GLOBAL CLASSROOMS- Skype & iEARN.org

Skype can be used to connect your students to other students throughout the world.  There are so many possibilities.  http://www.teachhub.com/using-skype-classroom  Join now at this link, and research the best options for you and your students.

More suggestions :  http://www.teachhub.com/using-skype-classroom

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With iEARN.org you can search for a partnership by country (http://iearn.org/countries), language(http://iearn.org/countries/language-resources) or join one of their many collaboration projects (http://collaborate.iearn.org/spaces ).

Edmodo is similar to iEARN.org  (https://www.edmodo.com/?go2url=%2Fhome)

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Give your class or individual students pen pals.  Writing can be a chore, but not if our students are doing it to make and keep in contact with a new friend.  Try one of these programs.

http://www.worldwide.edu/travel_planner/pen_pals.html

http://www.epals.com/#!/main

IMPORTANT NOTE:  Please obtain written parent permission for each student before starting these types of programs.