http://www.epals.com/
ePals is a collaborative website that acts as a social network for educators and students across the globe. “The world's largest K-12 learning network, ePals Global Community™ consists of more than 600,000 educators and reaches more than 25 million students and parents in 200 countries and territories”. This collaborative website allows for students to interact internationally with other students and connect on a personal level through working together on projects within the website. Not only does ePals bring students and teachers together, but it also sponsors a project called In2Books which was created to help literacy in children who live in lower economies. In2Books connects struggling students with adult pen pals who, “read the same books, and exchange teacher-monitored, online letters about questions and issues raised by the text”. ePals also offers a section on their website for parents of homeschooled children. With this section homeschooled children are now able to learn and develop social skills that are normally honed in a traditional school environment.
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