Project Peru March 28th to May 5, 2005
Project Peru March 28th to May 5, 2005
Pre visit to school before expedition to Peru.
Co-Director - In the Winter of 2001 Dave completed a 6 week, 225 mile, solo toboggan trek along the Minnesota/Ontario border. Dubbed the Border Country Adventure, Dave used a lap top computer and Globalstar Satellite phone to post journals, photos, and other educational resources to the internet, and connected with classrooms across the country during his first learning adventure. This first adventure provided the foundation from which The Wilderness Classroom Organization and many more Learning Adventures have grown. During the last four years he has played a vital role in the development and implementation of seven online learning adventures.
Dave Freeman graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder where he studied Biology and Anthropology. Dave is also a web master, programmer, and wilderness guide. He has worked as a dog sledding instructor, sea kayaking instructor, and canoeing outfitter/instructor for 10 seasons, introducing hundreds of participants to wilderness travel.
Executive Director TravelingEd.org - Jennifer has always been interested in other countries and cultures and participated in a variety of travel adventures. In 1998 she took the opportunity to spend a year traveling around the world, visiting 14 countries. Several classrooms in her hometown in New Hampshire followed her trip and their enthusiasm and interest inspired her to found TravelingEd.org. TravelingEd is a nonprofit organization with a mission to engage children by creating learning communities that provide experience-based educational programs that bring the world into the classroom. TravelingEd.org and Wilderness Classroom have a similar mission, and Jennifer and Dave began discussing collaboration ideas in 2003, and recently decided to work together on Project Peru. Jennifer is eager to provide Project Peru curriculum and team up with Wilderness Classroom for this exciting adventure.
Project Peru will be Adam Hansen's second learning adventure with Wilderness Classroom. While working on the Boreal Forest Project his expertise in web page development and technology were crucial. Adam has spent most of his life paddling canoes in the northwoods of Minnesota, so his technical skills will also be important on this expedition. When not on expeditions with WCO Adam is preparing for his entry into law school.
This will be Jesse Beightol's first expedition with Wilderness Classroom. A native Minnesotan, Jesse now makes the outdoors his home. When not leading wilderness trips for Wilderness Inquiry, Wintergreen Dogsled Lodge, or the National Outdoor Leadership School, he teaches at Eagle Rock School in Colorado. Jesse is working towards his teaching license and Masters in Educational Leadership at Colorado State University.
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