MOD 11: ePals

I believe that the multiple activities made possible in the ESL classroom with the aid of interactive sites like ePals is refreshing. This will be a useful tool to connect ESL students with others and students and teachers that are native speakers of the target language. The use of emails and audio/video technology like Skype will offer students an exciting and applicable set of interactive opportunities to practice their L2.

Also on the positive side of this equation is the ease of use associated with this site. Parameters applicable to a specific class are easy to manipulate which decreases the anxiety on the part of the technologically-not-savy teacher like myself.

Upon examining what ePals has to offer in matter of tools I kept thinking that the majority of the tools offered on the site could be re-created for free or found on various similar teaching resource websites again for free.