Happy new year! We hope you had a safe and happy holiday. In many provinces, back-to-school hasn’t been easy and we’re sending a huge thank you to teachers for your resilience. In this newsletter, we’re including some ways KCJ can support your teaching (even virtually). Read on to learn how to bring a KCJ coding instructor into your class,  attend an exclusive professional development workshop with our Director of Learning Services, and even have a chance to receive a free school set of micro:bits!

Book a Teacher Training, get free micro:bits

Did you resolve to learn a new skill this year? Attend a virtual Teacher Training webinar and learn a new coding language, the basics of artificial intelligence, and how to teach the same material to your own students!

For a limited time, when you book a virtual training session for you and 9 colleagues, you may be eligible to receive a free school set of 30 micro:bits. Supplies are very limited so book now!

Code from anywhere with free virtual workshops for your class

Take a break and let us do the teaching! Choose from 9 different digital skills workshop topics, ranging from block and text coding to AI, and let an expert KCJ coding instructor lead you and your students through a project. These workshops are virtual so no matter if you’re teaching in your physical classroom or online, you can still take part.

ACTIVITY SPOTLIGHT

Webinar for teachers: Sense-Making: A Pedagogical Approach to Coding

On January 27th, join KCJ’s Director of Learning Services, Mike Deutsch, and discover an approachable way to introduce new coding concepts and projects in your class. He’ll walk you through a simple block-coding project using his favourite teaching routine.

Stuck at home? Code the boredom away!

Try one of these fun coding projects for kids:

Hour of Code

5 sports-themed Scratch projects that only take an hour each. Kids can play their favourite winter sports, from hockey to skiing, with code!

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Code Club

Hundreds of projects for kids to learn new programming languages and tools.

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The #kids2030 Challenge

Complete this virtual learning journey to understand the global plastic pollution problem and brainstorm ways tech can help.

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Micro:bit weather station

This video tutorial shows kids how to build their own weather station using a micro:bit and a few household materials.

Get started

FREE UPCOMING EVENTS FOR TEACHERS

JAN 13: Formation pour enseignant·e·s: Célébrez l'hiver avec le carnaval de Québec et une introduction de code (in French)

Rejoignez-nous pour une formation gratuite afin de créer un projet de codage sur le Carnaval de Québec.

JAN 17: Introduction à l'intelligence artificielle pour enseignant·e·s (in French)

Venez explorer les concepts fondamentaux de l'intelligence artificielle et de l'apprentissage automatique.

JAN 25: Introduction à l'intelligence artificielle et l'éthique pour enseignant·e·s (in French)

Explorez les normes et valeurs appliquées au développement et à l'utilisation de l'intelligence artificielle et les préoccupations éthiques.

JAN 27: Teacher Training: Sense-Making - A Pedagogical Approach to Coding (in English)

Let us introduce you to our favorite teaching routine for coding! You'll learn how to introduce new coding concepts into your classroom.

FEB 3: L'intelligence artificielle en collaboration avec l'art pour enseignant·e·s (in French)

Explorez comment la technologie et l'intelligence artificielle ont le pouvoir d'influencer et d'inspirer l'art contemporain.

FEB 10: Intelligence Artificielle Gourmet- formation pour enseignant·e·s (in French)

Découvrez les réseaux neuronaux et comment ils peuvent être utilisés dans des systèmes d'intelligence artificielle dans le monde réel.

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