Climbing upward in fame, like this hill in Spain!
It’s exciting to be in the news!
Below is a list of articles on other fabulous sites by and about me.
Feel free to contact me through the “Lillie” background page for more information.
- Interview on Boston.com: “A Break from Boston Schools to See the World“
- Article in the Huffington Post: “5 Lessons from Travel to China with 42 High School Students.“
- Article on the Gates Foundation site, “How Technology Saves This Teacher’s Day.”
- Profile in American Teacher, the national American Federation of Teachers (AFT) magazine: “Globe-Trotting Teacher Brings Worldwide Lessons to Life.”
- Article in Education Week: “Two Lessons From the World for U.S. Schools.”
- Features in Boston Magazine, ABC News, Grub Street, Good Morning America and Yahoo News about being on a billboard in Africa without my knowledge!
- Post for the Gates Foundation Impatient Optimists blog: “Career Advice That Can Change the World”
- Article in Education Week: “Two Lessons From Reality TV for Teacher Retention.”
- Post in GOOD: “Improve Education by Changing How You Talk About Teachers.”
- Article in Education Week: “10 Ways School Leaders Can Keep the Best Teachers.”
- Post for the Gates Foundation Impatient Optimists blog: “16 Small Ways to Help Kids.”
- Listed as a Top Twitter Account for Connected Educators.
- Post for the Gates Foundation Impatient Optimists blog: “Help! We Need Air Quality Heroes!”
- Guest article on Family on Bikes: “Why Teaching is the Best Career if You Love Travel.”
- Article in the Huffington Post: “To Keep Teachers from Quitting the Classroom, Let us Step Out of It.“
- Feature in Beijing Kids Magazine: “Lessons from Travel to China with Boston Students.”
- Article on EF Tours Blog: “Why it’s so Worth it to Lead a Student Trip Abroad.”
- Article on the Gates Foundation blog: “The Most Important Skill in the Age of Social Media.“
- Guest post on FreeTech4Teachers: “Unite Online to Amplify Teachers’ Voices and Impact!“
- Featured in Boston.com article, “New Boston Hostel Offers $29 Rooms”
- Article in the Huffington Post on “5 Teacher Evaluation Must-Haves“
- Article for Mass Literacy, “Using the Literacy Design Collaborative”
- Post in Education Week, “A Teacher Leader Excels Beyond the Education Sphere“
- Featured in TLC reality TV show, “I Found the Gown!“
- Roundtable article in Education Week, “Teacher Leaders, Stop Being Scaredy Cats and Embrace Social Media!”
- Article on Meet, Plan, Go: “Why Taking a Career-Break is Great for your Career.”
- Podcast radio interview on Amateur Traveler Podcast: “Ghana Travel Advice “
- Interview on SharingTravelExperiences.com: “Volunteering and Seeing the World“
- Profile on TravelBlogSites.com: “A Year on the Road“
- Profile on the Boston Public Schools Blog: “BPS Teacher Takes a Year to Travel the World“
- Write-up as Boston host for “Meet, Plan, Go” workshop on career break travel.
- Blurb with large photo in the Boston Herald article, “Ever dream of quitting your job to travel?” about the Lost Girls and “Meet, Plan, Go.”
- Guest post on the web’s #1 Travel Blog, Everything-Everywhere: “Food in Valencia, Spain”
- Featured on Blogger.com‘s “Blogs of Note”
- Guest article on Inside the Travel Lab: “Why I HAVEN’T Quit My Job Again to Travel Full-Time.“
- Video interview for NY1 TV News: “TBEX Travel Blog conference,” alongside such luminaries as Don George, Johnny Jet, and Spud Hilton!
- Photo essay on Laos on Boston.com: “Laos: A Nation of Contrasts.”
- Guest Article on TheExpeditioner.com: “5 Facts about TEFL Courses and Teaching ESL“
- Article for Mass Literacy: “21 Fun, Educational Websites for Kids”
- Interview on RielWorld.com: “Talking Travel and Meet Plan Go with Lillie Marshall”
- Big Feature on BostonHerald.com: “Intrepid Teacher Back to School With Eye of Tiger”
- Article for Mass Literacy: “3 Reasons to Use Social Media for Your Organization”
- Profile on Tours4Fun.com: “Crush 4 Fun: Around the World With Lillie!”
- Guest article on Got Saga: “5 Places Visitors Can’t Miss in my Hometown of Boston”
- Voted by a competition on 1000Fights.com as “#1 Travel Diva of 2010“
- Profiled on BootsNAll.com as an “Expert RTW Traveler”
- Interview on Wandering Educators: “Inspiration for Travel (and Life!) with Around the World L“
- Article on the EF Tours Blog: “10 Ways Travel Makes You a Better, Happier Teacher.”
- Guest post on DonorsChoose.org: “A Teacher’s Top Tip“
- Article for Mass Literacy: “What is a Twitter Chat, and How Can it Help?”
- Piece on the Boston Public Schools blog: “How Teachers Can Save 3 Hours a Week With Technology”
- Article for Education Week: “6 Ways to Improve Teacher Prep“
- Article for the Gates Foundation website, “Can a Teacher PR Corps Help Education?” and follow-up feature, “Focus on the Teacher PR Corps.”
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Presentations, Panels, and Workshops:
- Social Media Week panel: How a Teacher PR Corps Can Transform Education Through Social Media, NYC, 2014
- 3 Social Media For Good workshops for Mass Literacy, followed by a private social media consultation for the company, 2013
- Social Media for Educators workshop at Gates Foundation ECET2 2013 conference
- Keynote speech about travel at grand opening of New Boston Hostel, 2012
- Coordinator and head presenter at Meet Plan Go Career-Break travel conference, 2010-2012, and monthly local travel meet-ups
- Coordinator and head presenter of Teaching Traveling Inspiration Night, 2011
- Blog Better Boston Conference panelist: Social Media for Bloggers, 2012
- Workshop how to travel the world, cheaply at New Boston Hostel, 2012
- Workshop on technology for educators alongside Eric Qualman at EF Tours’ Global Education Conference, 2013
- Do contact me at WorldLillie at Gmail if you’re interested in booking me for workshops or conferences.
The author, Lillie Marshall, is a 6-foot-tall National Board Certified Teacher of English, fitness fan, and mother of two who has been a public school educator since 2003. She launched Around the World “L” Travel and Life Blog in 2009, and over 4.2 million readers have now visited this site. Lillie also runs TeachingTraveling.com and DrawingsOf.com. Subscribe to her monthly newsletter, and follow @WorldLillie on social media!