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
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
Collaborate, Create, Innovate Conference 2017
On behalf of the DEEN Synergy Committee, Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, Lester B. Pearson School Board & LEARN are proud to co-host the 1st annual Joint Educational Technology Conference. Mission Statement: To provide teachers with Professional Development in Educational
LEARN’s Innovative Playground @ QPAT 2017
LEARN setup its Innovative Playground at QPAT this year, exposing educators to a vast variety of teaching tools and innovative techniques. We made buttons, art, computer programs, e-textiles, gelli plating, floor pianos, robotic hats and on and on. We demoed
Edgewater Elementary Electricity Unit – Final Day 2018
LEARN and Edgewater facilitated the final exploratory day on electricity, delving deeply into circuits. The students were “shockingly” awesome. Students learned and played with all kinds of circuits, including making Bug Circuits, makey makey floor pianos, littleBits, paper circuits with
Edgewater STEAM Day – January 2018
The LEARN team spent a day working with a the grade 6’s at Edgewater Elementary school. They loved Scratch games, artbots, circuit bugs, and E-Textiles. Every student succeeded and had an artifact to prove it. Great work Edgewater. The faces
Open Creative Day @ LEARN – January 2018
LEARN welcomed its’ third full group of educators to the Open Creative Space Day at the LEARN offices for this 2017-2018 school year. We had a wonderfully diverse group with us this time around. We explored E-textiles, low-tech construction, Scratch,
Edgewater Elementary Electricity Unit
LEARN has been working closely with Edgewater’s grade 4 and 5 teachers in developing and implementing a STEAM unit looking at electricity and all the ways it is produced, shorted, and used. The students have been highly engaged and learning
Billings High School build Turbines
LEARN visited Billings High School of New Frontiers School Board. We challenge the WOTP students to a new challenge – build a wind turbine that can create as much power as possible. Every team had success, with the winning team
STEAM Challenge Day @ St-Willibrord Elementary
LEARN had a great day with grade 3 and 5 at St-Willibrord Elementary School. Students had a good time interacting with S.T.E.A.M and LEARN’s challenges. Students had the opportunity to create artbots, spin art, littlebits, makey makey boards, bloxels, ozobots, catapults,