Jan 242013
 
How to Hitchhike Around the World? Ask the Guru, Kurt!

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!]

May 242012
 
Teachers: Win $50 in Money to Fund Your Classroom Projects!

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!]

Sep 102011
 
Be Part of an MTV Documentary on International Bullying!

Readers: here is a great opportunity for you to contribute to an MTV International documentary about bullying, especially if you are currently abroad and working with youth!

Take it away, Emma.

My name is Emma and I am the researcher of a 60-minute documentary for MTV International about bullying called Bullied.

The film will explore the universal experiences of young people across the globe who have fallen victim to bullying. The plan [...Read More!]

Apr 132011
 
"Meet, Plan, Go!" 2011 Career-Break Travel Conference!

Some teachers of the hundred present at Boston Teaching Traveling Inspiration Night on 3/31/11 were looking to plan travel over school vacations… but some had even longer-reaching plans: a Leave of Absence, or even resigning from their schools altogether to travel.

Gasp!

Did you just get a little dizzy thinking about that, especially in this non-fabulous economy?

Or did you just get a little… excited?

Here’s the reality: More times than you realize, “Career-break [...Read More!]

Jan 312011
 
10 Ways Travel Enhances You as a Teacher and a Person!

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!]

Dec 102010
 
Craig: How Teaching ESL at Home is Like International Travel

Hello, all!  Today we have a brilliantly insightful piece from Craig, a New York ESL teacher.

Take it away, Craig…

While I myself don’t have too much experience traveling, I feel like I have traveled extensively through the stories of my ESL students. I love to travel, but am more devoted to my students and get to experience the world through them.

My students vary in age from teenagers through [...Read More!]