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an online French lesson today

Yaodong — Thu, 9 Oct 2008 06:57:04 -0400

From 5:30 (11:30 in France)to 6:10 on October 8,Yaodong met Vincent and his class on Elluminate and Yaodong sat in Vincent's class for about 30 minutes,listening to Vincent teaching though Yaodong's French is practically nil. The kids were very attentive and active during the class.Yaodong saw them raising hands before answer the teacher's question.During class break, a few students were brave enough to ask Yaodong some questions about Liuzhou,about the most famous Chinese food,etc.Yaodong taught them how to say 'Good morning' in Chinese.In return, they taught Yaodong how to say 'Good day',"Good bye',etc in French. Then,Yaodong introduced Liuzhou to the French students by showinng a website of Liuzhou.

Breaking News:Boston Epal Conference2008

Yaodong — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:25:09 -0400

First ePals Conference in Boston on July 15: global, project-based learning through free communication tools

ePals held its first conference for tech directors and teachers on Tuesday, July 15, in Boston. Our one-day event is a preconference day to Alan November’s Building Learning Communities 2008 Conference.

Speakers
Carol Bar French Instructor/College Now Instructor, Blue Valley, KS High School
Michael Casey Principal/Teacher, Gallon Jug Community School, Belize
Professor Jack Crowell Professor of Mathematics,Delta College, Michigan
Dr. Howie DiBlasi, Digital Journey
Dr. Sheila Gersh Director, Technology & International Projects, Center for School Development City College of New York

Students Have Their Say

Yaodong — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:22:26 -0500

Below are quotes from my former students who were involved in e-learning.The best evaluation on education sometimes is from students themselves rather from educators.They know themselves better.
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Wu Yuyin: This course gives me a bridge which leads me to the real English kingdom, and becomes my important enlightenment……Once I receive a letter (she meant an email.---yaodong), I will think about it before I embark on writing. I feel my mind has a lot of sentences dancing and shining. My epals are to be appreciated…….E-learning
teaches me how to communicate. When I communicate with a foreigner,

Epal program in 2008

Yaodong — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:00:00 -0400

We started our first webblogs on Yahoo 360 some years ago but this year we would like to try schoolblog.