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| Contentid | 4736 |
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| Title | New French-English Student Exchange Site |
| Body | I am looking for teachers of French here in the US and teachers of English in francophone countries to try out a new website. The idea of the website comes from a technology consultant in Georgia and we have been collaborating on this since March. We are both doing this in our free time and it is offered free of charge to any teachers. Le principe: a virtual classroom open to two classes - an American group learning French and a francophone group learning English. This classroom uses forums and blogs to stimulate the exchanges between students. In addition, it offers such features as a chat room, the possibility to upload images, documents, videos, sound files, etc. All of this in a secure environment since it is open only to the students YOU register in your class. Throughout the summer, online training will be available for interested teachers. You also have access to teacher forums to share your ideas on how best use this website. You bring your partner to the experience or post an announcement to find one. What got me interested in this? I love the idea of pen pals but each year, I face the same problems: finding a group with the same number of students, matching students in a satisfying manner, waiting for all students to turn in their letter for their pen pal... I have looked into other sites offering online exchange but they got stopped by my district's filter. So, I was very enthusiastic to start this venture. I already had a partner in Belgium interested in doing this and so it started. This allows my students to talk to all their Belgian counterparts, so no problem if the numbers don't match up and they all can find something in common with the other kids. Another big advantage is the possibility to create wikis (for those of you familiar with them). I'm looking forward to developing activities with them. So, if you are interested, please stop by our website at http://www.sitenous.com . Tzanetatos, A. Looking for French Teachers. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (23 June 2006). |
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| Inputdate | 2006-06-24 13:40:00 |
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