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Embassy Adoption Program
Dr Rita OatesVice president ePals Corp
roatescorpepalscom
wwwepalscom
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What are YOUR issues with global
collaborations in schools
Any ePals users here
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What are YOUR issues with global
collaborations in schoolsbull Communications like emailnot allowed in district
bull Hard to find class outsideUS to collaborate withbull Safety of student databull Students speak English
onlybull Computers for testing onlybull Standards rulebull Money
bull Time in school
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ePals enables communicationbetween studentsteachers in DC
and in target country
You have ePals account
ndash firstnamelastnameepalscom ndash candicecrumpepalscom (adult example)
ndash Password password (change first time you use)
bull All teachersstudents and embassy officials
will have ePals accountsbull Language translation in ePals
bull Share student work from all in ePals photosvideos PowerPoints etc
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Hill City Elementary
Bringing the world to rural Kansasthrough social networking
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Statewide projects with ePals
Maine 150000students
Wisconsin 800000students
Pennsylvania 18 millionstudentsClassroom For theFuture program
Kansas 400000
studentson the
statersquos KanEd portalColorado 800000
students througheNet Colorado
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Example profileStudents learning to speak English
250+ Turkish teachers
have submitted profiles in
the past year and most
seek English speakers
Experienced ePals user since 2004
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10
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents and
students to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
10
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Learners Connect Communicate and Collaborate
Largest K-12 social learning network globally reaching more
than 25 million students teachers and parents in 200 countries Leading provider of cloud-based policy-managed email and
social learning solutions for schools and districts
CONNECT COMMUNICATE COLLABORATE
25 Million Students amp
Teachers Worldwide
Next Generation Email and
Communications
Social Learning
Environment for
Collaboration and
Community
Largest Community of
Connected Global
Classrooms
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bull Connecting 700000classrooms in 200countries amp territories
bull 2500+ newschoolsmonth
bull Policy managed andTeacher supervised
bull Trusted pipelineto the worldrsquos
classrooms
bull TRUSTe certification
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
free -- students and their teacherslocate connect with and workcollaboratively with another class
free -- secure onlinecommunication for studentsparents teachers andadministrators instant translation in
58 languages ldquoProblem wordrdquo filter and ability to control how widelystudents can sendreceive email
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
NEW in Feb 2011 Safe secureonline communication for studentsteachers administrators parents ICTadministrator can establish school-safe usage policies Used by New
York City Schools$4student + setup fee No ads
A virtual workspace optimized for creatingsharing managing and collaborating oneducational content Integrated web 20tools SchoolBlog wikis forums digitalportfolios cloud-based storage and ePalsSchoolMail all with industry-leading safety
and security for K-12 schools
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16
World Class Partners and Customers
Example Customers
gt 900K students
140 countries
11MM students
1700 schools
Integrated withstate-wide portal
Opportunity of 460kstudents
63000 students
94 schools
Provides state-wideportal
Opportunity of 850kstudents
Content and Technology Partners
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InternationalPartners
bull Ministry of Education Kenya
bull LEAP Thailand bull Eduteka Latin America 75000
teachers and Spanish-language
content
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Wed like you to meet our ePals from Brazil Mrs Russells First Grade
Glenwood ElementaryVestal NY
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School EMEIF Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto WuoacuteTown Santa BrancaState Sao Paolo
Country Brazil
Hello From Sao Paolo Brazil
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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What are YOUR issues with global
collaborations in schools
Any ePals users here
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What are YOUR issues with global
collaborations in schoolsbull Communications like emailnot allowed in district
bull Hard to find class outsideUS to collaborate withbull Safety of student databull Students speak English
onlybull Computers for testing onlybull Standards rulebull Money
bull Time in school
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ePals enables communicationbetween studentsteachers in DC
and in target country
You have ePals account
ndash firstnamelastnameepalscom ndash candicecrumpepalscom (adult example)
ndash Password password (change first time you use)
bull All teachersstudents and embassy officials
will have ePals accountsbull Language translation in ePals
bull Share student work from all in ePals photosvideos PowerPoints etc
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Hill City Elementary
Bringing the world to rural Kansasthrough social networking
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Statewide projects with ePals
Maine 150000students
Wisconsin 800000students
Pennsylvania 18 millionstudentsClassroom For theFuture program
Kansas 400000
studentson the
statersquos KanEd portalColorado 800000
students througheNet Colorado
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Example profileStudents learning to speak English
250+ Turkish teachers
have submitted profiles in
the past year and most
seek English speakers
Experienced ePals user since 2004
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10
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents and
students to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
10
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Learners Connect Communicate and Collaborate
Largest K-12 social learning network globally reaching more
than 25 million students teachers and parents in 200 countries Leading provider of cloud-based policy-managed email and
social learning solutions for schools and districts
CONNECT COMMUNICATE COLLABORATE
25 Million Students amp
Teachers Worldwide
Next Generation Email and
Communications
Social Learning
Environment for
Collaboration and
Community
Largest Community of
Connected Global
Classrooms
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bull Connecting 700000classrooms in 200countries amp territories
bull 2500+ newschoolsmonth
bull Policy managed andTeacher supervised
bull Trusted pipelineto the worldrsquos
classrooms
bull TRUSTe certification
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
free -- students and their teacherslocate connect with and workcollaboratively with another class
free -- secure onlinecommunication for studentsparents teachers andadministrators instant translation in
58 languages ldquoProblem wordrdquo filter and ability to control how widelystudents can sendreceive email
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
NEW in Feb 2011 Safe secureonline communication for studentsteachers administrators parents ICTadministrator can establish school-safe usage policies Used by New
York City Schools$4student + setup fee No ads
A virtual workspace optimized for creatingsharing managing and collaborating oneducational content Integrated web 20tools SchoolBlog wikis forums digitalportfolios cloud-based storage and ePalsSchoolMail all with industry-leading safety
and security for K-12 schools
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16
World Class Partners and Customers
Example Customers
gt 900K students
140 countries
11MM students
1700 schools
Integrated withstate-wide portal
Opportunity of 460kstudents
63000 students
94 schools
Provides state-wideportal
Opportunity of 850kstudents
Content and Technology Partners
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InternationalPartners
bull Ministry of Education Kenya
bull LEAP Thailand bull Eduteka Latin America 75000
teachers and Spanish-language
content
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Wed like you to meet our ePals from Brazil Mrs Russells First Grade
Glenwood ElementaryVestal NY
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School EMEIF Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto WuoacuteTown Santa BrancaState Sao Paolo
Country Brazil
Hello From Sao Paolo Brazil
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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What are YOUR issues with global
collaborations in schoolsbull Communications like emailnot allowed in district
bull Hard to find class outsideUS to collaborate withbull Safety of student databull Students speak English
onlybull Computers for testing onlybull Standards rulebull Money
bull Time in school
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ePals enables communicationbetween studentsteachers in DC
and in target country
You have ePals account
ndash firstnamelastnameepalscom ndash candicecrumpepalscom (adult example)
ndash Password password (change first time you use)
bull All teachersstudents and embassy officials
will have ePals accountsbull Language translation in ePals
bull Share student work from all in ePals photosvideos PowerPoints etc
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Hill City Elementary
Bringing the world to rural Kansasthrough social networking
