New partnership increases hands-on coding for students!
Logics Academy is excited to announce a new partnership with Phidgets Education! This product allows students to explore physical computing with a simple, yet powerful platform. “Phidgets” are programmable USB sensors that are used around the world by STEM students, educators,...
By Cari Wilson @kayakcari It’s that time of year in our district again – students in many of our schools are hard at work, designing and building curriculum-based video games as part of Coding Quest. For the most part, the kids...
The Robots Are Coming! (Though Not Like In The Movies)
Step into most modern classrooms today and it won’t take long to realize that school has changed. It has changed so much, it may even illicit some jealousy; that wouldn’t be out of the ordinary. During my time as a...
By: Daphne McMenemy It was September 2016. The shyest, kindest and most compassionate little girl walked through my door. She followed every rule, did whatever was asked of her, every teacher’s dream student. Life at school for her was about...
By: Erica PhillipsVice Principal/Grade 1 Teacher at Sir Charles Tupper School Halifax, NS Follow her on Twitter at @MsPhillipsHRCE Are they too young to start coding? Absolutely not. They are actually the perfect age. They have no inhibitions, no hesitation,...