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STEAM at Laurentian Elementary • 2020

LEARN worked with students and teachers from Laurentian Elementary for SWLSB on a couple of STEAM activities. First we looked at an activity that was very hands on in making an artbot, and then we broke out the Makey Makey

Chris Colley January 27, 2020 makerspaces, Makey Makey, open creative space days, Scratch, STEAM Challenges No Comments Read more

ScratchED Meetups with LEARN • 2020

LEARN has jumped into the Scratch pool with its’ new workshop series from Harvard, ScratchED Meetups. These meetups are an opportunity for educators to try out this programming language, push their knowledge further, and see how other tools might connect

Chris Colley January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Community, Scratch, ScratchED Meetups No Comments Read more

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

Pop-Up Makerspace • Our Lady Peace • 2019

LEARN spent two days at Our Lady of Peace (SWLSB) exploring makerspaces with the whole school. Students were challenged to spin art, robotics, Makey Makey, lego construction, and so much more… It was a great two days of hard fun

Chris Colley December 11, 2019December 13, 2019 makerspaces, Pop-up Makerspace, STEAM Challenges No Comments Read more

Twin Oaks Elementary • Maker Mindset 2019

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

Chris Colley August 30, 2019 makerspaces, staff meeting, visioning 2 Comments Read more

Micro:Bit Pilot 2019 – Souvenir Elementary

Chris Colley March 25, 2019 makerspaces, Micro:bit Pilot 1 Comment Read more

Micro:Bit Peripheral Day 2019 @ Souvenir Elementary

The micro:bit pilot is going very well! The students have taken to the device rather easily and are now able to pretty much help themselves with the trouble shooting. On this day we hooked up all kinds of “stuff” to

Chris Colley February 25, 2019 Micro:bit Pilot 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

Laurentian Elementary School – 2019

LEARN spend some time at Laurentian Elementary (SWLSB) exploring the language of computers… The students explored Scratch, TurtleArt, plus constructed some pretty cool cranky contraptions,  Lego vehicles, and artbots. Lots of hard fun for all; the students loved it and

Chris Colley January 28, 2019January 29, 2019 Pop-up Makerspace, STEAM Challenges No Comments Read more

Pop-Up Makerspace at Arundel – 2018

We were able to transform a classroom into a full-on makerspace and then take it all down in a single day! Look at all the learning that go done!

Chris Colley November 28, 2018 Community, Pop-up Makerspace, STEAM Challenges No Comments Read more
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