I like that my students are able to connect with people who they might not have otherwise connected or met in person! Also it is easy for me as an administrator because all communication via email goes directly into our school directory which makes finding student information very simple at anytime during day/night hours even if we aren't physically there together.
The only thing about this program was when you first sign up your class has no idea what level everyone else will be so sometimes some classes get matched while others don’t until after registration closes (which usually happens within 2 weeks). This also causes problems since many times teachers want one specific group but cannot due too low numbers matching them. It would make sense though if these issues were taken care off before enrollment started rather than waiting till later once registrations close then causing more confusion between levels and groups being created by administrators versus actual teacher needs etc...but maybe thats just something new admin wants implemented?