Greetings from Illinois

Hello from Illinois from jabernethy

Thanksgiving

The Mighty Moose from Pennsylvania made some SMART amps to explain to our collaborators about Thanksgiving. We know that some of our friends celebrate it and some do not. If you have any questions, please post them in the questions below!

Finnish Swedish Heritage Day (Svenska dagen), November 6th

Today, the 6th of November, has been a special day for Finland and especially for the Swedish-speaking Finns (or Finland-Swedes as we are also called). The name of the day is Finnish Swedish Heritage Day and during this day we celebrate Finland's bilinguality.

About 5,5% of Finland's population is Swedish-speaking and we are part of this minority! Most Finland-Swedes live on the west coast and in southern Finland. Finland has two official languages: Finnish and Swedish.

Finland was between 1150 and 1809 (for almost 700 years) part of Sweden, so we share a long history with our neighboring country in the west. From 1809 to 1917 Finland was an autonomous part of the Russian Empire, but since 1917 Finland has been an independent republic!

Halloween in Pennsylvania

Do you celebrate Halloween in your state or country? These are some of our halloween costumes from Greenville, PA. (We had a little fun with green screen!)

Greetings from Finland!

Class 9E in Cronhjelmskolan in western Finland has made some SMART amp workspaces about their home country Finland. There are quite a few things that Finns are known for! Read and enjoy! :)

Greenville, PA, USA

Here are some SMART amps, 5th grade students, who call themselves the Mighty Moose, created from Greenville, Pennsylvania. Hope all of our collaborative partners enjoy them. :)

About this Project

Last summer. a group of educators met at the annual SMART Exemplary Educator Summit in Calgary Canada. We came up with the idea to bridge the cultures of our classrooms from different regions around the world, so that our students could get an up close and personal world view of other's world cultures. We plan to do this through social media, Skype, SMART products, traveling mascots, and other ideas the students may come up with along the way.

Follow our journey from Oregon to Chicago to Quebec to Pennsylvania to Maryland to Finland and back to Oregon!