Finding things and Friends

On the right side of this blog is a section called Followers. I decided to put it in and see what it does. Here is one thing I have figured out. It helps you connect with other people who might be interested in the same types of things that you are. I saw that Kate was one of my followers, so I sent her a friend request. On her profile it showed the other blogs that she was following and one of them was about Tom the Turkey's trip to Turkey! You should really check it out! Also, check out the followers to see if there are any of them that you want to be friends with!

Welcome Second Follower

This is really fun! I just checked and we have a new follower, Selina Eshragi. If you are following you may want to add a marker to our map to show where you are from. I hope I will hear a lot from them when the trip starts.

Plans are moving along. This week we heard from several of the people in Italy and Israel who are getting permission for the group to visit various places. It looks like we will be learning from some world renowned experts. One person we will be learning from is Dr. John R. Clarke. You may want to check out his book called Roman Life. Inside is a CD which lets you walk around a Roman Villa in Pompeii virutally and has explanations of the many things that you see. It will be amazing to have people like this showing us Pompeii.

First Follower

This week I received a note from the first followers of the Odyssey! They are a 4th grade year round school in Maplewood, Minnesota. They are using the Q-matrix to help them learn to ask questions and you will be seeing their comments on the blog when I travel.

Thanks!