Check out this front page Sunday business section New York Times story today about epals.
It’s about time someone came up with a way for classrooms around the world to collaborate over the web. ePals is very cool because besides being safe and having content from National Geographic and technology from Intel, it gives teachers, students, and parents a platform to email, blog, and learn across cultures.
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February 25, 2008 at 3:33 am |
[...] The Catalyst Code wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt Check out this front page Sunday business section New York Times story today about epals. It’s about time someone came up with a way for classrooms around the world to collaborate over the web. ePals is very cool because besides being safe and having content from National Geographic and technology from Intel, it gives teachers, students, and parents a platform to email, blog, and learn across cultures. read more | digg story [...]