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ePals.com Classroom Exchange
Resource Category: Cultural Resource
Description: ePals.com facilitates e-mail exchanges betwen students in US classroom and students abroad. In addition, ePals SchooBlog allows teachers to create an interactive website for their classes and exchange teaching techniques and strategies with their counterparts in other countries. The "Projects" link provides examples of how teachers have integrated ePals.com into the curriculum. ePals Book Club facilitates discussion among students from different countries.
Editorial Board Review: This web site is directed at teachers who wish to take advantage of crosscultural communication opportunities for themselves and their students via the Internet.
Bibliographic Information: DiScipio, T. (2005, September). ePals.com Classroom Exchange [web site]. Retrieved 05/24/06, from http://www.epalscorp.com/.
Internet Address:
Keywords: Friendship, culture, e-mail, e-pals, blog, book club
National Standards: Communication: Interpersonal
Cultures: Perspectives
Cultures: Products
Cultures: Practices
Comparisons
Intended Use for Learning: Web Site
Intended Use for Teaching: Web Site
Topics: Culture
Friendship
Letter Writing
Youth Culture
Instructional Modality: Multi-Media
Skill Level: Novice: Reading
Novice: Writing
Novice: Grammar
Intermediate: Reading
Intermediate: Writing
Intermediate: Grammar
Advanced: Reading
Advanced: Writing
Advanced: Grammar
Superior: Reading
Superior: Grammar
Copyright Information: Status: Protected by copyright     Other:
Ordering Information: ePals.com
70 Soundview Dr. Easton CT USA 00612
Home Page:
http://www.epalscorp.com/
Acquisition Information: Points of Acquisition: From provider
POA Comments: Demonstrations are available. Call 888-770-3333 for information. Student SchoolMail and SchoolBlog are priced separately. SchoolMail accounts are $7-$14 per year (depending on total number) and SchoolBlog starts at $63.95 per year for a single classroom.
Price
(Total Cost):
SchoolMail $7-$14; SchoolBlog $63.95 classroom 

 

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