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The Winter Olympic Games are starting on February  9 - February 25. The host country is South Korea.  The Winter Olympics are held every four years and the best athletes in the world come together to represent their country. It is an exciting international event! Here is the Winter Olympic Schedule . When are your favorite events scheduled? In anticipation of the Olympics, we invited Tanner mom to come and share her experience with the Olympics. She's an Olympian!  Tanner's mom was a member of the U.S. Speed Skiing Team. That's the fastest ski race there is! The skis are very long and measure approximately 240 cm long. (About 94 inches) No one could believe how fast speed skiers go. The fastest speed Tanner's mom recorded was 196 km (That's 120 m.p.h. WOW!) Photo by Mrs. Yollis  She used a special suit when she raced down the hill.  A highlight of her time as an Olympian was the opportunity to meet other athletes from around the world. She said trading national...

In my 31 years as an elementary educator, I have never seen a project more powerful for sharing classroom learning , making global connections ,  and building a positive digital footprint for young students than having a classroom blog. I recommend every classroom teacher consider flattening the walls via blogging. There are so many benefits! Educational blogging is also a fantastic way to   teach and promote high standards for writing.   Students want their writing to get published and educational blogging is a great way to leverage that interest.   I have two educational blogs that I use in our learning.  Mrs. Yollis' Classroom Blog  is a public blog where classroom events and projects are published. The comment section is where the blog comes to life. Students and parents interact in this online community.  My second blog is called  Yollis' 365 Blog ,  and it is a public photo-of-the-day blog. Students, family members, and other ...