Here at Best Buy, we’re all about providing our customers with the tools they need to keep on growing, helping them pursue their passions and enrich their lives with the help of technology. But we also recognize that in addition to the right tools, we also need the right people in our lives to guide us, teach us, and help us reach that next level in our development.
For Back to School this year, we want to celebrate those people, those teachers who faced a year of unexpected challenges and adapted to them, arming themselves with the right tech to keep teaching so that we can all keep learning.
To do so, we partnered with two prominent content creators: multidisciplinary designer Will Selviz and visual storyteller Tyler Stalman. Check out the videos below to see how we helped each of them reconnect with an influential mentor, while giving them tech and tools to fully show their appreciation to people who’ve made a huge impact in their lives.
Will Selviz, Multi-Dimensional Designer from Toronto, thanks an influential mentor who helped with his career development and discusses the value of paying it forward as a mentor himself.
Will was a co-facilitator for a program led by Jessica Yamoah, Founder and CEO of INNOVATE INC. The program gives youth access to professionals and corporate settings to raise awareness about career paths in business, innovation, and technology. Karl was one of the youth who participated in the program, and as a result Will mentors him today. Will’s organization: RENRD FOUNDATION is focused on digital design. They collaborate with Jessica, other industry leaders, and organizations who support their work to provide mentorship, direct access to industry standard equipment, and culturally diverse programming.
In the video, Will discusses how creating 3-D animations and other 3-D work requires special equipment and he knows he can count on Best Buy to have the technology he needs, like many Microsoft technologies he showed in the video including the Microsoft Surface Pro.
Tyler Stalman from Calgary thanks the high school teacher who encouraged his creativity and interest in video production
Tyler showed several devices that are ideal for anyone learning or teaching video production. These include the ideal vlogging companion, a Sony Cyber-shot ZV-1 Digital Camera; the compact and light Deity D4 DUO Microphone for crystal clear audio indoors and outdoors; a Manfrotto Beefree Live Aluminum tripod and Zhiyun Weebill-S gimbal stabilizer, two products essential for high resolutions still and smooth and steady video footage; and to store the footage and enable fast data transfer to a computer for processing, a Lexar Professional 128GB memory card.
Who inspired you to learn
Having the right tech while learning is very important; but we also need to meet wonderful teachers and mentors along our educational journey. We all have a story to tell of one or more teachers who elevated our learning or inspired us. I can think of several in my life, and I also have one teacher from when my children were in school: their grade 3 teacher, Mr. Bonenfant, inspired me to be a better parent with his amazing teaching style and patience. Let us know about the tech you think is essential for learning and who inspired you. Enter below and nominate one teacher or mentor for a chance for you or the person you nominate to win a $750 Best Buy gift certificate.
How to enter
Entering this contest is easy and you can enter once for yourself and once for someone you know:
- Leave a comment below this article and tell us the first name of a mentor who helped you learn and what tech available at Best Buy do you consider to be essential for students going back to school
- Send an email to “bestbuyblog@bestbuycanada.ca“ AND CC a teacher or mentor so they are aware that you entered them in this contest. In the subject line put: “What tech will help you achieve contest” and in the body of the email tell us which teacher or mentor you are nominating to win this contest and why.
NOTE: do not put your teacher or mentor’s last name or personal email in the comments below; they should only be mentioned in the email.
What you can win
At the end of this contest we will randomly select one winner from all comments left on the blog article for this contest (French and English) AND randomly select two winners from all nominations sent via email so the person nominated can win the prize. Each winner will receive a Best Buy Canada Gift Certificate worth $750.
This contest runs from August 30th until September 30th.
Remember you can enter once for yourself in a blog comment AND once for a teacher or mentor who inspired you in an email as mentioned above.
What will tech help us achieve Contest Rules and Regulations
Good Luck
Table of Contents
My instructor Mr S was always kind and throughly explained what was expected in class. I think a laptop is an essential student tool for study.
Mentor first name: John.
Available Tech: laptops.
The name of a mentor I had is Hugo who is a boss i had to a previous job. Great guy, excellent mentor.
As for going back to school, a good computer is necessary and good headphone is a plus for long study nights!
