Saturday, Feb.23, after attending the start of the 2013 Jr. Iditarod, Linda headed out to Yentna Station to observe the 2013 Jr. Iditarod.
13 Jr. Mushers are racing in this year’s Jr. Iditarod. Learn more about the Jr. Idiarod at this link.
Linda will be sharing her observations of the race after she returns from her stay at Yentna.
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Linda Fenton, Waupaca, Wisconsin, has been selected as the 2013 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™. Linda is the 15th Teacher on the Trail™ to join this program that began in 1999.
Currently teaching 3rd grade at the Waupaca Learning Center, Linda has been using the Iditarod in the classroom as a teaching tool for the past 11 years. “I have kept the Iditarod as part of my curriculum because students use research skills, technology skills, math, science, reading, map skills, writing and drawing. Over the next year, I hope to reach as many teachers and students as possible through the Iditarod website and use of Skype. The Internet is a window to the world.”
Beginning in June and throughout the next year, Linda will be creating standards aligned curriculum and developing an online journal at http://iditarodblogs.com/tott/. During the 2013 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Linda will be flying from checkpoint to checkpoint sharing her observations and lesson ideas via the internet to students and teachers in classrooms around the world.
Linda will officially begin her responsibilities as a staff member and presenter at the 2012 Summer Camp for Teachers June 23 – July 2 in Willow, Alaska where she will introduce her 2013 Teacher on the Trail™ curriculum goals. She will also be a presenter at the 2013 Winter Conference for Educators, Feb. 26 – March 1, 2013 in Anchorage, Alaska. For more information on these conferences, please contact Diane Johnson, Education Director at 605-290-3423 or djohnson@iditarod.com
The Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ program began in 1999 with an inspirational idea and grown into a nationally acclaimed and globally followed 21st Century technology project.
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Herb Brambley, Target® 2010 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™
I feel very fortunate to have been a part of the 38th Iditarod. Because of Target’s willingness to sponsor the Teacher on the Trail program, I had the opportunity to witness and share with students around the world one of the greatest sporting events in the world. By using Skype and the Target® Iditarod Teacher on the Trail Blog, I was able to communicate with students the experiences I was having as I was traveling the length of the Iditarod Trail. As I moved from checkpoint to checkpoint, students were able to ask questions about the weather, the people, the race, and the dogs. With my guitar, I was able to share folk songs and songs about the Iditarod with people in the villages. This has truly been a life changing experience for me, and one that I will continue to share long after I have returned to my daily routine. Thank you Target for providing this wonderful opportunity, and for all the opportunities you provide for students and educators everywhere.
Herb Brambley, Target® 2010 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™
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Herb Bramblely, Target® 2010 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™
Herb, along with his wife Jamie, who is a librarian, live in a log home they built and now share with 3 huskies, 5 cats, and a mule. Herb is a K-6 environmental education and technology teacher at Southern Fulton Elementary School in Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania. He is also a part time grant writer for the district and has been instrumental in helping the school secure more than $115,000 for the environmental program and the nature trail. Herb says he has the best teaching job anywhere and also the biggest classroom, since his classroom is the 140 acre school property of woods and fields, which also includes a pond, wetlands, and several streams.
Before becoming a teacher, Herb had a variety of occupations. He was a farmer, blacksmith, farrier, sawyer, machinist and tool and die maker. Having these experiences has enriched Herb’s classroom by giving him the necessary background from which to draw upon in order to make real life situations a part of the curriculum in his classroom. What better way is there to give meaning to learning other than to use the lessons to solve problems students may face once they are in the real world? Herb was also a Youth Conservation Corp Crew Leader for the United States Forest Service at the Teton Basin Ranger District in Driggs, Idaho. That was one of the most rewarding and fun jobs he says he ever had. Imagine getting paid to experience the Tetons and all the adventures they provide and, at the same time, teach students how to care for a fantastic resource so that it is there for future generations. Speaking of future generations, the next generation has recently been added to Herb’s family by way of a grandson Zeke, and a granddaughter Ella.
Herb also volunteers his time to several community organizations. He has been treasurer for the local soccer club for 20 years, and because of his extensive experience playing and coaching soccer, he also is a clinician at soccer clinics for coaches. After receiving the necessary training, Herb became a Trail Stewardship Coordinator for the Pennsylvania Equine Council. His skill and experience in building and maintaining trail has also led to a volunteer position with the Mid State Trail Association as a trail maintainer.
One project Herb’s school will be participating in this year is the “Books to the Trail” program. Schools involved in this program hold a fundraiser to help schools in need receive books.
When Herb isn’t coaching soccer you can find him working with his Huskies. He recently acquired a dog sled and spent a major portion of his spare time last winter viewing the blue ridge mountains of Central Pennsylvania from the back of a dog sled.
If you ask Herb, there’s no better way to travel than dog sled and it sure beats the noise and toxic exhaust of a four-wheeler or snowmobile.
If you ask us, there will be no better way to spend the 2009 – 2010 school year than being on the Iditarod Trail with the Target® 2010 Iditarod Teacher on the TrailTM Herb Brambley.
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