In this first kick at the can I will be unboxing some servo motors and hooking them up to a Micro:bit. Once they’re hooked up, what can we create with them? Curriculum Connections: I followed the technological design process from
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
Micro:bit Pilot • 2019
LEARN has been working with SWLSB and LBPSB schools on integrating Micro:bits into the classrooms. The students are loving it, and teachers are realizing that they don’t need to know the tech but rather focus on the pedagogy. Here’s our
Micro:bit 101 @ CVHS • April 30th, 2019
I say 101 in jest because these high schoolers were amazing! Within one day about 100 students got to play and experiment with Micro:bits and showed their teachers that technology is easy, make good lessons and we’ll take care of
Micro:Bits at MacDonald High School – 2019
The LEARN team spend a day with our Micro:bit pilot classes at MacDonald HS. Our goal was to have students experiment with a bunch of peripherals that hook up to the M:B for a possible future bigger project… The engagement
Micro:Bit Pilot 2019 – Souvenir Elementary
Micro:Bit Peripheral Day 2019 @ Souvenir Elementary
The micro:bit pilot is going very well! The students have taken to the device rather easily and are now able to pretty much help themselves with the trouble shooting. On this day we hooked up all kinds of “stuff” to
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…
Micro:Bits Deployed at MacDonald High School
LEARN joined LBPSB to deploy 35 Micro:bits to grade 7 science classes this past week at MacDonald High School. The engagement was through the roof! The students helped one another problem solve, and within 50 minutes they had figured out
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