Welcome passionate educators!
I love writing my own blog posts, but know very well how many incredible educators are out there that have incredible insights and experiences to share with my readers beyond my expertise. I am one educator with a specific skill-set. I specialize in project-based learning, educational travel, experiential science, and other experiential learning topics. I do NOT specialize in STEM, educational technology, special education, or homeschooling.
Even though homeschooling, for example, can very much be experiential, and I can teach homeschoolers about experiential learning, homeschoolers would need to teach me how to homeschool because I've never done it.
Make sense? In other words, my readers could benefit from posts written by educators that have skills, talents, and experiences outside of my experiences and realm of expertise.
If you are a passionate educator and know you have something incredible to share with fellow educators, I would love to offer you this platform to share your stories, tricks, experiences, and more.
By "educator", I mean:
I ask that you have direct experience in education:
Blog topic ideas:
You might be wondering what an "experiential philosophy means". I encourage you to peruse my blog to get an idea of my philosophy of education. Experiential learning is active, not passive. It is inquiry-based, student-centered, personalized, reflective, real-world, and authentic. If your teaching style fits nicely within that philosophy, please submit something!
Still not sure what you can offer? Here are some topic suggestions:
If you have something to offer that's not listed here, please reach out to run your idea by me. I'm all ears!
Submission Guidelines:
The Submission Process:
I love writing my own blog posts, but know very well how many incredible educators are out there that have incredible insights and experiences to share with my readers beyond my expertise. I am one educator with a specific skill-set. I specialize in project-based learning, educational travel, experiential science, and other experiential learning topics. I do NOT specialize in STEM, educational technology, special education, or homeschooling.
Even though homeschooling, for example, can very much be experiential, and I can teach homeschoolers about experiential learning, homeschoolers would need to teach me how to homeschool because I've never done it.
Make sense? In other words, my readers could benefit from posts written by educators that have skills, talents, and experiences outside of my experiences and realm of expertise.
If you are a passionate educator and know you have something incredible to share with fellow educators, I would love to offer you this platform to share your stories, tricks, experiences, and more.
By "educator", I mean:
- Teachers (of all varieties)
- Homeschool parents
- Principals
- Counselors
- Program directors
- and more! You get the idea.
I ask that you have direct experience in education:
- I DO NOT accept blog posts from general content writers.
- I DO NOT respond to emails from PR companies reaching out on "behalf of a client".
- I DO NOT accept collaboration inquiries unrelated to education.
- I DO NOT accept blog posts that are not in line with an innovative, experiential philosophy.
Blog topic ideas:
You might be wondering what an "experiential philosophy means". I encourage you to peruse my blog to get an idea of my philosophy of education. Experiential learning is active, not passive. It is inquiry-based, student-centered, personalized, reflective, real-world, and authentic. If your teaching style fits nicely within that philosophy, please submit something!
Still not sure what you can offer? Here are some topic suggestions:
- Project-based learning
- Career and technical education
- Innovative learning strategies
- Student-led/self-directed learning
- Inquiry-based learning
- Behind the scenes - share with us the details of a strategy, process, approach, or method that you experimented with that resulted in "success" as you define it.
- STEM/STEAM
- Innovative assessment strategies
- Your story - how did you get where you are and what can that journey teach us?
- If I had known then what I know now - tell us about something that you wish you had done at the beginning of your journey. This helps first-year teachers and homeschoolers.
- Experiential learning showcase - tell us about a PBL, service-learning project, educational trip, etc. that you and your students are super proud of!
- Service-learning
- Educational travel
- Education technology
- Outdoor education
- Student activism
If you have something to offer that's not listed here, please reach out to run your idea by me. I'm all ears!
Submission Guidelines:
- A complete draft - I ask that you submit a complete first draft, not an outline. If you're not sure about a topic and want to run it by me before you write the blog post, please feel free to do that.
- 1,000-3,000 words
- If you would like to submit photos please note that I will not publish photos of students' faces or written names. I encourage photos of you, your classroom, your homeschool space, final products, etc. You do NOT need to send photos.
- A short bio (70-100 words)
- Please disclose any products or services you may be promoting in your post. I am not able to pay guest bloggers at this time, but am happy to promote social media accounts and websites.
The Submission Process:
- Submit all of the above using the contact form below or by sending it to [email protected].
- I will reply within 24 hours to acknowledge that your submission was received!
- I will let you know within 3 three weeks if I feel the post is a good fit for Experiential Learning Depot's readers.
- If we agree to move forward with your piece, anticipate a few weeks of back and forth to proof and refine the post.