by Lisa Hrabluk | Apr 5, 2018
Koen Timmers is bringing the world to a classroom near you. The Belgium-based computer science teacher is an expert in hosting free, large-scale collaborative learning projects for students of all ages. He’s getting set to launch his next project and he’s...
by Oscar Baker | Feb 2, 2018
A chair made of nails sits in the room, inviting children to have a seat. It’s a science experiment, one of many at Science East in Fredericton and on this particular day the grades three through five students from Chief Harold Sappier Memorial Elementary...
by Oscar Baker | Nov 28, 2017
Mike Leblanc is a tech sector veteran with literacy on his mind. Digital literacy to be exact. Leblanc is the founder and CEO of Blue Spurs, a Fredericton-based information technologies (IT) consultancy that earlier this year created a classroom kit designed to...
by Bill Duncan | Mar 27, 2014
I teach English, or more to the point, I teach stories; so when I persuaded a few dozen students to join me at the Big Data Congress recently, I am sure that more than a few of them were wondering why. To be honest, I didn’t know; at the time I was just looking to...
by Lisa Hrabluk | Feb 21, 2014
Happy Canadian Computing Education Day! Okay so it might not have a cool name like the May 2-4 weekend, but today is something special. It’s part of a growing movement to shine a big honkin’ spotlight on technology skills and why every student in Canada...
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