Send us a text! (We can't reply, so include your contact info if you want us to get back to you.)In this episode we connect with Evan Nienaber, a teacher from Saskatoon Public. We talk about getting started with Outdoor Learning, affordances, relationships, failure and learning and how all those parts are connected. We also talk about releasing control and not always being the expert in the classroom. Evan shares a little about his checklists that he uses to stay organized with outdoor learni...
Oct 8, 2024
43 min
Send us a text! (We can't reply, so include your contact info if you want us to get back to you.)Our guest for this episode is Mandy Cooper who has been teaching for over 10 years and has been teaching Let’s Lead – Nikanetan for the past 6 years. In our conversation with Mandy, we talk about Project Walk and Talks with Mandy and how she uses them with her students to connect them to the places where they live and make the learning relevant. Mandy also shares how she connects her ...
Sep 24, 2024
40 min
Send us a text! (We can't reply, so include your contact info if you want us to get back to you.)Get Outside 101 ConferenceSaturday, October 5University of Saskatchewan in the Education BuildingHead over to https://saskoutdoors.org/event/get-outside-101-saskatoon/ to register for this awesome Outdoor Learning experience! Access our research, project ideas and more at:https://engagedstudent.weebly.com/outdoor-learning.html
Sep 13, 2024
2 min
Send us a text! (We can't reply, so include your contact info if you want us to get back to you.)Our guest for this episode is Nancy Barr who has been teaching for over 20 years, and has used outdoor and out of school learning to build relationships with community members. In our conversation with Nancy, we talk about learning on and from the land, building relationships both with the land and with each other, and how Nancy prepares her class for going outside and offers advice for how ...
Sep 10, 2024
51 min
Send us a text! (We can't reply, so include your contact info if you want us to get back to you.)Just in time for a new school year! In this episode we gathered with Nancy Barr, Evan Nienaber, and Skyler Haugen, a group of outdoor educators, for a round table discussion on how we start off our year in a good way. We talk about first day ideas, building relationships, and procedures and progressions for taking kids outside for learning. Resources:The Best of Us HandoutAccess our...
Aug 27, 2024
1 hr 9 min
Send us a text! (We can't reply, so include your contact info if you want us to get back to you.)Our guest for this episode is Brad Watts, an experienced outdoor learning educator, who in his words, has been teaching for about 20ish years. He literally started his teaching career as a result of being able to take students on a camping trip. He was one of the teachers in the Let's Lead-Nikanetan experiential leadership grade 8 program in Saskatoon. In our conversation with Br...
Aug 7, 2024
53 min
Send us a text! (We can't reply, so include your contact info if you want us to get back to you.)This podcast is about Outdoor Learning. Derek and Chris, two experienced outdoor educators, will be having conversations with each other and other outdoor educators about various practical aspects of using outdoor learning. Our goal is to provide educators who are new to outdoor learning and those who are experienced with ideas on how to start using the outdoor environment in their edu...
Aug 6, 2024
8 min