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Chris Savage
@savagedragon1047.bsky.social
ELA Teacher Abroad 🇬🇹 | Creating Innovative Classroom RPG Experiences | Dragonborn Wizard | Proud Ravenclaw | WWE Enthusiast | SXSW EDU 2025 Speaker & Mentor
I'm looking forward to attending and presenting at #ncte2025 for the first time! Stop by to see how I Dungeons and Dragons has shaped my classroom practices and motivated my #ELLs in Guatemala to use their English skills. Also looking forward to a weekend of exploring Denver!

#edusky
#DnD
#teacher
November 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Thanks to NCTE for the chance to share a bit of what’s worked for me!
I’ll be talking about how teaching abroad and using Dungeons & Dragons in the classroom can turn English class into something students actually want to be part of.
#NCTE2025
#DnD
August 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It was a blessing and an honor to speak at SXSW EDU 2025.

I spent so much time preparing for this moment, and overcoming the personal and professional challenges that came with it, that now, after the experience, I’m left with the most important question:

What’s next?

#SXSWEDU
#EduSky
March 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Honestly, it’s moments like this that make teaching worth it. Let your students choose how they use their time—you might just get a classroom full of readers. Who knew?

#EduSky
#Teacher
#Teacherlife
January 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Today marks 12 years since I moved to Antigua Guatemala to teach English for "just 10 months!"

#teachabroad
#EduSky
#TravelSky
January 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Although I grew up just down the road from this place, I ended 2024 with an opportunity to finally go on a swamp tour!
#Louisiana
January 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I plan on spending my 2025 as happy as this dog!
January 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A nice change of scenery from the classroom!
#ChristmasVacation
#teachAbroad
#TravelSky
#EduSky
#HongKong
December 16, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Gotta make sure the vision stays clean and the dreams stay clear!
December 7, 2024 at 3:06 AM
I asked ChatGPT to rewrite the lyrics to Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-a-Lot as a poem by William Shakespeare. The result did not disappoint.
#EduSky
#TeachAbroad
#EnglishTeacher
November 30, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Vacation day 2 started with a nice walk up to Cerro de la Cruz and a continued walk around Antigua, Guatemala. I've been lucky to live here for twelve years, but it never gets old.

#EduSky
#TravelSky
#TeachAbroad
November 30, 2024 at 4:36 PM
In my line of work, you either die a Fresh Prince, or you live long enough to see yourself become Uncle Phil...
#EduSky
#TeachAbroad
#Teacher
November 27, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Grateful for another beautiful morning sunrise in this volcano valley. Hard days are not that hard when this is the view from home!
#EduSky
#TeachAbroad
#TravelSky
#OsmoPocket3
November 25, 2024 at 2:01 PM
I had the chance to dress as my educational role model during our Spirit Week! "Much too good for children."
#EduSky
November 22, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Throwback to almost a year ago when we drove 10 hours from Manila, hiked through a ravine and up a mountain to get traditional tattoos from the 106 year old legend, Apo Whang-od

#blueskytravel
#travel
#tattoo
November 20, 2024 at 6:27 PM
My professional development day survival kit.
#EduSky
November 19, 2024 at 2:57 PM
If you're in the area, come hang out! I'll be talking about how I found my passion in the classroom, and what I do to maintain it. #EduSky #SXSWEDU
November 19, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Based on some of the responses I've gotten to this video, it could've been worse. #EduSky
November 19, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Have any other teachers had the pleasure of getting showered in vomit by a student in their first year? Good times 😑
November 18, 2024 at 3:40 PM
I wish I could go back and let my 25 year old self see how much he would grow as a teacher despite all the doo doo.
November 18, 2024 at 3:11 AM
2024 Flower Festival
(Festival de las Flores)
Antigua Guatemala
Central Park
Osmo Pocket 3 motionlapse
November 17, 2024 at 9:38 PM
I'm thinking of starting a teacher Go Fund Me for Expo markers...
November 17, 2024 at 2:20 AM
I'm going to reuse my 2024 Harry Potter / Hogwarts classroom decoration for the 2025 school year, but I need to revamp it. Any suggestions?
November 15, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Emphasizing creation through fantasy and D&D role play has been one of my best classroom strategies. I don't know who is having more fun in the classroom, but I don't think that matters!
November 15, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Teaching is not for everybody, but at least it can provide us with a lifetime of stories. 🙃
November 15, 2024 at 4:42 PM