Refugee Stories
Thanks to the Transatlantic Outreach Program and the Fulbright fellowship I participated in, I’ve been able to bring many lessons back to my students in […]
TOP Study Tour
- 30-Day Blogging Challenge
- Antiracism
- Beliefs
- Blogging
- Brazil
- Cambodia
- Civil Rights Trail
- Couchsurfing
- Cuba
- Digital Tools
- Equipment
- Food
- Fulbright
- Fund for Teachers
- Geography
- Germany
- Goals
- Grandparenting
- Grants
- Guatemala
- Home Exchange
- HomeExchange
- Honduras
- India
- Instructional Technology
- IT&DML Graduate Classes
- Japan
- Karen People
- Korea
- Language
- Laos
- Latin America
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Middle East
- Nepal
- Networked Learning Project
- People
- Philippines
- Photography
- Places
- Planning
- Reading Reflections
- Reflections
- Refugees
- Religion
- Retirement
- Schools
- Shopping
- Sightseeing
- Social Studies
- Society
- South America
- Teaching
- Technology
- Thailand
- TOP Study Tour
- Transportation
- Travel Tales
- Travel Thoughts
- Travel Tips
- Uncategorized
- Vietnam
- Volunteering
- Westerly
Simply the Best
Even though our group had an early flight (except for the three of us who would be staying in Europe), we gathered in the hotel […]
The Rest of the Story
There was so much more to our TOP Tour than the few posts I’ve written. Here are a few highlights from some of the other […]
Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum
It was the only cool and rainy day of our two-week TOP Tour when we rode the train to Oranienburg, about 35 kilometers from Berlin. This […]
Berlin
Berlin is amazing. After spending a week traveling between villages and small cities, our TOP Tour allowed us to experience Berlin for an entire week. […]
The Living Room
Wohnzimmer It simply means living room. This is the name of a project in Fulda, a city in central Germany. We visited Wohmzimmer during our […]
Before the Deluge
The torrent began the moment the ref blew the final whistle. Buckets upon buckets of water fell from the sky. There was no hope of […]
Going to Schule
I’ve had the chance to meet with students and teachers at three German schools during this TOP Tour. I’ve learned a lot, so this is […]
A Powerful Lesson from Students
One of the privileges of participating in this TOP Tour in Germany is having access to people, places, and stories we would not ordinarily encounter […]
Seeing in the Dark
I felt the cane pushing between my feet and the wall in front of me. I heard cars honking and wondered if I could survive […]