be one of the most important parts of their learning experiences. They like to share their cultures and interests with their ePals, they enjoy working on the same projects as students from other countries and seeing how different their final projects turn out, and they enjoy being able to share their work with their families at home.
I would like to know how ePals plays a part in your classroom. What are your success stories?
If you aren't using ePals.com in your classroom, I strongly encourage you to sign up today and change the way your students learn.
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