In the summer of 2013, Julia Fornetti, a Marquette University School of Education major traveled to South Africa to study and learn with teachers and students at Zimasa Primary School in Langa, South Africa. Shortly after arriving in Langa, Ms. Fornetti contacted her former high school English teacher, Kendalynn Sutton, at Kingsford High School in Kingsford, MI. She wanted to know if Mrs. Sutton would be interested in having Kingsford students connect with Zimasa's students. Of course, Mrs. Sutton's response was a resounding, "YES!" and the collaboration began. The result of the collaboration is "When Classrooms Come Together," a shared blog between Mrs. Sutton's English 10 students and Zimasa Primary's 9a students. Through written exchange on this blog, students from opposite ends of the globe have thrown open the doors to their respective classrooms to allow understanding, empathy, and collaboration to enter.