ShiftED Podcast #30 in Conversation with Peter Skillen: A Wholistic Approach to 21 Century Learning
On this episode of ShiftED Podcast I was joined by Edtech pioneer Peter Skillen. The conversation explores Peter’s path from educator to technology integration leader. Chris and Peter delve into self-directed learning and teaching philosophies.
Data Logging with the Micro:bit
A blog post about using the Micro:bit to record data from the Total Solar Eclipse that took place in Montreal on April 8, 2024.
Open Creative Spaces: Outdoor Education
A collection of resources for getting started with outdoor education with an integration of technology. Some activity ideas include Geocaching, rockets, shadow art, micro:bit and more.
Unboxing the Excitement: Screen-Free Robotics for Elementary Cycle 2 & 3
A blog post about briefly introducing the screen-free robots that were unboxed by our RECIT consultant and some ideas for infusing them into content areas at the elementary cycle 2 & 3 levels!
Open Creative Space Day: Unplugged & Basics of Robotics
Presentation slides from our OCS day on February 22, 2024. Introducing different robots and resources to integrate each into your classroom.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Toolkit
The UDL toolkit was created in collaboration by ALDI, LEARN, NFSB, RSB and SWLSB. The activities in the toolkit provide a constructivist approach to learning about the guidelines. Through the creation of this toolkit, our goal is to support the implementation of UDL practices within Quebec classrooms, leading to increased student success.
Screen Free Robotics for our Youngest Learners
A blog post about the different types of screen-free robots that can be used in the preschool and cycle 1 classroom.
Bricoler l’AI avec Scratch et le Micro:Bit à FCC 2023
A blog post about the LEARN/RECIT team’s experience at the FCC annual gather of tech integration consultants to share and learn collaboratively together.
Digital Tools for Storytelling: Education for Truth and Reconciliation – Presentation
These are the accompanying presentation slides for the workshop offered by the RÉCIT Provincial Service for the Anglophone Community, youth sector.
In this one-hour workshop, we will share various digital tools for storytelling and discuss how storytelling can support the infusion of Indigenous ways of knowing and doing in schools. Stories are versatile and can be used across the curriculum and with students of every age, so we invite all educators to watch the recording and review the accompanying slides.
“THE” Scratch Resource List
This list of Scratch and Scratch Jr. resources is the most extensive and all encompassing you’ll find anyway! Projects, studios, teacher accounts, strategies… you name it, it is on this list…
Minecraft Education: Teacher Academy
3 learning modules for educators to get you started and deepen your expertise with regard to teaching with Minecraft! The modules take about 3.5 hours to complete in all.
Makerspaces for Learning, Living & Sharing
Playbook from the 2022 Unconferences on Facilitating Learning in FabLabs, Makerspaces and Open Creative Spaces.
A total of 17 discussion leaders from 14 organizations (Collège Saint-Sacrement, Polyvalente Lavigne, Lower Canada College, Académie Sainte-Thérèse, Dawson College, LEARN Québec, LESPACEMAKER, FabLab LLIO, Digital Moments, Concordia University Technology Sandbox, Communautique, Chalet Kent, Musée de la civilisation, Université Laval) helped spark and moderate the discussions.
Professional Development Courses: Micro:bit Educational Foundation
Free courses developed by the Micro:bit Educational Foundation examine ways a Micro: bit can be used for classroom projects. The courses are interdisciplinary and range from around 30 minutes to an hour in length. They have short videos to accompany each of the different courses.
Primary school computing & literacy w/ storytelling — Bobby Whyte | Computing education research
A video by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Dr Bobby Whyte discusses the benefits and shares examples of storytelling in elementary using programming software (Scratch).
LEARN Playlist: Making the Shift to Online Teaching and Learning
A series of 6 videos to help educators shift to teaching and learning online.
Teaching History and Social Studies in the Time of Covid-19
Webinar: FRIDAY OCTOBER 23, 2020.
This is a recording of an informal online presentation by Paul Rombough at the Aqeus conference in 2020.
ENSEIGNER L’HISTOIRE ET LES SCIENCES SOCIALES AU TEMPS DE LA COVID-19 VENDREDI LE 23 OCTOBRE 2020.
Its intention was to show examples of various ways to include interactivity and collaboration at each “phase” in an inquiry learning process. These examples are continually being added to on LEARN’s page for these kinds of sessions at https://www.learnquebec.ca/socialscie…
ARTS CONNECTION: Practical Ideas and Planning for Teaching the Arts during Pandemic
Webinar recorded August 24th, 2020
In collaboration with the MAD2 Sub-committee for the Arts, LEARN hosted a workshop about the unique challenges and solutions for Arts teachers during COVID-19.
Québec Scratch Educator Meetup
A virtual space to share, create and learn with educators from across the province. For Scratch and Scratch Jr.
