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It Takes a Village, to Make a Community TV Show

Tapping into the world of television and continuing to promote our learning philosophy at home for kids has long been on the radar for Brilliant Labs. Who would have thought that the time to start would have been when everyone was working from home and not able to be in

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Brilliant Labs Magazine: Programming; Social Connection

Le texte français suit l’anglais This school year has been like no other! Brilliant Labs got off to a flying start and introduced a free after school program, a micro-accreditation system to help teachers, students, and parents keep track of a student’s progress with digital skills and competencies,

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Registration is now open for Brilliant Labs’ free, virtual, STEAM summer camps!

Le texte français suit l’anglais Virtual STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) camps will offer content (in English and French) for children aged 6 and up to have fun learning to be artists, engineers, inventors, and scientists on weekdays across Atlantic Canada. Daily content will run for 7

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June Learning- Formation de Juin

What if we could use elements of Design Thinking and Creative Learning to amplify teachers’ voices and empower them to have a choice, adapt, and collectively create meaningful learning experiences for students? Why not embrace the unknown, make mistakes, reflect, and iterate on our pedagogical approaches? Since the beginning of

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Embracing change with curiosity, openness, empathy, and respect

Le texte français suit l’anglais In the past couple of months, Brilliant Labs (BL) has been hard at work adapting to the new normal. Like many, we did not have a pandemic plan in place when we started our confinement. We had to learn to adjust and get comfortable

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Coffee and conversation- Café et conversation

Why coffee and conversation? We can get so much out of this popular beverage… there are so many varieties, we can say the same about our teachers, students, tools and pedagogies. At Brilliant Labs, we wanted to have a different perspective of professional development; low pressure-high results. Coffee has a

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Jouer pour apprendre | Play to learn

English to follow Ces derniers mois, aux Labos Créatifs, nous avons de plus en plus parlé de l’importance du jeu. C’est ce qui nous a incités à développer toutes nos activités #FunCréatif de manière ludique, à suivre ensemble des formations professionnelles en ligne et à prendre le temps

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New Scratch Challenge, Community TV, Daily Activities, Author Read Aloud, Minecraft & Twitter LIVE!

(La version françaises suit) Brilliant Labs and our team has been busy! We have been working virtually to create interactive content, online learning, daily project activities, producing Community TV thirty-minute episodes, a Read Aloud of “Be a Maker” and our regular professional learning Twitter LIVE chat on Thursday nights. Virtual

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Author Read Aloud (Katey Howes)

One of the great things about working at Brilliant Labs is that a number of us have the pleasure of travelling to different maker learning environments throughout Atlantic Canada. We have seen everything from maker kits, carts, classrooms and expansive makerspaces where the maker culture permeates across an entire school

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#BrilliantHolidayChallenge

Brilliance Abounds This Holiday Season Snow may be falling and the days may be getting shorter, but with the new Brilliant Holiday Innovation Challenge you and your class can jump start your creativity just in time for the holiday season. There are many ways using wearable technology that will be

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What If You Built a River in a Classroom?

When the classroom shifts to an environment that focuses on Project-Based Learning (PBL) the students become the centre of what drives activities throughout the year. With the teacher at the helm helping direct student projects so that curriculum outcomes are met, the students are able to explore issues and concepts

Newfoundland and Labrador

YouTube LIVE: Soil Moisture Sensor

Welcome to Brilliant Labs NL’s first Youtube Live session. What a busy six months we’ve had since Brilliant Labs came to Newfoundland. The challenges have been great but the results greater. We are funding or have funded a total of 47 projects to date. We have provided over

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The Fall Brilliant Labs Magazine is here!

It’s Halloween time and youth across the region are transforming themselves into superheros, unicorns, zombies, or their favorite Fortnite characters. No matter the costume kids are imagining themselves as something different… We all do this from time to time. Often if we can see ourselves accomplishing certain future goals

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Why Not? Posing Probing Questions to Encourage Students to Think Computationally.

Why not? It seems like a simple statement, but it can be a powerful way to instill independence in your makerspace environment. In our makerspaces and classrooms, we are always working toward encouraging students to think critically and to develop 21st century skills. We, as educators, know that students have

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YouTube LIVE

Welcome to another fun Brilliant Labs building challenge. We’re going LIVE October 11th from 3:30 to 4:00 (ADT) / 4:00 to 4:30 (NDT) to help you and your students tackle this year’s first Innovation Challenge! We will start off with a recap of our adventures

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Jacob Lingley speaks at the Make: Education Forum in NYC

The New York Maker Faire is the largest celebration of invention, creativity, and curiosity on the east coast with an estimated 90,000 attendees…Brilliant Labs’ very own Jacob Lingley, Program Director, will be speaking to hundreds of Maker Faire delegates from around the world about Atlantic Canada’s Makerspaces

Nova Scotia

Teacher & Learning: Above The Line

Join our very own Sarah Ryan, Nova Scotia Program Director, as she will be discussing the importance of Makerspaces for Education: Making Change with an Entrepreneurial Spirit, September 29th at the Teacher & Learning: Above The Line conference. Sarah will highlight how makerspaces are an exciting and innovative way to

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Just Google It!

Does Googling It Impact Inquiry in the Classroom? I stumbled across an article by Terry Heick with Teach Thought (www.teachthought.com @teachthought) earlier this week on Twitter with a post they shared about how so many of us rely on Google for the answers to all of the questions

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YouTube LIVE: Build A Locker Alarm

Welcome to another fun Brilliant Labs building challenge. We’re going LIVE September 13th to help you and your students build their very own locker alarm. Build a Locker Alarm Using the Micro:bit * We will start off with a quick recap of different events that have happened in the

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SocialPreneur 1.0

There is a lot of noise in today’s media about people chasing financial freedom. However, there is a growing minority of people who have their sights on a different “chase” – one that makes an impact by addressing social challenges while improving lives, communities and the environment – social entrepreneurship. Just

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Leveraging Community

Welcome to a sample article of Brilliant Labs Magazine: The Entrepreneurial Spirit where we will explore what it means to be an entrepreneur through over 60 stories like this one of youth, educators and established entrepreneurs alike. At the core of any classroom lies the directive to prepare students for

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Making Reader Identity

This two-day workshop emerged from a months-long dialogue that began as a discussion about coding and literacy and evolved into a conversation about the parallels between making and and writing. We began to wonder how we could invite language arts teachers into the collaborative learning space at Brilliant Labs and

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5th Annual Scratch Competition Winners!

The University of New Brunswick Saint John’s K.C. Irving Hall was buzzing with excitement this past Saturday, June 9 2018, as 12 New Brunswick finalists participated in the 5th Annual Middle School Scratch Competition. We are also happy to announce a strong Nova Scotia contingent that competed virtually.

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Brilliant Labs Summer Tech-Camps Are Coming!

Last summer Brilliant Labs worked with community partners throughout New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to deliver free summer programming to help kids develop digital skills. This summer we are expanding our summer camp program to celebrate all that is fun and awesome about kids, technology & entrepreneurial spirit in Atlantic

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Brilliant Labs Projects in the Classroom

Mr. Baskwill has a classroom that has become a true Makerspace over the past two years. From sewing projects to robotics—his class is always buzzing with hands-on STEAM based projects! Here’s a little bit about his experience with Brilliant Labs Project funding that helped his class explore the