Season 2 announcement!

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[S1E15] Take Me Outside: Interview with Colin Harris

Episode Notes

Colin Harris is the the founder and executive director of Take Me Outside, as well as a PhD candidate in educational research at the University of Calgary. In today's episdoe, you'll hear about Take Me Outside and Colin's run across Canada to promote the cause of taking kids outside to learn.

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[S1E14] Rebirth

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Rebirth

Cover Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash

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[S1E13] Jennifer Engbrecht on Teaching Music Outdoors + Citizen Science with the NCC

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Episode cover photo by Brendan Beale on Unsplash

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[S1E12] Place-Based Education: Interview with David Sobel

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David Sobel's website

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The music you heard at the end of the episode is by the band Moonfield, whose guitarist is a colleague of mine! Please check them out if you enjoyed what you heard! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moonfieldwpg/ Insta: https://www.instagram.com/moonfieldwpg/ Email: [email protected]

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[S1E9] The Queer Youth Camp Experience

Part 2 of the Inclusion Series

Episode Notes

This episode, we take a look at the experience of queer youth at outdoor camps. With the help of Dr. Fenton Litwiller, Assistant Professor in the faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management at the University of Manitoba, and Elyse Rylander, founder of Out There Adventures, we aim to look at the role of outdoor camps in the lives of queer youth.

Links from today's episode:

The cover photo for today's episode was shot by Sharon McCutcheon, a photographer specializing in LGBTQIA+ themes who so graciously made her photo available free of royalties via Unsplash.com.

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[S1E8] Back to School 2020

Outside Is Where It's At

Episode Notes

Today's episode is a reflection on the upcoming school year. I'll be back with more interviews later, but today's episode is some food for thought as your prepare for the months ahead.

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3 Questions to ask youself before using an app in your lesson

  1. Is it essential to achieving your learning outcome?
  2. Does the app require an account to use?
  3. Is it equitable?

Background photo for today's episode art courtesy of Ben Wicks, on Unsplash.com

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[S1E7] 10 tips for teaching outside: An interview with Megan Zeni, the Classroom Gardener

How to incorporate outdoor time and gardening into your teaching.

Episode Notes

Check out the following links which we referred to during today's interview with Megan Zeni, the classroom gardener.

On today's episode, you heard the song Multiverse by Ketsa, use under the Creative Commons license

Background for the cover image for today's episode from Dirk Scheuble, from Unsplash.com.

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