Josh is traveling with the cast and crew of the Travel Channel show, 5 Takes: Pacific Rim. Wherever they go, he goes. However, two of the destinations are still undecided. You can help decide whether Josh visits! Melbourne or Byron Bay? Thailand or Cambodia? The decision is in your hands. Where would you like to see Josh go? Make your choice and then vote for it!

Meet Josh Wolff, our Teacher Journalist who will be sharing his adventures in the Pacific Rim with us. In his first episode, he talks about preparing to leave New York and shares some of his favorite sites in his own neighborhood.
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The Discovery Educator Network is proud to announce the journey of our first Teacher Journalist to Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the Pacific Rim. Josh Wolff, a middle school teacher from New York, will be embarking on an exciting journey and sharing every step with teachers and students worldwide.

Josh will be traveling with the cast and crew from the renowned Travel Channel show, 5 Takes: Pacific Rim. While he will be sharing adventures with the Travel Journalists of the television show, his own experiences will revolve around education and will be shared exclusively through the internet. Throughout his journey, he will be sharing blogs, digital photos and webisodes with educators and students. Classes will be able to share their own learning experiences through message boards and provide Josh with questions that they want him to explore and research. Additionally, they will have the opportunity through polls to direct his travels in different locations throughout the trip.

Teachers will be able to access and integrate content that would otherwise be unavailable to them or their students. Students will have the opportunity to see the world: its people, lands, and various cultures in a new and engaging way. The teacher journalist has an opportunity to impact millions of students around the world.

Hello! My name is Josh Wolff. I am a teacher from New York and I'm about to embark on the longest, most diverse journey of my life; a journey lasting three and a half months. I am very excited and just as nervous, both at the same time. I managed to finish all of my packing and preparing right up until the moment I have to leave. I did all of my laundry, paid my bills, cleaned my room, shopped for all of the necessary travel-sized toiletries, picked up new ATM cards from the bank (just in case) and said goodbye to my friends and family all in a week. It's Thursday morning, March 16th, and in a few short hours I will by flying to Los Angeles where I will meet up with the rest of the cast and crew of the Travel Channel's TV show "5 Takes". Together we will fly into Sydney, Australia for the first week of our 12 week, 11 city journey around the Pacific Rim. Though I will be traveling with the cast and crew of the TV show, my job is to document my experiences in each city and communicate them with you through short videos (called "video logs", now known as just "vlogs" which I think sounds funny) and my blog, which I will update often (about 4 times a week) so you will always know what is going on and where. A cool feature we have set up gives you the chance to vote for where you think I should go in each city I visit. I want to hear what you have to say! I will be exploring the following countries/cities: Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and either Thailand or Cambodia! All of these places sound amazing, don't they? Even though I've traveled to different parts of the world, I haven't been to any of these places so I'm thrilled to be able to experience them. Until next time, I will see you in Australia!

Every week, Josh will be exploring a new location. Check here to see where he's going next! + March 19: Sydney, Australia + March 26: Cairns, Australia + April 2: Perth, Australia + April 9: Northern Territory, Australia + April 16: Melbourne or Byron Bay, Australia + April 23: Auckland, New Zealand + May 7: Wellington, New Zealand + May 14: Queenstown, New Zealand + May 21: Singapore + May 28: Taipei + June 4: Hong Kong + June 11: Thailand or Cambodia + June 18: Back to New York!