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 Embassy Adoption Program Dr. Rita Oates Vice president, ePals Corp. [email protected] www.epals.com 

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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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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 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

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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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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

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

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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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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

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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

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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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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

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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

5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom

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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

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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

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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)

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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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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

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

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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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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

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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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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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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

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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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

5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom

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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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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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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

5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 6494

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

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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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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

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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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

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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)

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

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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

5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom

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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

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

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Search by Map1 Select a continent

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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

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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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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

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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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

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

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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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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

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

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

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

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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

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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

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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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Eliminate language barrierswith translation tool

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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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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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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

5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom

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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

5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 5594

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

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)

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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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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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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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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

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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom

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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

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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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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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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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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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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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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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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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5112018 Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011 - slidepdfcom

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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

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

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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

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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)

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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Collegravege in France = pre-university students

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 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

Page 47: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

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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

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

Page 48: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 49: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 50: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 51: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 52: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 53: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 54: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 55: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 56: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

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

Page 57: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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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

Page 58: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 59: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 60: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 61: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 62: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 63: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 64: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 65: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

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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

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullembassy-adoption-program-and-epals-overview-october-2011 9494

Join usTwitterePals

RitaOates

Rita Oates PhD

Page 66: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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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

Page 67: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 68: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 69: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 70: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 71: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 72: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 73: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 74: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 75: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 76: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

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Join usTwitterePals

RitaOates

Rita Oates PhD

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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

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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

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

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

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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

Page 78: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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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

Page 79: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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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

Page 80: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 81: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

Page 82: Embassy Adoption Program and ePals Overview October 2011

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

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New ePals Email Extras

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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

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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Goals

bull What is ePals

bull Stories of 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

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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

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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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

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

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Sign up online

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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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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

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

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Sign up online

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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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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

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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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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

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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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New ePals Email Extras

httpwwwepalscom

Si li

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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

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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

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

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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

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bull Steve Hodgin Director Customer Activation

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bull Jacky Little Account Activation

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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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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

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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

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RitaOates

Rita Oates PhD