Brilliant Labs MakerNews | November 2021

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BRILLIANT HOLIDAY

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE SPEAKER SERIES 2021-22

Designing Tools for Knowledge Discovery and Human Expression with Tim Savas

November 4th, 1:30 pm ADT

What if we could stop fast fashion consumption and do our part in sustainable fashion and even influence decor consumption? There are lots of ways to participate in this challenge. Explore different ideas, craft supplies, and technology to represent your own take on the holiday season.

Handmade gifts, clothing, and decorations add that extra special touch to a season that is already filled with fun festivities.

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NEW SEASON OF MAKERFUN AVAILABLE!

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The new season of MakerFUN is focused on math! Watch on Eastlink Community TV ch10 and 610 Saturday mornings.

If you're not an Eastlink customer catch the new episodes with your class on BLTV!

THIS YEAR AS YOU REGISTER FOR INNOVATION CHALLENGES OR SHINE AS AN ENTREPRENEUR, KEEP THE BRILLIANT LABS ATLANTIC CANADIAN WIDE SCHOOL MAKER FAIRE IN MIND! REGISTER YOUR BRILLIANT PROJECT FROM NOW UNTIL MAY 31ST, 2022.

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BRILLIANT LABS CHALLENGES & PROGRAMS We are excited to share our Brilliant Labs offerings for this school year including funding support for innovative projects and makerspace development, visiting your school or classroom (in-person or virtually) to deliver student workshops or provide professional development for teachers.

Learn about all our programs here.

INSPIRATION MAKER: NOVEMBER 2021

Do you know a teacher who inspires students by trying new teaching methods, projects, technology or other hands-on learning activies? If so, email info@brilliantlabs.ca SUBJECT: Inspiration Maker, to be recognized in our monthly newsletter & social media channels. Remember to tell us why & include a photo!

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More Upcoming Events HOUR OF CODE COMING DECEMBER 6TH-12TH

Register early and check out our bilingual daily virtual offerings for Hour of Code week.

Each day a brilliant team member will lead your students through a coding session.

You will find coding sessions available for Scratch, Cyber Security, Unity Game Development, Machine Learning, and more!

Register for sessions here Prepping for Brilliance With our new professional learning initiative for educators, Prepping For Brilliance, we would like to provide you with an easy PL win 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.

Monthly Coding Challenges This year Brilliant Labs will be challenging teachers and students to code stories, games, apps, robots, and more! Visit brilliantlabs.ca/codingchallenges monthly for new code-to-learn challenges and resources!

Inspiration Makers!

This year Brilliant Labs is looking for those teachers who inspire others to be their best and who are taking chances to try new things to educate students. We're pleased to share this New Brunswick's "Inspiration Maker!"

WHO: NORMA AYLWARD WHERE: BISHOP FEILD ELEMENTARY, NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR TWITTER : @NORMAAYLWARD Norma Aylward is an Assistant Principal and Teacher Librarian at Bishop Feild Elementary in St. John’s, NL. She has transformed the school’s library into a makerspace for creative and innovative student projects. Students have been given the opportunity to become makers by focusing and directing their own learning through projects. Most recently, she has worked withGrade 3 students on their Hackoween projects.Students have been coding, 3D designing, sewing, doing circuitry and more - all supported by Norma. This support also overflows to teachers at Bishop Feild who want to move forward with makercentred learning With Ms. Aylward’s support, Grade 3 students Aj and Kingston used their creativity to design and hack some Halloween decorations in the Bishop Field Elementary makerspace. They set out to make a skull and pumpkin spookier by adding circuits to create glowing eyes. Their making started with creating a plan and outlining steps they needed to take to complete their creation. Kingston and AJ were so dedicated to their circuit design that once completed they taught 5 other students in the class how to make a successful copper circuit!

GET HANDS-ON WITH INTRO TO CYBER SECURITY KITS!

Natural Maker Network Teachers who are interested in including outdoors pedagogy in their planning are invited to join the Natural Maker Network.

Ideas for educational activities and training opportunities are sent to your email. To register, please click here and fill out this short form

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NOVEMBER 2021

Developed to accommodate an entire class with online resources and tutorials for 6 activities including the importance of being cyber safe with good passwords, protecting yourself from malware & social engineering, and developing a smart community! Email info@brilliantlabs.ca for more info and sign up to receive a classroom kit.

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