The ePals ABC book project will allow my students to participate in a 21st century global society because we’ll be communicating and collaborating with a classroom in the county of Georgia. We’ll learn about another country, while teaching them about Yarmouth, Maine. We’ll generate interview questions so we can discover about life on the other side of the globe and learn about their teenagers' interests. Then, we'll take the information we learn, synthesize it, and create an ABC book about Maine to share with them. We’ll enlighten them to facts that make Maine special while learning about similarities and differences between our two countries and communities. My students, who may never leave the state of Maine, will virtually visit a country, via Skype or Google Earth, that lies on the line between Asia and Europe. Participating in the ePals ABC book project will help my students see that learning takes place in many forms, and not necessarily always within our school building. Finally, I hope that by participating in this project we broaden their understanding of the world.
