Workshops in Mexico for Language, Culture, and Arts: Habla

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Aug 292012
 
Workshops in Mexico for Language, Culture, and Arts: Habla

Teaching Traveling: Wishing for a creative, intercultural learning community? 

Kurt Wootton, the cofounder of the ArtsLiteracy Project in Rhode Island, and the codirector of Habla: The Center for Language and Culture in Merida, Mexico, can help! Kurt, give us some background. Before moving to Mexico, what were your first travels as a teacher?

Kurt: Traveling while teaching really begins in the classroom. We’ve all heard the term “armchair traveler,” referring to a person who only reads about travel while [...Read More!]

Jill: Teaching and School Administration Abroad With a Family

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Jul 192012
 
Jill: Teaching and School Administration Abroad With a Family

Teaching Traveling: Welcome to Jill Dobbe, a mother who is running a school in Honduras.

Jill, tell us about your background and how you got into teaching and school administration overseas with your family.

Jill: When I first began teaching overseas I took along my husband and two children. My husband and I were both teachers at the time and were both excited and interested in teaching overseas.

Our first experience abroad ended up to [...Read More!]

Whitney: Raising a Young Son and Teaching in Taiwan and Korea

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Apr 212012
 
Whitney: Raising a Young Son and Teaching in Taiwan and Korea

Teaching Traveling: Welcome, Whitney!

Tell us about your background.

Whitney:  When I was younger, I traveled so much, but only in my imagination.  My favorite books growing up were set in other countries and other time periods.  For example, when I read about Sherlock Holmes, I so badly wished to be in London, in the Victorian era (I love how much a geek I am!).

I longed to be part of an [...Read More!]

Nancy: Family on Bikes Vogel, Biking Across the World With Kids

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Mar 112012
 
Nancy: Family on Bikes Vogel, Biking Across the World With Kids

Teaching Traveling: Today we chat with Nancy from the extremely famous and inspirational traveling Vogel family. If you haven’t heard what they’ve done, get ready to be shocked! 

Nancy, tell us about your background.

Nancy: I grew up in Boise, Idaho and, after six long years in university, graduated with a degree in teaching. Immediately upon graduation, I headed off to Honduras to work as a Peace Corps Volunteer establishing resource room [...Read More!]

A Free Program for Kids Age 14-18 to Learn Travel Blogging!

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Feb 122012
 
A Free Program for Kids Age 14-18 to Learn Travel Blogging!

Great opportunity alert!

Do you know any kids age 14-18 who are interested in travel blogging?

Tell them to click THIS LINK to get information on how to apply for the free and fabulous youth travel blogging mentorship just launched by the Wandering Educators Travel Site!

This program provides amazing training to youth who dream of travel blogging. It leads students through a structured, engaging curriculum led by some of the top travel writers [...Read More!]

Stacey: Teaching Traveling Through Books for Children

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Feb 042012
 
Stacey: Teaching Traveling Through Books for Children

Teaching Traveling: Welcome to Stacey Zolt Hara, Owner and Author of the Travel with Bella book series, and overall FASCINATING person!

Stacey, tell us about yourself.

Stacey: I grew up in the Chicago suburbs and started my career as a journalist covering U.S. Congress in Washington, DC. Since college, my career took lots of twists and turns that included internships at a high-fashion magazine in Manhattan, covering Congress amid the tail [...Read More!]

Kate: Road-Schooling as a Teaching Traveling Parent

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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!]

Randy: Teaching in Australia, Traveling Everywhere Else!

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Dec 212010
 
Randy: Teaching in Australia, Traveling Everywhere Else!

Monks and Randy’s daughters on a Thailand bus!

TeachingTraveling.com: Let’s dive into the exciting life of Randy, a U.S.-born teacher living in Australia who has traveled around the world.

Welcome, Randy! Tell us a bit about your background.

Randy: I was born in Colorado in the USA. As a kid, I lived in Washington DC, Chicago, and then moved to Argentina at 3 (Spanish is my FIRST second language!), New [...Read More!]