School+Connections

=School Connections:= Bookmark Business Card example:

We need to know how you are planning to connect with your school while in China.


 * Consider:**
 * Have you already made connections with teachers who will be over there? If so, who?
 * What are you going to do?
 * Will you just broadcast back to the states and have a connection there?
 * Will you use your blog/video blog to send back info from China?

Your names are listed below. Please follow your name with your plans to connect with students back here while we are in China. I understand that some of you don't have classes of students. If you have no plans to make a connection, please note that too. > > >
 * Travelers:**
 * Jami Elliott: I plan to blog/video blog and post for my sub to share with my students each morning or at least frequently. If it is possible to Skype with them after they've viewed video blog or photos I plan to do that as well (likely from the hotel later in the evenings). I would like to visit an elementary classroom over there and chat with or "interview" students if possible and share that back as well.
 * Carrie Jacobs: I am making plans to skype with my students at least once while I am gone. I will also be skyping with my son's kindergarten class. I plan to continue blogging each day, sharing videos and pictures of all that I am doing.
 * Jennie Kies - At this time, I have no specific plans beyond being available to students by email.
 * Cathy Olson--As you know from reading my blog, www.cathyosreflections.blogspot.com, I have been talking with my classes about China everyday. I have shared the video about the Flat Classroom Conference and have a countdown posted in my room along with a sad, little bulletin board. I will be posting a video blog every day and I have asked my students to email me with questions and/or requests for things they would like to see. We also are studying Chinese literature in World Lit class and connecting The Death of a Salesman to Freidman's book, __The World is Flat__.
 * Lisa Schaa
 * Deb Bruxvoort - No plans other than blog posts for interested people back home to follow.
 * Brandi Day
 * Farah Kashef- No specific plans at this point, but am considering a video blog.