Posted in Journey entries on Jan 27th, 2009 No Comments »
Revisited:
These are my impressions from quick notes and observations—a full report with video and audio will be compiled for my teacher presentations after I return home.
Also, I will add photos as wifi time and permissions allow.
Please email any corrections or comments to me at dq.edvideo@gmail.com.
Thanks!
Posted in Journey entries on Jan 27th, 2009 No Comments »
Sofia is a large city, until recently plagued by a steel mill and more recently, with smoggy skies caused by burning coal and wood to keep warm, since the Russians haven’t decided whether or not they want to continue supplying them with natural gas. It doesn’t help at all being in the part of the [...]
Posted in Journey entries on Jan 26th, 2009 No Comments »
I had the opportunity to visit three more schools/programs in Germany, mostly on an impromptu basis, thanks to the Mittelpunkt conference.
Sebastian-Münster Gymnasium in Ingelheim
First of all, I visited with an art/biology teacher and a headmaster at a gymnasium (university track high school) in Ingelheim. The students and their families are fairly well-off, thanks to [...]
Posted in Journey entries on Jan 15th, 2009 No Comments »
First, I would like to thank those who have helped me make arrangements for visiting their schools. I have appreciated all the school visits and am sorry that I will not be able to visit some of the schools I was hoping to see. There is only so much time that a person can 1) [...]
Posted in Journey entries on Jan 12th, 2009 No Comments »
Please check out the changes in the itinerary! (”Working Itinerary” tab at top of the page)
Due to the current conflict in Israel, I have made several changes to the itinerary. There will definitely be more changes as I monitor the situation there, decide whether or not to go for a reduced time, and find out [...]
Posted in Journey entries on Jan 12th, 2009 No Comments »
What is a LARP?
A LARP is Live Action Role-Play. Larps can be based on history, science-fiction, post-apocalyptic theory, real-life, or fantasy. They might have a lot of magic or none at all. A larp is not just a recreation of an historical event, (although re-enactments have their place in larping), but instead it relies heavily [...]
Posted in Journey entries on Jan 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
Christmas Day photo of Hélène and me (far right) with my daughter (far left), and Hélène’s son and daughter.
We spent the holidays in Provence (SE France) visiting my penpal Hélène and her family. She and I have been corresponding since we were 13 years old! While we were there, we went through her boxes of [...]
