May 12, 2023
“For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.”
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Micro:bit Maker-in-Residence Series @ Lang Innovation Lab
Please join the Innovation Team after school on May 16, for the second session of the second Maker-in-Residence series in the Lang Innovation Lab.
Tess Butler-Ulrich is working towards her Master of Education at OTU, with a focus on making and STEAM education.
The subject of this series is microprocessors such as micro:bits. For this workshop, we will continue working with the micro:bit and go over how to connect it to a device, inputs and outputs, as well as setting up micro:bit. We will also explore coding through a series of challenges and debugging activities such as creating a simple shape using the LEDs on the micro:bit or writing a short message using the LEDs.
Missed the first session? No worries! We’d love to see you there!
Please sign up here if you are interested in joining us.
F1 YLLT Activities During Exam Week (June 12 to 16)
For the culmination of the F1 Truth and Reconciliation Year-Long Learning Theme, here is the schedule for all F1 students:
Monday, June 12: No scheduled programming
Tuesday, June 13: At UTS all day
Wednesday, June 14: At UTS all day
Thursday, June 15: field trip to Crawford Lake Conservation Area
Friday June 16: No scheduled programming
If you would like to spend a fabulous day outdoors on June 15 at Crawford Lake, and are available to supervise the F1s on this field trip, please let Richard and Cresencia know. Thanks!
AI in Ed Updates + New Digital Citizenship Resources
re: Disinformation and Privacy
ChatGPT is going to change education, not destroy it (MIT Technology Review, Apr 6, 2023)
New material added to our AI Resources Google Doc and AI Apps Google Doc
MediaSmarts has released its new research report: Reporting Platforms: Young Canadians Evaluate Efforts to Counter Disinformation, a project that created space for youth from across Canada to assess disinformation on popular social media apps (like Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube).
MediaSmarts and the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario have developed four classroom-ready lesson plans to help educators teach students in grades 2 to 8 about why privacy is important and how to protect their privacy online:
Privacy Pursuit: The Value of Privacy (grades 6 to 7)
Privacy Pursuit: My Privacy, Your Privacy (grades 7 to 8)
Athletics Calendars
Silver Linings
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