Authentic global connections motivate students to learn!
"My students cared more about the quality of their work because they were writing to their peers in another country."
​- Suzan Zizan, Tyre, Lebanon
"I was impressed with how thoughtful my students were about their responses after they learned they had authentic audiences!"
- Wendi Pillars, North Carolina, USA
WRITING
An authentic audience motives students to write clearly and effectively. Teachers can assess students' spelling, grammar, punctuation, and structure.
COMPREHENSION
Before sharing their perspectives, students read informational texts to get informed. All texts are offered at multiple reading levels. Teachers can assess students' ability to comprehend videos and texts, support claims with evidence, and build vocabulary.
SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL SKILLS
Global project-based learning requires students to collaborate with peers from different backgrounds. Students build empathy, respect, self-awareness, and international-mindedness.
DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
Students practice important 21st century skills like online research, managing usernames/passwords, protecting personal information, and forming healthy habits of online discussion.
CONTENT KNOWLEDGE ACROSS ALL SUBJECTS
PenPal Schools offers over 40 different topics for all subject areas. All topics include standards-aligned lessons and multiple project options for students to demonstrate what they learn. Students design robots, create solutions to environmental challenges, solve collaborative math problems, write poetry, and much more!
CUSTOMIZABLE ASSESSMENT
Teachers can assess student work across reading comprehension, writing, social & emotional skills, digital citizenship, and more. Teachers can choose from over 40 different assessment criteria to customize assessment. All assessments are aligned to academic standards.