Name: Lorraine L.
School: Newton, Massachusetts, USA
The ePals program is an excellent program to use with middle school children. They love corresponding with peers! Currently, my class and a class in South Adelaide, Australia are exchanging real audio files, short videos, as well as regular e-mail and digital images... A collaborative project with another ePals classroom opens up possibilities for ideas with teachers and students.
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Name: Dr. Jabulani Dhliwayo, PhD
School: Senior VP/Science & Technology Commission Chair of the NEPAD Council
In this ever-shrinking global community, it is important that African schools enable their students to interact with the rest of the world. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) provides the most realistic and cost effective opportunity for African school children to interact with students from all parts of the world. ePals offers some of the most unique and effective tools for African classrooms to make safe and meaningful connections with other classrooms all over the world. The NEPAD Council is proud to have ePals as a partner to allow Kenyan schools to embrace this cultural and 21st century learning opportunity.
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Name: Megan C.
School: St Patrick's Catholic School, Taupo, New Zealand
Your epal service has enabled my students to experience the wonders of the Internet in a safe environment. We are having so much fun learning about Canada and Finland from our epals and its great to realise all the things that make our community unique. Thanks!
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Name: Sherry T.
School: Thorpe Gordon Elementary, Jefferson City, MO, USA
I am so pleased with the ePals we are corresponding with. We are corresponding with classes all over the world! I teach 4th grade and have incorporated language arts, social studies (landforms, regions, continents, and temperatures) into the friendly letters my students are sending to their e-pals. My curriculum has become more stimulating and interesting. My students beg me to grade their friendly letters so they can send them. Thank you for this wonderful service.
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Name: Glenn L.
School: Gaiser Middle School, Vancouver, WA, USA
ePals has been an incredible process. I really appreciate the fact that you support communication between clases, schools, and countries. Thanks again for being pioneers in the learning process.
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Name: Maria Adelaida S.
School: Tres Arroyos, Buenos Aires Argentina
I'm very happy because you gave my pupils the possibility to use their English for a Real Purpose. Thanks to you, my pupils are very exited receiving emails from all over the world! Thank you very much!!!!!!
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Name: Karen O.
School: Pocono Mountain School, PA, USA
Being a new teacher, I was interested in setting up a real life correspondence system for my students. I am thrilled at the idea of providing them with a meaningful, technologically paced, culturally enriched means to achieve my objective. ePals sounds perfect! Thanks.
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Name: Holly W. (Mother)
School: Thorpe Gordon Elementary, San Diego, CA, USA
Amidst all the traffic on the web you are a gem. I applaud what you are doing to bring together children, technology and international cultures together in such a safe, encouraging and nurturing site.
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Name: Debbie B.
School: St. Peter Celestine Catholic School in Cherry Hill, USA
I'd like to tell you about a wonderful friendship and educational journey that has taken place this year. As a way to fulfill my goal of integrating technology into my curriculum this year, I turned to the ePals website hoping to find an ePAL for our classroom. My contact in Israel has not only become a very valuable educational resource, but the teacher there and her students have become dear, dear friends. Through this website, children around the world are getting to personally know and appreciate other people from around the globe. Differences in faith, culture and traditions are being appreciated, not feared. We believe we are building a future world of peace, one email at a time. Thank you for providing your service and for helping to build a better world for our future.
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Name: James Korycinski
School: Hidden Oaks Middle School in Palm City, Florida, USA
"...(my student) Lauren was handing in several extra credit assignments relating to the Europe ePals Unit... Her grade quickly went from a low "C" average to an "A-" average."
Mr. Korycinski wrote a case study outlining his classroom's experience with ePals and it's impact on two students in particular.
Read the complete story. (PDF)
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Kindergarten Takes A Multicultural Tour Around The World with ePalsTM!
Beth Smile, a Kindergarten teacher from Robert Morris School in New Jersey, used ePalsTM to help her students communicate and collaborate with other students around the United States and the world.
"Our class mascot Smiley Bear, Ambassador of Friendship and Kindness, traveled to the 50 United States and around the world...He visited each host classroom for one week. He brought books, souvenirs, information on the United States and he has received the same from his host children..." stated Beth Smile.
Mr. Smiley Bear found a bride during his travels and at the end of May, Beth Smiles' Kindergarten class hosted the wedding. In preparation for the international wedding students learned about wedding customs, songs, dances, costumes, and foods from each participating country. Students' parents provided an international dinner reception in celebration and the mayor officiated.
"This entire program could not have been done without ePalsTM..." Beth Smile says. "Smiley Bear has brought teachers into my life from places that I will probably never see. These teachers have become friends who share their ideas, joys, frustrations, and lives with me. This has been an extraordinary year. This project will continue next year...This project is certainly worth sharing. Thank you ePalsTM for this gift." (Click image to view a larger version).
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