Ottawa LN Supports BBC Micro:bit In Schools
As we approached the end of last year we realised we had some funds remaining in our LN educational support budgets. With gracious permission from HQ we blended the budget items together and contacted three local teachers to provide a modest set of BBC micro:bits to each school. This week we provided an introduction and training to three teachers who were running STEM teaching programs: Immaculata High School, Main Street, Ottawa Programming, engineering, robotics Garneau High School, Rue Carriere, Orleans Programming and engineering Mother Teresa School, Longfields drive, Barrhaven Technology and programming We also linked with Steve Evraire, STEM Manager, Employer Connections program , Ottawa Network for Education Here is what we did, and the initial comments: We examined the sensor suite…