This blog post is in honor of my former co-workders and friends Kyle and Kristy Myers. They started their southbound hike of the Appalachian Trail today, and I have been following the events leading up to their first step by Kyle's facebook updates, tweets, and blog posts. Yes, I have their blog in my Google Reader and that's really what I wanted to share although I guess it's not really related to our class. But it's just such a huge undertaking and an awesome adventure that I wanted to share it with you all and maybe you'll start checking in on their progress, too. Also, in the short year that we worked together I definitely was impacted by the good-will and generosity they showed to others. In fact, they hope to join the Peace Corps as soon as they're done with their hike.
So, I found it quite serendipitous that when I went looking through my Google Reader I found the post Teachers Without Borders off to Africa on the Infinite Thinking Machine blog. I know that this class has helped me to completely broaden everything I do with teaching, from the planning, to collaborating, to instructing, and grading--and I had it all at my finger tips all along. The Teachers Without Boarders program is striving to help teachers who don't have that technology at their fingertips. As is mentioned in the post, not all teachers are at a point where they can just up and leave to help out abroad, but there are ways to donate (not just money) to the cause.
Oh, and here's a link to my friends' blog, Into the Wild.
**Just a note, the most recent post (Today's the day!) is dated April 30, 2009 for some weired reason, so it's lower on the page but it really should be June 17, 2009.
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