On January 17th, Joëlle Bernard and Guillaume Laforce from the Bureau de la mise en oeuvre du plan d’action numérique presented the Ministry’s Digital Action Plan to the LCEEQ Committee at the LBPSB. LCEEQ’s Steering Committee asked LEARN if we
Micro:Bit Pilot – Deployment at Souvenir Elemetary
Excited students from Souvenir Elementary of SWLSB get their pilot Micro:bits with a huge thanks to Kids Code Jeunesse for their donation of the units. The deployment team spent a few hours getting the students onto their Google accounts and
LCEEQ 2017: Fostering a Maker Mindset
This past week LEARN hosted a workshop at LCEEQ conference on Maker Mindset. Participants interacted with our STEAM challenges and were exposed to shifting mindset. Great session with lots of wonderful educators. Presentation: Fostering a Maker Mindset (ppt) STEAM Challenges
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.
Riverdale High School Ped Day 2016
LEARN showed teachers at Riverdale HS our STEAM Challenges and again introduced teachers to the growth mindset.
Riverview Elementary School Ped Day 2016
Our second day of collaborating with teachers in 2016-2017 brought us to Riverview School of Lester B. Pearson School Board in Verdun, Quebec. Teachers were full of ideas on how to make school more engaging for their students. Connect the head
Pierre Elliot Trudeau Elementary Planning Day 2016
The LEARN team started off the 2016-2017 school year with a series of workshops that focus on the growth mindset. Our first stop was at Pierre Elliot Trudeau Elementary school of the English Montreal School Board. Together teachers reflected, created,
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.
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
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