Reading Buddies? Sure! Coding Buddies? You bet!
Originally posted on ECOO. During the Hour of Code, my students had opportunity to explore two apps: Scratch Jr and Hopscotch. They had never coded before in school, and most had never coded outside of…
Intermediate Stop Motion Animations
I was incredibly impressed by most of the products from our stop motion unit. The creativity was incredible, and the variety of media used to create them was surprising. Students used Stop Motion Studio plus Lego,…
List of Resources/Purchases
Here’s what we purchased and used this year: Sewing Machines, iron and ironing board, fabric Knitting supplies–needles, yarn, looms Hand tools–drills, saws, hammers, wrenches, pliers, screwdrivers, hardware Little Bits electronics kits Kanos Arduinos Makedos Makey…
Creating Digitally
Throughout this project, we are finding that hands on experiences are engaging and can result in deep learning experiences and perseverance. But these hands on experiences don’t have to create something concrete and tangible. We…
Automata Toys…a fun intro to Making?
I belong to several Ontario Teacher groups on Facebook, and have benefitted from some very generous sharing of knowledge, experiences and conversation. Recently, a contributor posted about her interest in automata toy building. I watched the…
Hamilton Maker Faire
The four of us dropped by the second annual Hamilton Maker Faire this morning. Maybe hoping for inspiration, definition, activity ideas for next year? Not having any previous experience, we had no expectations. What we found…