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Statewide projects with ePals
Maine 150000students
Wisconsin 800000students
Pennsylvania 18 millionstudentsClassroom For theFuture program
Kansas 400000
studentson the
statersquos KanEd portalColorado 800000
students througheNet Colorado
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Example profileStudents learning to speak English
250+ Turkish teachers
have submitted profiles in
the past year and most
seek English speakers
Experienced ePals user since 2004
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10
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents and
students to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
10
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Learners Connect Communicate and Collaborate
Largest K-12 social learning network globally reaching more
than 25 million students teachers and parents in 200 countries Leading provider of cloud-based policy-managed email and
social learning solutions for schools and districts
CONNECT COMMUNICATE COLLABORATE
25 Million Students amp
Teachers Worldwide
Next Generation Email and
Communications
Social Learning
Environment for
Collaboration and
Community
Largest Community of
Connected Global
Classrooms
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bull Connecting 700000classrooms in 200countries amp territories
bull 2500+ newschoolsmonth
bull Policy managed andTeacher supervised
bull Trusted pipelineto the worldrsquos
classrooms
bull TRUSTe certification
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
free -- students and their teacherslocate connect with and workcollaboratively with another class
free -- secure onlinecommunication for studentsparents teachers andadministrators instant translation in
58 languages ldquoProblem wordrdquo filter and ability to control how widelystudents can sendreceive email
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
NEW in Feb 2011 Safe secureonline communication for studentsteachers administrators parents ICTadministrator can establish school-safe usage policies Used by New
York City Schools$4student + setup fee No ads
A virtual workspace optimized for creatingsharing managing and collaborating oneducational content Integrated web 20tools SchoolBlog wikis forums digitalportfolios cloud-based storage and ePalsSchoolMail all with industry-leading safety
and security for K-12 schools
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16
World Class Partners and Customers
Example Customers
gt 900K students
140 countries
11MM students
1700 schools
Integrated withstate-wide portal
Opportunity of 460kstudents
63000 students
94 schools
Provides state-wideportal
Opportunity of 850kstudents
Content and Technology Partners
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InternationalPartners
bull Ministry of Education Kenya
bull LEAP Thailand bull Eduteka Latin America 75000
teachers and Spanish-language
content
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Wed like you to meet our ePals from Brazil Mrs Russells First Grade
Glenwood ElementaryVestal NY
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School EMEIF Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto WuoacuteTown Santa BrancaState Sao Paolo
Country Brazil
Hello From Sao Paolo Brazil
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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ePals enables communicationbetween studentsteachers in DC
and in target country
You have ePals account
ndash firstnamelastnameepalscom ndash candicecrumpepalscom (adult example)
ndash Password password (change first time you use)
bull All teachersstudents and embassy officials
will have ePals accountsbull Language translation in ePals
bull Share student work from all in ePals photosvideos PowerPoints etc
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Hill City Elementary
Bringing the world to rural Kansasthrough social networking
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Statewide projects with ePals
Maine 150000students
Wisconsin 800000students
Pennsylvania 18 millionstudentsClassroom For theFuture program
Kansas 400000
studentson the
statersquos KanEd portalColorado 800000
students througheNet Colorado
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Example profileStudents learning to speak English
250+ Turkish teachers
have submitted profiles in
the past year and most
seek English speakers
Experienced ePals user since 2004
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10
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents and
students to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
10
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Learners Connect Communicate and Collaborate
Largest K-12 social learning network globally reaching more
than 25 million students teachers and parents in 200 countries Leading provider of cloud-based policy-managed email and
social learning solutions for schools and districts
CONNECT COMMUNICATE COLLABORATE
25 Million Students amp
Teachers Worldwide
Next Generation Email and
Communications
Social Learning
Environment for
Collaboration and
Community
Largest Community of
Connected Global
Classrooms
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bull Connecting 700000classrooms in 200countries amp territories
bull 2500+ newschoolsmonth
bull Policy managed andTeacher supervised
bull Trusted pipelineto the worldrsquos
classrooms
bull TRUSTe certification
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
free -- students and their teacherslocate connect with and workcollaboratively with another class
free -- secure onlinecommunication for studentsparents teachers andadministrators instant translation in
58 languages ldquoProblem wordrdquo filter and ability to control how widelystudents can sendreceive email
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
NEW in Feb 2011 Safe secureonline communication for studentsteachers administrators parents ICTadministrator can establish school-safe usage policies Used by New
York City Schools$4student + setup fee No ads
A virtual workspace optimized for creatingsharing managing and collaborating oneducational content Integrated web 20tools SchoolBlog wikis forums digitalportfolios cloud-based storage and ePalsSchoolMail all with industry-leading safety
and security for K-12 schools
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16
World Class Partners and Customers
Example Customers
gt 900K students
140 countries
11MM students
1700 schools
Integrated withstate-wide portal
Opportunity of 460kstudents
63000 students
94 schools
Provides state-wideportal
Opportunity of 850kstudents
Content and Technology Partners
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InternationalPartners
bull Ministry of Education Kenya
bull LEAP Thailand bull Eduteka Latin America 75000
teachers and Spanish-language
content
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Wed like you to meet our ePals from Brazil Mrs Russells First Grade
Glenwood ElementaryVestal NY
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School EMEIF Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto WuoacuteTown Santa BrancaState Sao Paolo
Country Brazil
Hello From Sao Paolo Brazil
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Hill City Elementary
Bringing the world to rural Kansasthrough social networking
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Statewide projects with ePals
Maine 150000students
Wisconsin 800000students
Pennsylvania 18 millionstudentsClassroom For theFuture program
Kansas 400000
studentson the
statersquos KanEd portalColorado 800000
students througheNet Colorado
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Example profileStudents learning to speak English
250+ Turkish teachers
have submitted profiles in
the past year and most
seek English speakers
Experienced ePals user since 2004
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10
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents and
students to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
10
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Learners Connect Communicate and Collaborate
Largest K-12 social learning network globally reaching more
than 25 million students teachers and parents in 200 countries Leading provider of cloud-based policy-managed email and
social learning solutions for schools and districts
CONNECT COMMUNICATE COLLABORATE
25 Million Students amp
Teachers Worldwide
Next Generation Email and
Communications
Social Learning
Environment for
Collaboration and
Community
Largest Community of
Connected Global
Classrooms
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bull Connecting 700000classrooms in 200countries amp territories
bull 2500+ newschoolsmonth
bull Policy managed andTeacher supervised
bull Trusted pipelineto the worldrsquos
classrooms
bull TRUSTe certification
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
free -- students and their teacherslocate connect with and workcollaboratively with another class
free -- secure onlinecommunication for studentsparents teachers andadministrators instant translation in
58 languages ldquoProblem wordrdquo filter and ability to control how widelystudents can sendreceive email
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
NEW in Feb 2011 Safe secureonline communication for studentsteachers administrators parents ICTadministrator can establish school-safe usage policies Used by New
York City Schools$4student + setup fee No ads
A virtual workspace optimized for creatingsharing managing and collaborating oneducational content Integrated web 20tools SchoolBlog wikis forums digitalportfolios cloud-based storage and ePalsSchoolMail all with industry-leading safety
and security for K-12 schools
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16
World Class Partners and Customers
Example Customers
gt 900K students
140 countries
11MM students
1700 schools
Integrated withstate-wide portal
Opportunity of 460kstudents
63000 students
