A new animation class at the Liberty College and Career Academy is connecting with animators and future animators on the other side of the country. The animation class started in August with students jumping right into learning animation software.Teacher Nancy Miller and her students have been talking to animators and sharing ideas with other high school animation classes through Google Hangouts, an online service where people connect through chat message and video calls.On Sept. 21, local students talked with animation teacher Reema Zoumut’s class in California. Zoumut shared what her students were learning and asked Miller’s students questions.