Teachers

Welcome to our Collaboration Zone! The Iditarod is provides a unique educational opportunity for educators to engage students in real time experiential learning projects.

*Our website is currently under construction… Follow this link to a table to a temporary site to discover “a 1,049 lesson ideas for your students!”  If you can’t find what you need, please email me for assistance. Thanks for your understanding as we work to bring this race to you better than we ever have!

Join us for Summer Camp for Teachers!  Wasilla and Willow, Alaska. 

Camp runs from June 24 – July 2, 2012.  This 9 day event trains teachers to use the Iditarod to teach their content and curriculum and is an experiential learning opportunity to gain knowledge about Iditarod and Alaska.  6 credits will be offered from UAA.

To lean more about summer camp,follow this link!  Don’t miss this opportunity!

Meet Linda Fenton, the 2013 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™

Linda has been selected as Teacher on the Trail™ for the 2013 Iditarod.  Linda is a 3rd grade teacher who has been using the race in her teaching for several years.  Linda will be providing a preview of her curriculum materials at the 2012 Summer Camp for Teachers, June 24 – July 2.  (Learn about Summer Camp at this link.)

During the upcoming school year, Linda will be placing curriculum ideas on the website at this link.  Classrooms around the world will read updates from Linda from June – 2013 June…   During the 2013 Iditarod, Linda will share her experiences via the website.  Join us for an incredible year!

Read more about Linda at the following link. 

In review!

Our 2012 Teacher on the Trail, Blynne Froke:  Blynne is from California.  During the race, Blynne traveled  the Iditarod Trail  with the Iditarod AirForce, visiting the checkpoints and reporting her observations to schools and race fans around the world.  Click here to read Blynne’s journal and see lesson ideas.

Blynne is carrying a GPS Tracker, too.  If you subscribe to GPS Tracker, look for the TOT.  (Track our Teacher) 

View an interview with Blynne filmed by the Insider video crew.

 

Finalists for the 2013 Teacher on the Trail.

Each year, Iditarod’s Education Department selects 3 educators as finalists for the next Teacher on the Trail.  This year’s finalists are, Betsy Anderson, Michigan, Linda Fenton, Wisconsin, and LeeAnne Fox, of New Jersey.

Bios of the finalists can be found at Zuma’s Paw Prints.

Check out the Finalist’s website to read journal entries from the finalists. 

 

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