I am so excited that we have seven teachers participating in Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano’s Teddy Bears Around the World blog. One of the seven is a veteran blogger but the others are taking their first steps into the world of blogging. Silvia has created a perfect opportunity for teachers and students to connect with other classes around the world in a “no-pressure” situation. Our teachers are so busy and it’s often hard to fit “one more thing” into the curriculum but the Teddy Bear blog allows teachers to post and comment on their own schedule.

Jane, our veteran blogger, has already commented on other posts and has received answers in return. Cupcake, her class bear, blogged about our visiting author, George Shannon, and quickly discovered a comment waiting for the class. Cupcake also was excited to discover a post from a bear in Japan. Our new Director of Global Initiatives lived in Japan and has shared his experiences with our students so Jane’s class was especially excited to connect with this bear’s class.

To help our teachers jump into the blog, I held a couple of training sessions so that they could get the feel of writing a post and leaving comments. They seem to be very excited and were already planning on what they could write about.

Meet our bears: