Students, Unplugged

Students, Unplugged

According to a study published by CNN, teens and tweens are spending nine hours each day using media for entertainment. It’s not uncommon for them to check their social media accounts at least 100 times each day. Think that’s going to change just because...
Common-Sense Tips for Travelers

Common-Sense Tips for Travelers

Share these tips with parents and students in advance of your next trip. What may seem like common sense to a seasoned traveler like yourself might not be on the radar of an ecstatic teen traveling far from home for the first time! Keep your passport and...
Student Privacy: It’s the Law.

Student Privacy: It’s the Law.

If your students are anything like the students I know, all exciting experiences require a Facebook or Instagram post, followed by the popular 140-character tweet. Often, the same is true for adults. Take heed before posting pictures from classroom fieldtrips: The...
Fun Ways to Fund School Travel

Fun Ways to Fund School Travel

Student travel is important, student travel is exciting, student travel is … expensive! While traveling with their classmates, students learn things that cannot be taught in the traditional classroom setting. In addition to the purely scholastic aspect of...
The Student Travel App Hit List

The Student Travel App Hit List

For many students, cellphones are basically an appendage. They download an abundance of apps: Some make their lives easier, some are for play, some simply take up space. While the younger generation can undoubtedly tell us about the best gaming app, chances are they...