Week 4

Welcome back readers!

 

This week I have a lot of exciting news to share with you all on my recent research on my genius hour project! Travelling on a student budget is becoming more and more of a possibility for students like myself and you, who are on a budget.

Check out my latest findings through my interview with my best friend!

The interview I conducted was with my best friend in the comfort of my home. We discuss places she has been and how she has travelled both with friends, and on her own, including Florida 14 different times!!

Video Interview

 

 

P.s. Do not mind my face as I had dental surgery a few days before and it is still very enlarged!!

 

Extra Costs 

When travelling we all know we will give in to random trinkets and souvenirs to prove that we really did travel to those places. I know I won't be able to pass up shot glasses from different places around the world as well as post cards or something unique from the towns I pass. However saying that I need to make sure I do not go over board as not everything will fit into my luggage and second I do not have a large budget to buy expensive gifts for every member of my family and friends. To avoid going above and beyond I am going to give myself $100-$200 limit for all extra costs this also includes excursions and extra stuff I want to do  while I visit these different places. Again this will come back to this or that tip I discussed in my second blog posting. Do you really need that $200 Vase from China or can you go bungee jumping instead and enjoy the experience more? 

Travel Insurance
 

The best way to travel is to be worry free, you never know what types of infections, diseases, viruses, or other things that you might catch. Some body systems will be different in how they react depending on where you are in the world, and it is because they are use to the different climates, temperatures, and environments as they have grown up in them. Another way to look at this is how your body adapts to different foods or places. I know that some foods that are too spicy to not agree with me, and pop makes me burp the loudest ever! When thinking about travel insurance one thing you need to know is it will help you and save you all the expensive fees if something were to happen to you and you had to go to a hospital in a different country. Travel insurance is a must! A MUST! How do I get travel insurance? There are many sites such as: https://www.insuremytrip.com, where you select you departure dates, cost of trip, age you are, and your home residence. They will compare all available travel insurance rates from all websites and will provide the best rates for you. An example: If I went to France today February 24th until March 1st and I am 23 years old from Canada, and my budget of my trip is $1,000 then I can pay $80 for full coverage insurance.  For travel insurance I would budget $100 just in case to make sure you will cover everything and that way you will be safe. Travel insurance can be lower or higher than $80 depending on the length of time you are travelling, when you go, and where you go!
 

Genius Hour in the Classroom

 

I would use this activity as a culminating task in my future classroom. I think this is a great task that shows students creativity and individual skills. It allows students to pick a topic that they are interested in which makes it more engaging for the students. They will be excited about doing this task, and it will feel less like work. By using this in the classroom students will also gain researching and computer skills, as well as learning how to explore a topic with no limits. Genius hour also teaches students to step outside of the box by have no limitations, as they are responsible for their own learning. Motivating students can sometimes be a challenge for teachers and by incorporating this genius hour task into your classroom can eliminate this challenge. However like all tasks this task can have challenges. One challenge that you could occur with using this in your classroom is how to assess it. There will be multiple projects all based on students choices and interests. How can you assess every students individual work? How will you make it equal by marking every student? This can be assessed by having students create the same tasks and completing them on different topics. For example students can all create videos to explain their topics and have the same outlines of what are expected on each. This can be used for the genius hour projects.

Cheers!