Scranton Times-Tribune - Michael Soskil unpacked the boxes of water filters in a Kenyan slum and set up a laptop and Internet connection.More than 7,000 miles away, the Wallenpaupack Area teacher’s students waited for his video call.
The Wayne County students raised money for water filters after a previous call with the school in Kenya. They were desperately needed — 12 children had died of cholera the week... Click Here to Read the Full Article

News Eagle - Striving to empower students to do good, has presented one Wallenpaupack South Elementary School teacher with an experience of a lifetime. 

Named one of the top 50 educators in the world, the Curriculum Coach at WSES Michael Soskil is in line to win the Global Teacher Prize. Sponsored by the Varkey Foundation, the Global Teacher Prize is a $1 million award that has been called the Nobel Prize for teachers... Click Here to Read the Full Article

Global Teacher Prize Blog - When we talk about 2016 Global Teacher Prize Top 50 Finalist Michael Soskil, we are talking about a very innovative teacher. Michael Soskil has revolutionized teaching in several ways. Not only does he use distance learning and teaching to help connect students around the world, but he also helps his class establish an emotional connection with the topics they study so that they can remember this knowledge for the rest... Click Here to Read the Full Article 

Global Teacher Prize Blog - Michael is the head teacher of Wallenpaupack South Elementary School in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania and a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching. He started using Skype In The Classroom to connect his classroom in Pennsylvania with students in other countries. His class met, via Skype, with a class from Kibera... Read the Full Article Here

ISTE Connects - Find a cause and do the research. Michael Soskil, head teacher and curriculum coach at Wallenpaupack South Elementary School in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania, suggests starting by asking students to use Google to find out more about the social philanthropists, humanitarians and... Click Here to Read the Full Article

Education World - Eight U.S. teachers have made the top 50 shortlisted nominations for the second annual Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2016. Referred to as the Nobel Prize for teaching, winners of the award will also receive a $1 million prize, the largest prize of its kind according to... Click Here to Read the Full Article

The News Eagle - A central component of education has been revolutionized at Wallenpaupack South Elementary School. Learning no longer occurs simply because of lessons taught from textbooks. Instead, resources like Skype and conference calls are offering students the chance to gain insight about penguins in Africa and children at St. Jude... Click Here to Read the Full Article

ABC News - Mike Soskil, a teacher from Newfoundland, Pennsylvania who won the 2012 Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching, has used the program to create peer-to-peer math lessons with students in Nairobi, Kenya, collaborate with students in India to put together awareness campaigns to stop child labor in Asia and Africa, and even learn about weather from meteorologists and NASA...  Click Here to Read the Full Article

Digital Journal - "Considering the advantages of the 'global classroom', Michael Soskil, a teacher from Newfoundland, Pennsylvania was interviewed by News NY1. Soskil said: "Children need to have an emotional connection with what they’re learning in order to commit that to long term memory and when you’re learning out of a textbook that emotional connection isn’t there. Using technology in this transformative way allows kids to be inspired..." Click Here for Full Article

Scranton Times-Tribune - "I really believe that all lessons, not just math, have to be student-driven," he said. "Students have to have an emotional connection with it in order to retain it."
Mr. Soskil, 37, taught fifth grade at Wallenpau­pack South Elementary School up until this school year. He is now a curriculum support coach, working with teachers across the Wallenpaupack Area School District to implement technology and innovation in their classrooms.
The announcement from President Barack Obama came... Click Here for Full Article