Virtual Classroom Exchanges are a collaboration by AFS and Level Up Village (LUV) to provide AFS member schools with a unique opportunity to participate in online classroom-to-classroom exchanges that are intercultural, meaningful, and affordable. Participating schools will be partnered with AFS member schools in other countries. These exchanges have been developed jointly by AFS Intercultural Programs and Level Up Village.
The September/October pilot is limited to 20 classrooms worldwide. If your school has teachers who are interested in doing a classroom-to-classroom virtual exchange with another school in the AFS network, please follow these steps.
Teachers who are participating complete a registration form with information about their classroom. With this information, Level Up Village will pair you with another teacher and classroom. We will also set up the teacher account and the online classroom with the course content.
Teachers will attend a required one-hour onboarding session on how to have a successful exchange, including an overview of the platform.
Students and teachers dedicate about one to two hours per week to the exchange, for approximately eight weeks.
For the pilot group, we will also invite teachers to take part in a virtual focus group upon completion.
The topics for the AFS and Level Up Village Sept/Oct Pilot will include Our Favorite Foods, What Culture Means to Us, and Future Plans and Professions.
In this video, you can watch part of a “Future Plans and Professions” exchange between two students who are talking about language learning and plans for college/university.
Students will exchange asynchronous videos through the secure platform developed by the Level Up Village team at Language Testing International. The platform meets the standards of the Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA) in the U.S. and all videos are approved by the teachers. If schools require a Data Privacy Agreement to be signed, these can be submitted to support@levelupvillage.com.
Registered classroom pairs will have the choice of doing the exchange all in English,
or 50% in English and 50% in Spanish, French, or German.
Exchange tasks emphasize speaking and listening skills. Courses are offered at three proficiency levels:
| ACTFL | CEFR | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Novice High | A1 | Our Favorite Foods |
| Intermediate Low/Mid | A2-B1 | What Culture Means to Us |
| Intermediate High/Advanced Low | B2 | Future Plans and Professions |
For this special pilot program, each exchange (up to 30 students per classroom) will cost US$200.
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