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     I think all the programs on Epals website are fairly useful to both students and teachers. As a future teacher I especially prefer Projects, Collaborate, and Teachers.

     Projects: Each project is used to classroom's needs and the topics are of global interest. New teachers benefit greatly by various perspectives and topics.

     Collaborate: Through Collaborate people can find classrooms simply by searching the country or project. It's a great way to collaborate and connect with classrooms at the other end of the world.

      Teachers: In Teachers section, Teacher Forums is my favourite. This a perfect stage provide for teachers from all over the world to share their resources and various perspectives.

      As far as my discipline is concerned, I could use all the functions from Epals to better my teaching skills especially from learning at Teachers Forum. For example, I could talk with other experienced TESOL teachers and learn how to engage my students well learning in classrooms. Understanding the importance of manipulating technology in classrooms, I will try to learn as much as possible so I could let my students benefit from my class.

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     I used Bookr and created a "book". Here is the link to it: http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/?id=19179 What I created is not a story, but  a very brief introduction of the western holiday---Christmas. I do feel Bookr is very useful in a language classroom. I could use it to teach my younger students  through this very vivid and visualized means. I'm sure it facilitates their language learning.

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     There are six main licenses offered when you choose to publish your work with a Creative Commons license. The Creative Commons licenses enable people to easily change their copyright terms from the default of “all rights reserved” to “some rights reserved” through the six. They are Attribution, Attribution Share Alike, Attribution No Derivatives, Attribution Non-Commercial, Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike, Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives. 

The object I created using Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/55609725@N03/