When travelling, I, like many others, can get wrapped up in the moment and feel the need to maximize my time in places. When looking at using this in a classroom, it is important to prompt students to take their mental and physical health under consideration whenever they are planning a trip. This aligns with…
I, like many, have been hit by a wave of hanger (being angry because I’m so hungry) on many a trip. Being able to sense the looming hunger and speed-eat a granola bar is a skill, but being able to proactively plan out your meals (where/when) is something technology is great at helping with. Blogs…
Having been an EA, I am quite used to using speech to text and text to speech technologies. I have worked with multiple non-verbal students who use assistive speech technology in order to communicate. Having these technologies is an incredible way to be able to bring them into learning or ensure their needs are being…
We all know the classic car rental spots – Alamo, Budget, Hertz, etc (my personal favourite is Alamo – they have never done me wrong). They’re in so many different countries and have long had a monopoly on the car rental enterprise. However, there are some new players in the game for those wanting to…
Whenever you go somewhere, it is rare that you will be staying in the same spot the entire time. Whether that is transporting from your accommodation to the beach, to the airport, or to another town nearby, you will need to get from point A to point B. As an overall resource, Rome2Rio.com is a…
When planning a trip, accommodation is a very important part of the process. There are so many different platforms for finding a roof over your head while travelling, and there are many differing levels of comfort that people look for. As a budget traveller, one of my favourites is hostels. My Experience I have stayed…
This week we looked at gamification during class. I am a big fan of online games and believe it is a great way to increase engagement with students. I grew up as a Minecraft kid, my brother and I spent hours building our worlds, trying to survive the creepers and zombies, and creating farms and…
This past week I attended WestCAST 2026 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. As a participant of the conference, everyone had to either present a talk or run a workshop. Jessie and I ran a workshop on bringing nature-based learning into the classroom, entitled “Planting Possibilities”. For our workshop, we had to brainstorm different activities and ways to…
One of the largest hurdles of travelling that I have heard is not being able to afford the flights. In my last blog post on finding budget flights, I discussed how they were often the most expensive part of a trip. But what if you were able to mitigate this part entirely? I first heard…
Upon receiving the resource “I Am Because We Are”, I dove into the lessons and examples it contains. As a white settler, the idea of teaching topics such as black history can come with a certain degree of imposter syndrome, questioning if you are the best person for the job. In an episode of a…