94 schools
Provides state-wideportal
Opportunity of 850kstudents
Content and Technology Partners
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InternationalPartners
bull Ministry of Education Kenya
bull LEAP Thailand bull Eduteka Latin America 75000
teachers and Spanish-language
content
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Wed like you to meet our ePals from Brazil Mrs Russells First Grade
Glenwood ElementaryVestal NY
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School EMEIF Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto WuoacuteTown Santa BrancaState Sao Paolo
Country Brazil
Hello From Sao Paolo Brazil
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Hill City Elementary
Bringing the world to rural Kansasthrough social networking
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Statewide projects with ePals
Maine 150000students
Wisconsin 800000students
Pennsylvania 18 millionstudentsClassroom For theFuture program
Kansas 400000
studentson the
statersquos KanEd portalColorado 800000
students througheNet Colorado
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Example profileStudents learning to speak English
250+ Turkish teachers
have submitted profiles in
the past year and most
seek English speakers
Experienced ePals user since 2004
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10
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents and
students to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
10
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Learners Connect Communicate and Collaborate
Largest K-12 social learning network globally reaching more
than 25 million students teachers and parents in 200 countries Leading provider of cloud-based policy-managed email and
social learning solutions for schools and districts
CONNECT COMMUNICATE COLLABORATE
25 Million Students amp
Teachers Worldwide
Next Generation Email and
Communications
Social Learning
Environment for
Collaboration and
Community
Largest Community of
Connected Global
Classrooms
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bull Connecting 700000classrooms in 200countries amp territories
bull 2500+ newschoolsmonth
bull Policy managed andTeacher supervised
bull Trusted pipelineto the worldrsquos
classrooms
bull TRUSTe certification
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
free -- students and their teacherslocate connect with and workcollaboratively with another class
free -- secure onlinecommunication for studentsparents teachers andadministrators instant translation in
58 languages ldquoProblem wordrdquo filter and ability to control how widelystudents can sendreceive email
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
NEW in Feb 2011 Safe secureonline communication for studentsteachers administrators parents ICTadministrator can establish school-safe usage policies Used by New
York City Schools$4student + setup fee No ads
A virtual workspace optimized for creatingsharing managing and collaborating oneducational content Integrated web 20tools SchoolBlog wikis forums digitalportfolios cloud-based storage and ePalsSchoolMail all with industry-leading safety
and security for K-12 schools
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16
World Class Partners and Customers
Example Customers
gt 900K students
140 countries
11MM students
1700 schools
Integrated withstate-wide portal
Opportunity of 460kstudents
63000 students
94 schools
Provides state-wideportal
Opportunity of 850kstudents
Content and Technology Partners
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InternationalPartners
bull Ministry of Education Kenya
bull LEAP Thailand bull Eduteka Latin America 75000
teachers and Spanish-language
content
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Wed like you to meet our ePals from Brazil Mrs Russells First Grade
Glenwood ElementaryVestal NY
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School EMEIF Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto WuoacuteTown Santa BrancaState Sao Paolo
Country Brazil
Hello From Sao Paolo Brazil
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Statewide projects with ePals
Maine 150000students
Wisconsin 800000students
Pennsylvania 18 millionstudentsClassroom For theFuture program
Kansas 400000
studentson the
statersquos KanEd portalColorado 800000
students througheNet Colorado
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Example profileStudents learning to speak English
250+ Turkish teachers
have submitted profiles in
the past year and most
seek English speakers
Experienced ePals user since 2004
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10
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents and
students to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
10
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Learners Connect Communicate and Collaborate
Largest K-12 social learning network globally reaching more
than 25 million students teachers and parents in 200 countries Leading provider of cloud-based policy-managed email and
social learning solutions for schools and districts
CONNECT COMMUNICATE COLLABORATE
25 Million Students amp
Teachers Worldwide
Next Generation Email and
Communications
Social Learning
Environment for
Collaboration and
Community
Largest Community of
Connected Global
Classrooms
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bull Connecting 700000classrooms in 200countries amp territories
bull 2500+ newschoolsmonth
bull Policy managed andTeacher supervised
bull Trusted pipelineto the worldrsquos
classrooms
bull TRUSTe certification
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
free -- students and their teacherslocate connect with and workcollaboratively with another class
free -- secure onlinecommunication for studentsparents teachers andadministrators instant translation in
58 languages ldquoProblem wordrdquo filter and ability to control how widelystudents can sendreceive email
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
NEW in Feb 2011 Safe secureonline communication for studentsteachers administrators parents ICTadministrator can establish school-safe usage policies Used by New
York City Schools$4student + setup fee No ads
A virtual workspace optimized for creatingsharing managing and collaborating oneducational content Integrated web 20tools SchoolBlog wikis forums digitalportfolios cloud-based storage and ePalsSchoolMail all with industry-leading safety
and security for K-12 schools
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16
World Class Partners and Customers
Example Customers
gt 900K students
140 countries
11MM students
1700 schools
Integrated withstate-wide portal
Opportunity of 460kstudents
63000 students
94 schools
Provides state-wideportal
Opportunity of 850kstudents
Content and Technology Partners
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InternationalPartners
bull Ministry of Education Kenya
bull LEAP Thailand bull Eduteka Latin America 75000
teachers and Spanish-language
content
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Wed like you to meet our ePals from Brazil Mrs Russells First Grade
Glenwood ElementaryVestal NY
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School EMEIF Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto WuoacuteTown Santa BrancaState Sao Paolo
Country Brazil
Hello From Sao Paolo Brazil
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Example profileStudents learning to speak English
250+ Turkish teachers
have submitted profiles in
the past year and most
seek English speakers
Experienced ePals user since 2004
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10
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents and
students to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
10
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Learners Connect Communicate and Collaborate
Largest K-12 social learning network globally reaching more
than 25 million students teachers and parents in 200 countries Leading provider of cloud-based policy-managed email and
social learning solutions for schools and districts
CONNECT COMMUNICATE COLLABORATE
25 Million Students amp
Teachers Worldwide
Next Generation Email and
Communications
Social Learning
Environment for
Collaboration and
Community
Largest Community of
Connected Global
Classrooms
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bull Connecting 700000classrooms in 200countries amp territories
bull 2500+ newschoolsmonth
bull Policy managed andTeacher supervised
bull Trusted pipelineto the worldrsquos
classrooms
bull TRUSTe certification
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
free -- students and their teacherslocate connect with and workcollaboratively with another class
free -- secure onlinecommunication for studentsparents teachers andadministrators instant translation in
58 languages ldquoProblem wordrdquo filter and ability to control how widelystudents can sendreceive email
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
NEW in Feb 2011 Safe secureonline communication for studentsteachers administrators parents ICTadministrator can establish school-safe usage policies Used by New
York City Schools$4student + setup fee No ads
A virtual workspace optimized for creatingsharing managing and collaborating oneducational content Integrated web 20tools SchoolBlog wikis forums digitalportfolios cloud-based storage and ePalsSchoolMail all with industry-leading safety
and security for K-12 schools
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16
World Class Partners and Customers
Example Customers
gt 900K students
140 countries
11MM students
1700 schools
Integrated withstate-wide portal
Opportunity of 460kstudents
63000 students
94 schools
Provides state-wideportal
Opportunity of 850kstudents
Content and Technology Partners
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InternationalPartners
bull Ministry of Education Kenya
bull LEAP Thailand bull Eduteka Latin America 75000
