International Student "TechPals"

Throughout much of the 2012-'13 school year, students 7th grade students at East Norriton Middle School in East Norriton, PA, have been communicating with their peers at International Schools in Hong Kong and the French Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe.  What began as simple introductory emails between the students has increased in scope across a variety of platforms.  This video, below, is the latest effort by the ENMS sudents.  They wanted to introduce their "TechPals" in Hong Kong to their school so they filmed and edited (with a little help from their teachers, Margie Rothfeld and Donna Sole) "a day in the life" at ENMS.  The 7th graders at the Chinese International School in Hong Kong are spending 2 weeks on mainland China (now that's some class trip!) and plan on their return to respond with their own video to the ENMS students.  As relevant as the Project is for the students, it is, in my view, even more significant that these teachers are beginning to collaborate with each other from across the globe.  Now THAT is interesting!

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