This article describes US culture seen through the eyes of an immaginary visitor to the country, as portrayed in US pop television programming. I am planning to discuss this with my students, and I thought I might piece together a youtube as "pre-reading" with some of the programming quoted in the article, if available.
using ePals’ services to connect schools, classes, and students, especially in support of language acquisition.
I use ePals as one example that I encourage teachers of all disciplines to investigate, because the global connections it provides support multiple content areas and learning goals.
ePals may best be known for successfully connecting classrooms from across the world so students (and teachers) can learn from each other and gain a better understanding the nuances of culture, society, politics, and exploring everything from what kids in other countries do for fun,
ePals has connected more than 600,000 classrooms
Students can communicate with other students from across the globe on a range of topics that they find interesting, from the impression of Justin Bieber’s hairstyle to the impact cheating has on schoolwork.
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This is really neat! Get the kids on board to teach the teachers and others. Fun to see Andy Crozier in the video- I have known him for many years-since he was in elementary school
I did not know this. I wonder if my district will be doing this. The high school kids will be getting laptops this year. I sub. I am glad I am taking this class so I will be a wee bit familiar with Google Apps.