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Four Good Reasons to Communicate

There are as many reasons to communicate as there are project ideas. But here is a simple way to group them. Each one is illustrated by a few real project invitations or detailed project descriptions that will give you a good idea of what the teachers wanted to achieve and how they went about it.

 

1- You need information that others can offer you first hand.

2- Your students could benefit from having an audience for their work.

3- Your class is developing expertise or interest in an area and wants to share it.

4- Your class needs collaborators to extend the value of their research or project.

5- Your class would benefit from contacts in a second or foreign language.

6- Your class needs to consult an expert in a particular  field.

7- Over time, your students have accumulated difficulties, particularly in language arts.  A stimulating and well structured e-pal project would interest them, lend itself to revisiting the basics of written language and involve other subject areas at the same time.  Students would also discover students from other places and cultures.