And So It Begins...
My colleague Dianne Dreef came to me about a year ago with an idea of trying to incorporate coding/robotics into Grade 9 Math and Science. The reason: kids are going to need to beable to code in almost every career path. Here we are, one year; a TLLP (Teacher Learning and Leadership Program) grant; and a team of 6 educators later, we are off and running. Our team now includes Debbie Lisak, Jessica Barton, Jessica McGregor, and Louise Vaillancourt. Debbie is a fellow Math teacher, Jessica and Jessica are Science teachers, Dianne and Louise are both Instructional Coaches with our school board. When we started the TLLP process, we knew we wanted to purchase Chromebooks and so we ordered those in June to make sure we had them for September. We also purchased a couple of Ozobots, Makey Makey's and we had some Microbits from a Kids Code Jeunesse workshop. We also planned to use the release time in first semester to research lessons, try out different peripher...