Hey readers!
Here is an update on
how my genius hour project is going so far. After all my research on travelling I have done so far, I think I
have caught the travel bug and want to go more than ever!! Every place that I
have not been too (which is a lot) looks so exciting and beautiful, and I want to go to them ALL! What types
of places do you want to travel to? What would you do when you get there? Are
you more about the adventure or relaxing?
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What have I learned so far?
Travelling is
something that will occur in my near future, maybe even after I graduate in
June. If I follow my own advice I can make this happen by then. As my project
is a lot of research based I have found there are a million different sites to
go through and check out what other people are saying about how they have saved
money or been able to travel on a tight budget. What I am going to share with
you is all of the combined knowledge and information on this genius project
after going through all of the sources and sharing only the best advice for my
readers! When you are thinking about travelling and saving up for a trip you
need to think: This is not a question about money it’s a question about
priorities. You need to put saving first and how to save, you need to be
strategic with your planning and I am going to find out the deep secrets that
make this possible. 5 tips that I have learned so far include:
1.
Make a plan (this includes where you want to go,
and how long you want to go for) These are your goals for yourself.
2.
Save! (automate your savings so you trick
yourself into saving more!) One way to so this is to set up an account for
travelling and every month or week send over a few dollars a great app to use
is called: Digit
3.
Save your singles! (save all your change don’t
spend your bills)
4.
Save found money!
5.
Play this or that! (every time you go shopping
pick this item or that, not both, do you really need this or that?) That TV that
you want that’s $1000, could buy you a flight, and that new Kate Spade purse
you had your eye on that’s $200 can buy you a few nights at a hotel! You
decide!
Do you see this pattern with all the times I have said the word save above?? SAVE YOUR MONEY!! I will keep you
posted on other great tips I find as I continue my research to travel on a
student budget!
Challenges
So far everything has
been smooth sailing in regards to researching for my genius hour except that I have
so many different sites to visit and pick out the valid and reliable tips. This
is something I am going to understand more of when I talk to someone who is an
experienced traveller and a travel agent. Lucky for me my best friend has been
travelling for a long time and she is willing to provide me with all of her
insight as well. Stay tuned for more in my next blog posts! Do you have any
questions or concerns with challenges you think you will come across in regards
to travelling on a student budget? Contact me by commenting on my blog or send
me a message.
Tech-enhanced classroom activity that could be useful to use in my
future classroom
A few great
tech-enhanced activities that I will be using in my future classroom would be
twitter and pinterest. Twitter and pinterest are great to keep connected with
students and get to know their interests. On twitter I could create my own
class where we can tweet about homework questions, interesting resources
available that could link to class work, and any upcoming work or events that
occur at the school. It will be a great site to assign homework to the class
and the students will always know what Is up coming. They can also use this on
their phones and computers or tablets. I like to idea that if you forget your
agenda at school then you are still able to know what you have to do for
homework! That will cut all excuses for students not getting anything
completed! NO MORE EXCUSES: MY DOG ATE MY HOMEWORK, MY BROTHER LIT IT ON FIRE….GONE!
Pinterest is a great site to start out sharing information on interests from
working out, games you like, to your favourite dish. I can learn so much more
about my students without directly asking them. As a teacher building relationships
is very important with your students and this can be done using pinterest.
BONUS! I can also find some great teacher resources and lesson ideas on here as
well! One great lesson with pinterest is having the students create a board
called ‘ALL ABOUT ME.’ This board can have pictures of all of their interests and
then each student can share theirs and talk more about why they chose those
pictures, there are lots of great stories to hear behind each picture. A
picture really does speak 1000 words!
And my pinterest page
for more details! Alright fellow readers now it’s your turn I challenge you all
to make your own ‘ALL ABOUT ME BOARD’ on Pinterest and share them with me! Time
to get pinning!
Cheers!
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