CHAT ROOM TOPICS
Chat rooms facilitate discussions about various topics, including professional discourse, personal discourse, and educational discourse.

Examples of Professional Chat Rooms

• distance educators share strategies
• Virginia teachers discuss the state educational system
• programmers query one another about Y2k problems
• homeschoolers swap techniques with one another
  -- http://www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/support.html#chat
  -- http://homeschoolcentral.com/

• owners of saltwater aquariums
• owners of certain types of pets
• kids pen pals
• ask your favorite author or actor a question
• fraternity and sorority chats
• communicate with parents who have children with attention-deficit disorder
• health and wellness

Examples of Educational Chat Rooms

• general geography interest

Additional ideas for educational chat rooms are outlined on the following pages...