Epals assignment August 5, 2009
(1) post a description of the ePals program:
ePals is a great site that has many useful features. Basically you "find a pal around the world electronically."
You have to submit a profile of yourself first to get approved. This person has to be an adult such as a teacher, parent or a teen over 18 years old. Then you are on your way to search your "pal!"
You can search by map, by project, by focus etc. It categorizes for you by tabs, which are listed separately.
(2) How I could use this ePals in my own class:
Three years ago, I was a special education teacher teaching a self-contained "Basic Skill class" at a local high school when I first started teaching. I myself graduated from the Taipei's First Girls' High School. I thought about finding my "Alma Mater" (sorry, I can't spell. I mean the high school I graduated.) and to introduce my American students to it including its students, who were at the same age as my students in my "Basic Skill class." We could compare, contrast the language, cultures, school setting, food, academic curriculum, extra-curriculum activities etc. between the two schools. There is so much possibilities of this experience... Sky is the limit! And if I knew ePals at that time. Unfortunately, I did not.
Well, I found the classroom today. I used "Search by Map;" I cliked the country, "Taiwan;" There are 408 "ePals" in Taiwan such as some elementary schools or private language schools. As I scrolled down, I found my "Alma Mater" lead by a teacher. Her comments was something like she was teaching at this high school and she was looking for an "ePals" to connect to introduce different cultures to her students. Wala! EUREKA!!!
(1) post a description of the ePals program:
ePals is a great site that has many useful features. Basically you "find a pal around the world electronically."
You have to submit a profile of yourself first to get approved. This person has to be an adult such as a teacher, parent or a teen over 18 years old. Then you are on your way to search your "pal!"
You can search by map, by project, by focus etc. It categorizes for you by tabs, which are listed separately.
(2) How I could use this ePals in my own class:
Three years ago, I was a special education teacher teaching a self-contained "Basic Skill class" at a local high school when I first started teaching. I myself graduated from the Taipei's First Girls' High School. I thought about finding my "Alma Mater" (sorry, I can't spell. I mean the high school I graduated.) and to introduce my American students to it including its students, who were at the same age as my students in my "Basic Skill class." We could compare, contrast the language, cultures, school setting, food, academic curriculum, extra-curriculum activities etc. between the two schools. There is so much possibilities of this experience... Sky is the limit! And if I knew ePals at that time. Unfortunately, I did not.
Well, I found the classroom today. I used "Search by Map;" I cliked the country, "Taiwan;" There are 408 "ePals" in Taiwan such as some elementary schools or private language schools. As I scrolled down, I found my "Alma Mater" lead by a teacher. Her comments was something like she was teaching at this high school and she was looking for an "ePals" to connect to introduce different cultures to her students. Wala! EUREKA!!!
Hou-Dan,
回覆刪除I'm so glad that you were able to locate your alma mater. Maybe you can set up a project with teachers there.
There are some spelling errors in the title of your post. You can easily correct those by clicking Customize>Posting>Edit Posts>and then click on the word Edit to make changes. Don't forget to click on Publish Post at the end.
Maryanne Burgos