Through this collaboration with SnagFilms, provider of an online resource for free ad-supported viewing of hundreds of award-winning documentaries, educators who are members of the ePals Global Community can access eFilms on ePals, where they can watch and integrate into their classroom activities dozens of high-quality, educational titles appropriate for elementary, middle, and high school audiences.
On eFilms on ePals, teachers are encouraged to share their strategies for integrating the films into the curriculum, suggest thought-provoking questions and helpful resources, and even snag the films and post them on their own web sites.
Initial content on eFilms on ePals includes the online premiere of National Geographic’s Human Footprint, and 21 one additional titles ranging from shorts to feature-length videos, such as E-Waste, Wright Brothers’s Flying Machine and Inca Mummies.
Rick Allen, CEO of SnagFilms, said: At their best, documentaries do not just entertain us, they engage and inspire us to take action. For teachers and students, our great library of films shines light on critical topics, deepens lesson plans, and catalyzes family conversations that go well beyond the everyday. Focused on those deeper connections and tied to charities and communities with each film, SnagFilms offers a unique web experience tailor-made for the educational community, and there is no better partner in reaching educators than ePals.
