Read time: approximately 8 minutes This week Monday, 13 April Had the morning in Colorado and then in the early evening flew to Iceland. Tuesday, 14 April I landed in Iceland and then flew to Oslo. Took the train home to Halden.  Wednesday, 15 April my last Norwegian language class. Also facilitated a teacher workshop … Continue reading 2026-04-18 What I’m Taking Back

Read time: approximately 13 minutes This week I was back in the States! And I returned to Norway! In my week back in Colorado for Norway’s Easter Break (Påskeferie), I’ve been asked a lot of questions about what Norway is like and how teaching is going there, and it’s reminded me that as a Fulbrighter … Continue reading 2026-04-11 Ambassadoring

Read time: approximately 11 minutes This week: Påskeferie (Easter Break)! Sunday, 29 March headed into Oslo to celebrate my birthday with a Rover friend! Went to church for Palm Sunday, then brunch, a bookstore, a walk in a sculpture garden, sushi, and sauna! Monday, 30 March my birthday! Birthday celebration day 2: went to the … Continue reading 2026-04-04 Test Run

Read time: approximately 15 minutes This week Sunday, 22 March traveled to Vadsø, Norway, via three planes and the milk route (basically when the plane becomes a bus), each of which got progressively smaller as we got closer to our destination. Vadsø is as far east as Istanbul! To its south-southeast is Russia! Monday, 23 … Continue reading 2026-03-28 Time at the Top of the World

Read time: approximately 6 minutes This week Monday, 16 March met with our Fulbright book club to discuss this month’s read, One of Us Tuesday, 17 March debriefed with a co-facilitator our teacher workshop on effective assessment design and planned for the next session Wednesday, 18 March flew to Stavanger! Where the Fulbright Rovers were … Continue reading 2026-03-21 Making the Most of My Time Here

Read time: approximately 8 minutes This week Monday, 09 March met with a teacher from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim to talk out a workshop I will be doing for his teachers-in-training in April Tuesday, 10 March facilitated two water and writing workshops for 10th graders at Kruseløkka Ungdommskole in … Continue reading 2026-03-14 Learning When and How to Rest

Read time: approximately 10 minutes The US Embassy in Oslo was attacked in the wee hours of Sunday, Mar 08. I traveled to Oslo on Sunday morning, before news of the attack was made public. As far as I know, all US Fulbrighters in Norway are physically okay. It’s a little jarring, but I am … Continue reading 2026-03-07 Potpourri

Read time: approximately 15 minutes This week Wednesday, 25 February co-facilitated with a friend the first day of a multi-session teacher workshop on effective assessment design at Halden VGS in Halden. Then headed over to  Høgskolen i Østfold to do a workshop for teachers and teacher educators on defining and enacting justice. Then traveled to … Continue reading 2026-02-28 Benefits of and Challenges to Listening

Read time: approximately 11 minutes This week was Vinterferie (Winter Break)! I traveled to Tromsø in North Norway! Tuesday, 17 February flew from Oslo to Tromsø. It is north of the Arctic Circle and the farthest north I have ever been, not just in Norway but in my life! Did a yoga class at the … Continue reading 2026-02-21 Perspective

Happy Valentine's Day! Read time: approximately 16 minutes This week Tuesday, 10 February co-taught with teachers-in-training, at their request, at Kruseløkka Ungdommskole in Sarpsborg. Turns out no teacher-in-training has ever requested to co-teach with a Rover before! It’s cool to be able to work with the entire sequence of students: secondary, their teachers, teachers-in-training, and … Continue reading 2026-02-14 What Does it Mean to be Norwegian?