In Honor of the new school year with the Honorable President of Israel Mr.Shimon Peres who is loved and admired by many around the world and in Israel.

4th-grader raises money to help teacher's wife with medical bill - Fox 28: South Bend, Elkhart IN News, Weather, Sports

4th-grader raises money to help teacher's wife with medical bill - Fox 28: South Bend, Elkhart IN News, Weather, Sports

Teaching Songs and Chants in the Classroom- by Marsha Goren ESL teacher and technology coordinator

Teaching Songs and Chants in the Classroom- by Marsha Goren ESL teacher and technology coordinator
New article by Marsha Goren about teaching English with the GiggleBellies!

My Teachers Lounge Big Reveal. {And, Yes, There are Prizes Involved.}

My Teachers Lounge Big Reveal. {And, Yes, There are Prizes Involved.}

Teaching about the Holocaust through Skype

Dear Globaldreamers,
I am sharing my feelings about teaching a class about the Holocaust through Skype. The class is from Warsaw, Indianna, USA. It was an amazing experience for all of us.
http://harrisonhuskies.blogspot.com/2012/02/learning-about-holocaust-with-marsha.html
http://harrisonhuskies.blogspot.com/2012/02/learning-about-holocaust-with-marsha_03.html?spref=fb
Dear Rick, Cindy and the Glass Class,
This is absolutely wonderful and I want to thank Rick, Cindy, Aleksa and the Glass Class for allowing me to join your classroom. I could see you and it made me very happy to see how attentative you all were and caring.
Modern technology has allowed us to come together in a special way, here I am in Israel more than six million miles away from you and I could spend an hour with all of you and teach you about such an important subject like Holocaust. I hope you will always remember to be good people. Reading about my Mom brought tears to my eyes. May God bless you all. I also wish the thank the principal for allowing such an incredible experiece to happen at your school.
Spreading friendship to classes around the world is something Sonia would have been proud of and all of you.
The world is a small place and a good place if we all try.
Shalom and best always with ♥
Marsha Goren
http://www.globaldreamers.org

Teaching the next generation Marsha Goren skyping from Israel to classes around the world, we will never forget!

In Memory of the one and half million children who perished in the Holocaust

Reading what Balram Kapoor wrote on the Holocaust Internatinal day brought tears to my eyes and I thank you so much for posting for the International Holocaust Memorial day in memory of the one and a half million children who could not speak on their behalf. The strong words at the end of this eulogy bring me the chills and I wish to relate. My mother Sonia Frenkel Welis had a number on her hand. When I was a young girl I did not really know the meaning of this horrible number, I asked her and at the time she did not speak about the Holocaust as she did not want to traumatize my sister Elaine or my brother Sid. She had tears in her eyes when she told me they branded her like an animal, cut her hair and pushed her into a shower.She was a young adelescent at the time and never forgot how humiliated she felt and how lonely she was. Then she looked at me with her wise and beautiful blue eyes and told me not to worry and that she would always take care of me. Now, let anyone try to tell me it did not happen that my mom Sonia Welis Frenkel was not a Holocaust survivor, then who am I? I am who I am and NO one can take that away for me. Mommy I miss you so much, may you rest in peace and know that your legacy lives on forever in my heart and in the heart of so many educators and children on our planet. I pray you are proud of me.

Marsha Goren - I am the daughter of a Holocaust survivor

Join our yearly project in memory of the children.

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"The 2012 observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust will focus on the theme “Children and the Holocaust”. The United Nations will remember the one-and-a-half million Jewish children who perished in the Holocaust, together with the thousands of Roma and Sinti children, the disabled and others, who suffered and died at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators. Some children managed to survive in hiding, others fled to safe havens before it was too late, while many others suffered medical experiments or were sent to the gas chambers immediately upon arriving at the death camps. Highlighting the impact of mass violence on children, this theme has important implications for the 21st century."Illustration: Auschwitz susrvivor - Sonia by Tanya Pahwa, SMSchool, Meera Bagh, New Delhi, India - Butterfly by Sonia's grandson: Matt Chateauneuf

USA Holocaust Museum sending CD and DVD around the world for commemorations

Please forward this request form to friends and colleagues who may be interested in this Planning Guide -- http://web.ushmm.org/dordvd2012/.
Planning Guide and Resources for Annual Holocaust Commemorations CD/DVD set will be sent to you via postal mail.
I am posting this for the USA Holocaust Memorial Museum and thanking them for this contribution to educators and children everywhere.
Marsha Goren
Globaldreamers founder
http://www.globaldreamers.org/holocaust

Watch the Gigglebellies in Israel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=967nQBNK7Sw
Marsha and the fabulous GiggleBellies with over 70,000 hits on youtube, amazing turnout!! We love the GiggleBellies. Down the load the free worksheets by Marsha Goren and her kids from Ein Ganim at http://www.gigglebellies.com
Have fun and happy new year.
Marsha

Marsha and the GiggleBellies are on a SanDiego CBS8 in San Diego, California USA

GiggleBellies are in Israel

We are so excited to see this on the CBS8 news station in San Diego, California USA.
Please vote for us, we appreciate the support.
Sincerely,
Marsha Goren

The Festival Continues on Globaldreamers and GVC

http://www.globaldreamers.org/11winter/index.html
The festival of lights project in collaboration with GVC is just beautiful, it is not too late to share your holidays and thoughts with us here. Please join us in this lovely project, happy new year to all and best wishes.
The work here is beautiful, please share.
Sincerely,
Marsha Goren
Globaldreamers Founder
GVC Clubhouse Project Manager

Holidays are coming , let's share our holidays

http://www.globaldreamers.org/11winter/index.html

Dear friends,

In honor of the upcoming holidays Globaldreamers in collaboration with the GVC Clubhhouse is inviting to join in our project Festivals of light, all over the world we are celebrating many festivals, please share your holidays and festivals with us.l

We will be very happy, educators can send directly to Marsha at gorenmm@gmail.com or marsha@gbsi.org

Members of the clubhouse are also invited to write about their holidays on the discussion board. I look forward to hearing from all of you,

With best wishes for a wonderful holiday and good health and happiness to all.

