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
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first mentor that helped me learn was my mom 🙂 I would love to win a desktop monitor for my sister!
My mentor was my friend Luke. He helped me pick out the best monitors when we had to do online school!
My Dad was an amazing mentor. All kids need a 2 in 1 laptop for school.
I had a a boxing coach and mentor named fitz.- and I think he would agree that any kind of Chromebooks are essential for students in this modern age.
His name was Hubert – LG LED Free Sync Gaming Monitor.
His name was Jason – Fitbit Versa 3 Smartwatch with Voice Assistant:
I’d say my Mentor was Laura – Bose QuietComfort In-Ear Noise Cancelling Truly Wireless Headphones
His name was Jason – Fitbit Versa 3 Smartwatch with Voice Assistant:
That would be Colin – Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 12.4″ Touchscreen Laptop for back to school
My teachers who inspired me the most was Nicole Desourdy. The essential techno for a student is a good laptop.
My son – who puts up with all my tech questions
1. Ms. Tompkins, a teacher, was a mentor who helped me learn.
2. Laptops available at Best Buy are essential for students who are going back to school
My teacher Mrs Clish for teaching my my times tables. A new laptop would be perfect to help with school.
My cousin…students definitely need a laptop or tablet for school these days
Janet is such a help with all my tech questions. i would not be able to use my tech products without her.
Microsoft Surface pro would be a great tool for the upcoming school year.
My dad was my mentor. All students need a laptop these days- it’s essential!
My dad taught me everything I know and a laptop would be nice for my niece.
Dad was my mentor, Laptop/touchscreen tablet for virtual/online school
George was essential to my initial learning. Everything seemed so confusing and I tended just to hit every button when I was stuck. He helped me to relax and think out what I was doing. I think that the Apple MacBook Air 13.3″ w/ Touch ID and the Jabra Elite 65t In-Ear Truly Wireless Headphones are essential for back to school learning.
My dad was my mentor. A laptop is definitely essential for back to school learning
Debbie helps me with all my tech questions. Would be lost without her.
Microsoft Surface pro would be a great tool for the upcoming school year.
I self taught myself with everything relating to technology.. however it was my father who got me into it unintentionally. I started out playing CD Rom games on the PC. I think my first ever game was NFS: Hot Pursuit. I eventually worked my way up into using web based flash games. Progressing every time I used the PC. I started figuring out some simple features with files and etc. How to download games and this and that. Not too long I eventually found out about Steam and started playing some ACTUAL games. At 17 years old I was finally gifted my own HP Pavillion laptop. Nothing too fancy but it did the trick for me. I upgraded at least every year or so for better components. I now have an ASUS Rog Strix pre-built. RTX 3070, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, 16GB DDR4 RAM.
This was all thanks to my father lol.
My dad is my mentor: a laptop is what students need for going back to school
My firend,Bill taught me everything about computers. He was so patient and understanding.I believe students need a stable desktop to succeed.
My parents- all students today need a laptop or tablet
My parents- all students today need a laptop or tablet
My parents- all students today need a laptop or tablet
My friend Bob and he would love a laptop to do his school preparation
My mentor who helped me to learn was Nick. All students would benefit from a good laptop computer from Best Buy, like the Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 12.4″ Touchscreen Laptop -Sandstone (Intel i5-1035G1/128GB SSD/8GB RAM).
My parents- all students today need a laptop or tablet
I learned from my friend Gwen and- I think all students need a Chromebook.
My grandma is the best mentor ! She taught me so many amazing things and continues to still! I think all students need a Samsung Galaxy , from reminders , quick memos , staying in touch with family and friends to talk about homework !
laptops are essential for students going back to school, my mentor is kevin
My mentor is Cindy and a laptop would be great for students to do their homework
My mentor was Christian and I believe students need a laptop to do their virtual studies and assignments.
My mom and chromebook
My mentor who helped me learn was Melissa and the tech at Best Buy I consider to be essential for students going back to school is a laptop.to be able to access learning anywhere they go.
My teacher Jacob was my mentor and a Chromebook for staying productive on the go
Linda, and a Chromebook with a long lasting battery is the essential tool for school.
A laptop is necessary for back to school! My oldest daughter really wants one, I’ve been talking to my tech mentor Joey about it!
My mentor was Matthew and a new laptop for school
Joey is always helping me stay on top of the newest greatest tech available at BestBuy
Joshua — essential for BTS would be a Chromebook or laptop
My dad was my mentor and kids need any fast tablet or laptop for school.
MY good friend Chuck is my mentor and any Chromebook for school.
A colleague named Bob was my mentor: laptops are essential for students going back to school.
Al Bundy – can I get a whoooooooa Bundy! and all kids could use a tablet/ipad
My mentor was a colleague named Bill and I believe students need a laptop to do their virtual studies and assignments.
I learned the most from my friend Kyle and- I think all students need a Chromebook.
I learned most from my friend Kenneth – 14-inch HP 2-in-1 Chromebook for me
My mentor was my Mom, she was a great lady.
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