Keypal Information

 

Basic Information (how to design a Keypal Lesson)

1. www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr125.shtml - Getting Started on the Internet: The Key to Keypal Success!
2. www.enoreo.on.ca/students/teacher/projectplanning/keypalinfo.htm - good basic plan to starting a project
3. k-6educators.about.com/library/weekly/aa072200a.htm - How to Design a Pen Pal Lesson, includes online information
4. www.kidscom.com/orakc/keypal/teachers/index.html - specific instruction for Kidscom. There are many good items to think about including: parent permission slips and how students should ask pen pals to address email.
5. www.prosserschools.org/internet/email_in_the_classroom.htm - Email in the Classroom - VERY long list with lots of information
6. www.prosserschools.org/internet/email_activities.htm - activities to do with email

Safety Tips and Netiquette

1. mercury.siec.k12.in.us/west/online/coll1b.htm - Safety tips for Pen Pal Exchanges
2. www.hi.com.au/keypals/kplnetqt.asp - good netiquette list
3. www.safekids.com/index.html - great site with many resources
4. www.cln.org/cgi-bin/linkto.cgi?http://www.cln.org/spam.html - If you are going to set up keypal exchanges for your students, you should first ensure that they are aware of the personal risks they may face and how to deal with them. This link is to one part of our CLN page addressing Internet Abuses. Look for the section on Personal Risks, and particularly for the links which provide information on student "safety."

 

Places to find KeyPals

1. www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/edu/keypal.htm - an article on how to find a keypal
2. www.keypals.com - sponsored by PITSCO - lots of ways to find keypals
3. www.cln.org/int_keypals.html - These sites will aid teachers who are looking for Internet keypal exchanges for their classes. Note that we have identified keypal resources for matching classes of students together. We have not tried to find sites that match individual keypals
4. www.teaching.com/keypals - keypal information and club
5. www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/staff/visitors/kenji/keypal.htm - very long, good list of references
6. www.hi.com.au/keypals/default.asp - Rigby Heinemann keypal Lists
7. www.ala.org/ICONN/KCFAQ/keypals.html - list of resources
8. www.tesol.net/teslpnpl.html - not a lot of links, many are ESL oriented

Other Stuff

1. www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/~trobb/keypals.html - E-Mail Keypals for Language Fluency
2. k-6educators.about.com/cs/penpals/index.htm - general list of places to find pen pal information. Includes online material.

Faces of Tomorrow - Faces of Tomorrow is a web-based project which invites youth to submit self images in the form of photos, digital images, drawings, and combinations of media. This project was a part of the first statewide Boston CyberArts Festival that took place May 1-15, 1999. It culminated in a gala opening and exhibition at the Computer Museum in Boston for the Boston Cyberarts Festival from May 1-15, 1999. The project was organized by a committee of teachers, as well as professionals active in the world of nonprofit computer centers. Currently we are producing a resource guide for technology coordinators and instructors who wish to participate in a classroom setting which will include user-friendly instructions, lesson plans, and additional resources in each geographic area. If you are interested in a resource guide, you can download our PDF version from the web site.



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last modified October 4, 2002