LEARN hosted a great session on Scratch 3.0 with a room full of keen educators. The session had lots of discovery and learning going on that all culminated into a “Demo or Die” activity. We had some great demos… makey
Hands-On Session at LCEEQ Meeting
On January 17th, Joëlle Bernard and Guillaume Laforce from the Bureau de la mise en oeuvre du plan d’action numérique presented the Ministry’s Digital Action Plan to the LCEEQ Committee at the LBPSB. LCEEQ’s Steering Committee asked LEARN if we
Micro:Bit Pilot Challenge at Westwood HS – 2018
As the micro:bits become more apart of schooling, so do the amazing challenges that our pilot teachers are trying… This one from Mr. Brown at Westwood of LBPSB…
Pop-Up Makerspace at Arundel – 2018
We were able to transform a classroom into a full-on makerspace and then take it all down in a single day! Look at all the learning that go done!
Artbots at Arundel Elementary 2018
LEARN had great fun at Arundel Elementary school for a few days this winter, working with cycle 2 and 3 on STEAM and learning. Our first challenge together was the Artbot … Lots of hard fun to be had with
Montreal Mini Maker Faire 2018
LEARN’s Pop-Up Open Creative Space was at Montreal’s Mini Maker Faire this past November. It was amazing to see all the makers come out and get involved with materials, friends, family, and community. It was a busy two days, but
STEAM in K – QPAT Workshop 2018
Artful tinkering in Kindergarten If you wonder where to start infusing the Maker Spirit in a Kindergarten class, a creativity table is just the thing. Children usually prefer play that stimulates their curiosity and gives free rein to their imagination and
RemixEd Camp 2018
On October 27th, 2018 RemixEd Camp kicked off its’ 4th Annual un-conference at Concordia University. We had a wonderful compact day of learning, collaborating, coding, problem solving, sharing, communicating and lots of smiling 🙂 This was our first conference at
Micro:Bit Lessons and Reflections from Mr. Brown
Mr. Brown deployed 40 Micro:Bits to his grade 7 Math class… Here’s a quick blurb of what I have found so far: My classes are 75 minutes and each student has their own laptop which they bring to class. The
Micro:Bit Pilot – Deployment at Souvenir Elemetary
Excited students from Souvenir Elementary of SWLSB get their pilot Micro:bits with a huge thanks to Kids Code Jeunesse for their donation of the units. The deployment team spent a few hours getting the students onto their Google accounts and