Research shows that Students that write for an audience that interests them are far more interested in writing. In several studies students had significant improvements in their state writing scores when they had online pen pals. They found the students were motivated to write to a peer somewhere else in the world (Warlick 2005).

Has anyone used an online pen pal web site?  I have signed up for www.ePals.com and would like to implement this activity in my classroom next year.  Are there any tips to making the project successful?  Anyone use a different site that they like?