Going beyond teacher as learner
We strive to be “lifelong learners”, not only in our careers but in our everyday lives. We knew that we would need to be sponges in this TLLP; none of us knew much about the maker…
Coding In Our Learning Commons
As we launched our Maker Space this year, opening up the coding club was an easy beginning. We had run a club in the learning commons last year, with the support of Industry Education Council…
BIT16 takeaways….Minds on Media
The Makerspace team was fortunate enough to be able to attend BIT16 this year. There were lots of maker movement presentations, stations and conversations. We were immersed in learning! Wednesday’s layout is always my favourite: Minds…
The space
We are extremely fortunate to have a dedicated workspace for our makerspace. It’s our old computer lab, which was dismantled 2 years ago. It’s perfect for our needs; spacious, loads of counter top areas, room…
Using what you have.
Our TLLP budget allows us to make purchases for supplies, but there’s so much that we can Make with that costs us little or nothing. Ask. I put out a message to our school staff,…
What to do when things don’t go as planned….
Boy have we been pumped about getting this TLLP off the ground! We started in the Spring, when I met with those that would be supporting us in our venture. Then we ordered book resources and…