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SPEAKER SERIES 2022-2023
Soft Technology with Lea Albaugh
Thursday, Jan 19, at 1:30 p.m. AST
Curious about wearable technologies and soft robotics? Join us for another brilliant talk to learn about engineering shape-changing interfaces with soft materials Brilliant Labs is pleased to host our next virtual speaker series event with Lea Albaugh. Lea's interdisciplinary work blends design inquiry, craft practice, and hardware and software engineering for a variety of outcomes, including soft textile mechanisms, creative interfaces for computational machine knitting, and interactive embroidery machine games
Please join us on Thursday, Jan 19, at 1:30 p m AST Students, Teachers, and parents are encouraged to join independently or in groups.
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Natural Maker Symposium
The first Atlantic Bilingual Eco-citizenship Education Symposium offered by the Natural Maker Network and its partners will be held at the Université de Moncton, Moncton campus, on August 23 and 24, 2023 This symposium for and by teachers offers free pre-registration for teachers who wish to share pedagogical expertise related to teaching in, with and for nature, indigenous knowledge, ecocitizenship initiatives, sustainable innovation, ecological entrepreneurship and social leadership.
To register contact: michelle@brilliantlabs ca
Innovative Fashion
Join us in this challenge to ways to innovate fashion W introduce ways to make fas projects with responsive ma that augment the sensory a functional capabilities of th Design actuated garments a accessories that change for Combine craft and tech and textiles with new behaviors. Discover e-textiles, biofabrication, hybrid-bo craft and more to reframe the fashi industry, making it more creative, more ethical and more conscious
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Ocean Tech
Let's consider how science, observation, and innovation can be used to engineer solutions to help protect our oceans and sustainably grow our Blue Economies Register Here
SAVE THE DATE: MAY 11th: École Le Mascaret Moncton NB
This is the year of Brilliance:) The greatest Show and Tell on Earth is coming to you in May in the Greater Moncton area The event will be showcasing projects from the 4 Atlantic provinces where makers from community, industry and schools all come together to share the stories of their creations. These stories include the tools they used and the materials they manipulated to create their masterpieces In the Atlantic Provinces, we are fortunate to have young makers who have access to exciting new technologies This, combined with a strong sense of perseverance and entrepreneurship, sets the stage for a celebration not to be missed
Brilliant Labs Magazine
Each season we offer a more in-depth look at the innovations within our communities and around us Success stories of our students, interesting innovation ideas, and project ideas you could use in your classroom Nominate a Teacher for TAKE Five, a regular article, to highlight a champion teacher Read BL Magazine here!
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More Upcoming Events
If you are interested in having a BL team member work out of your MakerSpace on a monthly basis, reach out to info@brilliantlabs ca and we will put you in touch with a Program Specialist in your area
Prepping for Brilliance
With our professional learning initiative for educators, Prepping For Brilliance, we would like to provide you with an easy PL during your prep We will come to you, either physically or virtually, set up all materials required, and spend your prep time with you and any fellow colleagues at your school who are interested in using your prep to prepare for brilliance. For any general questions, feel free to reach out to natacha@brilliantlabs ca
Monthly Coding Challenges
We have great multi level monthly coding challenges available here for your students to learn code through fun activities See here
LMSCourses
We offer free massive open online courses through our learning management system (LMS)? With 14 courses ready for you to learn at your own pace, like BioMaking and Machine Learning and more on the way, your students will love to explore, learn, and earn microaccreditations. Check out our LMS courses here
Afterschool Programs
Join us for any of our virtual and in person afterschool programs across Atlantic Canada. More information here.
Day of Impact
CCRCE will be hosting a Day of Impact Feb 4 at Truro Middle School This day will feature a variety of sessions and presentations featuring a variety of technology and its application in class
Clair2023
Join us February 2nd to 4th in Clair, NB at Centre d’apprentissage du Haut-Madawaska for the largest Education francophone conference east of Montreal You can catch all the speakers here
You can make a big difference today by donating to Brilliant Labs to support youth education and empowerment in Atlantic Canada!
Community of the Future
Let's help students reflect on the role of sustainability and equity in their community discover and design innovative ways to resolve important issues in their community and beyond.
Project Funding
Looking for project materials, training, or support? Brilliant Labs offers funding for hands-on innovative classroom projects. Visit the Funding Portal Here
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Ideas? BL Project Portal Can Help!
Brilliant Projects aim to support teachers and organizations working with children by providing help with cross-curricular learning tied to STEAM curricular outcomes and UN SDGs These projects aim to promote the use of technology, coding, creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship in learning for K-12 students Explore hundreds of projects and get ideas for your classroom! We're here to help too. Visit the BL Project Portal
High School Virtual COOP
Brilliant Labs offers over 12 different virtual co-op internship positions with room for more than 70 high school students From 3D Printer Technician, Graphic Design, Digital Marketing, Magazine/Blog/SEO Writers, Hardware Engineering, Cyber Security, Web Development, App Development, Multimedia production, and Game Design
Brilliant Labs Magazine: Working Together was created with the help of six co-op students and several students exploring media-based projects
If you know a high school student with an interest in digital skills please reach out to info@brilliantlabs ca (Subject: Co-op)
Virtual Web Development After School Program
Have you ever been interested in how websites are made? In this after school program you can learn basic HTML, and CSS, and build your own simple webpage This course is self guided, with the help of our Web Development course and an instructor to help with any issues
System requirements: Windows 10/11 or Mac computer Grades 5-12 | 4:00 – 5:00 pm (AST) | Register here by February 3rd
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