Travel+Buddy

Do you have a favorite stuffed toy as a child? Was it your best friend? Your confidant? The center of many childhood adventures? Did it play just as hard as you did? Did your toy give you a sense of comfort and companionship. Today it still rings true for children all over the world, and there is an opportunity for these stuffed friends to take on real global adventures through Travel Buddy Projects. This page is to help you set up your own travel buddy with some tips on what can be done.

1: have in your mind when and how long you want to do an exchange for. 2:You can arrange an exchange with a local school or even several. 3: when buying you buddy it is a good idea to buy 2 just in case one gets lost. 4: Make sure all of your students have a signed intenet agrrements and are allowed photos on the web. 5: have a passport for your buuy to keep a record of where it has been. 6: Give your buddy a name and a background where has it come from. 7: Set up a book to go home with the students.

Finding a Travel buddy Click [|here] to register for a travel buddy. Send an email to email to travel-buddies@rite.ed.qut.edu.au Explaining where you are from, age of your students and how many in the class. When you want the exchange from and anything else that may be relevant.

Once you have a buddy determine with the teacher what your expectations are. Check with your buuddy teacher they are in aggrement. e.g. Weekly emails and replies! One whole class to class email or one email between each pair of students. School holiday and programme clashes. Teacher to teacher emails etcFollower on class blog, letter writing, skyping etc