Getting ready for the trip...

Time is drawing closer. I just received an e-mail from Washington, DC that my flight itinerary will be mailed this week! I am very excited about getting that in the mail! It will tell me exactly when I will be traveling, how many stops I will make along the way (hopefully not many) approximately how long it will take me between flights and when I should arrive in California and Tokyo, Japan!

I will be meeting the other 159 teachers in San Fransisco, California on October 12 and flying out to Tokyo on October 13. I do not know any of the other teachers, so it will be a fun time getting to know them and what they teach at their schools. Each teacher wrote a proposal (plan) to let the Fulbright office know what we would do with our experience in Japan when we returned. As most of you already know, we will be doing a big claymation animation project here at Ballentine to celebrate the culture and art of Japan. Students here at Ballentine will create the movies and some students from Japan will be doing our "voice overs". We will show our completed "short" in May during our annual art show and sale and via webcam, the students in Japan will see our world premiere at the same time! Won't that be cool? I will also be doing other special projects with each grade level at BES. I will be returning November 1 to the United States, but presenting the following weekend during our South Carolina Art Education Conference in Greenville, SC., sharing with all of the people there my experience in Japan. I'm planning to take a LOT of PHOTOS!

I will be loading my schedule as soon as I know. Don't forget that I will be updating this blogsite as I can FROM JAPAN! So visit this site often and hear all about what is going on there.

OK, here is your question for today... About how many people live in Tokyo, Japan? Here is a hint (it is bigger than New York City).
Talk with you soon...