Teaching Traveling: What are innovative and economical ways for teachers to travel during school vacations? Learn from Grace Persico how she saw China cheaply over the summer!
Grace, tell us about your background.
Grace: I am a 32 year old Long Island (NY state) native but now live and teach in the Binghamton, NY area. I have only been teaching for two years, and I teach in a very non-traditional school. [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Is it possible to safely hitchhike around the world? Let’s get a lesson from the “Hitchhiking Guru,” Kurt Provost!
Kurt, tell us about yourself and how your travel adventures began.
Kurt: I was a bored student in a small coastal town in Australia, much like any other bored student in a small town. Life for me during high school was less of a cocoon to emerge gloriously from but a [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: There are many things to teach and learn in the world, and travel writing is one of them! Today, we hear from Jacqueline Harmon Butler, author of the recent 7th Edition of the best-selling Travel Writer’s Handbook.
Tell us about your background, Jacqueline.
Jacqueline: I was born in Salinas, California and grew up in the Santa Clara Valley, California. I saw the movie “An American in Paris” at an impressionable age and dreamed of [...Read More!]
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Teaching Traveling: Have you ever wondered how to travel to dozens of countries around the world cheaply as a teacher?
Have you wondered if there was an age limit to travel?
Read this interview with American teacher Marilyn Cook and be inspired and educated! Marilyn, tell us about yourself.
Marilyn: I am a small-town Mississippian, transported to metropolitan Jacksonville, Florida, kind of with two lives.
The first year out of college I taught [...Read More!]
A thrilling opportunity to support the dreams of teachers has appeared, so join in and spread the word!
Between now and June 10, 2012, you can enter this contest, below, to win a $50 gift certificate to fund your Donors Choose project!
If you don’t already have a Donors Choose page, you can set one up here.
It’s a great way to fund your classroom dreams, and if you win this giveaway, you’ll [...Read More!]
I had just finished a presentation on Global Education during the EdCamp Boston Conference, and was happily schmoozing in the Education Bloggers discussion group.
As we sat in our tight little circle swapping ideas, we realized: there are a LOT of Education Bloggers out there, but we hardly ever converse or share ideas.
What an amazing impact would come from finally uniting forces!
At that point, the Education Bloggers Facebook Group was born. Please [...Read More!]
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!]
Why all this fuss about getting more teachers to travel and more travelers to teach, anyway? Is it really worth it?
In a word: YESSSSSS!!!
A huge thanks to the famous EF Tours blog, Following the Equator, for publishing my guest article for them:
10 Ways Travel Can Make You a Better, Happier Teacher.
Do please check out the article by clicking the link, above, and see if you agree that this teaching-traveling movement [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Thanks so much for chatting with us, Cybel! Tell us about your background.
Cybel: I’m a native New Yorker and work as a Cinematographer for commercials, documentaries and feature films. I went to a very good high school, Trinity School, that encouraged volunteering.
Ever since high school, I have had a fondness for volunteering for organizations that support children and the arts. In recent years, that passion has translated into my [...Read More!]