My mom, Donna, is my mentor and a laptop is essential for kids going back to school
Mentor Angus…
Every student needs a good laptop or PC…
My teacher and mentor Joseph. Essential tech for students would be a laptop
My Sister Margie is always keeping me up on the latest trends and what to buy in the tech world. I think every student needs a good laptop for a successful year. Especially after all the remote learning in the past year. https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/samsung-galaxy-book-pro-15-6-laptop-navy-intel-core-i7-1165g7-256gb-ssd-8gb-ram-windows-10/15455143
I think this is a good choice.
My mom, Angel. and HP Pavilion 27″ All-in-One
My mentor was my Grade 8 teacher Sheldon. A laptop is essential!
My brother is my source for all tech information! An essential for students is definitely a laptop.
My High School Math teacher Mr. M. A good quality laptop like the Acer Porcshe.
Janet is my mentor and tech support person. I know a laptop is needed for my daughter who is going to school next week.
My best friends dad, Fred, awesome man. Definitely laptop for back to school.
This is do important for my child’s learning today.
My wife Alice is my mentor when it comes to common sense solutions to my issues, the principal requirement for students is definitely a lapton with a web connection.
my dad was my mentor! and a tablet would be essential for my family!
My first grade teacher, Mary, inspired us all to learn and treated us very kindly. A high performance laptop that can not only do homework but double as an entertainment and communication hub is essential for students.
less menial labour , more accuracy , hopefully less human errors
My 17 year old son is my computer go to person and he could use a new laptop.
My husband Bruce was my tech mentor. I believe a laptop is important for my grandkids going back to school.
my husband Walter. A laptop is essential for back to school
My brother Adam and laptops are now essential.
My friend Larry was my mentor! A laptop is so essential for back to school!
My brother Jas. A good computer would be good for kids going back to school.
My son Jonathan was and is my Tech mentor. Laptops are now as essential as pencil cases and 3 ring binders were in my day.
My teacher was my mentor I’m starting university soon
Meghan taught me video and photography technique
My first mentor was a lady called Naomi and a laptop for sure.
My parents were my mentors and an iPad for back to school.
My parents were my mentors and definitely a laptop for back to school.
My Mom was a menyor and I think a laptop is useful for a student
Mentor/teacher/coach: Ron
Tech: Laptop
My parents are my mentors and I believe that my most useful tech device as a student is a laptop
My first grade teacher (Margorie) who gave me the strap for lying. That lesson really sticks to a person. I believe Chromebook and Laptops are essential for students returning to school.
My tech minded son’s are my mentors and I would have to say that a laptop is a very useful tool when your a student
my old manager who set me up with my first laptop…and essential is a laptop
My former boss Arlene was a great mentor. Laptops are essential for students.
My brother Bruno was my mentor growing up. A good laptop is important for kids going back to school.
My husband Norm was my tech mentor. I believe a laptop is important for kids going back to school.
this would come in very handy 🙂
My tech teacher in elementary school was amazing. I don’t remember his name but he taught me how to use a computer for the first time and made it a lot of fun. I think laptops are essential for back to school. I love my Acer Aspire from Best Buy
My sister B is my mentor, always teaching me & encouraging me to try new things.
Laptops are essential nowadays for students. Times and tech have certainly changed since I went to school!
Google ia good mentor for me. Also when I was in high school I had a teacher who taught me to be myself no matter what. On the tech side I could use that will make it easy for me to cute cable and automate certain house functions such as temperature.
My wife is my mentor when it comes to technology… loving all our smart home devices that she forced on me lol. A newer, high quality lap top is definitely essential for back to school.
Google annd YouTube have been my mentors. A new up to date phone would bee fantastic.
Joshua is my mentor and I think the most important thing is laptop. In a world today everything is online. I myself feel vulnerable if I dont have my phone with me
Laptops are essential for school – I didn’t really have mentor -just sort of picked it up and experimented. Do’t know what I would do without my laptop!
John and the HP Pavilion 27″ All-in-One.
Google is my learning mentor; small powerful laptops are needed for students heading back.
Google was, and still is, my learning mentor; laptops are essential for students going back to school
My brother Doug and a high speed laptop for school.
Comments are closed.