Lifting a 10 lbs stool!!
The 'Skills Ontario' mechanical engineering squad is trying several designs ahead of their regional competition this week. Thanks for the tips coach @teacherpatel.bsky.social !
#GirlsInSTEM #PeelSkills #MakerEd #Makerspace #TLsky #EdTech
@mrschuermann.bsky.social @teachergray.bsky.social
Version 1
Version 2
Version 3, with pneumatics
Grade 4 members using the Chompsaw to make better wheels for version 4
Our 'Skills Ontario' tech squad has had several iterations of their mobile lift system while training, making improvements along with the help from coach @teachergray.bsky.social 💡
#GirlsInSTEM #SheInnovates #MakerEd #MakerSpace #TLsky
@mrschuermann.bsky.social
@teacherpatel.bsky.social
Qubit, volume 1
Kindness 'Zine', parts of the 404 'Zine', MIT Rooted 'Zine' and the Indigenous built Roots & STEM 'Magazine' were looked at
We made a Zine ➡️ the "Qubit" ✨📙
... @megabrights.bsky.social did some research about what's out there, we co-created content & design, and the first issue has been printed!! Stay tuned for the digital edition📱
#FutureReadyPeel #Zine
#GirlsInSTEM #STEAM #MakerEd
@404media.co @medialab.bsky.social
Book highlighting Artivism as part of our modern learning culture at the Peel District School Board
Making media that connects to UN Global Goal 14
The @Megabrights.bsky.social 'Destination Imagination' squad is working to bring origami, digital music & @octostudioapp.bsky.social programs together to share their artivist narrative around environmental sustainability 💡🌿📣
#FutureReadyPeel
#GirlsInSTEM #MakerEd
#CodeToLearn #TLsky #Art
Members of the @Megabrights.bsky.social CAD squad learning to speak 3D & collaborating on replicating everyday objects with TinkerCAD ahead of the 'Skills Ontario' regional competition in the library at Peel DSB 📐✨
#FutureReadyPeel
#GirlsInSTEM #MakerEd
#TLsky #EdTech
Great start! ✨ #ShineBright!
➡️ tinyurl.com/megabrights
Playing around with construction and technology teams in @megabrights.bsky.social
Making at the Peel District School Board
Ms Gray e-textile demo
Our team stitching stuffies & learning about e-textiles while hearing about #FutureReady fashions from innovator Maddy Maxie 🧵⚡💡
#GirlsInSTEM #MakerSpace
#EdTech #TLsky #Arduino
@mrschuermann.bsky.social
@teachergray.bsky.social
@teacherpatel.bsky.social
Excellent work by the grade 4 & grade 5 @megabrights.bsky.social to fix-up & code our robots in record time! Great work team! 🤖✨
#FutureReadyPeel
#LearningThroughPlay
#GirlsInSTEM #MakerEd
#CodeToLearn #TLsky
@lego-group.bsky.social
📍 February 4 | In person | Toronto | UTSC Highland Hall
🎟️ Free to attend, registration required: https://stemexpo.scwist.ca/
#freeevent #toronto #STEMcareers #womeninstem #jobhunting #jobsearch #science #technology #math #engineering #ontario
Simone Giertz talking about her manicure robot & inventors process
Primo robot
LEGO WeDo2 robots
Modern learning team members taking in some #GrowthMindset advice from scrappy robot maker Simone Giertz at our "Robot Doctor" meet-up, where we will unearth all the robots in the building & get them movin'!
#GirlsInSTEM
#SheInnovates
#CodeToLearn
#MakerSpace #STEAM
@mrschuermann.bsky.social
Tech prep & CODE pathways handout
Members started the season by composing music & creating dance routines with CODE after being inspired by the CS artist Miral Kotb & her dance team 🎧🪩👩💻
#FutureReadyPeel #GirlsInSTEM #MakerEd
@girlswhocode.bsky.social
@mrschuermann.bsky.social
@teachergray.bsky.social
@teacherpatel.bsky.social
Meet 5 emerging technologies shaping what’s next: from robotics to XR (VR headsets + Pokémon GO) to breakthroughs transforming gaming, medicine, and space. 🌍🚀
Check out our blog to learn more: https://girlswhocode.com/news/beyondai 🔗
Open ended technology and maker tools on display for our first MegaBrights meet-up for 25/26 at the Peel District School Board
HUGE turnout for our initial @megabrights.bsky.social registration meet-up of 25/26!
Great responses from grade 4 & grade 5 girls about why they'd like to be part of the team ✨
#ShineBright #GirlsInSTEM
#FutureReadyPeel #MakerSpace #STEAM
@teachergray.bsky.social
@teacherpatel.bsky.social
Movie making at the Peel District School Board
Littlebits prototyping modules
A few @megabrights.bsky.social alumni highlighting Ayah Bdeir & her 'LittleBits' while producing a Women's History Month featurette in the Library for @teacherpatel.bsky.social's iMovie project 💡📢
#FutureReadyPeel #EduSky
#MakerSpace #EdTech
#SheInnovates #STEM
@medialab.bsky.social
Grade 4 modern learners looking at a graphic novel inspired video game in Scratch
While collaborating w @teacherpatel.bsky.social, grade 4s are getting perspective on the "low-floor, high-ceiling & wide-walls" of @mres.bsky.social's Scratch by taking a look inside a fan fiction raycaster game by the @megabrights.bsky.social 💡 ➡️ tinyurl.com/megabrights-raycaster
#MakerSpace #STEM
AI Animation Fun!!
