Merry Everything and Happy Always!

Classroom Bridges wishes you and your families a very happy and healthy holiday season! See you for the next newsletter in 2018!

What’s New in Classroom Bridges?

To date, there are 295 classrooms from 30 different countries on Classroom Bridges!
Last month, the following teachers signed up on Classroom Bridges to connect with other classrooms! Visit the Find a Classroom page for their contact information.

• Blake Johns of Georgia, United States– is an Instructional Technology Specialist- who will work with teachers in all subject areas. They will serve as a facilitator of connection experiences.
• Tara Lass of Illinois, United States– teaches 4th grade, 5th grade History/Geography/Social Studies/Government, Math, Reading/ Writing/ Literature.
• Nicole Salle of Ohio, United States– is a Kindergarten through 2nd grades Technology Integration Specialist- who will work with teachers in all subject areas. They will serve as a facilitator of connection experiences.
• Katie Kobeszka of Illinois, United States– is a 4th through 8th grades Technology Integration Specialist- who will work with teachers in all subject areas. They will serve as a facilitator of connection experiences.
• Laura Janosek of Ohio, United States– teaches 9th and 10th grades Computer Science/Technology.
• Mikaela Koch of Wisconsin, United States- teaches 10th grade and 12th grades World Languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, etc.).
• Shari Bender of Iowa, United States– teaches 8th and 9th grades World Languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, etc.).
• Randy Martin of New Mexico, United States– teaches 8th grade History/Geography/Social Studies/Government, Speech and Debate.
• Cindy Maggio of Massachusetts, United States– teaches 1st grade History/Geography/Social Studies/Government, Math, Reading/ Writing/ Literature, Science.
• Carrie Scarbrough of Illinois, United States– teaches 3rd grade History/Geography/Social Studies/Government, Math, Reading/ Writing/ Literature, Science.
• Dan Ferreira of Tokyo, Japan– is a Post-Secondary/ Undergrad/ Graduate Technology Integration Specialist- who will work with teachers in all subject areas. They will serve as a facilitator of connection experiences.
• Eric Clementelli of New Jersey, United States– teaches 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade Science.
• Donald Cherry of New Jersey, United States– teaches 1st grade through 7th grades Health and/or Physical Education.
• Samantha Sansone of New Jersey, United States– is a Kindergarten through 7th grades Technology Integration Specialist- who will work with teachers in all subject areas. They will serve as a facilitator of connection experiences.
• Erin-Leigh VanOrden of New Jersey, United States– teaches Kindergarten through 7th grades Music (Band, Chorus, Orchestra, Strings, etc.).
• Ericka Arias of New Jersey, United States– teaches 3rd through 7th grades World Languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, etc.).
• Jared McClain of New Jersey, United States– teaches Kindergarten through 7th grades Music (Band, Chorus, Orchestra, Strings, etc.).
• Eircka Arias of New Jersey, United States– teaches 3rd through 7th grades World Languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, etc.).
• Samantha DePalma of New Jersey, United States– teaches 7th and 8th grades Reading/ Writing/ Literature.
• Juan Roncero of New Jersey, United States– teaches 9th through 12th grades World Languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, etc.).
• Shana Harper of Georgia, United States– teaches 3rd grade Reading/ Writing/ Literature.

Is Your Info Up-To-Date?

Classroom Bridges is only as good as the information provided is correct. Please take a moment to double check that your information on the Find a Classroom page is correct. If it is incorrect, please email katie@talktechwithme.com, so I can update it.

Classroom Bridges Featured by Google!

Classroom Bridges was featured by Google last month on social media and in the Google for Education Newsletter! See their Tweet below!

Bridge the gap between students across the ? with this classroom connections #GoogleEI project: https://t.co/ntvbppJAVo #ClassroomBridges pic.twitter.com/COwzlkraXV

— Google For Education (@GoogleForEdu) October 12, 2017

Global Collaboration Project Planner

Planning a global collaboration project can be a daunting task if you’ve never done it. Check out this project planner to help you get started.

Adding to the Resources!

Over the next year, one of the major goals of Classroom Bridges is to continue to add to the Resources page. I’d love to add your experiences! If you have an example or resource related to global collaboration to share, please click here.