Transformed, inspired and challenged after being the mentor of Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Brianna Dotson at Civic Engineering High School in Liberec in 2019/2020, English Language Teacher Matěj Milý applied for the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program. In April and May 2021, Matěj spent six weeks in Ohio, U.S. at a training focused on media literacy. Together with a group of 18 colleagues from various Central, Northern and Eastern European countries, Matěj explored ways of expanding the media literacy skills of his students and colleagues, and modern technology tools to use in the classroom. Even though the training happened in the midst of an international pandemic that limited some components of the program, Matěj was still able to plan a couple of lessons with his American colleagues, teach American high school students online and visit multiple American virtual classrooms. Read about Matěj's experience below. If you are a Czech high school teacher, co...
Jaké je to být Fulbrighterem. What it is like to be a Fulbrighter.