LEARN started off the new school year at SWLSB’s Twin Oaks Elementary, building a collaborative vision for the schools’ creative space. With the staff, we brainstormed on what makes a successful space for students through our “Circuit” city activity, where
Bronfman Jewish Education Teachers Conference 2018
LEARN worked with teachers at BJEC’s Annual Teachers Conference on developing a more open mindset within their classrooms. Discovering how we learn, what strategies we use when we get stuck, how engagement makes lasting learners… It was a great day for
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
RÉCIT Do & Talk Session
LEARN started off the 2018-2019 school year collaborating with the RÉCIT anglo sector consultants, exploring the new tools in the latest “measure.” We focused on the tools that were purchased by schools in the spring – the students are going
Maker Mindset @ John Paul 1 HS – 2017
LEARN visited John Paul 1 to support them in implementing a makerspace in their high school. Great conversation started in their early maker journey. We lead a collective brainstorm on what learning, making and engagement looked and felt like in
Grenville Elementary Foundation Maker Mindset Workshop
On the final August Ped Day before school, LEARN visited Grenville Elementary of SWLSB to explore integrating making into their school culture. The morning was filled with excitement, questions, some concerns but lots of making and fruitful discussion. Grenville has a
Foundation Workshop @ Merton Elementary
LEARN is starting off the year with a bang! We had the great pleasure of working with the teachers of English Montreal school board on fostering a maker mindset. Wonderful ideas were generated and some pretty awesome artbots were imagined
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
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.