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
FCC 2018 – Mont St-Anne
Quelques photos du FCC 2018 et la session Lab Créatif avec Pierre Lachance du Service national MST (CSBE) et Thomas Stenzel, Christine Truesdale, Chris Colley, et Carolyn Buteau de l’équipe du Service national à la communauté anglophone (LEARN). Les
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
Open Creative Space Day – September 2018
LEARN started off the 2018-19 school year with making. We welcomed a full house of educators to a day of exploring, discussing, making, reflecting… It was great “hard” fun! We explored robotics, ozobots, bloxels, cardboard construction, micro controllers, water-colour bot,
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
Pop-Up Makerspace @ Souvenir Elementary
LEARN brought their pop-up makerspace to Souvenir Elementary for a day of STEAM challenges. Grade 2 and 3 spent most of their day exploring, building, programming, creating, building, learning… Great fun!
Laval Junior Academy – Défi Arti-Robot – May 2018
LEARN spent three days at LJA working with the French teachers on oral interaction through an open ended “arti-robot” challenge. Students had to make a robot that drew by itself. Sounds easy? Have a look at the results. More Pictures
Pop-Up Makerspace at Pontiac High School
LEARN visited Pontiac High School in Shawville, Quebec. We setup in the library and had many student groups come and spend time building, programming, and learning. It was a ton of fun, have a look below… SCRATCH GAME: Spaceships and
STEAM Day Challenges at Dr. Keon
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
North Star Academy Foundation Session
LEARN worked with the wonderful teachers at North Star Academy on developing a more open mindset in their classrooms. It was a fun filled morning of making, discussing and problem solving.