A display of the itinerary manager on the TripPA web app.

TripPA Tips: Using AI to Craft Your Itinerary

EdTech Innovations, Educational Trip Planning

There are so many ways AI can save teachers time when organising school trips, from language translation to creating detailed packing lists. In this TripPA Tips post, we’ll explore five ways AI can help: brainstorming and comparing destinations, personalising the itinerary based on your students’ needs, and quickly suggesting some alternatives when plans need to change at short notice! Along the way, we’ll share tried-and-tested prompts, show you how to customise them for your own needs, and give you a peek at what the output could look like from some of the most popular free AI assistants available.

A parent looking anxious while tracking their child remotely.

TripPA Tips: Electronic Trackers on School Trips

Educational Trip Planning

Schools are facing more frequent questions from parents about the use of electronic tracking devices on educational visits in recent years. There are both risks and benefits associated with the use of electronic trackers, presenting ethical implications to schools. This TripPA post considers some of the key points which schools will want to weigh up when designing school trip policy for these devices.

A School Trip visits a European town in rainy weather. The teacher wears a suitable backpack.

TripPA Tips: Packing your Teacher Bag

Educational Trip Planning

Happy New Year! As we move closer towards the release of the TripPA school trip management app, we’ll be sharing some key tips for running great educational visits for all ages, which we hope will be useful for EVCs and teachers alike. While the TripPA app will help to streamline all that pre-trip admin and paperwork, doing your own packing for a school trip will still often be the last thing you think about. However, it’s important to look after yourself and your own needs if you want to run a great school trip. So, to ensure you don’t end up without a key item on your next visit, read our teacher bag packing list to help you pack!

Propose and Approve school trips, whether that's to the museum, a sports fixture, a concert or a camping expedition!

Introducing Trip Proposal and Approval

EdTech Innovations, Educational Trip Planning

The number of school trips taking place in the UK has been declining in recent years – and it’s not for lack of enthusiasm from teachers or students. Although there are many factors feeding into this, the mountain of admin required just to submit a trip proposal isn’t helping. At TripPA, we believe no child should miss out on enriching experiences beyond the classroom because of admin overload. That’s why we’ve designed a solution to make planning trips as simple as possible for both teachers and Educational Visits Coordinators.