Dr. Kari Stubbs, ePals Director of Professional Development, will provide an overview of ePals’ global community and school-safe communication tools, and what you need to know to guarantee a successful ePals implementation. This session explores the powerful uses of free ePals tools to support student learning through safe and secure SchoolMail and SchoolBlog. Learn how to use the built-in language translator in SchoolMail and its role in cross-cultural learning and improving home-school communication. See how easily ClassroomMatch allows you to find another class with which to partner. Get a glimpse of some of the free collaborative projects available to interact with students across the globe. Learn how to tie ePals use into the new NETS*T and NETS*S standards. Discover the educational benefits of participating in the world’s largest online learning community within a safe and protected “walled garden” of other students and educators in more than 200 countries and territories. Dr. Kari Stubbs offers her experiences as a classroom teacher and former leader of the Title IID initiative in Kansas. Leave this session ready to get started with ePals in your classroom, school or district.
Dr. Kari Stubbs, Director of Professional Development, ePals, Inc.
Tim DiScipio, Co-founder, ePals, Inc.