teachers and Spanish-language
content
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Wed like you to meet our ePals from Brazil Mrs Russells First Grade
Glenwood ElementaryVestal NY
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School EMEIF Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto WuoacuteTown Santa BrancaState Sao Paolo
Country Brazil
Hello From Sao Paolo Brazil
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Example profileStudents learning to speak English
250+ Turkish teachers
have submitted profiles in
the past year and most
seek English speakers
Experienced ePals user since 2004
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10
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents and
students to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
10
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Learners Connect Communicate and Collaborate
Largest K-12 social learning network globally reaching more
than 25 million students teachers and parents in 200 countries Leading provider of cloud-based policy-managed email and
social learning solutions for schools and districts
CONNECT COMMUNICATE COLLABORATE
25 Million Students amp
Teachers Worldwide
Next Generation Email and
Communications
Social Learning
Environment for
Collaboration and
Community
Largest Community of
Connected Global
Classrooms
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bull Connecting 700000classrooms in 200countries amp territories
bull 2500+ newschoolsmonth
bull Policy managed andTeacher supervised
bull Trusted pipelineto the worldrsquos
classrooms
bull TRUSTe certification
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
free -- students and their teacherslocate connect with and workcollaboratively with another class
free -- secure onlinecommunication for studentsparents teachers andadministrators instant translation in
58 languages ldquoProblem wordrdquo filter and ability to control how widelystudents can sendreceive email
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
NEW in Feb 2011 Safe secureonline communication for studentsteachers administrators parents ICTadministrator can establish school-safe usage policies Used by New
York City Schools$4student + setup fee No ads
A virtual workspace optimized for creatingsharing managing and collaborating oneducational content Integrated web 20tools SchoolBlog wikis forums digitalportfolios cloud-based storage and ePalsSchoolMail all with industry-leading safety
and security for K-12 schools
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16
World Class Partners and Customers
Example Customers
gt 900K students
140 countries
11MM students
1700 schools
Integrated withstate-wide portal
Opportunity of 460kstudents
63000 students
94 schools
Provides state-wideportal
Opportunity of 850kstudents
Content and Technology Partners
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InternationalPartners
bull Ministry of Education Kenya
bull LEAP Thailand bull Eduteka Latin America 75000
teachers and Spanish-language
content
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Wed like you to meet our ePals from Brazil Mrs Russells First Grade
Glenwood ElementaryVestal NY
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School EMEIF Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto WuoacuteTown Santa BrancaState Sao Paolo
Country Brazil
Hello From Sao Paolo Brazil
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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10
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents and
students to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
10
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Learners Connect Communicate and Collaborate
Largest K-12 social learning network globally reaching more
than 25 million students teachers and parents in 200 countries Leading provider of cloud-based policy-managed email and
social learning solutions for schools and districts
CONNECT COMMUNICATE COLLABORATE
25 Million Students amp
Teachers Worldwide
Next Generation Email and
Communications
Social Learning
Environment for
Collaboration and
Community
Largest Community of
Connected Global
Classrooms
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bull Connecting 700000classrooms in 200countries amp territories
bull 2500+ newschoolsmonth
bull Policy managed andTeacher supervised
bull Trusted pipelineto the worldrsquos
classrooms
bull TRUSTe certification
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
free -- students and their teacherslocate connect with and workcollaboratively with another class
free -- secure onlinecommunication for studentsparents teachers andadministrators instant translation in
58 languages ldquoProblem wordrdquo filter and ability to control how widelystudents can sendreceive email
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
NEW in Feb 2011 Safe secureonline communication for studentsteachers administrators parents ICTadministrator can establish school-safe usage policies Used by New
York City Schools$4student + setup fee No ads
A virtual workspace optimized for creatingsharing managing and collaborating oneducational content Integrated web 20tools SchoolBlog wikis forums digitalportfolios cloud-based storage and ePalsSchoolMail all with industry-leading safety
and security for K-12 schools
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16
World Class Partners and Customers
Example Customers
gt 900K students
140 countries
11MM students
1700 schools
Integrated withstate-wide portal
Opportunity of 460kstudents
63000 students
94 schools
Provides state-wideportal
Opportunity of 850kstudents
Content and Technology Partners
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InternationalPartners
bull Ministry of Education Kenya
bull LEAP Thailand bull Eduteka Latin America 75000
teachers and Spanish-language
content
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Wed like you to meet our ePals from Brazil Mrs Russells First Grade
Glenwood ElementaryVestal NY
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School EMEIF Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto WuoacuteTown Santa BrancaState Sao Paolo
Country Brazil
Hello From Sao Paolo Brazil
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Learners Connect Communicate and Collaborate
Largest K-12 social learning network globally reaching more
than 25 million students teachers and parents in 200 countries Leading provider of cloud-based policy-managed email and
social learning solutions for schools and districts
CONNECT COMMUNICATE COLLABORATE
25 Million Students amp
Teachers Worldwide
Next Generation Email and
Communications
Social Learning
Environment for
Collaboration and
Community
Largest Community of
Connected Global
Classrooms
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bull Connecting 700000classrooms in 200countries amp territories
bull 2500+ newschoolsmonth
bull Policy managed andTeacher supervised
bull Trusted pipelineto the worldrsquos
classrooms
bull TRUSTe certification
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
free -- students and their teacherslocate connect with and workcollaboratively with another class
free -- secure onlinecommunication for studentsparents teachers andadministrators instant translation in
58 languages ldquoProblem wordrdquo filter and ability to control how widelystudents can sendreceive email
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
NEW in Feb 2011 Safe secureonline communication for studentsteachers administrators parents ICTadministrator can establish school-safe usage policies Used by New
York City Schools$4student + setup fee No ads
A virtual workspace optimized for creatingsharing managing and collaborating oneducational content Integrated web 20tools SchoolBlog wikis forums digitalportfolios cloud-based storage and ePalsSchoolMail all with industry-leading safety
and security for K-12 schools
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16
World Class Partners and Customers
Example Customers
gt 900K students
140 countries
11MM students
1700 schools
Integrated withstate-wide portal
Opportunity of 460kstudents
63000 students
94 schools
Provides state-wideportal
Opportunity of 850kstudents
Content and Technology Partners
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InternationalPartners
bull Ministry of Education Kenya
bull LEAP Thailand bull Eduteka Latin America 75000
teachers and Spanish-language
content
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Wed like you to meet our ePals from Brazil Mrs Russells First Grade
Glenwood ElementaryVestal NY
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School EMEIF Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto WuoacuteTown Santa BrancaState Sao Paolo
Country Brazil
Hello From Sao Paolo Brazil
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Learners Connect Communicate and Collaborate
Largest K-12 social learning network globally reaching more
than 25 million students teachers and parents in 200 countries Leading provider of cloud-based policy-managed email and
social learning solutions for schools and districts
CONNECT COMMUNICATE COLLABORATE
25 Million Students amp
Teachers Worldwide
Next Generation Email and
Communications
Social Learning
Environment for
Collaboration and
Community
Largest Community of
Connected Global
Classrooms
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bull Connecting 700000classrooms in 200countries amp territories
bull 2500+ newschoolsmonth
bull Policy managed andTeacher supervised
bull Trusted pipelineto the worldrsquos
classrooms
bull TRUSTe certification
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
free -- students and their teacherslocate connect with and workcollaboratively with another class
free -- secure onlinecommunication for studentsparents teachers andadministrators instant translation in
58 languages ldquoProblem wordrdquo filter and ability to control how widelystudents can sendreceive email
