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Comment by Rita Oates, PhD on August 31, 2011 at 3:11pm

Take the Pledge to Go Global with Your Class!

Teachers who belong to the ePals Global Community, a social learning network that connects classrooms around the world, have seen first hand how global collaboration improves student learning. 70% of Global Community students write more often, 75% write better. More than half of Global Community classrooms report a stronger grasp of the “real world” purpose of class lessons.

Submit your pledge here. 

Committed to authentic learning? Share your commitment by “Liking” the pledge on Facebook and encouraging friends, parents and colleagues to follow your lead.

 

It's free to join the ePals Global Community, to use collaborative projects, and to post student work.

If you want to learn more, sign up for a webinar: http://bit.ly/ePals101 or check out the ePals tutorials: http://bit.ly/learnePals

Here's an example of a high school teacher in Virginia who uses the ePals Global Community:

As a computer resource specialist and ePals coordinator, I use ePals to inspire teachers to use technology in engaging ways to help their students develop higher level thinking skills. With ePals from around the globe, we complete long-term, short-term, and one-time exchange projects. Our students exchange email letters, snail mail packages, postcards, handcrafted greeting cards, electronic cards, and so much more.

http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?divid=spotlight_main

Comment by Rita Oates, PhD on August 31, 2011 at 3:07pm

ePals 101 webinar: Global Collaboration, Communication and Project-based Learning

Come to a one-hour free webinar to learn how to join the Global Community and find partners for your classroom or students. Also, sign up your students for safe and protected ePals SchoolMail, featuring TRUSTe certification of child privacy. SchoolMail365 was released Feb. 2 and is 100% erateable.

Use these tools with your K12 students and add authentic communication to learning.

Also see the free teacher and student forums and projects created by ePals and by ePals members. View student work in the ePals Student Media Gallery:http://bit.ly/StMedia

Join the largest global community of K12 learners, with 600,000 classrooms in 200 countries!

RSVP at http://epals.101.sgizmo.com or email me roates at corp.epals.com for this or other dates:

* Wed., Sept. 7 at 4:15 pm ET (3:15 pm CT, 1:15 pm PT)
* Mon., Sept. 12 at 4:15 pm ET (3:15 pm CT, 1:15 pm PT)
* Tues., Sept. 20 at 4:15 pm ET (3:15 pm CT, 1:15 pm PT)
* Thurs., Sept. 29 at 4:15 pm ET (3:15 pm CT, 1:15 pm PT)

* Or a date you choose

If you want to learn on your own, go to: http://bit.ly/learnePals

Comment by Rita Oates, PhD on June 12, 2011 at 10:02pm

If you would like to learn more about how to use the free tools, projects, forums and galleries of ePals, sign up for an ePals 101 webinar: http://bit.ly/ePals101.