Sincerely,

Marsha Goren

Global Virtual Classroom Clubhouse Project Manager

http://www.globaldreamers.org

Founder

December Giveaway for Teachers!

December Giveaway for Teachers!
The Inspired Teachers net is having a give away raffle in honor of the upcoming holidays and I am sharing the link with all of you.
Good luck and be inspired by visiting the site and reading the wonderful articles. Happy holidays and enjoy.

About Globaldreamers

Twenty years ago I was looking for ways to interest my children in their English studies. After many courses and difficult work, I realized the value of the Internet as a way of spreading an educational message around the world. The process has led me to become a technology innovator and global leader in online collaborative learning projects. These projects now include thousands of children from more than 37countries worldwide.

"Global Dreamers" (http://www.globaldreamers.org/) prompts students at Ein Ganim and from around the world to join in a multicultural project that captures students' thinking in a visual way. The Share section is full of information about many countries, cultures, schools, etc. There are also many group projects that participants can choose to join as their schedules allow.

"Global Dreamers" inspires children to take a deeper look at the world by exploring, exchanging ideas, and using research tools. It supports a positive learning environment and a shared learning experience. By inviting the participation of children from around the globe, it supports the fight against the Digital Divide. In addition, it aims to encourage cross-cultural communication and to promote global understanding, while helping children to expand their knowledge and supporting the innovative use of new technologies in education. Above all, it attempts to create a more tolerant individual in a multicultural society. We believe that by understanding and learning about others, children can face a better world.

As an EFL teacher it was my wish to combine English teaching along with technology. I wanted my students to experience a social, cultural and personal learning experience. This project utilizes Internet technologies for genuine learning of the English language by activating and motivating children with various online activities. In addition to the utilization of technologies, studying English will also assist different cultures in participating with greater understanding in the challenge of globalization.

The project's activities include a webquest about Israel and our 'dreamers' web site, writing and story corners, a calendar, a news corner and active online group activities. The project integrates technology in the classroom and children become active creative learners. It increases their curiosity, their interests and as a result they are more committed to the authentic learning process. There are many group projects that teachers can choose to join.

As a result of all the following, the number of participants grows from month to month. Over 100 schools and home-schooled families from around the world take part in our activities. Teachers, parents and children from around the world have joined in the dynamic GlobalDreamers project.

http://www.globaldreamers.org

Right now we are implementing our peace project, as well as our festival of light project. We would love to have you and I look forward to making new friends on our website. Please contact me for details about our projects.

http://www.globaldreamers.org/09peace/index.html

Best wishes,

Marsha Goren

Founder and project coordinator

gorenmm@gmail.com

Reading website and great for young learners

I have decided to recommend websites that I can think our students at America School and others can benefit from. I came across this fantastic website and feel in love with it. For teaching children to read and sound out words it is free and fantastic! The videos are helpful and the audio is really a great assistance to young learners. I was highly impressed.

http://www.readingbear.org

It is a great opportunity to reinforce reading skills for children of all ages!

Marsha Goren

Inspirational Teacher of the Month {November}

Inspirational Teacher of the Month {November}
Check it out and vote!

First Gvc Clubhouse Newsletter by Marsha

http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/416167/c0732cfbfe/1537501989/72cacf2547/

Dear Friends,
This is the link to my first newsletter as the project manager of the Global Virtual Classroom Clubhouse, please click on the link and enjoy.
Best wishes,
Marsha Goren
http://www.globaldreamers.org

Contact Marsha at gorenmm@gmail.com

Dear Friends,
We are now implemnting some great collaborative projects with the Global Virtual Classroom Clubhouse at http://www.globaldreamers.org

If you look at the menu on the side and click on the GVC Clubhouse you can projects under our projects and our schools.

Teachers interested in joining us in our work may contact Marsha at

I look forward to hearing from you,
Marsha Goren
Project coordinator Globaldreamers
Global Virtual Classroom Project Manager
http://www.globaldreamers.org

http://www.globaldreamers.org/11peace/index.html

My dear Friends, We have added http://www.globaldreamers.org/11peace/romania/index.html
and I have written to Cerassela Anghel, teacher - Nicolae Iorga School, Ploiesti, Romania to thank her warmly for this wonderful contribution. We have also added Matt Kuntz's work from Lincoln Elementary School and it is totally awesome!! I wish to thank every school and educator that has joined our cause for peace. I invite educators to join us in a better tomorrow for all of us.

Warmly,
Marsha Goren
Project coordinator
http://www.globaldreamers.org
Teachers can aslo contact me here or at marsha@gsbi.org
Global Virtual Classroom Clubhouse Program Director

Give Peace a Chance

http://www.globaldreamers.org/11peace/index.html
Join our award winning peace project at Globaldreamers and in the Global Virtual Classroom Clubhouse. YOu can find them both here at http://www.globaldreamers.org
Join the clubhouse in a great dialogue for educators and kids.
Marsha Goren
Project coordinator