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e Pals : Extending your classroom to the global community

e Pals : Extending your classroom to the global community. Susan Cintra. What is ePal ?. Connects classrooms across the world Allows students to interact with other students who are working on similar/same projects or ideas Allows teachers to control the encounters

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e Pals : Extending your classroom to the global community

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  1. ePals:Extending your classroom to the global community Susan Cintra

  2. What is ePal? • Connects classrooms across the world • Allows students to interact with other students who are working on similar/same projects or ideas • Allows teachers to control the encounters • Allows for collaboration between teachers across the world in all content areas. • Allows students to publish and share their work • Built in forums for students to share ideas • Email accounts can be set up for students

  3. How to: • Go to www.epals.com • Click on “Join Now” • Type in email under the “Adults” side • Continue filling out information, must include school information to proceed • Go to “Create Classroom Profile” • Fill out this information about your classes, you can always change it or adapt it later.

  4. How to: • Go to “Add students to ePal roster” • This will allow you to add your students, when you get them. I made some generic students just to play with it. • For each classroom profile, you can add different students, so for instance 1st period, 2nd period, etc. This way different classes can work on different projects.

  5. Get started: • Once you’ve created your profile, begin browsing profiles to see who is out there that your students can connect with. • Go to “Collaborate” tab you can search specific countries, topics, projects, or profiles. • Once you find one that’s interesting, click “Contact” to begin correspondence with them.

  6. Posting Teacher Work: • If you would like to submit a project, go to “Projects” and click “Upload your own project” Follow the instructions from there. • If there are other teacher documents you want to share, go to “Teachers” and click “Share Teacher Work” • You can also post on teacher forums and discuss teacher-related ideas.

  7. Posting Student Work: • Once your students are in and have activated accounts, they can publish their work, whether it be a website, audio, video, or documents. • Students go to “Student” tab, and click “Share Student work” to upload their work. • Once their work is posted, others can comment on the piece.

  8. Other features: • There are a lot of other features with this website that can be worked into to any content. One is “My Minute to the World” where students submit a piece that is meant to be a minute in length discussing their message to the world. • Play around with this website and see how students from all over the world can connect, share ideas, collaborate, and publish their thoughts, ideas, and pieces.

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