LEARN has been working closely with Edgewater’s grade 4 and 5 teachers in developing and implementing a STEAM unit looking at electricity and all the ways it is produced, shorted, and used. The students have been highly engaged and learning
Open Creative Space Day – October 2017
LEARN hosted its’ second Open Creative Space Day this 2017-2018 school year. The attendees were super keen and excited with looking at a more open mindset and getting students making more. Lots of great projects and exploration happening; hats, circular
Raspberry Pi Learnshop – September 2017
LEARN, Club Framboise and Vitrine technologie-éducation (VTÉ) held a third learnshop looking at the mighty power of a mini computer, the Raspberry Pi. Both a computer and a micro-controller, we focused on two distinct strains; inside the box (using the programs within the computer)
Maker Mindset @ John Paul 1 HS – 2017
LEARN visited John Paul 1 to support them in implementing a makerspace in their high school. Great conversation started in their early maker journey. We lead a collective brainstorm on what learning, making and engagement looked and felt like in
Morin Heights Elementary STEAM Day 2017
The LEARN Team visited Morin Heights in the beautiful Laurentian’s just before the end of school. We did something a little different this time, we had three grade levels (grade 3,4,5) spend 1 1/2 hours exploring our pop-up makerspace. Next
OCS presents Raspberry Pi Learnshop #2 – February 24th
LED, GPIO, wires, boards, resistors, screens, mice, keyboards, music, breadboards, robots, Scratch, SonicPi, programming, coding, communicating, collaborating, sensors, sharing, supporting, learning, ah ha moments, problem solving… and this just scratches the surface as to the kinds of things we did
MAST-DEEN Open Creative Day 2016
LEARN hosted the MAST-DEEN table to a day of making. Math, Science, Technology (MST) consultants from across Quebec visited our space to discuss, experience and learn about the possibilities of makerspaces in their schools. Some very interesting discussions were had
Beyond Disciplines Series @ Concordia University
LEARN was very happy to share our collaborative experience with Concordia University surrounding community connection to creative spaces. Our talk was on Building bridges/Going beyond the walls Beyond Disciplines What role does research play outside the walls of the university? What
WOTP mentoring Maker Day – 2016
LEARN was invited to share growth and maker mindset with the work oriented training program mentoring initiative at Concordia University. We brainstormed about what learning really looks like, we challenged participants to a team building bridge building design, and explored
WQSB STEAM Day Challenges
LEARN brought their STEAM day challenges to the Western Quebec School Board. We visited G. Theberge, Noranda Elementary, and Golden Valley. Students and teachers had a wonderful time with STEAM challenges interacting with animation, programming, circuits, low-tech design… We also