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And We Called Her “Winnie”

    Jason, Willie, and the rest of the Roadtrip Nation crew worked hard, burning the midnight oil to transform an old 1972 Winnebago into an event space for this year’s Education Nation in New York City!  


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We Revamped the RoadtripNation.org Site!

About a week ago, we launched the new version of the roadtripnation.org website! We expanded our site to include a ton of new features, including a revamped online class environment, the Discussion forum, the Roadtrip Project where students upload their … Continue reading


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What’s on the Education Team’s Desk?

      Sometimes what’s on a person’s desk says a lot about who they are! Check out what’s on ours…  


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Design team works in mixed media

We just completed the redesign of our student workbook!   This year we wanted to do more of the design in an analog way, with an emphasis on hand-done processes and elements. As a starting point to the project, we … Continue reading


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RoadtripNation.org at The Celebration of Teaching and Learning!

  This past weekend we had the amazing opportunity to participate in WNET/THIRTEEN’s Celebration of Teaching and Learning in New York City. http://thirteencelebration.org/,  a conference that brings together thinkers, practitioners, and more than 10,000 educators to share their passion for … Continue reading


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Thinking Out of the Box With ISKME!

On Friday, Megan Simmons, education program manager for ISKME (the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education), flew in from Half Moon Bay, Calif., and joined us here at HQ for a fun-filled day of learning to think … Continue reading


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Riverside County Youth Get a Visit From Norm & the Roadtrip Nation Crew!

Last week, the crew at RoadtripNation.org spent three amazing days trading stories with youth across Riverside County, Calif., from Lake Elsinore all the way to Indio!  


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Educator of the Month: Jessica Frichtel

Congratulations to Jessica Frichtel who has been chosen as RoadtripNation.org’s Featured Educator of the Month! Jessica currently teaches The Roadtrip Nation Experience to eleventh- and twelfth-grade students at Kearny High School-Construction Tech Academy in the San Diego Unified School District. … Continue reading


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Roadtrip Nation Students on KQED Radio Show!

On January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Roadtrip Nation students and teachers were featured on KQED’s  radio show Forum! KQED invited Brian McAllister, a cofounder of Roadtrip Nation; Martha Escalera and Michelle Peyton, both teachers of the Roadtrip Nation … Continue reading


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Roadtrip Nation at Big Ideas Fest!

  This week several of our crew members attended the Big Ideas Fest 2010, an education conference, in Half Moon Bay, Calif., along with eight students going through The Roadtrip Nation Experience from South San Francisco High School AVID (Advancement … Continue reading


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