The goals of this telecommunications project are for students to: (1) gain a better understanding about the world and its people by communication with other students from other countries; (2) learn to use telecommunications for electronic mail and online research; (3) use higher-level thinking skills in preparing research papers and presentations; and (4) learn the importance of teamwork in accomplishing a task. The project involved teachers sending a message to the listserv KIDLINK which asked other countries to participate in a "key-pals" program. Participating countries included: South Africa; Norway; Finland; Denmark; Peru; Russia; Estonia; Chile; Mexico; England; Iceland; Germany; and Canada. Groups of students selected a participating country, composed messages off-line and then uploaded their messages to their foreign computer friends using the Texas Education Network (TENET). They used the communications as part of their research into that particular country. Highlights include the guidelines used for conducting this project; guidelines for establishing effective electronic communication; information on designing online projects; how to join the KIDLINK and Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections (IECC) listservs; examples of actual electronic intercultural communications; a copy of the student message log; and recommended questions to ask computer pals. (MAS)