#AIinEdu #MakerSpace #RainbowCloudHeadMan
AI may be transforming the world, but it’s Gen Z who will define what that world looks like. As the first generation to grow up with AI, it’s time for their voices to be heard.
Learn more about how Gen Z feels about AI and check out the full story on a blog. 🔗
girlswhocode.com/news/genzand...
As educators on colonized land, we mark the National Day of Action for MMIWG2S by remembering lives stolen and murdered. We recommit to teaching truth & standing for justice. #SistersInSpirit #PETL #ETFO #OntEd #OnLab
MegaBrights award banners from 2017 earned by the student STEM team I coordinated at Aylesbury PS
Gobots award banners from 2016 and 2017 earned by the student STEM team I coordinated at Aylesbury PS
Great memories coming back while visiting my old school site before joining the central board resource team at Peel District School Board.
Glad to see all the @megabrights.bsky.social & @gobots.bsky.social award banners are still up!
#STEM #MakerSpace #TLsky #EduSky #EdTech
A Minecraft eSports squad member collaborating with her team on a build
EPIC news! The @megabrights.bsky.social e-Sports squad qualified as a Minecraft OSEA provincial semi-finalist!
#RedstoneForTheWin
#GirlsInSTEM
#SheInnovates
#FutureReadyPeel
#MakerSpace #EdTech
The girls innovation squad from Peel District School Board takes a look at the CN tower from the Microsoft Toronto venue
Talking to a robot host
Hosts from Microsoft and Dell technologies show the young women new technology
MegaBrights earned a collaboration award through their hardwork in Minecraft
The @megabrights.bsky.social team earned a trip to Microsoft Canada as 'Challenge Champions' in the 'Girls Who Game' junior division ✨ Squad members got to talk to robot heads, get immersed in adaptive video walls & took in a great view 🤖 Many thanks!
#GirlsInSTEM
#SheInnovates
#MakerEd #EduSky
The @megabrights.bsky.social on the 'wheels of steel' 🎧😉 ...micro sequencers to oscillators that are triggered through proximately sensors, all built into dual cardboard 'decks' 🎶
#FutureReadyPeel
#LittleBits #MakeDo
#MakerSpace #MakerEd
#GirlsInSTEM #Music #LearningThroughPlay
There is much rejoicing as the @megabrights.bsky.social robotics squad keeps making progress daily ✨🤖 ...Read more about their journey here ➡️ tinyurl.com/megabrights-cbc
#GirlsInSTEM #MakerEd #LearningThroughPlay #CodeToLearn
cc @lego-group.bsky.social @mres.bsky.social @cbcnews-rss.bsky.social
This #InternationalWomensDay, we’re not just celebrating progress, we’re accelerating it! 🚀✨ We’re equipping 5M girls, women & nonbinary individuals with the tools to lead & thrive. Let’s #AccelerateAction together & change how culture embraces women as future leaders in tech! 🫶 #FivebyFive
Hark! We are on CBC News ✨ tinyurl.com/megabrights-cbc
#GirlsInSTEM
#SheInnovates
#MakerSpace
@mrschuermann.bsky.social
Members of the @megabrights.bsky.social team leading a finger-knitting workshop for primary learners, while making connections to Black heritage month & computer sciences 🧶🧑🏾💻 at the Peel District School Board.
#FutureReadyPeel
#GirlsInSTEM
#Textiles
#MakerEd
#EduSky
Girls STEM / CODE club in the library at the Peel District School Board
Full STEAM ahead for the @megabrights.bsky.social with our brand new 'LittleBits' collection!
New to these tools? They are the ultimate in magnetic prototyping modules to assist with engineering design & design thinking ➡️ bit.ly/littlebits-projects 💡
#FutureReadyPeel
#SheInnovates
#MakerSpace
Empowering modern learners with mechanical engineering
Empowering modern learners with design & contruction
Empowering modern learners with robotics
The #GirlsInSTEM @megabrights.bsky.social team building hard skills & soft skills in preparation for our upcoming 'Skills Ontario' regional competitions in the LLC at the Peel District School Board 💡
#FutureReadyPeel
#MakerEd #MakerSpace
#SheInnovates
#EduSky #TLsky #EdTech
1st time video storyboard to hype their new squads as we get to know the software
Squads looking through STEM resources
Robot Squad!
Newly minted @MegaBrights.bsky.social squads bonding by creating hype videos using 'Apple Clips' 🎬✨
New to Clips? Check out this 'low-floor' video tool that most learners can use in minutes ➡️ tinyurl.com/howto-clips
#FutureReadyPeel
#SheInnovates
#MakerEd #STEM
#ShineBright 🌟