Orange Walk has been incredibly receptive to both Melissa and Patsy. We have had two very full days of teaching in separate schools. The teachers have all been extremely motivated and are learning to work collaboratively with others. They quietly listen during instruction, then quickly get to work when assigned a task. We have been extremely impressed with the quality of their work and their confidence as they work thought it.

During the ''Getting to Know You" session, one teacher said he loved Orange Walk because the people here are very friendly. We both have to agree with him. The teachers have been very kind, and even smile or chuckle at our jokes.

Our Rotary hosts have been incredibly hospitable and generous: they ensure that we have food in our bellies and that our thirst is quenched.

The Technology class has progressed at an incredible rate. I am supposed to have the beginners group, however most of them peg themselves as intermediate in skill level, so when they are given a task they work diligently to complete it. Yesterday we used Google Docs to communicate with each other. I posted a rambling piece of "creative" writing that the teachers were able to comment on, and that they did. They had fun correcting my work or providing me with suggestions. Today we worked on Google presentations; the teachers teamed up with others at the same grade level. They had to collaborate using the "Five Steps of a Search Plan" to create a presentation that they will use with their students. They all created amazing presentations (and yes, they all shared them with me on Google)!

A teacher participant demonstrating how to use animation.