I’m teaching elementary ICT at International School of Myanmar. This is my second year as a specialist, in the past I have taught 4th, 5th, 6th grades, and H.S. Special Education. I moved to Yangon from Flagstaff, AZ where I enjoyed biking and skiing. I attended Pacific University in Forest Grove, OR and received my B.A. in Anthropology/Sociology. I went back to school at Prescott College for my teaching certificate in Elementary Education. I’m enjoying teaching internationally, and all the challenges and new experiences it brings.
I was just in Myanmar for my break last week, and I want to tell you how much I admire you for taking this tech journey there! On our whole trip, we were barely able to get online, and when we did it was slow and unreliable. We had the best internet in Yangon, but it still was far from perfect. How do you do it?
Hi Sarah,
We have seem the amount of tourists go up quite a bit since sanctions here have been relaxed. I appreciate your comment, it really is different here because the lack of Internet. I’m sure it will get better as Myanmar continues to open up. I read others’ blogs and have a difficult time relating to the very connected Internet based tools used. I’m envious of the great projects educators and students are producting with proper connectivity. I have to remind myself to look for the essential questions and goals of the technology, and implement then here in a lo tech offline way. Thanks for the kudos! It helps me keep going
Hi, I am living in Nepal.
Funny, I often feel like our school has such a hard time with the limited band width and power outages and internet frustrations, but reading your recent blog reminded me to be grateful for what we do have. I hope you enjoyed your trip here.