Curryed Away: Carrying Curry Education Away and Into the Classroom

This past semester I decided to apply for a paid internship at a local student travel company, mostly because I needed the money. As it turns out, the work I’ve been doing has been extremely fascinating and is providing me  a view of education outside of the classroom. My job is two-fold: I upload coursework for students to take online after their travel experience, and I write some of the coursework that they’ll take. I tend to separate the two, because they require two different areas of focus. The first requires me to think about what looks good for a consumer (the student), and how I can make the delivery of content engaging. The second part of my job requires me to come up with lessons that extend their traveling experience and challenge their thinking using information and assessments that are both diverse and accessible. The later, of course, is the more traditional roll of a teacher. Read More