On 6/22/09, Susan wrote: There is a website called ePals that
is free and is a safe environment for students. They can
link up with another student from their home town (or maybe
home state if there is no one from their town registered on
ePals). It is really a neat idea-- students can then send
emails back and forth learning about where they are from and
in the case of the recipient, learning about Germany. It is
closely monitored and several teachers in my school use it
with their students. It is also geared for all ages.
Anyway--something you might want to look at. I think it is
just epals.com

> I teach in a DoDDS school in Germany. When it comes to map
> skills, I feel like my kids understand the basics.
> However, I feel like my kids are lagging in the area of
> local directions ie---knowing the city, state, country,
> etc. they come from. It is hard with everyone coming from
> different places. It is equally hard, because some have
> never lived in the United States. Does anyone have a way I
> could get this point across to the students?

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