Indo Needs Ya

The sixth group of educators in my TGC cohort begin their international travels today...this is my group to Indonesia!!!  A special blessing for an amazing adventure is expressed for the other ten teachers from California, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Utah, who I am joining in this adventure.  Our trip will include about 4 days in Jakarta, the capital city, for orientation. Then we will be divided into pairs to travel as smaller teams to various communities around Indonesia, being hosted by a local teacher and his/her school. Myself and Daniel Jocz, an AP US History teacher from Los Angeles, will be hosted by Betty Rahmawati and Krida Nusantara High School in Bandung.  Our whole group will then reconnect in Jakarta for another couple of days together before returning back to the United States.

This pattern of travel was used by the five previous international teams. Travel dates for all six TGC teams within the 2011-2012 cohort include:

Ghana: March 3 to 18, 2012

Morocco: March 17 to 31, 2012

Ukraine: April 14 to 28, 2012

Brazil: June 9 to 23, 2012

India: June 30 to July 14, 2012

Indonesia: July 17 to 31, 2012

If you are interested in roaming the remote roads, in a virtual sense, along with myself and the others from my Indonesia cohort or to read through the journeys that have already been made the other educators, I've linked many of their travel blogs here to my blog site. It's exciting to see this whole process unfolding and knowing that my long awaited trip is now underway!  I truly hope that you will roam these remote roads with me.

India ? Indeed-ia !!!

The fifth group of educators in my TGC cohort begin their international travels today. A special blessing for an amazing adventure is expressed for those heading to Indial. Their trip will include about 4 days in Bangalore for orientation. Then the group will be divided in to pairs to travel as smaller teams to various communities around India, being hosted by a local teacher and his/her school. The group will then reconnect in New Dehli and Agra for another couple of days together before returning back to the United States.

This pattern of travel was used by the four previous international teams and will be repeated one final time by the last TGC team...my team which heads off to Indonesia in just over two weeks. Travel dates for all six TGC teams within the 2011-2012 cohort include:

Ghana: March 3 to 18, 2012

Morocco: March 17 to 31, 2012

Ukraine: April 14 to 28, 2012

Brazil: June 9 to 23, 2012

India: June 30 to July 14, 2012

Indonesia: July 17 to 31, 2012

If you are interested in roaming the remote roads, in a virtual sense, along with these educators, I've linked many of their travel blogs here to my blog site. It's exciting to see this whole process unfolding and knowing that my trip is ever closer! Blessings to the India team!!!

Brazil Nuts

The fourth group of educators in my TGC cohort begin their international travels today. A special blessing for an amazing adventure is expressed for those heading to Brazil. Their trip will include about 4 days in Brasilia, the capital city. Then the group will be divided in to pairs to travel as smaller teams to various communities around Brazil, being hosted by a local teacher and his/her school. The group will then reconnect in Brasilia for another couple of days together before returning back to the United States.

This pattern of travel will be repeated by the next two international teams, including my team which heads off to Indonesia. Travel dates for all six TGC teams within the 2011-2012 cohort include:

Ghana: March 3 to 18, 2012

Morocco: March 17 to 31, 2012

Ukraine: April 14 to 28, 2012

Brazil: June 9 to 23, 2012

India: June 30 to July 14, 2012

Indonesia: July 17 to 31, 2012

If you are interested in roaming the remote roads, in a virtual sense, along with these educators, I've linked many of their travel blogs here to my blog site. It's exciting to see this whole process unfolding! Blessings to the Brazil team!!!



Calling All Students!

One of the goals of the Teachers for Global Classrooms program is to get my students virtually involved within my trip to Indonesia.  Those TGC teachers who have already traveled to Ghana, Morocco, and Ukraine have had students interacting with their blogs, posting comments, responding to questions from students in the other country (questions and answers appearing in text and video formats), etc.  This has worked "well" for these 30+ teachers in that their trips were during the school year and they were able to recruit participation from their students in person up until the day before their departures.  This is not the same for most of those in the Brazil cohort or for any of those in the India and Indonesia cohorts; our trips are in June and July.

So we have to be more creative in our recruitment strategies and try to entice student participation before the current school year is over.  To help build some interest among the students I will have next year I have already prepared and sent the letter below to those who have pre-enrolled in my AP Human Geography course for next year.  If I can get them interested and even participating now, then I hope they will be actively involved while I am in Indonesia during the second half of July.  It will also enhance class discussions next year when we can relate topics in class to experiences from the trip.  By being active participants in this adventure, they will be able to be virtual roamers of remote roads!

On a Plane to the Ukraine

The third group of educators in my TGC cohort begin their international travels today. A special blessing for an amazing adventure is expressed for those heading to Ukraine. Their trip will include about 4 days in Kiev, the capital city. Then the group will be divided in to pairs to travel as smaller teams to various communities around Ukraine, being hosted by a local teacher and his/her school. The group will then reconnect in Kiev for another few days together before returning back to the United States.

This pattern of travel will be repeated by the next three international teams, including my team which heads off to Indonesia. Travel dates for all six TGC teams within the 2011-2012 cohort include:

Ghana: March 3 to 18, 2012

Morocco: March 17 to 31, 2012

Ukraine: April 14 to 28, 2012

Brazil: June 9 to 23, 2012

India: June 30 to July 14, 2012

Indonesia: July 17 to 31, 2012

 

 

If you are interested in roaming the remote roads, in a virtual sense, along with these educators, I've linked some of their travel blogs here to my blog site. It's exciting to see this whole process unfolding! Blessings to the Ukraine team!!!

Morocco?...It's a GO GO.

The second group of educators in my TGC cohort begin their international travels today. A special blessing for an amazing adventure is expressed for those heading to Morocco. Their trip will include about 4 days in Rabat, the capital city. Then the group will be divided in to pairs to travel as smaller teams to various communities around Morocco, being hosted by a local teacher and his/her school. The group will then reconnect in Rabat for another few days together before returning back to the United States.

This pattern of travel will be repeated by the next four international teams, including my team which heads off to Indonesia. Travel dates for all six TGC teams within the 2011-2012 cohort include:

Ghana: March 3 to 18, 2012

Morocco: March 17 to 31, 2012

Ukraine: April 14 to 28, 2012

Brazil: June 9 to 23, 2012

India: June 30 to July 14, 2012

Indonesia: July 17 to 31, 2012

If you are interested in roaming the remote roads, in a virtual sense, along with these educators, I've linked some of their travel blogs here to my blog site. It's exciting to see this whole process finally unfolding! Blessings to the Morocco team!!!

Here Today...Ghana Tomorrow

The first group of educators in my TGC cohort begin their international travels today.  A special blessing for an amazing adventure is expressed for those heading to Ghana.  Their trip will include about 4 days in Accra, the capital city.  Then the group will be divided in to pairs to travel as smaller teams to various communities around Ghana, being hosted by a local teacher and his/her school.  The group will then reconnect in Accra for another few days together before returning back to the United States.

This pattern of travel will be repeated by the next five international teams, including my team which heads off to Indonesia.  Travel dates for all six TGC teams within the 2011-2012 cohort include:

Ghana: March 3 to 18, 2012

Morocco: March 17 to 31, 2012

Ukraine: April 14 to 28, 2012

Brazil: June 9 to 23, 2012

India: June 30 to July 14, 2012

Indonesia: July 17 to 31, 2012

If you are interested in roaming the remote roads, in a virtual sense, along with these educators, I've linked many of their travel blogs here to my blog site.  It's exciting to see this whole process finally unfolding!  Blessings to the Ghana team!!!