Integrating the Internet into the Classroom
Facilitator: Michael Krauss, AES, Lewis & Clark College

• ePals Chat Area
  Welcome to ePALS Chat Area. ePALS chatrooms provide a safe and secure place for online meetings and conversations. Setting up your own Chat room is quick and easy. Or, you can meet your friends in an existing Chat room. You'll need to join ePals to use the Chat feature.
  
  
• Dave's ESL Chat Central
  Dave's English as a Second Language Chat Central promises fun chatting with ESL/EFL students and teachers from all around the world. There are separate rooms for students and teachers (or can be together in the Lobby). Fun graphics can be posted with your message. You may send private messages. No logging capabilties. You must register (and confirm by email) before entering a Chat.
  
  
• Tapped In
  This is an on-line teacher community meeting place. Resources include text-based chat and private messaging, threaded discussion boards in every room, conversation transcripts automatically emailed, and messages saved for someone who is not logged in. According to the site: "Tapped In offers TPD providers and other organizations the latest in online technology, along with the online learning strategies and support needed to use online technology effectively."
  
  
• Teacher Talk Forum
  Teacher Talk is a fast-growing online community where K-12 teachers can discuss classroom techniques, trade lesson plan ideas, and support one another. Free.
  
  
• PedagoNet
  This works best for a quick impromptu Chat. There is no registration required. No private Chat rooms. No private messages. Very basic and simple.
  
  
• Teachers.Net Chatboard
  "This is a resource dedicated to open discourse among the teachers of the world. We encourage you to contribute to any discussion that interests you. Responses to current threads can be posted from any note on that thread."

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Created by: krauss@lclark.edu
Updated: 7/10/07