ePals Conference 2008

Have a Suggestion for ePals?

epals blc08 — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:31:29 GMT

Tell Jim Davidson and the community development staff what you would like to see on our development roadmap. All suggestions are welcome!

Strategies for Integrating ePals into Your School or District

epals blc08 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:34:45 GMT

Adina Popa, Technology Resource Teacher, Steuart Weller Elementary School, Ashburn, Virginia

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America's 21st Century School: Linking Educational Reform with the Effective Use of Technology

epals blc08 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:40:20 GMT

Dr. John Phillipo, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Center for Educational Leadership and Technology (CELT)

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Applications and Challenges of Educational Technology in Kenyan Schools

epals blc08 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:54:10 GMT

Dan Njiriri, Kenya ICT Trust Fund

Professor Jack Crowell, Professor of Mathematics, Delta College, Michigan

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Integrating National Geographic’s Content into Your Curriculum and Use of ePals

epals blc08 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:42:58 GMT

Ross Goldberg, Director, Strategic Development
National Geographic Digital Media

Michael Casey, Principal/Teacher
Gallon Jug Community School, Belize

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A Dozen ePals Projects for the Global Classroom Connection

epals blc08 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:28:28 GMT

Dr. Howie DiBlasi, Digital Journey

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Blogging for Foreign Language Acquisition

epals blc08 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:18:14 GMT

Carol Bar, French Instructor/College Now Instructor, Blue Valley, KS High School

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ePals Conference Wrap Up & Technology Update

epals blc08 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:22:03 GMT

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Case Study: San Diego-China Classroom Collaboration with ePals SchoolMail, SchoolBlog and More

epals blc08 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:13:17 GMT

Candace Pauchnick, Language Arts Teacher, Patrick Henry HS, San Diego, CA

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Using ePals’ Global Community and Collaborative Tools for Project-Based Learning

epals blc08 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:56:52 GMT

Dr. Kari Stubbs, Director of Professional Development, ePals, Inc.
Tim DiScipio, Co-founder ePals, Inc.

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Research Basis and SAT-9 Scores

Ed Fish — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:31:04 GMT

A number of folks have asked about materials that show the effectiveness of ePals colloborative learning methods. Here are a set of links. For a full decription go to www.in2books.com.

I've included excerpts from reviews in The Reading Teacher and Phi Delta Kappan:

The Reading Teacher, "Raising urban students' literacy learning achievement by engaging in authentic, challenging work," May 2007:

"The importance of documenting and understanding literacy learning success stories in large urban school districts has become increasingly clear. Upon finding evidence that In2Books was associated with improvements in reading achievement, we attempted to look beneath the surface of those improvements to gain insight into what actually made a difference.
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Looking more deeply, we concluded that something in addition to classroom practices or providing professional development was at work. Consideration of the principles behind the practices revealed that the authentic, challenging work, the actualization of a learning community, and engagement were all central to the impact of I2B."

More at: http://www.in2books.com/downloads/Reading_Teacher_article.pdf

Phi Delta Kappan , "Getting Children In2Books: Engagement in authentic reading, writing and thinking," March 2007

"We read a great deal about what our children will need for life in the 21st century. But we believe that among the most important skills they can possess is to be critical, not merely functionally, literate. And our experience with In2Books argues strongly that reading and writing instruction that engages children for authentic purposes can help achieve this end."

More at: http://www.in2books.com/downloads/getting_children_in2books.pdf

In addition, read about the research by independent research firm Westat, at http://www.in2books.com/difference/research.html

Global Collaboration & Learning: The View from Africa

epals blc08 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:17:18 GMT

Barnabas Sang, Head of ICT, Ministry of Education, Kenya

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The Maine Learning Technology Initiative

epals blc08 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:57:41 GMT

Bette Manchester, Executive Director, Maine International Center for Digital Learning

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Developing Digital Literacy: Using In2Books and Online Reading and Writing Activities to Promote Critical Thinking Skills

epals blc08 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:06:55 GMT

Dr. Laurie A. Henry, Assistant Professor of Early Adolescent Literacy, University of Kentucky

Nina Zolt, Co-founder and Co-chair, ePals, Inc.

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CultureQuest: An In-Depth Look at Project-based Learning with ePals

epals blc08 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:32:44 GMT

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