Grade 3 groups are quickly becoming one of LEARN’s favourite grades to work with. Yes we are exhausted at the end of the day, but their unbridled enthusiasm and pure creativity is so refreshing to be apart of… We explored
Edgewater Elementary Grade 1 STEAM Day – Sept. 2017
LEARN worked with a grade 1 class for its’ first official STEAM Day of the year. What a wonderful day. These students learned how to cooperate, share, communicate, create, innovate, build, code, program all in a day. Mme. Pascale’s class
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
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
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.”
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.
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
Kids Code Jeunesse Fundraiser
Families were invited to come to the KCJ offices to do some Scratch programming on April 9th. The LEARN team was on site to feature some of the work that we have been doing with programming, circuits and robotics. We had a somewhat
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