Today one of my six 8th grade German classes (and a few who kids who I sprung from science & social studies classes to join us) spent about 15 minutes talking to Sacscha Denzinger.  I found Sascha a few weeks back when KDKA radio was interviewing Steelers Fans around the world.  Sascha is the webmaster for PittsburghSteelers.de. I had not heard the segment, but one of my brilliant colleagues, Pat Palazzolo told me about it and suggested that I contact Sascha to try to arrange a contact with my class.  She thought he sounded like someone who would have fun with it.  She, as usual, was right.  We split our conversation into a German Q & A session, followed by a bit of follow up in English.  We talked about where he was from in Gemany, found it on the map & also talked about the Steelers chances in this Sunday’s superbowl,  The kids were thrilled to make contact with an American Football fan in Germany and a steelers fan at that.  Thanks to Sascha for the time and experience that he gave us!

I had hoped to record the segment to share on my BlackBoard class site, but somehow did not record the conversation properly.  Better luck next time.

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