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
Bronfman Jewish Education Teachers Conference 2018
LEARN worked with teachers at BJEC’s Annual Teachers Conference on developing a more open mindset within their classrooms. Discovering how we learn, what strategies we use when we get stuck, how engagement makes lasting learners… It was a great day for
AQUOPS 2018
The LEARN Team presented the maker mindset to the Francophone sector at this year rendition of AQUOPS. We spent the day with 40 educators exposing them to new approaches, strategies and a variety of tools. We also challenged them with
CLC Symposium 2016
During the CLC symposium 2016 LEARN hosted a session called, “Makerspaces: Full STEAM Ahead.” Participants were asked to think about what they felt “Community” meant to them in their milieu, and they had to represent that by making an artifact out
Full STEAM Ahead: 2016 Library Symposium
On April 13th the LEARN team presented two sessions and hosted a POP-UP makerspace at the Library Symposium in Point Claire. It was an amazing. Thank you to the presenters and the attendees – we hope we planted a few
Pop-Up Makerspace May 1st @ Future Ready Schools Summit
On Sunday, May 1st, the team set up shop for the day at the Future Ready Schools Summit at Lakeside Academy, LBPSB. Educators experimented with a variety of materials including e-textiles, Makey Makey boards, robotics programming with Sphero and Ollie and
Canadian Wide Science Fair 2016
The LEARN team was at Montreal’s Canadian Wide Science Fair in May where we presented “Making a case for makerspaces,” and welcomed students from across Canada to our interactive booth. It was three wonderful days of making with teachers and students.
LBPSB Summer Institute 2016
The LEARN team completed its’ 2015-2016 school year with two amazing days with teachers from Lester B. Pearson School Board on June 28 and 29th. We hosted six sessions over the two days “Making a Case for the Maker Mindset.”
CLC Conference 2017
The LEARN team lead a workshop at the latest instalment of Full STEAM Ahead. Teachers and coordinators across Quebec joined us for maker mindset exploration and participating in an artbot challenge.