Boston area aspiring Teacher Travelers (and those who love them)… are you as excited as I am for Teaching Traveling Inspiration Night tomorrow evening, Thursday March 31?!
If you and your friends haven’t already gotten your tickets, zoom down to this link and get them now!
After months of planning, here are some of the teaser details about the event.
Thursday night, our Panel of Teacher-Traveler Experts will share their budget travel secrets [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: What a treat to chat with the famous Peggy Altoff, former President of the National Council for the Social Studies!
Peggy, please tell us a bit about your background.
Peggy: I am originally from Pennsylvania, but have lived and worked in Maryland, and for the past 8+ years in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I have over 40 years in social studies education, as classroom teacher, district coordinator, state social studies specialist, [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Welcome to my friend Alex Uzgin, the traveling, teacher-resource mastermind behind the new homework management website, HomeworkHamlet.com!
Alex, tell us about yourself.
Alex: I live in Boston, Mass, but I was born in Kazan, Russia. I am currently 32 years old and I have travelled 90 thousand miles to 8 countries and 32 cities (based on my TripIt account). I love to travel! I am a business executive with 8 [...Read More!]
Note from Lillie Marshall of TeachingTraveling.com: Last year at this time, I was in my third of three glorious months volunteer teaching in Ghana.
Now, back home in Boston, it is a joy to maintain contact with Ghana friends… and today we have a special treat: an article from Sogakpe, Ghana high school student Nyamata John Bright about a day in school that brought him half joy, half pain! This [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Welcome to Tom, Teacher-Traveler and web master of Top Backpacking Destinations! Tom, tell us about your background.
Tom: I’m from Leeds, England and taught English in Honduras for 12 months in 2003/2004.
I worked in a local school in a small village called Punta Gorda on the island of Roatan. I worked with one other teacher from the UK for the charity, Project Trust, which sends two teachers to Honduras every [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Let’s welcome Jason Bisping, a theatre teacher who had a wonderful experience in Guatemala with Limitless Horizons Ixil, an organization which is recruiting people like YOU, readers, to apply, yourself!
Jason, please tell us a bit about your background.
Jason: I am a theatre artist, teacher, and scholar, and I focus on international collaborations with various development organizations. I use theatre to help those organizations achieve their goals. Currently, I am [...Read More!]