Meeting the Locals
My Couchsurfing host in Delhi for two nights is Nitin, a lawyer from Punjab. His wife is also a lawyer and is vising family in […]
Getting Around
It’s hard to imagine 1.25 billion people. That’s about four times the population of the United States, although India is just over one third the […]
Why do they do that?
Note: I’ll have to publish some posts without photos until I can get faster wi-fi. It’s been difficult getting anything uploaded. After my experience riding […]
I Would Have Lost "The Amazing Race"
You know that feeling when you hop on a metro you thought you might miss just before the doors close? I was feeling like I […]
Smile
Last winter, I decided to finally get serious about a lifelong interest: photography. I bought Nikon D5300 digitlal SLR camera and have since purchased lenses, […]
Incredible India
A salesperson in a mattress store was chatting with me about a variety of topics, and when he discovered I was going to India he […]
An Experiment in Traveling Light
Somewhere during the planning of this trip I stumbled across a website that changed everything: Travel Independent Info. One article in particular caught my attention. […]
Getting There
India is a long way from Rhode Island! Delhi, the capital city where I will fly into, is nine and a half hours ahead of Eastern […]
Couchsurfing 102
cc image: Dave Austria – Flicker This is the second part of my post about Couchsurfing. You can read the first part here. Layce […]
Couchsurfing 101
Although this is a teaching/education blog, traveling is always a learning experience, so I will included this post about my experience with Couchsurfing. Think of […]
Teachers College Saturday Reunion
cc image: Heather Paul I attended my first Saturday Reunion at the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project (TCRWP) in Harlem last weekend. Twice a […]
Digital Storytelling Reflection
I had the opportunity to publish this post for the International Reading Association (now the International Literacy Association) about my experience using GoAnimate for a […]
High Achievement in the Midst of High Needs
After attending last year’s first annual Argument Writing Institute at Teachers College in New York, I knew I would return for another institute. This year, […]
Middle East Outreach Council Workshop
Last weekend, thanks to a travel award from the Middle East Outreach Council, I was fortunate to attend their annual educator workshop at Georgetown University […]
GoAnimate, Part Two
Last year I had my students create digital stories using GoAnimate, a site for making animated movies. I have recently been reflecting on whether or […]
Searching for the “Just Right” Benchmark Assessment
I have spent the last few weeks discussing IAGDs, writing SLOs and communicating with administrators through Bloomboard, the professional growth platform my district is currently […]