ePals.

During my primary schooling years when I was in Year 7 we were learning about different cultures throughout the world, and our teacher, Miss Cornish, linked our classroom up with a classroom in America and each student in our class had an email pen pal and were required to send emails to them using the service online called ePals. During Technology each week we would exchange emails explaining to them what our life in Australia was like, and they would reply and describe to us what their life in America was like. I found this to be a very positive experience and for years kept in contact with my ePal and we sent each other presents that were unique/resembled our culture, for example, I sent my ePal a kangaroo bear and she sent me a bear that she designed herself in an American factory.

In my future role as a learning manager, I look forward to exploring this technology by implementing it within my classroom environment as I am sure that like myself, the students will find the experience engaging and worthwhile.