Makerspace

ON THIS PAGE YOU WILL FIND A VARIETY OF TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO UTILIZE IN YOUR MAKERSPACE OR CLASSROOM!

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Makerspace for Education

This website is part of a vibrant community of practice in Edmonton Catholic Schools!
A great website with "how to's" for various materials that can be utilized in a Makerspace: Coding, Robotics, Media Creation, break space, 3D design, etc.

Green Screens

Do Ink

The app makes it easy to create green screen videos and images using an iPad or iPhone. The app lets you combine photos and videos from the camera roll with live images from your iPad or iPhone's camera.

iMovie

Create movies, small clips, and even GIFs

Podcasts

Starting A Podcast In 2019: Step-By-Step Guide

Article by Dale Cudmore - Clear step by step instructions into how to create a podcast

Strategy Share: Creating Podcasts in the Classroom

Grade 2 teacher - unpacking how she has used podcasts in her classrooms. She also provides the steps she took in the classroom for her students to create their own podcasts.

Youtuber: Content Creators

Animoto

Animoto is a wonderful tool to use with students because it’s quite intuitive. It allows students to focus on content creation without needing to learn video editing or manipulation.

Youtube Creators

Individuals and groups are now creating video content and uploading it onto YouTube creating their own business and earning money viewership.
To engage in the 21st century students could possibly become Video Content Creators as well. It could be utilizing the Youtube platform or a different safe sharing platform within (approved by) your school learning community

Robotics

Dash and Dot

Primary - Junior GradesStudents are able to learn how to code and see it perform in a tangible way through dash/dot.

Cozmo

Cozmo’s Code Lab is designed for children to explore, organize, and express their ideas creatively by programming their Cozmo.
Cozmo’s coding platforms are available for all levels of experience. Begin with Sandbox, create more complex projects with Constructor, and use the Python SDK to tap into Cozmo’s full capacity.

Cue

Junior-Intermediate (11+)Cue will help students transition from block-based code to state-machine and text-based programming.

Sphero

Program your bots, create or participate in awesome STEAM activities, and share your work with the community to inspire and be inspired.

Coding

Micro:Bit

The BBC micro:bit is a handheld, programmable micro-computer that can be used for all sorts of cool creations, from robots to musical instruments – the possibilities are endless.

Girls Who Code

Girls Who Code is a non-profit organization dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology by teaching girls computer science, bravery, and sisterhood. Our free programming is now available in Canada.

Scratch

Scratch is designed especially for ages 8 to 16, but is used by people of all ages. With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community.

MicroWorlds J

MicroWorlds JR, for pre-readers, is easy to learn and use with simple, point & click operations and child friendly symbols. It encourages children to explore mathematical and other "big" ideas such as number, geometry, patterns & movement.

MicroWorlds EX

MicroWorlds EX is a text-based coding environment, appropriate for upper elementary school through high school students, that serves as a bridge between introductory block-based coding and more advanced coding languages like Java or Python.

Code.org/Hour of Code

Resource to for students to learn how to code.

Bloxels

All it takes is your Bloxels Gameboard, some blocks and a mobile device and, of course, your imagination to take the guesswork out of building your own video games!

Raspberry Pi

A small and affordable computer that you can use to learn programming

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