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
NEW in Feb 2011 Safe secureonline communication for studentsteachers administrators parents ICTadministrator can establish school-safe usage policies Used by New
York City Schools$4student + setup fee No ads
A virtual workspace optimized for creatingsharing managing and collaborating oneducational content Integrated web 20tools SchoolBlog wikis forums digitalportfolios cloud-based storage and ePalsSchoolMail all with industry-leading safety
and security for K-12 schools
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16
World Class Partners and Customers
Example Customers
gt 900K students
140 countries
11MM students
1700 schools
Integrated withstate-wide portal
Opportunity of 460kstudents
63000 students
94 schools
Provides state-wideportal
Opportunity of 850kstudents
Content and Technology Partners
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InternationalPartners
bull Ministry of Education Kenya
bull LEAP Thailand bull Eduteka Latin America 75000
teachers and Spanish-language
content
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Wed like you to meet our ePals from Brazil Mrs Russells First Grade
Glenwood ElementaryVestal NY
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School EMEIF Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto WuoacuteTown Santa BrancaState Sao Paolo
Country Brazil
Hello From Sao Paolo Brazil
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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bull Connecting 700000classrooms in 200countries amp territories
bull 2500+ newschoolsmonth
bull Policy managed andTeacher supervised
bull Trusted pipelineto the worldrsquos
classrooms
bull TRUSTe certification
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
free -- students and their teacherslocate connect with and workcollaboratively with another class
free -- secure onlinecommunication for studentsparents teachers andadministrators instant translation in
58 languages ldquoProblem wordrdquo filter and ability to control how widelystudents can sendreceive email
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
NEW in Feb 2011 Safe secureonline communication for studentsteachers administrators parents ICTadministrator can establish school-safe usage policies Used by New
York City Schools$4student + setup fee No ads
A virtual workspace optimized for creatingsharing managing and collaborating oneducational content Integrated web 20tools SchoolBlog wikis forums digitalportfolios cloud-based storage and ePalsSchoolMail all with industry-leading safety
and security for K-12 schools
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16
World Class Partners and Customers
Example Customers
gt 900K students
140 countries
11MM students
1700 schools
Integrated withstate-wide portal
Opportunity of 460kstudents
63000 students
94 schools
Provides state-wideportal
Opportunity of 850kstudents
Content and Technology Partners
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InternationalPartners
bull Ministry of Education Kenya
bull LEAP Thailand bull Eduteka Latin America 75000
teachers and Spanish-language
content
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Wed like you to meet our ePals from Brazil Mrs Russells First Grade
Glenwood ElementaryVestal NY
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School EMEIF Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto WuoacuteTown Santa BrancaState Sao Paolo
Country Brazil
Hello From Sao Paolo Brazil
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
free -- students and their teacherslocate connect with and workcollaboratively with another class
free -- secure onlinecommunication for studentsparents teachers andadministrators instant translation in
58 languages ldquoProblem wordrdquo filter and ability to control how widelystudents can sendreceive email
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
NEW in Feb 2011 Safe secureonline communication for studentsteachers administrators parents ICTadministrator can establish school-safe usage policies Used by New
York City Schools$4student + setup fee No ads
A virtual workspace optimized for creatingsharing managing and collaborating oneducational content Integrated web 20tools SchoolBlog wikis forums digitalportfolios cloud-based storage and ePalsSchoolMail all with industry-leading safety
and security for K-12 schools
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16
World Class Partners and Customers
Example Customers
gt 900K students
140 countries
11MM students
1700 schools
Integrated withstate-wide portal
Opportunity of 460kstudents
63000 students
94 schools
Provides state-wideportal
Opportunity of 850kstudents
Content and Technology Partners
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InternationalPartners
bull Ministry of Education Kenya
bull LEAP Thailand bull Eduteka Latin America 75000
teachers and Spanish-language
content
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Wed like you to meet our ePals from Brazil Mrs Russells First Grade
Glenwood ElementaryVestal NY
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School EMEIF Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto WuoacuteTown Santa BrancaState Sao Paolo
Country Brazil
Hello From Sao Paolo Brazil
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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ePals Brings Next-Generation Solutions to Schools
NEW in Feb 2011 Safe secureonline communication for studentsteachers administrators parents ICTadministrator can establish school-safe usage policies Used by New
York City Schools$4student + setup fee No ads
A virtual workspace optimized for creatingsharing managing and collaborating oneducational content Integrated web 20tools SchoolBlog wikis forums digitalportfolios cloud-based storage and ePalsSchoolMail all with industry-leading safety
and security for K-12 schools
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16
World Class Partners and Customers
Example Customers
gt 900K students
140 countries
11MM students
1700 schools
Integrated withstate-wide portal
Opportunity of 460kstudents
63000 students
94 schools
Provides state-wideportal
Opportunity of 850kstudents
Content and Technology Partners
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InternationalPartners
bull Ministry of Education Kenya
bull LEAP Thailand bull Eduteka Latin America 75000
teachers and Spanish-language
content
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Wed like you to meet our ePals from Brazil Mrs Russells First Grade
Glenwood ElementaryVestal NY
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School EMEIF Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto WuoacuteTown Santa BrancaState Sao Paolo
Country Brazil
Hello From Sao Paolo Brazil
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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16
World Class Partners and Customers
Example Customers
gt 900K students
140 countries
11MM students
1700 schools
Integrated withstate-wide portal
Opportunity of 460kstudents
63000 students
94 schools
Provides state-wideportal
Opportunity of 850kstudents
Content and Technology Partners
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InternationalPartners
bull Ministry of Education Kenya
bull LEAP Thailand bull Eduteka Latin America 75000
teachers and Spanish-language
content
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Wed like you to meet our ePals from Brazil Mrs Russells First Grade
Glenwood ElementaryVestal NY
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School EMEIF Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto WuoacuteTown Santa BrancaState Sao Paolo
Country Brazil
Hello From Sao Paolo Brazil
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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InternationalPartners
bull Ministry of Education Kenya
bull LEAP Thailand bull Eduteka Latin America 75000
teachers and Spanish-language
content
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Wed like you to meet our ePals from Brazil Mrs Russells First Grade
Glenwood ElementaryVestal NY
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School EMEIF Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto WuoacuteTown Santa BrancaState Sao Paolo
Country Brazil
Hello From Sao Paolo Brazil
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Wed like you to meet our ePals from Brazil Mrs Russells First Grade
Glenwood ElementaryVestal NY
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School EMEIF Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto WuoacuteTown Santa BrancaState Sao Paolo
Country Brazil
Hello From Sao Paolo Brazil
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Wed like you to meet our ePals from Brazil Mrs Russells First Grade
Glenwood ElementaryVestal NY
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School EMEIF Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto WuoacuteTown Santa BrancaState Sao Paolo
Country Brazil
Hello From Sao Paolo Brazil
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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School EMEIF Terezinha do Menino Jesus Porto WuoacuteTown Santa BrancaState Sao Paolo
Country Brazil
Hello From Sao Paolo Brazil
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Our school in Brazil has palmtrees What kind of trees areoutside your school
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Our square is being rebuiltSee how our town is a hilly place
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Collaboration across the Digital DivideNew York Students and ePals in Botswana
A story of globalconnections thattranscend socio-economic statusculture and place
After school we play in thefield next to the school
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Students from the Guangxi School China
Shared language andcultural awarenessChina-San Diegoages 16-18
English language teacher inChinese school has manyfemale students
