tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31331345.post2704899475234084097..comments2024-02-21T05:10:24.597-05:00Comments on Web Tools for Teaching: Updating my online courseMaryannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00499263700257817331noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31331345.post-90123072438879026472008-12-29T09:49:00.000-05:002008-12-29T09:49:00.000-05:00Hi Rita,Actually, ePals is included in a mod on gl...Hi Rita,<BR/>Actually, ePals is included in a mod on global cooperation where the students explore and compare two of the following sites: The Global Schoolhouse, Iearn, k12 science collaborative projusted, kidlink taking itglobal and Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration.<BR/>Many of the students chose ePals and were quite impressed. Some of the students from Asia were particularly interested in In2Books, but when I checked with the company, that program is only available for classes in the US. I hope they expand it in the future.<BR/>I will definitely check out the SchoolBlog feature. Safety is always a big concern and that sounds promising.Maryannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00499263700257817331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31331345.post-22555213098430235862008-12-29T09:38:00.000-05:002008-12-29T09:38:00.000-05:00Have you thought about doing something with ePals ...Have you thought about doing something with <B>ePals</B> for your next class? It's free, it's global, and it's multilingual. ELL teachers and FL teachers both have many powerful ways to use ePals for authentic communication by their students with others. Many ELL teachers outside of the English-speaking world find online pen pals for their students through the Classroom Match. Also, ePals offers safe and protected student email (with teacher monitoring if wanted). In addition, many classes use SchoolBlog for a protected blog, where they can post pictures of students in each class but NOT be open to all people on the Internet. Check out www.epals.com for all these free tools. <BR/>Also see the white paper co-authored by Ferdi Serim and others on the ISTE standards and ePals at: http://images.epals.com/nets_whitepaper.pdf <BR/>In2Books is a project of ePals, and I think you were involved with In2Books before the two groups merged.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com