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Unboxing Botley 2.0

Chris Colley March 8, 2021 Learnshop, makerspaces No Comments Read more

@ExploringBalance Activity Page • 2020

In this virtual makerspace, the LEARN team is #ExploringBalance with balancing sculptures, mobiles, homo-polar motors, and much more. We will focus our exploration on key concepts of balance, like gravity, mass, center of gravity, and distribution of mass. This capsule

Chris Colley December 1, 2020December 7, 2020 Community, Learnshop, Live Stream, makerspaces, Online, open creative space days, STEAM Challenges, STEAM in K No Comments Read more

#RoundTheWorld_ChainReaction Activity Page • May 2020

#RoundTheWorld_ChainReaction Activity Page • May 2020

  #RoundTheWorld_ChainReaction Ever heard of marble runs or Rube Goldberg Machines? This Live Stream was designed to show the basic concepts for teachers and students to start creating awesome machines right away! We demoed some materials, looked at why build

Chris Colley May 13, 2020September 15, 2020 Community, events, Learnshop, makerspaces, STEAM Challenges No Comments Read more

Professional Development Day 2 – Micro:bit Pilot 2020

LEARN and this years’ Micro:bit cohort spent a day together reflecting on deployment, the new MEES technology framework, student projects, and lesson plans. We have a strong group of educators this year pushing the boundaries with integrating Micro:bits into the

Chris Colley March 9, 2020 Learnshop, Micro:bit Pilot, RÉCIT No Comments Read more

Scratch 3.0 Discovery Day 2019

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

Chris Colley February 25, 2019February 25, 2019 Community, Learnshop, Scratch No Comments Read more

Micro:bit Pilot: First Days of PD

LEARN, Kids Code Jeunesse, SWLSB, and LBPSB have embarked on a micro:bit pilot project for the 2018-19 school year. A dozen classrooms will receive class sets of the micro:bit to work with for the year. Kids Code Jeunesse graciously donated

Chris Colley September 26, 2018September 26, 2018 Community, Learnshop, Micro:bit Pilot, visioning 2 Comments Read more

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)

Chris Colley September 26, 2017September 26, 2017 Community, events, Learnshop, Raspberry Pi, Scratch 2 Comments Read more

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