Students learning Arabic at Central Junior High in Bedford have three teachers – the two in their classroom and another one 5,000 miles away. In Morocco. Once a month, the class calls him up on Skype.

TILOUGUIT, Morocco - In the High Atlas mountains of Morocco, shepherds Hammou Amraoui and his son hardly need words to speak.

This post is part of our special coverage Languages and the Internet. Charlotte is an anthropologist who, for the past year and a half, has been conducting field work in Morocco. Her research is ...