[LM_NET] ELEM / SEC: www.epals.com

[Cindy Staley <whizpop37@YAHOO.COM>]

Our regional public library system is holding a regional read on the book The World 
is Flat by Thomas Friedman. Our school library system is participating in this 
event by encouraging teachers in districts to use the book or chapters from it in 
their instruction. We are looking for ways to involve younger students in learning 
about globalization and came across the website www.epals.com. I am wondering if 
any of you have experience using this website which seems to promote links between 
classrooms around the world. If you have used it in your library classes or with a 
teacher, we'd love to hear about your experience with it. Or if there are other 
sites which support classroom connections between cultures please let us know. 
Thank you for your help!
   
   
  Cindy Staley


Cindy Staley
School Library Media Specialist
Owen D. Young Central School 
P.O. Box 125
Van Hornesville, NY 13475
315-858-0729
odylibrary@telenet.net
 
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