Feb 282011
 
Kate: Road-Schooling as a Teaching Traveling Parent

TeachingTraveling.com: This site’s mission is to inspire and assist more teachers to travel and more travelers to teach, by featuring “Teacher-Travelers” in ALL senses of the term. Today we have a wonderful example: Kate Reilly, who qualifies as a Teacher-Traveler because she homeschools her kids as they travel around America!

Kate, tell us a bit about your background.

Kate: We’re a homeschooling family, so while I’m not qualified for an official [...Read More!]

Feb 262011
 
Michael from "Art of Backpacking" Blog Talks on Teaching in China!

TeachingTraveling.com: Today we have a very special treat… Michael Tieso, the famous travel blogger from “Art of Backpacking” travel blog, who is now living and teaching in China! Michael, tell us a bit about your background.

Michael: Hey there! I’m Michael Tieso, a 26 year old travel addict from New Jersey. Before I accepted myself as a travel addict, I worked at a big American corporation in an office cubicle for [...Read More!]

Feb 222011
 
Michael: Travel With Global Exploration for Educators Org. (GEEO)

Educators, check out this tale from Michael to learn of an organization, GEEO, that takes teachers on fabulous adventures on their school vacations! Take it away, Michael!

My name is Michael Baldwin and I am currently in my third year as a teacher. I teach Social Studies at a middle school in Sumter, South Carolina, and I am a career changer. My previous jobs include working for a 9-1-1 emergency center, [...Read More!]

Feb 122011
 
ShiSha: A Boston Student Sees Egypt Protests First-Hand

Amazing news for all of you who have been wondering about the fate of ShiSha, who wrote the amazing article about going from failing high school to study abroad in Egypt. Not only is ShiSha safely back in Boston, but she has also given us the gift of this article! Read and learn.

Take it away, ShiSha!

Hello again to all of you. I decided to focus this article on the [...Read More!]

Feb 092011
 
Sarah: The Program That Launched a Teaching Career in Thailand

TeachingTraveling.com: Welcome, Sarah! Please tell us a bit about your background.

Sarah: I’m originally from St. Louis, Missouri, but I moved to Boston to attend Boston College and spent the next 2 years working in that city.

My love for travel started with a myriad of family road trips in our wood-paneled minivan across the middle of America, and was nurtured by the exchange students my family hosted from places such [...Read More!]