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Making to learn

by | October 22, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Making is in our name! And “making” isn’t just STEAM – and STEAM isn’t just coding and robotics. Every provincial curriculum across Canada has it – albeit named differently in each province – and emphasizes the value of learning through hands-on making.  Defining...
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Why Isn’t My Child “Extending”?

by | October 15, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Just in time for Parent Teacher conferences TL; DR: The Proficiency Scale is about measuring growth, complexity of understanding, and application – not performance. Think of it as leveling up in a game: once you 100% – reach extending on – a level (getting all of the...
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T is for Technology

by | October 6, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Or, for a lot of people – technoskepticism. Trust me – I question it all the time, too.  But I’ll repeat what Jack said on day one – “It comes in the innovation piece of Science and Technology.”   For what better reason do humans have to innovate than to better...
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Making to learn

by | Oct 22, 2025 |

Making is in our name! And “making” isn’t just STEAM – and STEAM isn’t just coding and robotics. Every provincial curriculum across Canada has it – albeit named differently in each province – and emphasizes the value of learning through hands-on making.  Defining...

read more

Why Isn’t My Child “Extending”?

by | Oct 15, 2025 |

Just in time for Parent Teacher conferences TL; DR: The Proficiency Scale is about measuring growth, complexity of understanding, and application – not performance. Think of it as leveling up in a game: once you 100% – reach extending on – a level (getting all of the...

read more

T is for Technology

by | Oct 6, 2025 |

Or, for a lot of people – technoskepticism. Trust me – I question it all the time, too.  But I’ll repeat what Jack said on day one – “It comes in the innovation piece of Science and Technology.”   For what better reason do humans have to innovate than to better...

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MiniBlog: The Value Of Making

by | Sep 22, 2025 |

What’s the value of making? Hi! This is the first in a series of MiniBlogs – blog posts straight from the MiniMaker warehouse in Vancouver. I’m Jin – your new curriculum developer, and I love to MAKE.  (That’s probably why I’m here!)  I’m a teacher, an education...

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