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Micro:bit Pilot • 2019

LEARN has been working with SWLSB and LBPSB schools on integrating Micro:bits into the classrooms. The students are loving it, and teachers are realizing that they don’t need to know the tech but rather focus on the pedagogy. Here’s our

Chris Colley December 11, 2019December 13, 2019 Micro:bit Pilot No Comments Read more

STEAM in K • June 13th 2019

LEARN has started playing with kindergarten students because they’re awesome! Our first STEAM workshop with the littles was as we expected, amazing… Students explored ozobots, Makey Makey, circuit cubes, lego, building with cardboard and then shared their experiences with us

Chris Colley September 26, 2019 makerspaces, open creative space days, STEAM Challenges No Comments Read more

Forest Hill Elementary – 2019

The LEARN team visited Forest Hill Jr. (Grades K-2)… We spend two days in our Pop-up Makerspace and were able to have the whole school experience the magic of an open creative space. The students were excellent, the teachers were

Chris Colley March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 makerspaces, Pop-up Makerspace, STEAM Challenges No Comments Read more

Scratch 3.0 Discovery Day 2019

LEARN hosted a great session on Scratch 3.0 with a room full of keen educators. The session had lots of discovery and learning going on that all culminated into a “Demo or Die” activity. We had some great demos… makey

Chris Colley February 25, 2019February 25, 2019 Community, Learnshop, Scratch No Comments Read more

Micro:Bit Pilot Challenge at Westwood HS – 2018

As the micro:bits become more apart of schooling, so do the amazing challenges that our pilot teachers are trying… This one from Mr. Brown at Westwood of LBPSB…

Chris Colley November 28, 2018 Community, Micro:bit Pilot No Comments Read more

Micro:Bits Deployed at MacDonald High School

LEARN joined LBPSB to deploy 35 Micro:bits to grade 7 science classes this past week at MacDonald High School. The engagement was through the roof! The students helped one another problem solve, and within 50 minutes they had figured out

Chris Colley November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 Micro:bit Pilot, STEAM Challenges 2 Comments Read more

Micro:Bit Lessons and Reflections from Mr. Brown

Mr. Brown deployed 40 Micro:Bits to his grade 7 Math class… Here’s a quick blurb of what I have found so far: My classes are 75 minutes and each student has their own laptop which they bring to class. The

Chris Colley November 5, 2018November 5, 2018 Community, Micro:bit Pilot No Comments Read more

Artbots draw States of Matter at MacDonald High School

Chris Colley April 5, 2018 STEAM Challenges 2 Comments Read more

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

Chris Colley January 29, 2018 Pop-up Makerspace, STEAM Challenges No Comments Read more

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

Chris Colley January 29, 2018 Pop-up Makerspace, STEAM Challenges No Comments Read more
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