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Their California ePals
These teachers haveworked together foreight yearshellipsome
projects are just a fewweeks or months
Teacher Candace Pauchnick fromPatrick Henry HS in San Diego
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Member since 2001
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httpwwwepalscorpcomaboutnewspress_feb08_06html
Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Email Improves Reading andWriting Test Scores
State standardized test scores from aNewark Public Schools 4th grade classshow significant reading and writing
improvement through twice weekly use ofemail letter writing with fellow classmatesand a peer classroom in Italy
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Louisiana and United Kingdom
The students had so much fun reading emailsfrom their new friends They learned many waysthey were alike as well as different
The student groups wrote about differentaspects of their schools and videoed themselvesto create a documentary about their school andcommunity We then exchanged cultureparcels with the other class
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Loudoun County (VA)Public Schools
bull Students study communities in grade 3
bull Contact classrooms from elsewhere in Virginia(urbanruralsuburban) and exchange information abouttheir communities
bull Children grasp the idea of ldquoruralrdquo ldquourbanrdquo to compare totheir own ldquosuburbanrdquo as they communicate with peersfrom these areas
bull Next the class has a collaboration with a classroom in anarea like theirs but in another country
bull Teachers use videoconferences with classrooms
bull Students use presentations and Google Earth toshowcase their communities
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Most Popular Long-term Matches
1 English as a Second Language teachersoutside an English-speaking country want topair their students with English-speakingstudents
2 Teachers of foreign language want to pairtheir students with native speakers (teacherof Spanish wants Spanish speakers inMexico)
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Spanish class in S Korea
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4294
Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5794
Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Not ldquoone more thingrdquo -- but a newway of advancing learning goals
bull Spelling or vocabulary words homework
ndash You assign to write in sentences
ndash Instead include words in an email to a partner
bull Students get extra credit for posting aresponse to a question in the StudentForum
bull Encourage students to read in the StudentForums on topics that interest them
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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One-email exchanges too
bull Students create 10 questions for a classroom ina country they are studying in Geography thingsldquonot in the bookrdquo they want to know
bull Students search global community and find five potential partner classes
bull Students copy profiles into a Word file
bull Students submit questions and profiles to
teacherbull Teacher writes to the other teachers pasting in
the student questionshellip
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Sample one-email from teacher
Dear (teachername)
My geography class in Iowa has questions aboutyour country Could you please have a fewstudents answer these questions in an email tomeIf possible I would like to have the answers bySeptember 26
Here are the questionsltpaste in the studentsrsquo questionsgt
Thanks so much for your help Please let us knowif we can answer any questions about Iowa or
the USA
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 3694
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4194
Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4294
Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Join the Conversation
bull Did any of these stories resonate withyou
bull How would your students benefit fromthese types of experiences
bull Do you know of possible partner schoolselsewhere
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5794
Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6194
Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 3794
Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4094
3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 3794
Finding a global partner
bull Search by map
bull Search by classroom
bull Search by project
bull Look at the ldquoNew Schoolsrdquo scrolling on the
home page of ePals for the newest profilesbull OR search in Project Forums or Teacher
Forums for very specific matches
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 3894
Search by Map1 Select a continent
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 3994
2 Select aCountry
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4094
3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4194
Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4294
Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Search by Map1 Select a continent
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2 Select aCountry
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3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4294
Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4494
Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4694
Collegravege in France = pre-university students
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4794
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4894
Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4994
How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5094
ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5194
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5294
A S f l P fil
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5394
A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5494
ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5594
StudentForums
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5694
StudentForumSocial
Issues
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5794
Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6194
Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6294
Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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2 Select aCountry
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4094
3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4194
Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4294
Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4494
Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4694
Collegravege in France = pre-university students
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4794
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4894
Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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A S f l P fil
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4094
3 Select aclassroom
from theprofiles
with
newestprofiles
posted on
top
Eli i l b i
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4194
Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4294
Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4494
Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4694
Collegravege in France = pre-university students
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4794
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4894
Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5794
Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Translation to 58 languages
bull Most common languages listed first
bull Less common languages listed second
bull Both in alphabetical orderbull This is an expansion as of late June 2009
from eight languages
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
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Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
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Problem Words Highlighted in Red
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
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Great teacher-created projects
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4694
Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4894
Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4994
How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5094
ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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A S f l P fil
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5494
ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5594
StudentForums
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5694
StudentForumSocial
Issues
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5794
Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6194
Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
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Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
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Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
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Cautionshellipabout your assumptions
bull What age students are in Primary School
bull What age students are in a school calledldquoCollegerdquo Or a ldquocolegiordquo
bull When does the school year start and end
bull When are vacations or holidays
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
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Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
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How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
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ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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A S f l P fil
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A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
