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It snowed all day today. There was no accumulation but it was interesting to be in a snow storm on the Cinco de Mayo holiday. Fortunately our extreme weather gear was not required since we were inside the hotel in a conference room most of the day learning how to put together a webinar from the

After a full day or technical know how from PolarTREC's web wizard Ronnie, a handful of teachers hit the town for Fairbanks' Water Walk and Run 5K. We missed the official start due to scoping out mammoth tusks and the like at the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Museum of the North. Due to some

Orientation Week is Here!I woke up in the hotel in Fairbanks well before my alarm went off, very excited for the first day of our PolarTREC Orientation and ShareFair to begin. Besides the 11 other new PolarTREC teachers, we were joined by Jeff Peneston, Craig Beals, and Michelle Cross, PolarTREC

We are learning so much as we prepare for our expeditions! The organizers at ARCUS have brought back several teachers who participated in past expeditions and they have been very helpful. Jeff Peneston, who was abroad the Oden icebreaker in 2008, explained how we can involve our students in live

Since learning that I'll be deployed to a remote site in Antarctica, I've been somewhat concerned about communicating with the outside world. (I think that the longest I've gone without contacting people outside of my immediate travel group has been about 2 and a half weeks.) I know I won't have an

It’s a good thing the days are so long here in Fairbanks, because even with the extended sunlight past 10:30 PM there aren’t enough hours in the day to fit it all in. Today’s training was primarily the task of IT specialist Ronnie Owens. We spent a lot of time working with our computers, posting our

We had another intense training today with lots more great material to absorb, mainly focussing on the mechanics of posting our online journal, managing photos and other media, and responding to queries from our PolarTREC Forum. After that we had an excursion to the nearby University of Alaska

55:14 and Counting...What a day! I have learned SO MUCH today! Today, I posted not only one journal, but THREE journals with pictures, embedded web links and additional photos to the Photo Gallery! I got some GREAT advice today from Jeff Peneston and Ute Kaden...BOTH were previous PolarTREC teachers

3:00 Wake up and hit snooze button 3:15 Get up, review class lesson plans, speak with Mr. Siegel (our principal) 3:45 Get ready to teach first period 4:00 Troubleshoot tech and teach class in Bronx, New York from Fairbanks, Alaska 5:15 Do some long-distance planning with colleagues at school 6:10 Do