LEARN packed up its’ maker van and was off to visit Western Quebec schools this spring. Our first stop was at Dr. Keon in Chapeau, Quebec. We had two fun filled days of hard fun, exploring various STEAM challenges, from
STEAM Day with Massey-Vanier High School (February 2018)
LEARN spend two days working with the amazing students of Massey-Vanier High School in Cowansville Quebec. Our focus was on WOPT students and bring them a hands on STEAM experience. These students crafted, designed, built, explored, questioned, imagined, learned, glued,
Open Creative Day @ LEARN – January 2018
LEARN welcomed its’ third full group of educators to the Open Creative Space Day at the LEARN offices for this 2017-2018 school year. We had a wonderfully diverse group with us this time around. We explored E-textiles, low-tech construction, Scratch,
Edgewater Elementary Electricity Unit
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
Billings High School build Turbines
LEARN visited Billings High School of New Frontiers School Board. We challenge the WOTP students to a new challenge – build a wind turbine that can create as much power as possible. Every team had success, with the winning team
LEARN’s Innovative Playground @ QPAT 2017
LEARN setup its Innovative Playground at QPAT this year, exposing educators to a vast variety of teaching tools and innovative techniques. We made buttons, art, computer programs, e-textiles, gelli plating, floor pianos, robotic hats and on and on. We demoed
Final OCS of 2016-2017
It was a wonderful final OCS of the 2016-2017 school year, full of engaged and creative educators developing ideas for integrating the maker mindset into their classrooms and schools. Stay tune for next years dates. As a special treat, we
Teacher Foundation – Maker Mindset workshop
The LEARN team visited Edgewater elementary to introduce the maker mindset to fellow teachers and staff. We presented the open mindset, reading Iggy Peck, Architect and doing a full staff brainstorm on learning and making. The teachers create a representation of
Eastern Shores STEAM Challenges 2017
The LEARN team recently visited Eastern Shores school board for an entire week. We challenged 4 schools (elementary and secondary) with STEAM. Once again we saw success on every level. The students were implicated, engaged and very creative. The maker
Remixed MTL – November 26th 2016
On November 26th LEARN’s Pop-Up makerspace collaborated with Remixed Camp 2016 and offered a full day of making to the attendees. Educators from across the province joined us in tinkering, making, discussing, and collaborating. It was a very enjoyable event