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ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
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StudentForums
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StudentForumSocial
Issues
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Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
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SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
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Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
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Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4694
Collegravege in France = pre-university students
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4794
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4894
Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4994
How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5094
ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5194
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5294
A S f l P fil
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5394
A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5494
ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5594
StudentForums
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5694
StudentForumSocial
Issues
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5794
Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6194
Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6294
Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
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Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Collegravege in France = pre-university students
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4794
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4894
Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4994
How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5094
ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5194
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5294
A S f l P fil
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5394
A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5494
ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5594
StudentForums
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5694
StudentForumSocial
Issues
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5794
Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6194
Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6294
Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4794
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4894
Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4994
How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5094
ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5194
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5294
A S f l P fil
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5394
A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5494
ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5594
StudentForums
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5694
StudentForumSocial
Issues
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5794
Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6194
Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6294
Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4894
Be specific about what you want
bull What do you study ndash Use keywords from your curriculum ndash Geography Mexico Brazil Russia
bull Do you want to use an ePals project
ndash Which onebull When does your school year start and end
ndash March-June is end of year in Iowa but start of schoolyear in Chile
bull Interesting way for your students to practicewriting to non-English speakers ndash Make them more aware of how they say things so
they arenrsquot confusing
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4994
How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5094
ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5194
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5294
A S f l P fil
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5394
A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5494
ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5594
StudentForums
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5694
StudentForumSocial
Issues
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5794
Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6194
Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6294
Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 4994
How do you get a profile
bull You fill out some basic contact info
bull You write your profile
bull We have real people who read andapprove themhellipor ask for revisions
Teachers canrsquot contact other classroomswithout having a profile submitted andapproved
ePals Global Community
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5094
ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5194
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5294
A S f l P fil
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5394
A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5494
ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5594
StudentForums
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5694
StudentForumSocial
Issues
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5794
Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6194
Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6294
Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5094
ePals Global CommunityClassroom Match ndash Create Your Classroom Profile
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5194
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5294
A S f l P fil
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5394
A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5494
ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5594
StudentForums
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5694
StudentForumSocial
Issues
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5794
Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6194
Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6294
Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5194
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5294
A S f l P fil
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5394
A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5494
ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5594
StudentForums
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5694
StudentForumSocial
Issues
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5794
Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6194
Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6294
Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5294
A S f l P fil
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5394
A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5494
ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5594
StudentForums
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5694
StudentForumSocial
Issues
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5794
Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6194
Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6294
Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5394
A Successful ProfileIncludes Extra Info
1 Something interesting about your school orareahellipclose to the ocean a volcano in thecapital city enrolls only female students etc
2 Collaboration tools you might use (email postal
mail blogs video conferences Skype)3 Length of desired collaboration (ldquoFor 3 weeks
in Octoberrdquo)
4 Frequency of desired collaboration (weeklymonthly at holidays)
5 Topic of desired collaboration (You can updatethis when you have a new project in mind)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5494
ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5594
StudentForums
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5694
StudentForumSocial
Issues
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5794
Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6194
Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6294
Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5494
ePals Forums (also free)
bull Student Forums ndash We mediate the forums so you donrsquot have to read and approve
postings
ndash Your students can collaborate with other students safely overthe weekend
ndash Your students can search and read student postings to see whatothers have said a great way to practice authentic reading andwriting
bull Project Forums make it easier to find matches for ePalsprojects
bull Teacher Forums for topics you generate
bull Parent Forums to help parents learn from other parents
bull Adults can post in adult forums students in StudentForum
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5594
StudentForums
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5694
StudentForumSocial
Issues
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5794
Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6194
Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6294
Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5594
StudentForums
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5694
StudentForumSocial
Issues
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5794
Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6194
Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6294
Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5694
StudentForumSocial
Issues
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5794
Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6194
Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6294
Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5794
Student viewpoints from Turkey USA
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6194
Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6294
Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6194
Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6294
Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5994
SchoolMailbuilt for school use
bull Features teachers asked forbull Teacher moderation
ndash incomingoutgoing option
bull Multiple levels of filteringbull Teachers can get copies for alternative
assessment
bull Translation to 58 languages
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6194
Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6294
Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6094
SchoolMail usernames
bull Student LindaSmaineepalscom
bull Teacher LSanchezmaineepalscom
ndash No extra charge for custom subdomain as
maineepalscom in district with 10000+ st
bull Use existing names or we create them
bull Roles and responsibilities assigned
bull Batch upload from SIS (49K students in 2+hours)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6194
Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6294
Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6194
Safe and Protected Student Email
bull Safely integrate student email in appropriateeducational ways
bull Ask students to use academic languagespelling punctuation ndash and practice skillsvaluable in the business world
bull Preview studentsrsquo incoming and outgoing emailmessages
bull Use email messages for alternative assessmentbull Ensure that messages are appropriate to agesetting and context
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6294
Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6294
Level 1 All messages must be approved by themonitor whether they contain profanityor not
Level 2 Messages containing profanity must beapproved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipients
automatically The monitor will alsoreceive a copy of every unflaggedmessage
Level 3 Messages containing profanity must be
approved by the monitor but unflaggedmessages will reach their recipientsautomatically The monitor will not seeunflagged messages
Level 4 All profanity filters are off
Filter Levels
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6394
Note Click ldquoflagged student messagesrdquo
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494
Dashboard for Teacher-monitored Email
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6594
Problem Words Highlighted in Red
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6694
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Role-Based Permissions Each user is assigned a role in theirLearningSpace community (student teacherparent administrator)Policies determine whether a role can create
groups view connections and invite groups tocollaborate
bull Controlled Connections A policy can be set to manage student interaction
with other members of your LearningSpacecommunityHigh school students may not be able to viewprofiles or request connections with K-5 studentsunless they are in the same group
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6794
Best-of-breed security + safety technologies
bull Content Moderation Written content (blog and forum postscomments) can be reviewed beforepublishing or removed afterward by a
designated moderatorbull Inappropriate Language Filters Multiple spellings of inappropriatewords written in a blog comment ormessage are automatically flagged andremoved Questionable content inemails sent to designated moderator
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6894
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6994
District issues to consider
bull Do you need to go through a districtcommittee or director or your principal
bull TRUSTe certification for all ePals
bull At the bottom of each page of ePals youcan see ndash Privacy Policy
ndash Advertising Policy ndash Terms of Use
ndash Copyright and Trademark Policy
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7094
School-wide setup
bull We prefer to provision all teachers in yourschool with free ePals accounts eventhough only a few may want to start right
awaybull You provide a list of all teachers and wecan create teacher user names
bull We can upload student names with aldquobatch upload toolrdquo and that can createstudent account names (unless you havenames you want to use)
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7194
Project-Based Learning
bull Free to use adapt
bull Developed jointly with NationalGeographic
bull Also feature great teacher-created projects
bull International School
In Pudong ndash UN Day
ndash Grade 4 Mrs Smith
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7294
Embassy Adoption Program
bull We recommend you start with The WayWe Are project to exchange informationwith a classroom in your target country
bull This quickly gets classrooms started in arelationship with students in the targetcountry and adds a new dimension to the
Embassy Adoption Program
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7394
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7494
Second project recommended
bull Digital Storytelling ndash Great way to share information about DC with
students in other places
ndash Authentic way for other students to share folktales music dance how to make a favoritedish
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7594
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7694
Clear Plan for Email Exchanges in the Project
B i f L Pl
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7794
Brief Lesson Plans
Videos from Senegal
G h d j
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7894
Great teacher-created projects
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 7994
ePalsTeacherAmbassador
ContestWinners
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8094
Publish student work to a worldwide audience
Viewing audience in the millions
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8194
Viewing audience in the millions
J i th C ti
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8294
Join the Conversation
bull Do you have questions about gettingstarted with ePals
G l
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494
Join usTwitterePals
RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8394
Goals
bull What is ePals
bull Stories of collaboration
bull Finding a global partner
bull How to use ePals SchoolMail
bull What are my first steps
bull More resources and whatrsquos new
How Tos Manuals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8494
How Tos ManualsUnder Help from home page
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8594
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8694
Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8794
87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
Choices of Email E tras
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9094
Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Customer Fulfillment and
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
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St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
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Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Back-to-School Pledge Drive Go Global
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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87
ePals has created a ldquoPledge to Take Your School
Globalrdquo campaign ndash asking teachers parents andstudents to commit to take at least one action this year toconnect their classroom with learners in another part of theworld
87
Campaign Overview
The campaign unites school communities organizations and associations around a single
simple mission
Empower a new generation of learners to build a meaningful authentic understanding of
diverse cultural perspectives as they prepare to participate in an emerging global society
wwwepalscompledge
N P l E il E t
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8894
New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
Si li
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 8994
Sign up online
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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9194
Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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New ePals Email Extras
httpwwwepalscom
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Choices of Email Extras
St dent tab Smithsonian on ePals
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Student tab Smithsonian on ePals
Customer Fulfillment and
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9294
Account Management
ePals has a team of Activation Specialists thatwill assist you every step of the way ndash Help upload accounts for your teachers and students
ndash Provide online training materials for you and your teachers
ndash Schedule ldquoGetting Startedrdquo webinars
ndash Offer ldquoAfter -Schoolrdquo webinar sessions for you and your teachers
ndash Provide tech administrators assistance with site support issues
To schedule a Webinar session supportcorpepalscom
ePals Customer Team
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9394
ePals Customer Teambull Rita Oates PhD Vice President Education Markets
roatescorpepalscom bull Victoria McEachern Vice President Customer Fulfillment andManagement
vmceacherncorpepalscom
bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation
shodgincorpepalscom
bull Jacky Little Account Activation
jlittlecorpepalscom
bull Julie Martin Sales Administrator
jmartincorpepalscom
bull ePals Customer Fulfillment Team (General Delivery Mailbox)salescorpepalscom
bull ePals Support Team (unlimited email support)
smsupportcorpepalscom
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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RitaOates
Rita Oates PhD
5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom
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